Program Schedule

Each Speaker presents at a General Meeting of the Council held on the second Thursday of each month
from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. except as noted in the programs at

Alpert Jewish Community Center
3801 East Willow Street, Long Beach CA 90815
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Nov 13, 2008	Suzanne Brown-McBride Executive Director of the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Director of the State Sex Offender Management Board
Oct 16, 2008 Note: 3rd Thursday 8:30 - 10:00	Alyce LaViolette, M.S., M.F.C.C. Founder of AlternativesToViolence.us "Gender Fairytales and Domestic Violence"
Sep 11, 2008	Denny Shaw, COO i-SAFE "What Children and Teens Are Doing Online Today – The Internet Landscape and the Phenomenon of Cyber Bullying"
Aug 14, 2008	Judy Han, LCSW Parole Agent, California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation "Treatment Programs Used in the Department of Juvenile Corrections (previously CYA)".
Jul 10, 2008	Yolanda Green, Ph.D. "Understanding Kinship Family Dynamics"
Jun 12, 2008	Joi Russell, MSW, LCSW Deputy Director Service Bureau 1 L.A. County DCFS "Navigating and Maneuvering with and Through the DCFS System"

May 8, 2008	Melissa Denton Program Manager for The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company "How the Process of Theatre Strengthens Positive Social Behaviors For At-risk Youth"
Apr 10, 2008 8:00am to 10:30am	Amber Browne, M.Ed. Manager of Prevention and Education at WEAVE Inc "Artful Communication: Helping Parents Whose Children Have Witnessed Domestic Violence" Learn a fresh approach to help mitigate the effects of family violence on children. Since a healthy parent is a child's most important ally, this workshop will educate the attendees on how to decrease the impact of family violence on parenting.
Mar 13, 2008	Susan Rice, DSW, LCSW Retired from CSULB Department of Social Work "Understanding and Dealing with Anger: A Key to Effective Communication and Conflict Resolution"
Feb 14, 2008	Tiombe Preston, MS, MFT Owner of her private practice and consulting business, Clinical Coordinator for the YWCA Sexual Assault Crisis Services in Compton "Working with Survivors of Sexual Violence: Issues of Mental Illness"
Jan 10, 2008	Michele Winterstein, Ph.D. Director, For The Child Dr. Michele Winterstein is a licensed clinical psychologist with more than twenty years experience in the creation and supervision of innovative programs to help abused, neglected and vulnerable children. "Treating Aggressive Children Exposed to Domestic Violence"
December 13, 2007	Holiday Breakfast & Awards Click here for Committee Award video Domestic Violence Prevention Award Wendy Puzarne, LCSW, Executive Director, Jewish Family & Children's Services In Recognition of Over a decade of Dedicated Service to To Promote the Health, Safety & Well-Being of Domestic Violence Victims & Their Families Dedicated Member & Vice President End Abuse Long Beach, Board of Directors Click here for Wendy's Award Video Child Protection Award Paul Sharpe, Secretary, Long Beach ALIVE In Recognition of His commitment as a Long Beach Child Protection volunteer: Taught over 2,000 children child abuse prevention (Long Beach ALIVE); Abused kids advocate (Child Abuse Response Team); Handyman (Women Shelter of Long Beach); Webmaster (six Long Beach DV organizations). Click here for Paul's Award Video
November 8, 2007	Allison Kress, Psy.D. Licensed Clinical Psychologist at SouthCountyPsychotherapy.com Specialist in the Treatment of Self-Injurious Behaviors "Self-Injury in Adolescents"
October 11, 2007 DV Awareness Month 8:00am to 10:30am	David Wexler, Ph.D. Executive Director, Relationship Training Institute, San Diego, CA "The Big Five Research Trends in Domestic Violence that Everyone needs to Know" PLUS: "Special Presentation on Couples Interventions for Domestic Violence"
