Past ISPCAN Supported Training Events

ISPCAN Training Events 2005

Venue: Warsaw, POLAND
Date: January – October 2005
Contact: Maria Keller-Hamela, fdn@fdn.pl

Venue: Ebolowa, CAMEROON
Date: 3-4 March 2005
Contact: Dr. Daniel Mbassa-Menick, caspcan@yahoo.fr

Venue: Lisbon, PORTUGAL
Date: 11-12 Mar., 3-4 June, 16-17 Sept.
Contact: Carla Antunes, amcvportugal@hotmail.com

Venue: Dhaka, BANGLADESH
Date: March 2005
Contact: Dr. Yeameen Akbory, yameen@dhaka.net

Venue: Valga County, ESTONIA
Date: March-April, 2005
Contact: Kristel Altosaar, ch.abuse@online.ee

Venue: Comodoro Rivadavia, ARGENTINA
Date: 1-3 April 2005
Contact: Dr. Silvia Luz Clara, lovecc@infovia.com.ar

Venue: PAKISTAN
Date: April 8-10 and September 1-3, 2005
Contact: Dr.Tufail Muhammad, tufailm@brain.net.pk

Venue: CONGO
Date: 24-26 May 2005
Contact: Dr. Marcel Tshibangu, maditshibangu@yahoo.fr

Venue: MALAYSIA
Date: May 2005
Contact: Dr. Irene Cheah, igscheah@streamyx.com

Venue: INDIA
Date: May and August 2005
Contact: Dr. Sibnath Deb, sibnath23@rediffmail.com

Venue: Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL
Date: June 2005
Contact: Dr. Lidchi and Dr. Eisenstein, ceiias@yahoo.com.br

Venue: Nairobi, KENYA
Date: July 2005
Contact: Ms. Wambui Njuguna, regional@anppcan.org

Venue: Bangkok, THAILAND
Date: July 2005
Contact: Mr. Sanphasit Koompraphant, cpcrheadoffice@yahoo.com

ISPCAN Global Institute
At the San Diego Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment

2004 Global Institute
Theme: Child Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking: An International Perspective
Date: 26 January 2004
Venue: San Diego, CA, USA
Organized by: ISPCAN
Contact: education@ispcan.org

2003 Global Institute
Theme: Poverty and its Impact on Child Abuse and Neglect
Date: 3 February 2003
Venue: San Diego, CA, USA
Organized by: ISPCAN
Contact: education@ispcan.org

MULTIDISCIPLINARY TRAINING SEMINARS

Multidisciplinary Training Seminar on CAN in Thailand

Dates: February - April 2003

Venue: Thailand

Theme: Building a Caring Society for Child Care and Protection Project

Organized by: The Center for the Protection of Children's Rights

Contact: Sanphasit Koompraphant at cpcr@internet.ksc.net.th

Multidisciplinary Training on CAN in India

Dates: February 2003
Venue: Calcutta and Nagpur (one in each city)

Theme: First Training Programme for NGO Personnel

Description: NGO Personnel working for the welfare of disadvantaged children will learn about the severity and mangitude of child abuse and neglect in India, existing legal measures and current CAN activities in India

Contact: Dr. Sibnath Deb
E-mail: sibnath@vsnl.net

Multidisciplinary Training on CAN in Jordan

Dates: March 6-11, 2003
Venue: Amman

Description: Development and delivery of in-county training package on child abuse and child protection. Dissemination of training to all hospital based medical personnel, relevant police officers, social workers and those involved in childcare.

Contact: Dr. Hani Jahshan and Dr. Hala Hammad
Email: jahshan@go.com.jo, halah@jrf.org.jo

Multidisciplinary Training Seminar on CAN in Turkey

Dates: May, 2003
Venue: Antalaya, Turkey

Theme: Multidisciplinary Approach to Child Abuse and Neglect

Description: Professionals will learn how to recognized, investigate, diagnose, report and manage child abuse, organize hospital-based multidisciplinary teams, collaborate with Child Protection Services and Law Enforcement for community-based multidisciplinary teams.

Contact: Dr. Sevtap Velipasaoplu and Dr. Oral Resmiye
E-mail: sevtap@hipokrat.med.akdeniz.edu.tr or Resmiye-oral@uiowa.edu

APSAC 11th Annual National Colloquium

Dates: July 23-26th, 2003
Venue: Orlando, Florida

Description: APSAC's Annual Colloquium is a major source of information and research necessary for interdisciplinary professionals in the field of child abuse and neglect.

