Child Maltreatment
| 9.30 |
I. Introduction
- An ecological overview emphasizing family, schools, neighborhoods, communities and culture.
- General Knowledge of Child Maltreatment: A 15 item True/False test will be administered and the results will provide the basis of discussion of what is known and not known about child maltreatment.
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| 10.45 |
Break |
| 11.00 |
II. Definitions of child maltreatment and neglect and their importance for prevention:
- Mental Health and Social ServicePractitioners
- Legal Professionals
Researchers
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| 12.30 |
Lunch Break |
| 14.00 |
III. Child abuse reporting laws: Purpose, Effectiveness, and Problems.
- Do reporting laws prevent child abuse and neglect?
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| 15.45 |
Break |
| 16.00 |
IV. Preventive Interventions: Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Prevention
- Possibilities and Barriers
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| 17.00 |
Closing |
3rd June 2008
| 9.30 |
V. Parent Education as Prevention of Child Maltreatment and Neglect
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| 10.45 |
Break |
| 11.00 |
VI. Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse: Myth or Reality.
- Special emphasis on school programs
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| 12.30 |
Lunch Break |
| 14.00 |
VII. Legal interventions to assist child victims and child witnesses.
- Secondary prevention in action.
- Film on child victims as witnesses will probably be shown.
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| 15.45 |
Break |
| 16.00 |
VIII. Wrap-up and final discussion.
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| 17.00 |
Closing |
Note: For all topics throughout the workshop, empirical evidence will be brought to bear whenever possible.
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N. Dickon Reppucci
Professor Reppucci received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Harvard in 1968. He subsequently taught at Yale as Assistant and Associate Professor (1968-1976) and was appointed Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia in 1976. He has been Director of its Community Psychology program, with its emphasis on law and children and diversity, ever since, and been the mentor to more than 40 Ph.D. students. He has received the Distinguished Contributions in Research Award from the Society for Community Research and Action (1998) and the American Psychology/Law Society Mentoring Award (2007). He is author or co-author of four books, including The Sexual Abuse of Children (1988) with Jeffrey Haugaard and Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect through Parent Education (1997) with Preston A. Britner and Jennifer L. Woolard, and more than 150 articles and chapters. His major areas of research are juvenile competence, juvenile justice, and child abuse. He is currently investigating police perceptions of juvenile interrogations, and aggressive, violent female juvenile offenders.
Registration fees:
| Members of SCRA, ECPA, SPPC, APS/CCP and other National Community Psychology Associations who might sponsor
the event |
100€ |
| Non-Members |
150€ |
| Students |
100€ |
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