Understanding and Responding to Violence and Trauma:
A Community Health Initiative
May 20 to 23, 2014
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
8:00-8:45 a.m.
- Conference Registration and Check-In (Hadley Union Building - Atrium)
8:45-9:00 a.m.
- Conference Opening Ceremonies
9:00-10:30 a.m.
- Ethical Issues Unique to Victims of Trauma, Jay Mills, PhD, ABPP
- Coping with Family Trauma: A Therapeutic Process Group Treatment for College Students, Harmony Sullivan, PsyD and Jack Mack, PhD
- We All Have a Role in Responding to Child Abuse: What is the Children's Advocacy Center Role and What is Your Role?, Kristina Taylor-Porter, MA
10:00-11:00 a.m.
- Does Research Support Public Perceptions of the Battered Woman?, Irene Frieze, PhD
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
- Supervision of Interventions with Trauma Victims, Jay Mills, PhD, ABPP
11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
- Lunch Break
12:15-1:30 p.m.
- The Nature and Effectiveness of Programs for Domestic Violence Offenders: Controversies Over Evidence-Based Practice, Edward Gondolf, EdD
1:30-2:45 p.m.
- Violence, Crime and Abuse in the Lives of Children: Developmental Victimology as an Integrative Concept, David Finkelhor, PhD
2:45-3:45 p.m.
- Enhancing Batterer Programs with Risk Management and Community Coordinated Response: Opportunities and Issues, Edward Gondolf, EdD
4:00-5:00 p.m.
- Internet Safety Education, David Finkelhor, PhD
5:00-5:30 p.m.
- Dinner Break
Concurrent Workshops
5:30-7:30 p.m.
- Boundary Fluidity: The Slippery Slope Between Sexual Health & Sexual Violence, Beverly Frantz, PhD
5:30-8:00 p.m.
- Treating Sex Abuse and Trauma Identity in Substance Abuse Recovery, Rebecca Born, LISW-S, MSW
- Trauma-Informed Violence Prevention in Community Mental Health Care, Elena Cherepanov, PhD, LMHC
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
9:00-10:00 a.m.
- Supporting Student Veterans and Mitigating Traumatic Experience on College Campuses, Demond Mullins, PhD and Veterans Outreach Group
Panel Discussion - Issues of Diversity in Military Trauma
- Topic A - Growing at the Barrel of a Gun: Masculinity, Coming of Age, and Combat Trauma, Justin Snyder, PhD
- Topic B - Diversity and the Role of Leadership: Case Study of Muslims in the Military, Michelle Sandhoff, PhD
10:00-11:00 a.m.
- Cultural Barriers and Kuwait: Interplay Between Arab Cultural Variables and the Dynamics of Violence Against Women and Children, Juliet Dinkha, Psy.D. and Nisrine Aboul Hosson, PsyD
- Military Sexual Assault: Acknowledging the Past to Forge the Future, Michele Papakie, PhD
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
- Lunch Break
12:00-1:15 p.m.
- Physical and Psychological Health Following Military Sexual Assault, Coreen Farris, PhD
1:30-2:30 p.m.
- Serial Rapists on Campuses and in the Military, Jacquelyn White, PhD
2:45-3:45 p.m.
- Targeting Alcohol Misuse: A Promising Strategy for Reducing Military Sexual Assaults, Coreen Farris, PhD
Concurrent Workshops
4:00-5:00 p.m.
- PTSD and Gender Differences in a Military Population, Cody Duckworth, PsyD
- Community Rape Prevention and Reduction: What Can We All Do?, Jacquelyn White, PhD and Karol Dean, PhD
5:00-6:30 p.m.
- Dinner Break
6:30-7:30 p.m.
- Three Potential Solutions to Veterans Suicide, Timothy Lawson, Marine Veteran
- Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders, Beth Bliss, PsyD
Thursday, May 22, 2014
9:00-10:00 a.m.