September 20, 2007 3rd Thursday	Peter Alsop, Ph.D. Nationally-known Educator specializing in Educational Psychology & Experiential Therapy "Making Safe Places"
August 9, 2007	Victoria Sciarra, MA, MFT Victoria works with individuals and couples in her private practice in Long Beach in addition to teaching stress management workshops. She uses techniques from various energy psychology systems along with traditional therapy. New: Her handout is available after her flyer. "Mind-Body Connection"
July 12, 2007	Dr. Susan Mathieu, Ed.D. Assistant Professor, Recreation and Leisure Studies California State University, Long Beach "Building Group Trust and Confidence through Games and Activities: A Therapeutic Recreation Approach"
June 14, 2007	Dr. Nora Baladerian, Ph.D. & MFT Director, Disability, Abuse & Personal Rights Project "Using Energy Psychology to Treat Abused Children"
May 10, 2007	Julie O'Donnell, Faculty Dept. of Social Work, CSULB "Resiliency in Children"
April 12, 2007 Child Abuse Prevention Month 7:45am to 10:45am	Robert Geffner, Ph.D. President, IVAT, San Diego "What’s New?—Alternative Approaches to Working with Victims of Child Abuse"
March 8, 2007	Sharon Panian, Esq. Deputy City Prosecutor, LB & June Magilnick, Esq. Deputy City Attorney, LA "Domestic Violence Prosecution"
February 8, 2007	Marvin J. Southard D.S.W. Director, L.A. County Dept. of Mental Health "Treatment Trilogy: Domestic Violence, Substance Abuse, and Mental Health"
January 11, 2007	Susan K. Beeney, R.N. Founder of New Hope Grief Support Community "Facilitating Grief & Mourning in Children"
December 14, 2006	Holiday Breakfast & Awards Child Protection Award Grady Goddard, MFT, Director, Options for Recovery In Recognition of Over a Decade of Dedicated Service To Promote the Health, Safety & Well-Being of At-Risk Pregnant Women & Their Children EDUCATOR, ADVOCATE, & SUPPORTER OF ABUSED CHILDREN & THEIR FAMILIES Domestic Violence Prevention Award Ellen Goldsmith, LCSW, Director, Domestic Violence Program, Jewish Family & Children's Services In Recognition of Three Decades of Dedicated Service to Promote the Health, Safety & Well-Being of Domestic Violence Victims & Their Families EDUCATOR, ADVOCATE, & SUPPORTER OF WOMEN & CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAVE BEEN TRAUMATIZED BY ABUSE & VIOLENCE.
November 9, 2006	Cheryl Lanktree, John Briere "Innovative Approaches to the Treatment of Complex Trauma in Children and Adolescents"
October 12, 2006 8:00 - 10:30am Special 2-hr DV Month program	Dr. Robert Geffner To view his booklist, click here. "What is New? Alternative Approaches to Working with Domestic Violence Victims and Offenders"
September 14, 2006	Bob Fimiani & Bobbi Liberton, Ph.D. CamelotCommunicators.com "Communications Skills"
August 10, 2006	Rita Jennings LBPD, Senior Police Partner Program Elder Abuse & Adult Protective Services
July 13, 2006	Kelly Schreiner, MSW & Natasha Bibayoff, MSW Department of Children and Family Services "The Role of The Emergency Response Worker"
June 8, 2006	Carlos Morales Director Youth Leadership Development, Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women (LACAAW) "The Power of Storytelling in Youth Violence Prevention" Fact Sheet on LACAAW
May 11, 2006	Dr. Eileen Mayers Pasztor About Dr. Eileen Mayers Pasztor "The Policy Choice and Practice Challenge of Kinship Care"
April 6, 2006	John Ackerman "The Socialization of Children" Please note: 1st Thursday of month/extended program for Child Abuse Prevention Month
March 9, 2006	Ruth Beaglehole "Teaching Non-Violent Parenting: Breaking the Cycle of Violence with Positive Parenting Strategies" Show Excerpts on Ruth's Non-violence relating to children.
