Online Professional Training Conference on

Abuseand Disabilities Basic Training: In Depth and Over Time

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

Will be recorded and available online for those who cannotattend the live sessions.

CONSISTENT, ONGOING LEARNING THROUGH August 2005!

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

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

Scope: All types of disabilities; all types of abuse Ðacross 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 Disabilitiesand Personal Rights Project, the CAN Do! Project, LifeNET, Inc., and PreventChild 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 Workshopsand 200 total hours of faculty contact, plus online access to all coursematerials for one year.) Group discounts and hardship scholarships asavailable.

ContinuingEducation: Providedthrough Alliant University, San Diego.

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Key Contact People

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

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