CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, AND TRAININGS
Survivorship Webinars
Upcoming Professional Webinar:
Saturday, January 28 and March 31, 2012
noon Pacific Time (3 hours)
Sexual Ethics 101 & 102
Presenter: Staci Sprout, LICSW, CSAT
Upcoming Webinar (for survivors and professionals):
Saturday, February 18, 2012
noon Pacific Time (2 hours)
Resourcefulness as a survival tool. Drawing on both internal and external resources
Presenter: Alison
Complete details on all our webinars are at http://www.survivorship.org/webinars.html
Conferences
2012 RITUAL ABUSE CONFERENCES FOR SURVIVORS AND CLINICIANS
A conference to help survivors of severe child abuse (ritual abuse) and torture
August 10 - 12, 2012, between 8 - 5 PM Saturday and Sunday
DoubleTree Hotel near Bradley International Airport, 16 Ella Grasso Turnpike, Windsor Locks, CT 06096 (between Hartford, CT and Springfield, MA). This conference will help educate survivors of this abuse and their helpers. Pre-registration is preferred. For information write S.M.A.R.T., P. O Box 1295, Easthampton, MA 01027-1295 E-mail: smartnews@aol.com, conference information is at: http://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference
RITUAL ABUSE AND EXTREME ABUSE CLINICIAN’S CONFERENCE - 2012
A one day conference preceding our regular conference will be open to licensed practitioners in related fields to discuss issues in working with clients suffering from ritual abuse and extreme abuse symptoms. Students studying in related fields and retired licensed practitioners may write smartnews@aol.com by e-mail for more information. Internet conference information is available at: http://ritualabuse.us/...conference-2012/
KIDS ARE WORTH IT!
Conference on child abuse and neglect Crown Plaza, Baton Rouge, LA February 6-8 2012. For info. http://www.pcal.org/...2012RegBrochure.pdf
SOLIDARITY AROUND THE WORLD THE YEAR OF THE SURVIVOR 10thanniversarycelebration.blogspot.com
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of confronting the crimes of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church
January 6, 7, 8, 2012.
Holiday Inn, Beacon Hill, Boston MA. Registration $20, $30 after 1/3/2012
EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR TRAUMA AND DISSOCIATION
THIRD BI-ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
MARCH 29 – 31st 2012
BERLIN, GERMANY
www.estd2012.org
HEALING TOGETHER EDUCATIONAL AND SUPPORT CONFERENCE ON D.I.D.
JAN. 28-29 2012 Lake Buena Vista, FL.
For Information: http://www.aninfinitemind.com/...Agenda.pdf
MANY VOICES Words of hope for people recovering from trauma and dissociation.
List of 2012 Conferences:
http://www.manyvoicespress.org/calendar.html
MaleSurvivor 13th International Conference: A World of Healing
November 15-18, 2012 John Jay College New York, New York
MaleSurvivor announces "Dare to Dream 2!"
Special Screening of the documentary film, Boys and Men Healing
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 7:30pm to 9:30pm
Jewett Center for the Performing Arts, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah
HEALING CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE
New groups starting in early 2012.
The Gatehouse offers 15 week psychoeducational program for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Each week presents a different topic for facilitated group discussion.
These are Free to attend
For more info visit www.thegatehouse.org
Archdiocese of Chicago Office of Assistance Ministry Office for the Protection of Children and Youth
Mission: To provide pastoral care, support and resources to victims-survivors of clerical sexual abuse and their loved ones in their efforts to achieve psychological, emotional and spiritual healing.
For a complete list of 2012 events visit: http://www.archchicago.org/...assistance_ministry.shtml
PROJECT SISTER FAMILY SERVICES
Sexual Assault Crisis And Prevention Programs
24 hour hotline 909-626-help(4357) or 626-966-4155
Project Sister Family Services (PSFS) is the foremost agency dedicated to providing services to the women, children, and men survivors of sexual assault and abuse and their families in the East San Gabriel and Inland Valleys in Southern California
For more info http://www.projectsister.org/index.html
COMMON GROUND
Helping Youth, Adults, and Families In Crisis
Next Growth & Healing Group Begins in January
Common Ground's Growth & Healing girl's group is scheduled to begin the next 10-week session on Monday, January 9, 2012. This FREE empowerment group is open to girls between the ages of 13 and 17 who have experienced sexual abuse, childhood sexual abuse, date rape or incest. The group will meet on Mondays from 6-8pm for 10 consecutive weeks.