February 9, 2006	Ruth Beckford "Toxic Relationships"
January 12, 2006	Detective/Corporal J. Craig Newland "Date Rape Drugs"
December 8, 2005	Holiday Awards & Breakfast 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Child Abuse Prevention Award: Donna Mince-Lewis, LCSW In Recognition of Twenty Years of Dedicated Service To Promote the Health, Safety & Well-Being of Children & Their Families AN EDUCATOR OF THE MEDICAL TEAM; AN ADVOCATE & SUPPORTER OF ABUSED CHILDREN & THEIR FAMILIES Domestic Violence Advocacy Award: Mary Jane Cuffe In Recognition of 12 Years of Dedicated Service to Su Casa Domestic Abuse Network Dedicated Member & Treasurer, End Abuse Long Beach, Board of Directors AN ADVOCATE, SUPPORTER AND FRIEND OF WOMEN & CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAVE BEEN TRAUMATIZED BY ABUSE & VIOLENCE Click here for more pictures
November 10, 2005	Malinda Wheeler, RN, MN, CFNP, Director Forensic Nurse Specialists, Inc "Forensic Nursing in Sexual Assault Cases"
October 20, 2005*	Bernita R. Walker Violence Prevention Practitioner "Domestic Violence Prevention Advocates: The Difference We Make" Domestic Violence Awareness Month Note!! 3rd Thur, held at the Alpert Jewish Community Center
September 8, 2005	Kimberly Russell, PA-C Judi L. Noble, LVN Pediatric Family HIV Center "HIV/AIDS and Domestic Violence"
August 11, 2005	Dr. Barry Duel Pediatric Urologist "Bed Wetting and Child Abuse"
July 14, 2005	Detective Chris Minor LACO Sheriff’s Dept "Mandatory Reporting Laws"
June 9, 2005	Bernie DeKoven Restoring Fun: Games as Tools for Healing
May 12, 2005	Patricia Costales, LCSW Dir. of Clinical Operations Didi Hirsch Community Mental Health Center Child Abductions by Non-Custodial Parents.
April 14, 2005	Marilyn Van Derbur Motivational Speaker & Former Miss America Miss America By Day: Lessons Learned from Sexual Assault Ultimate Betrayals & Unconditional Love Workshop and Child Abuse Prevention Month
March 10, 2005	Susan Love, Ph.D. Professor, CSULB Department of Social Work Developmental Psychopathology: Understanding Intergenerational Influences of Violence & Effective Interventions to Stop it.
February 10, 2005	Silvia Argueta, Esq. Senior Attorney Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles Orientation to Government Benefits: Your Questions Answered Regarding Major State & Federal Benefits.
January 13, 2005	Nora Baladarian, Ph.D. "Children with Disabilities as Child Abuse Victims: Tips & Techniques for Sensitive & Effective Intervention."
