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Spurwink’s 27th Annual Northern New England Conference on Child Maltreatment
November 2, 2023
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Attendees: Download conference material through this link
Continuing the tradition of state-of-the-art, practical, and evidence-based education for all professionals working with abused and neglected children.
DATE AND TIME: Thu, November 02, 2023 – Fri, November 03, 2023 | 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM EDT
LOCATION: Hilton Garden Inn Freeport Downtown | 5 Park Street | Freeport, ME 04032
Audience
The Northern New England Conference on Child Maltreatment is intended for a multi-disciplinary audience, including professionals from the fields of nursing, mental health, law, child welfare, law enforcement, child advocacy, emergency services, medicine, and education.
Conference Goals
The goal of the conference is to provide multi-disciplinary training to increase professional skills and knowledge to professionals who are involved in child abuse prevention, recognition, evaluation, reporting, investigation, prosecution, and treatment of all forms of child maltreatment. See brochure for additional information including daily agendas and speaker bios. View/download the brochure
TICKETS (selected during registration)
- Thursday (one day): $125.00 (1 Attendee)
- Friday (1 Day): $125.00 (1 Attendee)
- Thursday & Friday: $225.00 (1 Attendee)
Ticket includes light breakfast, full lunch, and refreshment breaks for the day(s) you are registered.
For more information, please email Sally Newhall, ANNECCM Event Planner, at sally@seaglassevents.com.
Agenda
Thursday, November 2, 2023
8:45 Introduction: Amanda Brownell, MD & Eric Meyer, LCSW, MBA
9:00 BRIGHT: A therapeutic parenting intervention designed to address traumatic stress in young children and their parents in recovery from substance use disorders (SUDs) and co-occurring disorders (CODs) –Susan O’Donnell, LMHC & Karen Gould, LICSW
Mothers with substance abuse disorders often have trauma histories, high psychological distress and decreased capacities to optimally parent their young children. This presentation is an introduction to Project BRIGHT (Building Resilience through Intervention-Growing Healthier Together) and how to improve the parent-child relationship, maternal mental health, and decrease child maltreatment by increasing maternal sensitivity and parenting capacities, thereby promoting healthy child development.
10:15 Break
10:30 BRIGHT: A therapeutic parenting intervention designed to address traumatic stress in young children and their parents in recovery from substance use disorders (SUDs) and co-occurring disorders (CODs) –Susan O’Donnell, LMHC & Karen Gould, LICSW
Continued from 9:00 AM session
11:45 Lunch break
1:00 Sibling Risk Assessment in Cases of Suspected Child Maltreatment –Nicholas Miles, MD
This workshop will explore whether siblings of victims of maltreatment are at increased risk for and what assessments/tools should be used to assess that risk.
2:15 Break
2:30 Managing Sexual Violence Risk of Adolescent and Adult Offenders –Nadir Behrem, PsyD
Understanding the risks for an adult or adolescent to reoffend sexually has important implications for safety planning and intervention. This workshop will describe offending behaviors, what is entailed in a risk assessment evaluation and how to utilize to inform safety planning.
3:45 Adjourn
Friday, November 3, 2023
8:45 Introduction: Joyce Wientzen, LCSW
9:00 Bias and Its Impact on Child Abuse Investigations –Ilana Lezama-Beausejour & Tony DeVincenzo
This workshop will review the concepts of diversity, equity and inclusion as it relates to working with a multi-disciplinary team. Cognitive bias, its impact on decision making in child abuse investigations and strategies to manage it will also be reviewed.
10:15 Break
10:30 Bias and Its Impact on Child Abuse Investigations continued –Ilana Lezama-Beausejour & Tony DeVincenzo
11:45 Lunch break
1:00 Supporting Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence –Gunjan Tiyyagura MD, MHS & Andrea Asnes
This workshop will explore when child exposure to intimate partner violence merits a report to child protective services as well as ways to support caregivers. Specific attention will be given to the utility of screening for injuries after an incident of IPV.
2:15 Break
2:30 Caregivers with substance use disorder: Making the decision to report to child welfare –Alane O’Connor, DNP
Children living in homes impacted by caregiver substance use are potentially at risk of harm. The decision to report caregivers to child welfare is often complex and requires careful consideration. In this session, we will review the potential risk of harm to children from caregiver substance use, a framework for evaluating level of risk to children, and strategies for making the decision to report. We will also discuss techniques to enhance parent engagement in substance use treatment when child welfare is involved.
3:45 Adjourn