Contact: Tricia Williams
Phone: (405) 271-8202
FAX: (405) 217-2931
Email: tricia-williams@ouhsc.edu
Website: www.apsac.org

ISPCAN International Track
At APSAC Ninth National Colloquium
Dates: 20 - 23 June 2001
Venue: Washington DC, USA

Theme: A New Era of Leadership

Organizer: American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) & International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN)

Contact: APSACEduc@aol.com

Child Protection Conference

Dates: 9 - 11 January, 2002
Venue: Belize City, Belize

Theme: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Child Protection and Advocacy

Organized by: Lorna McDougall, National Organization for the Prevention of Child Abuse (NOPCA) & University of Belize
Contact: Lorna McDougall
Email: nopca@blt.net

Multidisciplinary Training Seminar on CAN
Dates: 13 - 15 February 2002
Venue: Pakistan

Organized by: Child Rights and Abuse Committee, Pakistan Pediatric Association
Contact: Dr. Tufail Muhammad Khan
Email: tufailm@brain.net.pk

INTERNATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM OF ISPCAN (ITPI)
Project funded by a generous grant from the Oak Foundation of Geneva, Switzerland

COUNTRY TRAINING PROJECTS (2001-2003)

ISPCAN Training and Local Capacity Building Program for Child Physical/Sexual Abuse Prevention & Treatment in Developing Countries.

Project overview: Through this project, ISPCAN will support the work of Country Project Leaders in six countries to develop educational/training programs and capacity building initiatives in each area over 24 to 36 months periods.

Project goals:

1. To expand local capacity within each country/region to provide training and support to local professionals working in the area of child abuse and neglect

2. To better integrate local professionals from the project with other professional and educational opportunities existing within and outside their immediate regions

3. To ensure the sustainability of professional and training resources within each country beyond the three-year period.

Region: Latin America
Country: Argentina
Main theme: CAN Treatment and Service Planning
Dates: First training May 17-19, 2001
Organizer: Familias del Nuevo Siglo
Contact: Irene Intebi, M.D.
Email: fliasnvosiglo@hotmail.com

Description: The Argentinian training will mainly concentrate on the Province of Chubut (Patagonia). The program will train several local multidisciplinary professionals in groups of 30-40 in three main cities of the Province. The objective of the project is to train the law enforcement, medical, social work, policy making and mass media representatives who are actively involved in the process of putting to work a new legislation procedures regarding children's rights and child protection that have recently passed in Argentina. The main goal of the training is to address those actively involved in order to enhance the attention and assistance delivered to CAN cases.

First training program:

Day 1- Consequences of CAN in children and their families
Individual and Family Therapies

Day 2- Sex offenders’ therapy (adult and juvenile)
Self help groups as part of a multimodal approach in CAN treatments

Day 3- Demographic characteristics and needs of the Province of Chubut
Planning and development of regional assistance programs.

Region: Latin America
Country: Brazil
Date: First training June 14-17, 2001
Contact: Claudio Hutz, Ph.D.
Email: hutzc@ufrgs.br

Description: The community based training project will address multidisciplinary professionals such as doctors, nurses, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers and lawyers. The main focus will be placed on interfamilial sexual abuse, physical abuse and neglect, and especially intervention and protection. Objectives will include identifying and analyzing the barriers of effective child protection within the community; motivating Universities to integrate CAN Prevention/Treatment focus into their curriculum, and raising awareness of CAN in communities. In addition, a long-range plan has been established in order to implement this program on an expanding and permanent basis. Brazilian professional training is fully supported by a Brazilian Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect.

First training program:

1.) Parenting – responsibility or parenthood during child development.
2.) Defining Child Abuse- multi-professional approach, cultural issues, and the urgency of a National Definition for CAN.
3.) The role of environment with emphasis in the role of economic deprivation- family assessment.
4.) Child physical abuse
5.) Evaluation of physical abuse.
6.) Sexual abuse of children (AIDS & STD)
7.) The statutes of the Rights of Children and the UN Convention. Law enforcement.
8.) Prevention- Child Protection Policy
9.) General overview of the problem of CAN for community leaders, council of guardians, religious leaders, homeless and landless activists etc.

The sessions will be followed by a Plenary where the results of group discussions will be presented and delegates will have an opportunity to network and evaluate workshops.