December, 2004	Holiday Breakfast & Awards Click here for more pictures
November 11, 2004	Tara Fass, LMFT "Peace Talks - Mediation Services"
October 9, 2004	Colleen Friend, LCSW "Children and Domestic Violence"
September 9, 2004	Dusan Rice, PhD. "Working With Groups"
August 12, 2004	Imelda Buncab, National Program Director Heather Moore, Clinical Services Coordinator "CAST - Coalition to Abolsh Slaver & Trafficking"
June 10, 2004	Leslie Drozd, PhD. "Finding the Missing Piece"
May 13, 2004	Dorothy Mitchell "Renewing and Rewriting Your Spirit"
April 15, 2004	Jerry Tello "From Cycles to Circles: Guidng and Healling Wounded ourn Men Across the Rites of Passage Bridge"
March 11, 2004	Elizabeth Dermody Leonard, PhD. "Convicted Survivors, The Imprisionment of Battered Women Who Kill"
February 12, 2004	Jeffrey Knob, PhD. "Solution Focused Therapy"
January 8, 2004	Jayme Jones, PhD. "The Impact of Child Abuse and Domestic Vilence On Parent-Child Attachment"
December 11, 2003	Holiday Breakfast & Awards
November 13, 2003	Sandy Spurgeon McDaniel Getting Out of the Spin Cycle,” A Positive Parenting Seminar
October 9, 2003	Colleen Friend, LCSW Interviewing Mothers & Children Exposed to Domestic Violence
September 11, 2003	Robert J. Martin, V.P. "Fear and Personal Safety"
August 14, 2003	Cathy Salser, Executive Director "A Window Between Worlds - Using Art as a Healing Tool for Children and Women Surviving Domestic Violence"
July 10, 2003	Michael Pines, Ph.D. Voices from the Grave: Child & Adolescent Suicide Review Team
June 12, 2003	Marita Bautista, Carolyn Duclayan-Vizmanos, Ann Kim, PHNs Public Health: The Art of Nursing & the Science of Public Health
May 8, 2003	Gina Norman – Interval House Crisis Shelters Rev. Arnetha Inge – Zaferia Shalom Zone Agency Co-Coordinators of Creating A Safe Environment (CASE) "From Shelter to Shalom"
April 10, 2003	Christine Kleinpeter, Psy.D. "Motivational INterviewing Techniques in Clnical Practice With Children"
March 13, 2003	Carrie Petrucci, Ph..D. "Characteristics and Outcomes of Domestic Violence Offenders in a Misdemeanor DV Court: Implications for Practice"
February 13, 2003	Rene Castro, MSW Lysa Gamboa-Levy "Building Inclusive Schools and Communities: A Comprehensive Model of Prejudice and Bias Reduction for High School Students"
January, 2003	Jayme Jones, Ph.D. "Children & Depression"
December 12, 2002	Holiday Breakfast & Awards
November 14, 2002	Sue Griffith, MFT, Psy.D. The Nature of Clergy Abuse and Treatment Issues for Surviors
Ocotober 10, 2002	Alyce Laviolette Batterers' Treatment - Housell's Forum
September 12, 2002	Michele Winterstein, Ph.D. Clinical Director, ForTheChild.org Children's Fears: Monsters, Nightmares and "Things that go bump in the Night"...And airplances that crash into buildings
August 8, 2002	Susan Mathieu, Ph.D. Building Group Trust and Confidence Through Games: A Therapeutic Recreation Approach
July 11, 2002	Carol Berkowitz Failure to Thrive
June 13, 2002	Survivor's Panel (Interval House): A Multicultural Perspecitve
May 9, 2002	Norm Wright Compassion Fatigue
April 11, 2002	William R. Saltzman, Ph.D. Houssell's Forum - 8:00 - 11:30am Extended Program for Child Abuse Prevention Month "Helping Adolescents Cope with Trauma and Traumatic Loss"
March 14, 2002	Susan Holt DV in the Gay & Lesbian Community
February 14, 2002	Ellen Goldsmith, LCSW, Private Practice, National Council of Jewish Women Wendy Puzarne, MSW, Jewish Family and Children’s Services Religious Outreach: DV in the Jewish Community
January 10, 2002	Grady Ostberg, CD "Recovery from the Clients Perspective" - Panel
December 13, 2001	Holiday Breakfast & Awards
November 8, 2001	ICAN Youth Council Teens' Experiences with Child Abuse
October 11, 2001	Paula Savage Cohen, Esq. The Nuts and Bolts of Domestic Violence Restrainng Orders & Related FAmily Law Issues
September 13, 2001	Eileen Paszior CSULB Department of Social Work Challenging Assumptions about Fostering Abused Children
August 9, 2001	Karol Sikie New LIfe Advocay Preventing the Victimization of Battered Women & Children by the Judicial System
July 12, 2001	Jana Martin, PhD. Clinical Aspects of Child Abuse Reportng
June 14, 2001	Bernice Abrams Compton Sheriff's Department Law Enforcement's Response to Child Abuse & Domestic Violence
May 10, 2001	Connie McFall Rainbow Services Elder Abuse
April 12, 2008	Anita Brock Ester Gilles DCFS Reinvesting Child Welfare Services for L.A. County
March 21, 2001	Members-Only Thank you Breakfast
March 8, 2001	Renfor Reese, PhD. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Colorful Flags: BReaking Down Ethnic Mistrust
February 8, 2001	Tony Cavanaugh, Ph.D. Children Who Abuse Children
January 11, 2001	Rev. Ginny Wagner Rev. Jerry Larson Joanne Tortoriei-Lunna, Ph.D. Religious Outreach Committee Program: Can we Raise Peaceful Chldren in a Violenct Society?
