Monday, November 09, 2009

CONFERENCES: National summit on interpersonal violence and abuse across lifespan--

[] CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Due December 1, 2009 National Summit on Interpersonal Violence and Abuse Across the Lifespan: Forging a Shared Agenda February 24-26, 2010 Dallas, Texas Sheraton Dallas Hotel Dear Division 20 Colleagues:

If you are interested in representing the Division at this event please send me a brief cover letter and cv. Division 20 will cover your travel (also lodging , meals) expenses.

best,

Peter Lichtenberg, Ph.D., ABPP Division 20 President p.lichtenberg@wayne.edu

The Summit Includes: Identifying gaps and issues facing the field of interpersonal violence prevention Integrating practice, research, and policy to affect public awareness, training/mentoring, community action/capacity building Moving from dialogue to action Multidisciplinary and multicultural strategies Cost-effective conference with state-of-the-science information Emphasizing networking and collaboration 19 hours of CEs provided for most professions (co-sponsored by the IVAT)

National Summit Thematic Threads – Themes for Submissions

The summit will be organized around thematic threads. These threads represent different aspects of interpersonal violence. Plenary speakers and symposia will represent an interweaving of two or more of these threads. The overall aim is fostering a more integrative perspective on the critical issues to address in eliminating interpersonal violence. Submissions can focus on one or more of the threads below.

1) Intimate partner violence 2) Child maltreatment 3) Youth violence 4) Community violence 5) Sexual assault 6) Children exposed to violence 7) Substance abuse 8) Diversity/cross cutting issues 9) Elder abuse and neglect

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The Summit is an event of the The National Partnership to End Interpersonal Violence Across the Lifespan, an overarching group of organizations, agencies, coalitions and groups that embrace a national, multi-disciplinary and multicultural commitment to violence prevention across the lifespan.

For more information and/or to become a partner in the NPEIV please contact one of the co-chairs:

Jacquelyn White, Ph.D., <mailto:jwwhite@uncg.edu>jwwhite@uncg.edu Robert Geffner, Ph.D., bgeffner@pacbell.net Alan Kazdin, Ph.D., <mailto:alan.kazdin@yale.edu>alan.kazdin@yale.edu

For Information about NPEIV, the Summit, or the Call for Submissions: www.npeiv.org

National Partnership to End Interpersonal Violence Across the Lifespan (NPEIV) Collaborators

o Academy of Violence and Abuse o Alliant International University o American College of Emergency Physicians Research Forum o American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children o American Psychological Association o Public Interest Directorate o Divisions for Social Justice o Division 9 Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues o Division 17 Counseling Psychology o Division 29 Psychotherapy o Division 35 Society for the Psychology of Women o Division 37 Society for Child and Family Policy Practice o Division 39 Division of Psychoanalysis o Division 42 Psychologists in Independent Practice o Division 43 Society for Family Psychology o Division 44 Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Issues o Division 45 Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues o Division 46 Media Psychology o Division 48 Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence o Division 50 Addictions o Division 51 Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity o Division 56 Trauma Psychology o California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA) o Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University o Center for Research on Violence Against Women, University of Kentucky o Centers for Disease Control, Division of Violence Prevention o Children's Institute Inc. o Children Uniting Nations o Coalition Against Elder Abuse o Coalition for Children's Mental Health o Consumer Survivor Movement o Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health & TBI o Department of Defense, Sexual Assault Prevention & Response o Department of Psychology and the Women's & Gender Studies Program at the University of South Carolina o Domestic Abuse Project o Family Research Laboratory at the University of New Hampshire o Family Services, University of Northern Iowa o Family Violence & Sexual Assault Institute o Family Violence Institute, Northern Illinois University o Family Violence Prevention Fund o HHS Office of Research on Women's Health o HHS Office of Women's Health o Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community o Institute on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (IDVSA) Center for Social Work Research School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin o Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma at Alliant International University o Inter-agency Coalition on Child Abuse (ICAN) o International Center for Alcohol Policies o The International Forensic Association of Nurses o International Network for Prevention of Elder Abuse; o International Society for Study of Trauma & Dissociation o International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies o John D. Dingell VA Medical Center o Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and Public Health o Journal of Orthopsychiatry o Leadership Council on Child Abuse & Interpersonal Violence o Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong o National Alliance to Eliminate Domestic Violence o National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse, American Prosecutors Research Institute o National Center for Victims of Crime and Stalking Resource Center o National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, & Mental Health o National Child Fatality Review Center o National Child Protection Training Center o National Child Traumatic Stress Network o National Coalition Against Domestic Violence o National Committee for Prevention of Elder Abuse o National Compadres Network o National Institute for Child Health and Human Development o National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) o National Latino Alliance to Eliminate Domestic Violence o National Network to End Domestic Violence o National Sexual Violence Resource Center o New York NGO Committee on Aging o PAVE (Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment): Sexual Assault Awareness o Public Health Department., University of Arizona o Race Matters Consortium o The Refugee and Immigrant Coalition Against Domestic Violence Women o Robert Wood Johnson Foundation o School of Social Work, Columbia University o Society for the Advancement of Violence & Injury Research o Southern Indian Health Council o Southern Methodist University Family Research Center o State & Territorial Injury Prevention Directors Association o Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) o TAPESTRI: The Refugee and Immigrant Coalition Against Domestic Violence o Texas Association Against Sexual Assault and Interpersonal Violence Prevention Collaborative o Texas Coalition Against Family Violence o United Way - MN o Veteran's Administration o Waitt Institute for Violence Prevention

For more information, please contact Kori Ryan, M.S., Special Projects Coordinator, Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma (IVAT) at Alliant International University, San Diego, CA. IVAT is the fiscal agent for the NPEIV. Email: ivatsp@alliant.edu (858) 527-1860 x 4310

Peter A. Lichtenberg, Ph.D., ABPP Director, Institute of Gerontology Director, Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry and PM&R 87 E. Ferry Street Detroit, MI 48202 313-577-2297 (phone) 313-875-0127 (fax)