Online Professional Training Conference on

Abuse and Disabilities Basic Training: In Depth and Over Time

IN REAL TIME ONLINE September 9-30, 2004 Twenty-two one-hour workshops

Will be recorded and available online for those who cannot attend the live sessions.

CONSISTENT, ONGOING LEARNING THROUGH August 2005!

Online faculty involvement through Workshops, Forums, E-lists, and Scheduled Chats provide participants with up to 200 hours of interaction with faculty. Attitudes, Skills and Knowledge (ASK) are reinforced and supported as participants take their training into the field. Participants have access to all course content through August 2005!

Topics: Interviewing, Investigation, Prosecution, Intervention, Treatment, Research and Policy.

Scope: All types of disabilities; all types of abuse Ð across the lifespan.

FACULTY AND WORKSHOP TITLES

9/9	Nora J. Baladerian	What Attitudes, Skills And Knowledge Are The Keys To Making A Difference?
9/10	DJ Stemmler	Assistive Technology & Victims With Disabilities: What You Need To Know!
9/13	Patricia Sullivan	Research Update On Children & Adults With Disabilities
9/13	Jamie Rosenfeld Hoffman	A PhysicianÕs Perspective: Responding To Abuse Of Children With Disabilities
9/14	Howard Davidson	National Policy Update; Children With Disabilities
9/15	Ollie Cantos	Basics On Abuse & Disability: The Law, Victim's Rights & Service Delivery
9/15	Tom Hanna	Communication Strategies for Community-Based Risk Reduction
9/16	Dick Sobsey	Multifactorial Model Of Violence Against People With Disabilities
9/16	Paul Feuerstein	Developing Accessible DV Shelters For Abuse Survivors With Disabilities
9/17	Candace Heisler	Domestic Violence in Later Life
9/20	Nancy O'Malley	Prosecuting Crimes Against People With Disabilities
9/20	Elizabeth Scheibel	Building Partnerships to Enhance Access to the Criminal Justice System for Crime Victims with Disabilities
9/22	Bill Benson	National Policy Update; Seniors & Adults With Disabilities
9/23	Bennett Blum	Undue Influence And The Exploitation Of People With Disabilities
9/23	Melissa Farley	Traumatic Brain Injury, Prostitution, And Sexual Abuse
9/24	Jerry Villanueva	Interviewing Skills To Use With Elders And Adults With Disabilities
9/24	Nora J. Baladerian	Strategies For Effective Interaction & Interviewing - Children
9/27	Shiela Mansell	Treatment Strategies For Abuse Victims With Disabilities
9/28	Francine Odette	Preventing Violence Against Women With Disabilities & Deaf Women
9/28	Mary Wambach	Deaf Women As Abuse Victims
9/29	Diane Faugno	Medical Forensic Examination Of Abuse Victims With Disabilities
9/29	Jim Stream, Tom Hanna, Nora Baladeiran	Where Do We Go From Here? ASK How to Make this Conference Work For You.

A program of ARC Riverside, California. Co-sponsored by the Disabilities and Personal Rights Project, the CAN Do! Project, LifeNET, Inc., and Prevent Child Abuse New York

Funded by a Grant from the United States Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime

Tuition: $150 (one price covers all 20 Workshops and 200 total hours of faculty contact, plus online access to all course materials for one year.) Group discounts and hardship scholarships as available.

Continuing Education: Provided through Alliant University, San Diego.

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Key Contact People

Nora Baladerian, Ph.D., Conference Director (nora@disability-abuse.com)

Tom Hanna, LifeNET eLearning Center (tom@child-abuse.com)