December 14, 2000	Holiday Breakfast & Awards
November 9, 2000	Gloria McMillan Simon Weisenthal Museum of Tolerance, Consultant "Not In Our Town" - Video and Facilitaed Discussion
October 12, 2000	Robin Runge, Esq. Legal Aid Society of San Francisco, Emloyment Law Center Battered Women in the Workplace
September 14, 2000	Alyce LaViolette AlternativesToViolence.us For My Children: Parenting Curriculum for Victims and Perpetrators of Domestic Violence
August 1, 2000	Vivian Clecak Human Options Domestic Violence Over the Life Span: Long-Term Intervention and Battered Women and Their Families
July 13, 2000	Ruth Slaughter PMary Walton MLW Consultancy Substance Abuse and Domestic Violence
June 8, 2000	Sylvia Young, Ph.D. Harbor Regional Center Spectrum of Autism
June 29, 2000	Members Only - Yoga Retreat
May 11, 2000	Kibbie Ruth Kyros Ministry Domestic Violence, Child Abuse and the Role of the Clergy
April 13, 2000	The Honorable Pamela L. Iles Superior Court of Orange County Balancing the Issues Between Domestic Violence and Child Abuse in the Court
March 9, 2000	Madeline Bernstein, Esq. Animal Abuse & Family Violence
February 10, 2000	Barbara Saltzman The Jester Lost His Jingle
January 13, 2000	Annette Thomas Update on DCVS Programs
December 9, 1999	Holiday Breakfast & Awards
November 11, 1999	Teri Pokrajac, Psy.D. Del Amo Hospital Borderline Mothers: Impact on Children & Adolescents
October 14, 1999	Second Generation: Interval House Youth Program Understanding the Dynamics behind Teen Dating Violence
September 9, 1999	Susan Rice, DSW Professor, Department of Social Work and Peace Studies Non-Violent Conflict Resolution and its Application in Issues of Family Violence
August 12, 1999	Susan Leifer Mathieu, Ed.D. "Therapeutic Recreation Equals TR ("Terrific Resource")" This experiential workshop will provide the participants with methods to utilize, improve or expand their activities and programs with children while managing groups with respect, dignity and a sense of excitement!
July 8, 1999	Robi Hoffman Orance County Child Abuse Prevention Center Adopt-A-Social Worker Program for Faith-Based Communities
June 10, 1999	Brenda Ingrah, LCSW Centro de Colores, Executive Director Compassion Fatigue
May, 1999	Karen Strickland - Find The Children Tricia Costales - Didi Hirsch Mental Health Center Non-Custodial Parent Abductions & Their Effect on Children
April, 1999	John Briere, Ph.D. Workshop in Houssel's Forum - The Lasting Effects of Child Abuse Trauma
March 11, 1999	Albert Vidal Herbert Romero Viloence from the Perspective of a Gang Member
February 11, 1999	James E. Koval, Ph.D. Characteristics of Strong Families: What Makes for Strong Families?
