Type	event
Title	Online Conference on Abuse & Disability Across the Lifespan
Contributor	Nora Baladerian
Security Level	1
Dates	September 9, 2004 to September 29, 2004
Synopsis	Online Conference -you can attend 22 classes on Response to Abuse + 9 hours available with each faculty member + downloadable materials from 9/9/04 - 8/05.
Description	FIRST ONLINE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING CONFERENCE ON THE ABUSE OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES -- This online training conference is funded through a grant from the Office for Victims of Crime, part of the Office of Justice Programs in the U.S. Department of Justice; and is presented by ARC Riverside California, a private, non-profit corporation devoted to improving the welfare of individuals with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities and their families. WHERE: http://disability-abuse.com WHEN: Thursday, September 9 through Wednesday, September 29, 2004 WHAT: An online conference consisting of 22 ONE-HOUR Webinars (online seminars) that you can conveniently attend from any computer connected to the Internet! · Extensive access to 22 top experts -- each of our training faculty will provide you and your classmates with 10 hours of contact between September 9, 2004 and January 31, 2005 · One-year membership in our disabilities and abuse network, including: Continuous access to online training materials until August 2005: you can always review what you learned, and keep on learning; Access to training listservs and forums so you can keep in touch with our faculty and your classmates for mutual support and professional growth; and Continuing Education credit is available for: Psychologists (APA), Health Education Specialist (CHES), Registered Nurse (BRN), Attorney (MCLE), Social Worker (BBS), Marriage And Family Therapists (BBS), Substance Abuse Counselor (CAADAC), Trauma Specialist (ATSS), Custody Evaluator DV Offender Treatment Provider (DVOTP), Counselors (NBCC), and Law Enforcement (POST) WHO: All professionals and all workers in the fields of abuse/victimization and/or disabilities. Topics include: prevention, identification, investigation, prosecution and treatment. Seminars will concern casework and care-giving where people with disabilities are victims of child abuse, domestic violence, dependent adult abuse, and elder abuse. COST: $150 for the entire conference--all 22 webinars! (A reduced fee is available of $100 per trainee for Agencies sponsoring groups of 10+ trainees). A limited number of scholarships are available where financial hardship is a factor. To complete a scholarship application please visit www.disability-abuse.com/scholars.htm or for information please contact Online Training eLearning Director Tom Hanna at 607-275-9360 or tph3@cornell.edu. The deadline for scholarship applications is August 25, 2004. HOW: Visit http://disability-abuse.com to register by September 1, 2004 to be eligible to receive full continuing education credits. Those who register later are welcome (and will receive full access to all webinars in archive form) but will not be able to receive the full amount of continuing education credits available to those who attend live webinars. Special benefits: -- No travel, no parking, no hotel, no child care or elder care arrangements -- No "away days" from work required -- You can schedule your participation to meet your personal needs, regardless of the actual program schedule You can attend 22 classes on Response to Abuse + 9 hours available with each faculty member + downloadable materials from 9/9/04 - 8/05.
Last Reviewed	August 18, 2004
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