Discover the Connections! Bridging Strategies to Prevent Child Injury and Maltreatment
25 February 2008
Discover the Connections! Bridging Strategies to Prevent Child Injury and Maltreatment
New California Conference!
We are pleased to announce California’s first combined conference on the prevention of child injury, abuse and neglect. This conference, titled “Discover the Connections- Bridging Strategies to Prevent Child Injury and Maltreatment” is a collaborative effort proudly sponsored by the California Departments of Public Health (DPH) and Social Services (DSS); and the California Kids’ Plates Program at the Center for Injury Prevention Policy and Practice (CIPPP).
This conference offers a highly knowledgeable and experienced faculty who will guide attendees in the exploration of research and practice on important topics, including:
• Effective collaboration between unintentional injury and child maltreatment;
• Implications of early adverse experiences, lifelong health issues and risk factors;
• The affects of brain development on risk behavior in children and adolescents;
• Tools and strategies specific to public health and social service disciplines that help inform multilevel injury/maltreatment prevention efforts;
• Cross-disciplinary skills for attendees to increase awareness of and collaboration for each discipline’s objectives, challenges, strengths, and resources.
When: February 25-26, 2008 (February 24: Skills-Specific Sessions only)
Where: Radisson Hotel, Sacramento, CA
Cost: $150 (plus additional fee (TBD) for Skills-Specific Sessions on 2/24/08)
Audience: State, county and local child health and safety providers; educators; advocates; and coordinators, including those working in unintentional injury prevention, social services, community-based organizations, schools, and in private practices
Please join us for this event. For more conference information, updated agenda and other details, please visit www.CIPPP.org.