This from Megan@masskids.org



Conference Alert!
The First Statewide Conference on Child Sexual Abuse Prevention

"Taking Action To Prevent Child Sexual Abuse:
Strategies for Your Community"

Date: Saturday, April 5th 2003
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 pm.
Where: The John Hancock Conference Center in Boston, MA
ATTENTION: Parents, Community Leaders, Educators, Religious Leaders, Concerned Adults, Legislators, Media Representatives, Nurses, Social Workers, Mental Health Professionals, Physicians, Psychologists, Child Care Professionals, Youth Group Leaders – Anyone who cares about protecting children from sexual abuse!

Conference Highlights:
Prominent researcher and physician, Dr. Vincent J. Felitti, first author of the The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study, will open the conference with a discussion of the link between adverse childhood experience, including sexual abuse, and the leading causes of death in the United States.
Jan Hindman, a distinguished researcher and clinician, will address the question: "Are We Raising a Generation of Sexual Thieves?”
In a panel of survivors/ child sexual abuse prevention advocates will discuss, with audience participation, the myths and realities about child sexual abuse offenders and victims.
5 afternoon workshops are designed to give you specific skills and tools to prevent child sexual abuse in your community:

A. Fostering Healthy Early Child Development as a Strategy to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse

B. "Talking About Touching" and "Child Assault Prevention Program (CAP)"--An Overview
of Two Child Safety/Parent Education Programs in MA

C. The Ten Commandments of Raising Sexually Respectful Children

D. The Anatomy of Silence--How to Dismantle the Wall of Silence that Protects Sexual Predators

E. Sexual Abuse Free Environment for Teens (SAFE-T)--): An Innovative Prevention Program
for Middle Schools

Continuing Education Units Available