Arab Cultural Sessions

 

Monday, January 25

CHILD PROTECTION PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIES IN THE ARAB WORLD - Bernard Gerbaka

The Arab region has expressed recent interest in child protection systems where cultures of many religions and ethnicities would contribute to the development of strategies and networks. Common understanding of child rights, useful tools for the implementation of programs, and leadership in creating momentum for child protection systems.

 

FAMILY PROTECTION IN ARABIC AND ISLAMIC CULTURE - Hani Jahshan

 

FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION IN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY - Maha Alkhateeb, Salma Elkadi Augideiri, Kulsoom Hassan, Waheeda Samady

Specific aspects of family violence prevention, outreach in the American Muslim Community and insights regarding specific barriers faced by those working with Muslim families.

 

 

 

ISPCAN Global Perspective Lectures

 

Tuesday, January 26

EMBARKING ON A TRANSFORMATIVE PATH FOR CHILD PROTECTION - Sue Bennett, MB, ChB, FRCP, Director of Child and Youth Protection Program, Children’s Hospital of East Ontario and Stuart Hart, PhD, Deputy Director, International Institute for Child Rights and Development

 

 

Wednesday, January 27

CHILD PROTECTION OR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS - WHICH LENS? - Danya Glaser, MB, FRC Psych, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Great Ormond Hospital, UK, MB, FRC Psych, Consultant Child, Adolescent Psychiatrist, Great Ormond Hospital Britain, invited

 

TBD - Howard Davidson, Director of ABA Center on Children and the Law, (USA) - invited

 

 

Thursday January 28

ADVOCATING FOR CHILD PROTECTION IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY:  EXPERIENCES IN THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN REGION - Joan van Niekerk, National Coordinator, Childline South Africa, National Coordinator, Childline South Africa, invited

 

ISPCAN’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNITED NATIONS STUDY ON VIOLENCE (UNSV) IN THE MIDDLE-EAST -  Bernard Gerbaka, Head, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hotel-Dieu Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon

UNSV is an inspiration and a frame for child protection all over the globe. In 2004, ISPCAN developed a partnership with UNSV, allowing experts to innovate tools for research, data collection, observation, capacity building,networking and sharing of expertise. In multiple settings where child is at risk, the Arab region has found in this cooperation an incentive for the development of child protection systems, where child rights could be highlighted in national strategies with culturally sensitive tools.

 

 

 

Additional Sessions by International Speakers

 

(Medical Advanced)

HOT TOPICS IN CHILD ABUSE - Robert Block, Anne Piper, sponsored by American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

Presenting one or more of the current controversies/issues affecting healthcare providers in this field.

 

(Research) 

REGULAR MEASURE OF USEFUL OUTCOMES: A 1-YEAR PILOT – Raymond Lemay
A 16 item, simple to use, outcome measure was used on a regular basis with all (over 1,000) active clients in our organization.  Client results and impact on practice will be presented.

 

(Medical Advanced)

ANAL FINDINGS IN CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE - Arne Myhre

The process towards a common understanding of anal findings in child sexual abuse cases. Preliminary results from a recent study, suggestions regarding examination techniques, and interpretation of findings.

 

(Research)

WHAT IS AN EVIDENCE BASE FOR SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME (SBS) PREVENTION? RANDOMIZED TRIALS AND THE PERIOD OF PURPLE CRYING – Marilyn Barr, Ronald Barr

A report on the recently published two randomized controlled trials of the Period of PURPLE Crying education materials for preventing shaken baby syndrome (abusive head trauma). These are the first SBS prevention materials to have undergone this level of testing.

 

(Forensic Interviewing)

DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE INTERVIEWING: THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (NICHD) INVESTIGATIVE INTERVIEW PROTOCOL, PARTS 1 and 2 – Michael Lamb

The research base documenting the most effective ways of eliciting reliable information from young victims and witnesses.

 

(Innovative Issues #3)

PSYCHOMOTOR THERAPY ELEMENTS IN ABUSE FOCUSED- COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (AF-CBT): BECAUSE THE BODY REMEMBERS - Francien Lamers-Winkelman, Margreet Visser

Psychomotor techniques need to be part of AF-CBT for victimized children: Motion = E-motion.

 

(Research)

INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE (IPV) MOTHERS FIRST: SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN TREATMENT OUTCOMES OF CHILDREN WITH AND WITHOUT PRE-TREATMENT MOTHER SESSIONS - Francien Lamers-Winkelman & Margreet Visser

Data from an abuse-focused approach, based on a cognitive-behavioural framework, with psychomotor elements incorporated in sessions with mothers of children referred for therapy.

 

(International)

THE DUTCH APPROACH WITH CHILDREN WHO ARE WITNESSES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - Bert Groen, others TBD

The Dutch approach with children who are witnesses of domestic violence, a special protocol for workers on ambulances and first aid in hospitals regarding their focus on identifying and reporting suspected child abuse and domestic violence, and the results of our restraining order for perpetrators and the systematic approach of domestic/sexual violence and child abuse.

 

(Research)

CHILDREN DIAGNOSED WITH BIPOLAR-SPECTRUM DISORDER AND THEIR FAMILIES - Wencke Jenssen Seltzer

First person reports on "chronic" relational, familial trauma. A discussion of biogenetic and psychocultural interactivity in early stages of the child’s development.

 

 

International Guest Speakers