- A Training Model for Recognizing and Responding to Sexual Victimization and Title IX Compliance, Sondra R. Dennison, IUP Deputy Title IX Coordinator for Training and Daniel A. Burkett, PhD
- Creating a Prevention Model to Increase Help Seeking Behaviors in College Women that have Experienced Sexual Violence, Malinda Levis, MA and panel
10:00-11:00 a.m.
- Creating Safe Places for LGBTQIA Students and Co-workers, Rita Drapkin, PhD
- Healing Trauma through Somatic Experiencing and Gestalt Intervention Strategies, Bob Witchel, EdD
- Sex Trafficking: It's Happening in a Neighborhood Near You, Denise Holtz, SA FBI
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
- Slut Bashing and Other Forms of Sexual Harassment, Maureen McHugh, PhD
- Stalking: An Overlooked Form of Sexual Violence, Jessica Miller, Psy.D., Malinda Levis, MA and Alisia Drew, MA
12:00-1:00 p.m.
- Lunch Break
1:00-2:15 p.m.
- Invisible Damage: The Victimization of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Children, Youth, and Adults, Anthony R. D'Augelli, PhD
2:30-3:30 p.m.
- Lived Experiences of Trauma and the Real-world Impact of Violence Targeting Women, People with Disabilities, and the LGBTQI Community at Post-Secondary Institutions, John Grant, MA; Christina Santiago, MBA; Abigail Adams, PhD; and Mary Beth Grant, J.D., Deputy Title IX Coordinator
- Leadership and School Violence Prevention, Joyce Henderson, EdD
3:30-4:45 p.m.
- What's the Law Got to Do with It?: Talking and Teaching about Sexual Harassment, Bullying and Gender Violence in K-12 Schools, Nan Stein, EdD
5:15-6:15 p.m.
- Training for School-Based Staff on Identifying and Preventing Peer Sexual Harassment and Gender-Based Violence in Schools, Nan Stein, EdD
6:15-7:00 p.m.
- Dinner Break
Concurrent Workshops
7:00-8:00 p.m.
- Findings from Project DATE: Implications for the Treatment and Prevention of Teen Dating Violence, Cristina Reitz-Kruger, PhD, Lucy Guarnera, Tammi Walker and Alison Nagel
- Video presentation
Panel Discussion - Adverse Childhood Events and Health
- Topic A - The Impact of Chronic Stress and Trauma on the Psychological and Neuropsychological Functioning of College Students, Leslie Varner Smith, MA
- Topic B - The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Physical Health in College Students: A Replication and Extension of the ACEs Study, Irina Khrapatina, MA
Friday, May 23, 2014
9:00-10:00 a.m.
- Preliminary Findings on Protective Factors in Families after Prevention and Diversion Child Welfare Services, Roger D. Phillips, PhD and Cheryl Arndt, MA
- Hidden Faces of Abuse in Older Populations: The Aging Networks Response, Bettye Mitchell, MA
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
- Prosecuted, But Not Silenced: Courtroom Reform for Sexually Abused Children, Maralee McLean, Child Advocate and Marissa Perrone, BA
10:00-11:00 a.m.
- A Monster in the Closet: Understanding Child Sexual Abuse, Donna Balewick, MD
- The Project to End Human Trafficking, Aaron Freudenthal, JD
11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
- Unto a Third Generation: A Call to End Child Abuse in Three Generations, Victor Vieth, JD
12:15-12:45 p.m.
- Lunch Break
1:00-2:30 p.m.
- Investigation and Prosecution of Child Abuse and Neglect, Victor Vieth, JD
2:30-3:30 p.m.
- Assessment of Violence Across the Lifespan: Experiential Practice with Case of Elder Abuse, Pearl Berman, PhD and Camille Interligi, MA
3:45-4:45 p.m.
- ChildFirst, Joyce Hatfield-Wise, JD and Jason Kutulakis, JD
- Utilizing Social Psychological Principles to Treat Traumatized Teens and Adults, Kim Rosan Tousignant, PsyD