Region: Africa
Country: Kenya
Main theme: Building teams (partnerships) in child protection
Date: First training June 25-29, 2001
Organizer: The Coalition on Child Rights and Child Protection
Contact: African Network for the Prevention & Protection against Child Abuse and Neglect
Email: anppcan@arcc.or.ke

Description: Building multidisciplinary teams through trainings targeting professional regional audience forms a priority focus in Kenya. Apart from the main topic other issues will be addressed such as: definition of Child Abuse and Neglect, overview of child abuse, responding to child abuse, existing legal instruments for child protection, prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect.

During the first year of the project 4-day training workshop will be conducted for 30 professionals from all over the country. The main objectives will focus on strengthening and creating reporting systems to deal with CAN cases and will be established or strengthen in three major hospitals in Kenya. The districts of Nyeri, Meru, Kisii, Kakameg and Nairobi are being targeted to set up community reporting desks in selected police stations.

Region: Asia
Country: Malaysia
Date: July 13-15, 2001
Organizer: Malaysian Association for the Protection of Children
Contact: Irene Cheah, M.D.
Email: igscheah@ppp.nasionet.net

Description: The country project priority focus will be positioned on training of disciplines involved in assessment, follow-up and treatment, and legal interventions concentrating on social workers, doctors, police officers, public prosecutors and magistrates. The Malaysian country leaders will focus on training of magistrates to impact on "child interests" in court. Subsequent seminars will be offered to enhance psychological care for traumatized families and to train councilors from different fields how to evaluate sexual abuse cases.

Preliminary topics:
1. Definition and epidemiology of CAN in Malaysia - to be presented by
Sham Kasim, police and welfare officer
2. Perceptions of what is seen as Abuse and Neglect by local population and socio-cultural influences - by Dr. Rahimah (sociologist)
3. Identification of various types of CAN (Dr. Irene Cheah, welfare and police officers)
4.Intervention with case scenarios, i.e. good versus mishandled cases
5. Data collection - organization of national registry, reporting and responding more effectively. Enhancing effectiveness of SCAN and child protection teams

Region: Africa
Country: South Africa
Date: First phase of training - September, 2001
Organizer: SASPCAN
Contact: Nobs Mwanda M.D. or Ms. Julie Todd
Email: uhuru@global.co.za or pmbcws@futurenet.co.za

Description: Inter-sectoral training will be conducted in regional capacity in order to more effectively manage child abuse cases through establishing the SCAN teams. Multidisciplinary audiences will participate in 3-4 days workshops and training seminars.

First phase of Inter-sectoral Training will take place with 40-50 selected individuals from justice, welfare, health and police services. Pilot region of Kwa-Zulu Natal Province & possible second region are to be confirmed.

Region: Asia
Country: Thailand
Date: First training for the trainers - December 17-19, 2001
Organizer: The Center for the Protection of Children’s Rights Foundation
Contact: Mr. Sanphasit Koompraphant
Email: cpcr@internet.ksc.net.th

Description: Training project titled "Building a Caring Society for Child Care and Protection" will be conducted nationally with invited delegates from the Mekong Region i.e. Burma, PDR Lao, Cambodia, Vietnam and Yunan province of China. Priority focus will be placed on social reintegration of child victims including the work discipline with multidisciplinary team, training communities and capacity building on how to organize child and family services in communities (e.g. parent support group, parent class, family counseling, abused and neglected child group), and finally training families on how to organize child and family services at hospitals, schools, etc. (e.g. parental skill training, child empowerment). Multidisciplinary teams will consist of: doctors from different disciplines, nurses, social workers, teachers, lawyers, judges, policemen and policewomen, Government officials from different departments such as Ministry of Public health, Ministry of Social Welfare, and Ministry of Justice. Three trainings for the trainers in year 2001 will be followed by National Workshop and National Seminar (both in 2002).

The main goal of the Conference is to improve the skills of specialists working with sexually abused children, family members and young offenders, and to develop cooperation between Estonian professionals and establish network.