Please contact Charlette Adams at 248-451-2621 to register or for more information.
1 IN 6
Boys and Men Healing — Serving Men Sexually Abused as Boys
Trainings
Sacramento, CA: Jan 11, 2012
Nashville, TN: Feb 15, 2012
San Antonio, TX : Feb 28, 2012
San Diego, CA: April 2–4, 2012
Albuquerque, NM: April 19, 2012
Contact Peter Pollard, Training & Outreach Director at peter@1in6.org for more information.
WOMAN CARE COUNCELLING CENTER
Sexuality Interrupted For Couples
January 8th, 2012
Tools For Moving From Surviving To Thriving For Women
January 29th, 2012
For more information:
http://womencarecounseling.com/...Womencare-HealingTrauma.pdf
GULF COAST KIDS HOUSE
Marilyn Kapner Levin Center
Children's Advocacy and Child Abuse Prevention
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 9:00 a.m. Learn to Prevent and Recognize Child Sexual Abuse
Wednesday, February 08, 2012 8:30 a.m. Monthly Breaking the Silence Tour
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 5:30 p.m. Learn to Prevent and Recognize Child Sexual Abuse
Location: 3401 N. 12th Avenue, Pensacola, FL 32503
Telephone: (850) 595-5800
SASO
Sexual Assault Services Organization
Free & confidential 24-Hour Hotline 970-247-5400
http://www.durangosaso.org/...sexually-assaultedabused
SUNDRE DAYCARE CENTER IN CANADA
Little Warriors
14th January 2012
10:00 am sharp to approx 1:00 pm
River Valley School (meet inside the main entrance)
sundredaycarecentre@hotmail.com
A donation to Little Warriors is encouraged
Please note that due to the sensitive nature of the topics to be covered, this is an adult only session.
Stop the Silence: Stop Child Sexual Abuse, Inc.
www.stopcsa.org/race
The National Association for People Abused in Childhood
UK EVENTS
Workshops 2012- Dorset Action On Abuse
'Surviving Childhood Abuse and Parenting' and 'Another Helping: Metaphors and Rituals as Expression in Dissociative Eating'
www.dorsetactiononabuse.org.uk
For Other Events/Information:
http://www.napac.org.uk/news/events/events_uk.asp
THE NATIONAL CHILDREN’S ADVOCACY CENTER
Human Trafficking Awareness Training
January 11, 2012
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m
The National Children's Advocacy Center, 210 Pratt Ave., Huntsville, AL 35801
Registration Fee: $10.00
Registration Deadline is January 6, 2012.
