Georgia Mountains Center
Gainesville, GA
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Cheryl Lanktree
Executive Director, Miller Children’s Hospital Abuse and Violence Intervention Center (MCAVIC)
In addition to featuring the address of the renowned Dr. Cheryl Lanktree from UCLA and the Miller Children's Hospital Abuse and Violence Intervention Center, this day-long conference will spotlight the treatment expertise of staff members at the Children’s Center for Hope & Healing, an agency which has been offering trauma-focused therapy for child and adolescent survivors of sexual abuse for twenty-five years. Participants, will learn some specific trauma-focused interventions to implement in their practices and will have opportunities to gain an understanding of normative v. problematic sexual behavior in children, the forensic interviewing process, and how to offer support to children transitioning from residential to community-based treatment programs.
In addition, the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy will be presenting information on the Stewards of Children program developed by the Charleston-based non-profit Darkness to Light. This community-based program focuses on ways of preventing child sexual abuse from happening before it begins and trains community citizens on how to spot and respond to child sexual abuse.