Topics: Interviewing, counseling and treating of sexually Abused children”
“Empowerment of families at risk”
“Working with young offenders”
“Making a plan for further help and working together’

ISPCAN International Track
At San Diego Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment
Dates: 21-25 January 2001
Venue: San Diego, CA, USA

Theme: Child and Family Maltreatment

Organizer: Center for Child Protection, Children's Hospital - San Diego
Contact: Tel: 1.858.495.4940
Fax: 1.858.974.8018
Email: mholmes@chsd.org


ISPCAN 2000 Professional Training Events by Region

Region: French Africa
Country: Republic of Cameroon
Date: February 23-25, 2000
Topic: Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children at school: the role of teachers, parents, and the media. (Follow-up of the 1999 Training)
Organizer: Cameroon Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (CASPCAN), UNESCO and ISPCAN, Dr. Daniel Mbassa Menick and Claude Bernard Bidias, Co-Chairs

Region: Southeast Asia
Country: Sri-Lanka
Date: 2 - 5 March 2000
Topic: Multidisciplinary Training Seminar on Child Abuse and Neglect (Follow-up and Expansion of the 1998 Sri-Lanka Training Seminar)
Organizer: Prof. D.G. Harendra de Silva, Professor and Head, Department of Pediatrics, Karapitiya Hospital, Galle, Sri-Lanka
E-Mail: gajabahu@lanka.ccom.lk

Region: Southeast Asia
Country: Sri-Lanka
Date: 6 - 8 July 2000
Topic: Legal / Law Enforcement Training Seminar on Child Abuse and Neglect (Follow-up and Expansion of the 1998 Sri-Lanka Training Seminar)
Organizer: Prof. D.G. Harendra de Silva, Professor and Head of Department of Pediatrics, Karapitiya Hospital, Galle, Sri-Lanka
E-Mail: gajabahu@lanka.ccom.lk

Region: Asia
Country: Lahore, Pakistan
Date: 16 - 18 November 2000
Topic: Multidisciplinary Training Seminar on Child Abuse and Neglect (Follow-up and Expansion of the 1998 Sri-Lanka Training Seminar)
Organizer: Dr. Tufail Mohammed, Chairman of Child Rights and Abuse Committee, Pakistan Paediatric Association
E-Mail: tufailm@brain.net.pk

Region: Eastern Europe
Country: Poland
Date: 18 -19 November 2000
Topic: Child Abuse--Size of the Problem--Challenges
Organizer: Elzbieta Bak, MN, RN, School of Public Health and Social Medicine, Medical Center for Postgraduate Education, Warsaw

Region: Eastern Europe
Country: Albania
Date: 16 -18 December 2000
Topic: Situation and Problems to Resolve in Child Sexual Abuse
Target Group: Multidisciplinary
Expected Outcome: Training professionals and volunteers to effectively help abused and neglected children
Topics: Introduction to Child Abuse; Focus on Investigation; Working with the Child and Family
Organizer: Dr. Elida Cangoni, Director of Tirana Child Development Center, Stavro Vinjau, Str. Tiranan, Albania
Telephone: +355 42 33870
FAX: +355 42 33870
E-Mail: elida@chdevc.tirana.al

Region: Southeast Asia
Country: Sri Lanka
Date: February 2000
Topic: Multidisciplinary Involvement in Action Against Child Abuse
Organizer: National Child Protection Authority and Department of Pediatrics, Ragama Faculty of Medicine, Prof. D.G. Harendra de Silva Chair

1999 ISPCAN supported training events

Region: Asia
Country: China
Date: December 29-31, 1999
Topic: The Spectrum of Child Abuse & Neglect: Assessment, Treatment and Prevention
Organizer: National Child Protection Authority and Department of Pediatrics, Ragama Faculty of Medicine, Prof. D.G. Harendra de Silva Chair
Target Group: Around 200 Multidisciplinary Professionals from 28 provinces representing Pediatrics, Nurses, Educators, Social Workers, Public Health Staff, Psychologists, Government Officials, Police and Criminal Justice
Expected Outcome: Increased understanding and specialized knowledge of the issues of child abuse and neglect, initiating and strengthening of efforts to protect children in the provinces of China
Speakers: The Spectrum of Child Abuse and Neglect: Assessment, Treatment and Prevention, Dr. Fu-Yong Jiao; Economic and Social Changes and their Impact on Children, Dr. Patricia Ip; Child Protection Services for Children with Disabilities, Dr. Anselm Lee; Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect through the Promotion of Maternal Health and Child Health, Andrew Leung
Organizer: Fu-Yong Jiao, Professor and Director of the Pediatric Department, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital of Xi'an Medical University, Xi'an
Telephone: 86.29.525.1331, ext. 2017
FAX: 86.29.523.6987
E-Mail: Jiaofy@yahoo.com
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