Please note: Details about the October 18-21, 2010, Midwest Conference on Child Sexual Abuse become available in July 2010. In the meantime, browse these Web pages to get a feel for our conference and bookmark this site for future reference. You may also join our mailing list to automatically receive our brochure when it becomes available. To receive a brochure email midwest@dcs.wisc.edu.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison and Family Sexual Abuse Treatment Center are proud to announce the 25th Annual Midwest Conference on Child Sexual Abuse and Incest:
October 19-22, 2009
This national conference offers treatment and assessment workshops to professionals working in the sensitive field of child sexual abuse treatment.
Eliana Gil has had to cancel her sessions at the conference due to a family health emergency. The second plenary session on Monday morning (10:30 - 12:00) will now feature Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky presenting "Trauma Stewardship: Caring for self while caring for others". Liana Lowenstein will be presenting "Family Play Therapy" in place of Eliana Gil during the afternoon workshop sessions (1:15- 2:45/ 3:00 - 4:30).
If you're on Twitter, we encourage you to use #midwest09 to connect with fellow attendees, exchange ideas and follow official conference updates. See you there!
2009 brochure:
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About The Midwest Conference on Child Sexual Abuse, 2009
The University of Wisconsin– Madison and Family Sexual Abuse Treatment, Inc., are proud to bring you the 25th Annual Midwest Conference on Child Sexual Abuse. Join us this year for 40 institutes and workshops on prevention, investigation, and treatment issues for victims and offenders. Whether you are an experienced professional or are new to the field, if you work as a therapist, child protection worker, attorney, law enforcement officer, medical professional, or in any position with a need to know about child sexual abuse treatment, this highly regarded conference offers you the very latest information.
Our 25th year brings a number of changes in format and schedule—we have added additional plenary sessions and moved the Advanced Institutes to the end of the conference. We hope you can join us for what is sure to be a most memorable conference.
Our conference takes place at the beautiful Marriott–Madison West Hotel and Convention Center. This spacious facility is three miles west of Madison on Hwy. 12 Beltline, in Middleton, WI. In order to help make the conference more affordable this year we have worked with the Marriott to reduce the guest room rate by over 30 percent!
Plenary Speakers
Dr. Ben Saunders
PhD
Science, Practice and Us: Can We Have a 21st-Century Response to Child Abuse?
Dr. Ben Saunders (PhD in clinical social work, Florida State University) is a professor and the director of the Family and Child Program of the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center. He has published numerous scientific papers and made many presentations concerning child traumatic stress, child abuse, sexual abuse, sexual offenders, and family relationships. His work has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute of Justice, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, and the U.S. Dept. of the Navy. Dr. Saunders also maintains a clinical and consulting practice and often is called as an expert witness in legal cases.
Dr. Eliana Gil PhD, California Graduate School of Family Psychology
Flexibility in making the 21st-Century Response: Science is growing and one size does not fit all
Eliana Gil has had to cancel her sessions at the conference due to a family health emergency. The second plenary session on Monday morning (10:30 - 12:00) will now feature Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky presenting "Trauma Stewardship: Caring for self while caring for others". Liana Lowenstein will be presenting "Family Play Therapy" in place of Eliana Gil during the afternoon workshop sessions (1:15- 2:45/ 3:00 - 4:30).
Dr. Bruce D. Perry MD, PhD
The Impact of Trauma and Neglect on the Developing Child
Dr. Bruce D. Perry (MD, PhD) is the senior fellow of The ChildTrauma Academy, a Houston-based nonprofit organization that promotes innovations in service, research, and education in child maltreatment and childhood trauma (www.childtraumaacademy.org). He is the author, with Maia Szalavitz, of The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing, a popular book based on his work with maltreated children. For the last 20 years Dr. Perry has been an active teacher, clinician, and researcher in children’s mental health and the neurosciences, holding a variety of academic positions.
After attending this conference, participants will be able to:
- Apply state-of-the-art assessment methods when working with sexually abused children, adults who were abused as children, and offenders
- Apply state-of-the-art treatment methods when working with these populations
- Identify the most current information on working with sexually abused children, adults who were abused as children, and offenders
For more information:
Call: 800-442-7107 or 608-263-5130
To register call: 800-725-9692
Write:
Professional Development and Applied Studies
Midwest Conference
21 N Park St., 7th Floor
Madison, WI 53715
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