EVENT DETAILS

APSAC's 2011 Advanced Training Institutes

January 23, San Diego, CA

The APSAC Advanced Training Institutes are being held in conjunction with the 24th Annual San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment. You must register separately for the APSAC Institutes and the San Diego Conference. This site is for the APSAC institutes only. Registration and housing information for the full conference can be found at www.chadwickcenter.org. Even if you are only registering to attend one of the APSAC Institutes, please be sure to complete your housing arrangements through the web site link indicated above.

You may only register to attend one Institute program.

APSAC Pre-Conference Institute #1

Sunday, Jan. 23, 8 a.m.-Noon, lunch break on your own, continuing 1-4 p.m (7 Hours)

Teaching Caregivers to Talk With Children About Feelings: Implications for Treating Child Trauma

Monica Fitzgerald, PhD and Kimberly Shipman, PhD

This Institute will provide comprehensive training on teaching caregivers to talk with children about emotionally-arousing events, including child trauma, in a way that facilitates children’s emotion regulation skills and enhances the supportive quality of parent-child communication. Participants will learn to implement “A Family Focused Emotion Communication Training program (AFFECT)” which is an evidence-informed intervention module that builds caregiver’s supportive emotion communication skills. Caregivers are taught specific skills that include: (a) active listening skills, (b) emotion coaching skills (e.g., labeling and discussion of emotion, modeling/teaching healthy coping strategies), and (c) emotion support skills (e.g., increase validation, empathy, and perspective taking; decrease invalidation and parent self-focus). These skills are taught through a combination of didactics and live, in-session coaching in which the therapist or other service provider serves as a coach as the parent talks with their child about emotionally-arousing events. The skills targeted by AFFECT are grounded in a large body of developmental research on child emotional development and parental socialization processes that show the significant impact of parental support (e.g., validation, invalidation) on their children’s development of emotion regulation, emotional security, and related mental health outcomes. AFFECT complements and extends evidence supported treatments for child trauma (e.g., TF-CBT; Trauma-Focused Abuse-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Kolko & Swenson, 2002). As part of this institute, participants will enhance their own skills in these areas while learning specific strategies for teaching these skills to caregivers. Training will include a combination of didactics, video review, role play, and small group practice. This institute is appropriate for all child and family service providers (e.g., therapists, caseworkers, adoption) who talk with children about difficult topics such as family disruption and separation, trauma, grief, divorce.

Institute #1 Fee:

APSAC Members by 12/10/10 $135 + $10 for CMEs or CEUs; after 12/10/10 $150 + $10 for CMEs or CEUs

Non-Members by 12/10/10 $150 + $10 for CMEs or CEUs; after 12/10/10 $165 + 10 for CMEs or CEUs

APSAC Pre-Conference Institute #2

Sunday, Jan. 23, 8 a.m.-Noon, lunch break on your own, continuing 1-4 p.m (7 Hours)

Advanced Sexual Abuse Evaluation for Medical Providers

Lori D. Frasier, MD and Suzanne Starling, MD

It is STRONGLY recommended that new or inexperienced medical providers attend the CCFMTC course prior to this APSAC Pre-Conference institute. This advanced course will provide the literature basis for current recommendations and guidelines for medical evaluation of sexually abused children and adolescent will be presented. Difficult cases including mimics of sexual abuse (the most common) update on sexually transmitted infections. Also, included will be new technologies in photo documentation, and how to be a reviewer or be reviewed in the context of CQI. There will be case presentations with examples of documentation according to standard and current guidelines. Participants are encouraged to bring cases for discussion. Cases must have excellent photodocumentation which will also be analyzed as part of the process. Cases will need to be submitted prior to the Institute in order to be part of the presentation.

Institute #2 Fee:

APSAC Members by 12/10/10 $135 + $10 for CMEs or CEUs; after 12/10/10 $150 + $10 for CMEs or CEUs

Non-Members by 12/10/10 $150 + $10 for CMEs or CEUs; after 12/10/10 $165 + 10 for CMEs or CEUs

APSAC Pre-Conference Institute #3

Sunday, Jan. 23, 8 a.m.-Noon, lunch break on your own, continuing 1-4 p.m (7 Hours)

Advanced Forensic Interviewing

Lynda Davies, BA, Michael Haney, PhD, Dr. Tom Lyon, JD, PhD and Julie Kenniston, LSW

This is an advanced level forensic interviewing institute with emphasis on knowledge and performance, including providing feedback and critiques of forensic interviews. Updates on research and legal issues will be provided as well. It is recommended that participants have completed a week long interview training, such as APSAC, Finding Words, etc. This institute will be a didactic and an experiential process to increase comprehension and understanding of the dynamics of forensic interviewing.

Institute #3 Fee:

APSAC Members by 12/10/10 $135 + $10 for CMEs or CEUs; after 12/10/10 $150 + $10 for CMEs or CEUs

Non-Members by 12/10/10 $150 + $10 for CMEs or CEUs; after 12/10/10 $165 + 10 for CMEs or CEUs