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- June 18, 2009: Men’s Rights Groups’ Lawsuits Against Battered Women’s Shelters
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- Mar 5, 2009: GPS Technology: An effective tool to monitor High-Risk Domestic Violence Offenders
- Feb 9, 2009: The Impact of Our Economic Downturn on Domestic Violence and Homelessness
- Jan 15, 2009: 21st Century Strategies for Inspiring Men and Boys to be Allies in Gender Violence Prevention
- Dec 11, 2008: Understanding Domestic Violence through Complex PTSD
- Nov 13, 2008: The Growing Public Health Crisis of Domestic Violence by Returning Veterans
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- Sexism and Sexual Assault: A Meditation on Core Social Attitudes
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- Seeking Local Jewish DV Organizations to Participate in a National Grassroots Action Plan on Behalf of Agunot
- J-CHAI Sponsors DVAM Programs in Minnesota
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- Changing Lives – Beyond the Shelter
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- Sharing Artwork to Publicize DV
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- For Victims of Domestic Violence, Economic Empowerment Means A Good Job
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- The Child Victim’s Act of Delaware - One Year Later
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- Charlotte Temple Adopts Resolution on Domestic Abuse
- “Gentle”men Against Domestic Violence Forming at Naples, FL, Shelter
- Guidance Counselor Helps Students Prepare for Relationships
- Artist Donates Art Therapy Tools for Use in Women’s Shelters
- Charlotte, NC Teens Get a Firsthand Lesson in Spotting Unhealthy Relationships
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- Foundations of Change: A Statewide Summit to Create Strategies for the Future
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- Overview of Domestic Violence

Past Teleconferences/Purchase CD
National Alliance Teleconference CDs are $14.95. June 18, 2009, Men's Rights Groups' Lawsuits Against Battered Women's Shelters. Dr. Molly Dragiewicz, Nancy Lemon, J.D., and Kristine C. Lizdas May 21, 2009, Expert Witnesses in Domestic Violence Cases: How They Can Assist Survivors. Sarah Buel, J.D., Clinical Professor at The University of Texas at Austin School of Law and Toby Myers, Ed.D., National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence. March 24, 2009, The Chris Brown/Rihanna Case: What we can learn from the media’s coverage of this case to use in our work with teens and their families. Wendy Murphy, J.D., and Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD. March 5, 2009, GPS Technology: An Effective Tool to Monitor High-Risk Domestic Violence Offenders. Diane Rosenfeld, J.D., LL.M., Michael Bischof, and Mardi Chadwick, Esq. February 9, 2009, The Impact of Our Economic Downturn on Domestic Violence and Homelessness. Lynn Rosenthal is the executive director of the January 15, 2009, 21st Century Strategies for Inspiring Men and Boys to be Allies in Gender Prevention. Jackson Katz, ED.M., one of America’s leading anti-sexist male activists. An editor, author and filmmaker, he is internationally recognized for his groundbreaking work in the field of gender violence prevention education with men and boys. December 11, 2008, Understanding Domestic Violence through Complex PTSD. Mary Jo Barrett, MSW, executive director and co-founder of the Center for Contextual Change. November 13, 2008, The Growing Public Health Crisis of Domestic Violence by Returning Veterans. Tanya Biank, a Fulbright Scholar, journalist specializing in the military, author of Army Wives: The Unwritten Code of Military Marriage which is the basis for the Lifetime TV series Army Wives. Jaine Darwin, Psy.D., a psychologist-psychoanalyst who is founder and co-director of SOFAR: Strategic Outreach to Families of All Reservists and a clinical instructor in psychology, Harvard Medical School; Christine Hansen, executive director of Miles Foundation, a nonprofit providing comprehensive services to victims of violence associated with the military. October 16, 2008, Domestic Violence: A View from the Hill. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) was elected to represent Illinois' 9th Congressional District on November 3, 1998, after serving for eight years in the Illinois State Assembly. She is in her fifth term. Rep. Schakowsky serves in the House Democratic Leadership as Chief Deputy Whip and as a member of the Steering and Policy Committee. She is a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, where she will work to accomplish her top priority in Congress - providing universal healthcare coverage for all Americans. September 11, 2008, Preventing Sexual Assault and Intimate Partner Violence on College Campuses. Alan Berkowitz, PhD. and Christine Gidycz, PhD. Dr. Berkowitz is an independent consultant who helps colleges, universities, public health agencies and communities design programs that address health and social justice issues. He has over 20 years’ experience in higher education as a