Register Online
For more information and events/conferences:
http://www.nationalcac.org/
EUCCAN
1st European Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
May 23-25, 2012
De Meervaart
Meer en vaart 300, 1068 LE Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Tel: +31(0)20.4107720
Email: sales@meervaart.nl
7th Nordic Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Bergen, Norway
14th - 16th of May 2012
For abstract submission and latest updates please visit http://www.7thnordiccongress.wordpress.com/english
CANADIAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
Traumatic Stress Section: Upcoming Events 2012
San Diego’s International Conference on Child and Family Abuse
Town and Country Resort & Convention Center, San Diego, California, United States
January 21 - 27, 2012
http://www.sandiegoconference.org/
9th Annual Hawaii Conference on Prevention, Assessing and Treating Child, Adolescent, and Adult Trauma
Ala Moana Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii
March 13 – 14, 2012
http://www.ivatcenters.org/
The Second International Conference in Africa on Child Sexual Abuse - Accra, Ghana
Upcoming events for front page
12 – 14 March 2012
La Palm Royal Beach Hotel, Accra, Ghana
Delegate Registration Form English French
http://www.anppcan.org/node/69
Free the Captives: Houston Human Trafficking Conference
February 18, 2012
Houston's First Baptist Church at 7401 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX 77024
8am to 5pm
Further Info: http://www.freethecaptiveshouston.com/...conference.php
VERITAS COUNSELING CENTER, LLC Serving Adults and Adolescents
Women's Incest & Sexual Abuse Survivors Retreat - A 4-day Weekend Intensive Workshop & Retreat with Group Therapy & adjunct Equine Assisted Psychotherapy
April 25-28, 2012
http://www.veritascounselingcenter.com/...workshops_page.html
RAPE CRISIS NETWORK IRELAND
The Third International Conference on Survivors of Rape
November 9th and 10th 2012
Email events@rcni.ie for more information
UK Rally Against Child Abuse
Trafalgar Square, London
June 2012
http://www.againstchildabuse.co.uk/london-2012.html
Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault
August 22-24, 2012
Chicago Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Chicago Illinois
http://www.icasa.org/home.aspx?PageID=500
ON-GOING MEETINGS AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
More information is available at http://www.survivorship.org/events.html
ASCA (Adult Survivors of Child Abuse)
www.ascasupport.org
info@ascasupport.org
www.ascasupport.org/events.php
On-going meetings in CA, FL, IL, NE, NJ, NY, NC, RI, and South Africa
Intensive Trauma Therapy, Morgantown, WV.
http://www.traumatherapy.us
info@traumatherapy.us
Free Thursday morning Trauma Seminars
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
About 30 free on-line lectures on childhood trauma by noted researchers and clinicians; CEU’s available.
learn.nctsn.org/
Survivors of Incest Anonymous
SIA holds 12-step meetings for incest survivors. Those designated “Nothing Too Heavy to Share” meetings are designed for ritual abuse survivors.
http://www.siawso.org; 410-282-3400
Trauma Center at JRI
www.traumacenter.org/training/workshops.php
moreinfo@traumacenter.org; 617- 232-1303
Free lecture each Thursday of the month, 12-1 p.m., Brookline, MA
Vital Cycles
www.vitalcycles.org/healing@vitalcycles.org
“Childhood Trauma, Healing from Sexual Abuse”
Wednesdays: Internet Meetings 6:30-7:30 EST
Wednesdays and Sundays, Chelmsford, MA
Thursdays, Melrose, MA
Fridays, Philadelphia, PA
Womencare Counseling Center, Evanston, IL
www.womencarecounseling.com
info@womencarecounseling.com
Weekly ongoing groups, Evanston, IL; 847-475-7003
Women’s Center, 46 Pleasant Street, Cambridge, MA
http://www.cambridgewomenscenter.org
Phone: 617-354-6394
info@cambridgewomenscenter.org
Helpline. 617-354-8807
Weekly and monthly groups for survivors of child sexual abuse, incest survivor’s interfaith quilt project, Survivors of Incest Anonymous, eating disorder support group, emotional healing group, more.
HOTLINES FAMILIAR WITH RA ISSUES
* Bay Area Women Against Rape (BAWAR): 510-845-7273
* San Francisco Women Against Rape (SFWAR): 415-647-7273
* Women’s Center, Cambridge, MA: 617-354-8807
Dissociation & Trauma Clinical Discussions
The Dissociation & Trauma Clinical Discussions (DissTCD) list has been created to allow for clinical discussions for all licensed mental health counselors and retired licensed mental health counselors around the world. If you have a related license or degree, please write for more information at DissTCD-owner@yahoogroups.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DissTCD
MORE CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
American Society of Clinical Hypnosis
Website: www.asch.net/.../Default.aspx
Email: info@asch.net
Phone 847-498-4274 or fax 847-480-9282
54th Annual Scientific Meeting and Workshops
"Racing for the Finish Line: Closing the Mind Body Gap"
March 16-20, 2012, Charlotte NC
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