January 14, 1999	Susan Moan Hardie, R.N., Ph.D. Mary Nichols, MFCC Stewart House Conception & Misconception: Relationships Between Teenage Girls & Adult Men
December 10, 1998	Holiday Breakfast & Awards
November 12, 1998	Andrew Bridge, Esq. LIfe in teh Depndency System: An Engaging Success Story
October 8, 1998	Rabbi Dennis Browe, CADC, NCACH, MAC, Executive Director, The NESS Counseling Center, L.A. Sister Anne Kelley, RN, BSW, Executive Director, Good Shepherd Shelter, L.A. Reverand Ginny Wagener, M.Div., Executive Director, South Coast Ecumenical Council
September 10, 1998	Herschel K. Swinger, Ph.D. Where Have All the Fathers Gone?
August 13, 1998	Michele Winterstein, Ph.D. Adding INsult to INjury: Risk Factors & Helping Strategies for Children with Multiple Types of Victimization
July 9, 1998	Rev. Larry Gin - Instructor, Effective Black Parenting Program Sam A. Ken, School Community Worker, Robert E. Lee Elementary School Terri Villamil, SchoolSocial Worker, Willard Elementary School Louis Zucker, Consultant, Long Beach Parent Training Project Culturally-Specific Parenting Programs: Benefits & Issues
June 11, 1998	Dr. Rachelle Tyler Long-Term Effects of Prenatal Drug & Alcohol Exposure
May 14, 1998	Jerry Tello Men of Color and Domestic Violence
April 9, 1998	Helen Fitzgerald, C.D.E. Director, Grief Program, Community Mental Health, Springfield, VA Children and Bereavement
March 12, 1998	Detective/Corporal J. Craig Newland Long Beach Police Department Registration of Sex Offender in Long Beach & Local Implementation of California's "Megan's Law"
February 12, 1998	Julie Alban, Esq. From Domestic Violence Victim to Deputy City Prosecutor
January 8, 1998	Cheryl Lanktree, Ph.D. How Do We Know Child Abuse Treatment Helps?
December 11, 1997	Holiday Breakfast & Awards
November 13, 1997	Ian Russ, Ph.D. Parental Alienation Syndrome: Does it Exist?
October 9, 1997	Deborah Andrews Judge, Long Beach Municipal Court The Judicial Response to Misdemeanor Domestic Violence from the Perspective of the Long Beach Municipal Court
September 11, 1997	Sheriff Sherman Block Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Crime Prevention Strategies in the New Century
August 14, 1997	Terri Villa-McDowell, Esq. - LAFLB Rosa Fregoso, Esq. - LAFLA Welfare Reform & Immigration Legislation
July 10, 1997	George Mason Wylie Pugh Juvenile Probation: Video & Discussion
June 12, 19997	Peter Digre Director, L.A. County DCFS The Future of L.A.;s Children
May 8, 1997	Dr. George Brennan Graciela Ortiz The Gift of Facial Reconstructive Surgery & Its Power to Heal
April 10, 1997	Dr. Roland C. Summit Head Physician, Community Consultation Service and Clinical Associate Prfessor of Psychiatry, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center The Remarkable Legacy of Long Beach: Unprecedented Advances on the Home Front
March 13, 1997	Robert M. Luman Chief of Police, Long Beach Police Department Long Beach Police Department: Approaches to Child Abuse & Domestic Violence Prevention
February 13, 1997	Christina Pizarro Winting - Executive Dirrector, Project SHORTSTOP, LB Bar Foundation Marc S. Rothenberg, Esq. - Attorney Volunteer, Project SHORTSTOP George Mason - Supervising Deputy Probation Officer Wylie Pugh - Deputy Probation Officer, L.A. County Probation Dept, Offc of Probaation Svrvs L.B. Juvinile Probation: Project SHORTSTOP & Other Alternative Prevention Programs for Juvenile Offenders
January 9, 1997	Alana Bowman, Esq. Deputy City Attorney, DV Unit, L.A. County Family Vilence & Violence Against Women
December 12, 1996	Holiday Breakfast & Awards
November 14, 1996	Susan Speir Founder of SPUNKLB.org Child Support: Myths vs. Reality
October 10, 1996	Alyce LaViolette Founder of AlternativesToViolence.us Assessing Dangerousness in Violent Relatinships
September 12, 1996	Mike Males Doctoral student in social ecology at the University of California, Irvine The Scapegoat Generation: "Chldren Killling Children" and "Children having Children" have obscured the high levels of domestic violence.
