End Abuse Long Beach
CHILD ABUSE & DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION COUNCIL
P.O. BOX 1548, LONG BEACH, CA 90801-1548
Since 1975
www.EndAbuseLB.org

July Program Agenda

Dr. Winterstein is a licensed psychologist with more than twenty-five years experience in the treatment of abused, neglected and violence exposed children and their families.  She has seven years experience as Executive Director of For The Child and was FTC’s Clinical Director for fifteen years prior to her current role. She currently serves as the Clinical Committee Co-Chair on a multi-agency SAMHSA project dedicated to quality care and improved system coordination for the youngest, most vulnerable children needing mental health and child welfare services.

Michele has been recognized by the Congress of the United States, the State of California, and the Interagency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect (ICAN) for her work with abused and neglected children. She served as Associate Chair and Editor of the State of California, Victims of Crime Program Standards of Care Task Force, which published treatment guidelines for child crime victims in May 2001.  She is a past-president of the Long Beach Child Trauma Council (the oldest child abuse council in California and part of the group that became EndAbuse Long Beach) and was awarded the Child Protection Award by the council in 1999.  Her doctorate degree in clinical psychology and a master’s degree in theology were awarded by Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA in 1982.

Overview:
Forty-nine years ago Time Magazine introduced the concept of The Battered Child  to the general public, based on an article in a prestigious medical journal by pediatrician C. Henry Kempe and his colleagues.  By 1976 all states in the USA had laws mandating the reporting of suspected child abuse.  Dr. Winterstein will integrate clinical experience, findings from prevention and treatment research, and national and local child abuse data to consider what we know (and don’t know) about how to keep children safe; best practices for helping children recover from the effects of abuse; and the most promising current approaches for strengthening families and protecting children from physical abuse and neglect.

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