Child Abuse Summit: Tips from the Team

Description

The Child Abuse Summit: Tips from the Team is designed to provide medical and professionals from all disciplines with the knowledge, tools, and skills needed to properly identify and respond to all types of child and family maltreatment including physical abuse, sexual abuse, and/or neglect.  These professionals will have the opportunity to learn about child and family maltreatment within the context of a multidisciplinary team response.  Child Abuse Summit: Tips from the Team will increase providers’ and professionals’ comfort level in identifying and treating cases of child and family maltreatment  as well as in the multidisciplinary response from investigation through prosecution.  View agenda.

Target Audience

The anticipated audience for this activity includes physicians, nurses, pathologists, law enforcement, attorneys, social workers, CPS workers, emergency department personnel and first responders, and all other related professionals.  We estimate that approximately 300 professionals will attend this summit.

Educational objectives

Following completion of this activity, learners should be better able to:

• Use the most up-to-date information concerning domestic violence, child abuse, and neglect to improve patient care and client service.
• Collaborate more effectively with multidisciplinary partners in healthcare, law enforcement, advocacy and mental health.
•  Identify signs and symptoms of trauma in children and adolescents as well as elements of secondary trauma.

Directors

Nancy S. Harper, MD, FAAP
Director, Otto Bremer Trust Center for Safe and Healthy Children

Rebecca Foell, MSW, LICSW
Program Coordinator, Otto Bremer Trust Center for Safe and Healthy Children