trainer, psychologist, faculty member, and counseling center director. Dr. Gidycz, director of clinical training in the department of psychology at Ohio University, is actively involved with research on sexual assault and is particularly interested in the evaluation of sexual assault prevention and risk reduction programs. She has developed The Ohio University Sexual Assault Risk Reduction Program, a curriculum designed to reduce women's risk for sexual victimization. June 26, 2008, The 2008 Supreme Court Decisions Impacting Domestic Violence. Due to technical difficulties, this call was not recorded. *May 15, 2008, Kids Caught in the Crossfire: How to Assist Children Exposed to Men Who Batter. Lundy Bancroft has 20 year's experience specializing in interventions for abusive men. He is the author of three books in the field, including Why Does He Do That? When Dad Hurts Mom and the nation prize-winner, The Batterer as Parent. Mr. Bancroft has worked with more than one thousand abusers directly as an intervention counselor and has served as clinical supervisor on another thousand cases. May 8, 2008, Domestic Violence and People with Disabilities: What you should know. Nora J Baladerian, PhD, licensed clinical psychologist, licensed marriage and family therapist, certified sex therapist and board certified forensic examiner. Presently, Dr. Baladerian is the director of the Disability, Abuse and Personal Rights Project in Los Angeles, California. April 17, 2008, Teen Dating Violence: What you should know. Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD,assistant professor in pediatrics, UC Davis School of Medicine; Juley Fulcher, Director of Policy Programs, Break the Cycle, Washington DC; Barri Rosenbluth, LCSW, School-based services director, SafePlace in Austin, Texas. *March 20, 2008, Motivational Interviewing:Strategies to more effectively interview women and adolescent survivors of domestic abuse. Kathleen Sciacca, MA March 6, 2008, Men Who Abuse Women: Why do they do that? Lundy Bancroft has 20 year's experience specializing in interventions for abusive men. He is the author of three books in the field, including Why Does He Do That? When Dad Hurts Mom and the nation prize-winner, The Batterer as Parent. Mr. Bancroft has worked with more than one thousand abusers directly as an intervention counselor and has served as clinical supervisor on another thousand cases. February 7, 2008, Children's Physical Health: the link to asthma, smoking, lung function and childhood obesity. Rosalind J. Wright, MD, MPH, assistant professor of medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School; and assistant professor, Department of Society, Health and Human Development, Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Wright is the principal investigator on numerous studies that look at the impact of family violence on child health issues. *January 17, 2008, Danger Assessment: a tool to help identify the risk of intimate partner homicide and near-homicide as part of routine mental health assessments. Dr.Jacquelyn C. Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN, Anna D. Wolf Chair & Professor, the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing January 10, 2008, Pet Abuse and Domestic Violence: How We Can Identify Families at Risk. Mary Lou Randour, Ph.D., director of human-animal relations, education & outreach, The Humane Society of the United States; and Maya Gupta, Ph.D., president, Ahimsa House, Inc., serving the animal and human victims of domestic violence. December 13, 2007, Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence in the Military: Understand the Dynamics and Respond. Debby Tucker, MPA, executive director of the National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence and civilian co-chair of the U.S. Department of Defense Task Force on Domestic Violence; and Terri Spahr Nelson, MSSW, ACSW, principal investigator of a five-year international research study on the U.S. military’s response to rape and sexual harassment, and author of For Love of Country: Confronting Rape and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military. November 1, 2007, Parental Alienation Syndrome: What Does it Matter for Battered Women and Their Children Joan Zorza, Esq., founding editor of both Domestic Violence Report and Sexual Assault Report; and Molly Dragiewicz, PhD, assistant professor in the faculty of Criminology, Justice, and Policy Studies at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology outside of Toronto. October 11, 2007, Lethality Assessments & the Domestic Violence Death Review Teams: Can we predict who will commit homicide against partners and children? Jacquelyn C. Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN, Anna D. Wolf chair & professor at The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing; and Toby Myers, EdD, LCSW, LPC, past co-chair of Harris County Adult Violent Death Review Team. September 20, 2007, Stalking Goes Hi-Tech: How Batterers Use Technology to Stalk Victims. Sandy Bromley, The Stalking Resource Center at the National Center for Victims of Crime; and Cindy Southworth, The Safety Net Project at the National Network to End Domestic Violence. May 10, 2007, Child Sexual Abuse: Best Practices and the Importance of Collaboration Between All Professionals. Mary Jo Barrett, MSW, director of training, Center for Contextual Change (Skokie and Oak Park, Illinois). April 19, 2007, Domestic Violence and the Workplace: How DV Advocates and Business Professionals Can Help. Johnny Lee, Director of Peace at Work; Joan Dawson, Director of Employee Relations, Gap Inc.; and Debra Lewis, Manager of Corporate Communications & Public Affairs, Verizon Wireless. February 1, 2007, Intimate Partner Domestic Violence Involving Lesbian, Gay, Transgender and Bisexual People. Susan Holt, MA, CDVD Manager STOP Partner Abuse/Domestic Violence Program, Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center; and Diane R. Dolan-Soto, LCSW, Director of Clinical Programs, New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence. January 11, 2007, Why Men Batter. Charlie Stoops, PhD, LCSW, assistant professor, Dominican University Graduate School of Social Work; and David Garvin, program director, Catholic Social Services and director of Alternatives to Domestic Aggression. December 7, 2006, More Than a Few Good Men: Strategies for Inspiring Men and Boys to be Allies in Gender Violence Prevention. Jackson Katz, ED.M., one of America’s leading anti-sexist male activists. An editor, author and filmmaker, he is internationally recognized for his groundbreaking work in the field of gender violence prevention education with men and boys. November 2, 2006, Betraying the Trust, Rabbis and Child Sex Abuse. Mark Weiss, child survivor and advocate; Michael Lesher, Esq., attorney who represents child victims; Amy Neustein, PhD. sociologist; Rabbi Mark Dratch, past vice president of the Rabbinical Council of America and head of Jsafe, an organization to help Jewish victims of domestic violence and sex abuse. October 12, 2006, Human Trafficking in the United States: It’s in Your Community Too! Katherine Chon, co-executive director, Polaris Project; Tina Frundt, street outreach coordinator, Polaris Project; Nancy Aiken, PhD., executive director of Chana; Dorchen A. Leidholdt, co-executive director of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women and international director for The Center For Battered Women Legal Services at Sanctuary for Women, New York City. September 14, 2006, Batterer Intervention Programs: Do They Work? Jeffrey Edleson, PhD, director, Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse; Phyllis Frank, director, Domestic Violence Program for Men, VCS Community Change. Summer, 2006, Supreme Court Decisions Affecting Domestic Violence. Joan Meier, professor of clinical law, George Washington University Law School; Jim Whisman, senior deputy prosecuting attorney with Kings County Prosecuting Attorneys office, Seattle, Washington; Anthony J. Franze, Arnold & Porter LLP. June 1, 2006, Compassion Fatigue: The Cost of Caring. Mary Jo Barrett, director, Center for Contextual Change, Skokie, Illinois; Laurie Kahn, director of Womencare Counseling Center and international presenter on topics of trauma, Evanston, Illinois. May 4, 2006, The Children Affected by Domestic Violence: Understanding the Impact and Taking Steps to Promote Healing. Elizabeth Vermilyea, MA, director of training, Sidran Institute; Terri Pease, adult trauma specialist at the Domestic Violence & Mental Health Initiative in Chicago and The National Training and Technical Assistance Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health. April 18, 2006, Elder Abuse: Factors Contributing to Elder Abuse, How to Identify it and Mitigate it. Joy Solomon, managing attorney, Hebrew Home of Riverdal, New York; Risa Breckman, director of social work, Weill Medical College of Cornell University. March 2, 2006, Pursuing a Vision for Family Justice Centers Across the United States (part II). Casey Gwinn, co-founder of San Diego Family Justice Center and co-author of Hope for Hurting Families: Creating FJC across America; Kimberly Pearce, director of client services at the San Diego FJC. February 2, 2006, Family Justice Centers: "One Stop Center" for Domestic Violence Services. Amy Barasch, executive director, New York Family Justice Center; Bettina Richardson, executive director, Bexar County FJC, San Antonio, TX. January 5, 2006, Why Do Child Victims of Abuse Become Adult Victims? Esther Giller, MA, president, Sidran Institute; Elizabeth Vermilyea, MA, director of training, Sidran Institute. December 1, 2005, How to Bring Awareness of Domestic Abuse to Synagogues and How to Engage Rabbis in Your Work. Rabbi Ron Muroff and Rabbi Susan Shankman. November 2005, The Impact of Katrina/Rita on DV in Louisiana: What We Learned and How We Can Do It Better. Carmen Weisner, LCSW; Victoria Peay, LCSW; Nancy Aiken, PhD. October 2005, The Importance of Embracing Clients’ Culture and/or Religion to Better Serve Them. Ellen Loy LCSW-C, director of training, House of Ruth, Baltimore, MD. September 2005, Exploring the Possibility of Abuse When Marks are Not Visible. Toby Myers, Ed.D; Joan Zorza, Esq. |
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