August 8, 1996	Video: "You're Hurting Me, Too" Mitch Mason - Program Analyst athe Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect Elissa Briggs - Program Director at WomenShelter Nicole McCarthy - Children's Prject Counselor-Advocate a WomenShelter The importance of providing children with couseling, getting them out of a violent home, and giving children a positive message about dealing with anger.
July 11, 1996	Video: "Domestic Violence: Faces of Fear", with Dian Sawyer, KCET on Channel 28, June, 1996 Discussion following video moderated by Paula Savage Cohen
June 13, 1996	Michael J. Durfee, M.D. Coordinator for the Los Angeles County Departemtn of Health Services Child Abuse Prevention Program Grief and Mourning Issues in Fatal and Serious Family Violence
May 9, 1996	Nora J. Baderian, Ph.D. Director of the Counseling Center of West Los Angeles State of the Art: Identification and Intervention for Abused Children with Develomental Disabilities
March 14, 1996	Judy Murphy, R.N., Program Coordinator, Infant Development Program, Memorial Miller Children's Hospital Cynthia Heard, Director, City of Long Beach Family Preservation Program Mary MacManus, R.N., Public Health Nursing, Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services Panel Presentation and Discussion - How are home visitatin programs desgned to impact child abuse and neglect and improve child health?
February 8, 1996	Sam Chan Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Director of the Professinal Services Center at the California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles Profound Diversity, Complexity and Challenge - Serving Asian Communities
January 11, 1996	Deanne Tilton ICAN Executive Director and Chair of the United States Advsory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect during the development and release of a major report to Congress on fatal child abuse. Findings and recommendatins from the report and thoughts on wefare reform.
December 14, 1995	Holiday Breakfast & Awards
November 9, 1995	Dr. Rumie Su, M.D. Medical Director, Stramski Children's Develomental Center, L.B. Memorial, Miller Children's Hsopital Children with Develomental Disabilities: At Risk for Abuse
October 12, 1995	Jo Schiff Senior Fmily Mediator, L.A. Superor Court & Board of Dirctors, Free Arts for Abuse Children Making Court Work for Kids: How the Free Arts for Abused Children Program and Mediation Services Can Help
September 14, 1995	Bruce Rubenstein - Director of Community Developement, Dept of Children and Family Services Beverly Rush - Supervising Deputy Probation Officer, Probation Dept Family Preservation Programs Marla Petal - Liaison, L.A. Community Child Abuse Councils Coordination Project Carlotta Seagel - Dept of Mental Health
August 10, 1995	Video Presentation Break the Silence: Kids Against Child Abuse
July 13, 1995	Video Presentation Child Abduction and Molestation Prevention Training: Does it Really Work?
June 8, 1995	SART Team Collaboration Sgt. Deana Walton - LBPD Sex Crimes Dtail Malinda Waddell, RN, MN - Forensic Nurse Specialist Lilyan Frank - Sexual Assault Crisis Agency Det. Jana Blair - LBPD Sex Crimes Detail Det. Randi Castillo - LBPD Sex Crimes Detail Michele Winterstein, Ph.D. - Sarah Center Beverly Fancher - Sarah Center Sexual Asault Response Team - From the 911 call to follow-up, experience this community based collaborative response to suppoprt victims of sexual assault of all ages
May 11, 1995	Pamela Panasiti Stettner, Attorney at Law Do Children i Family Law Court Need Their Own Atorneys: Why, When and How?
April 13, 1995	Susan Leifer Mathieu, M.S. Therapeutic Recreation: Healing Fun Together.
March 9, 1995	Ian Russ, Ph.D. - Chair of the L.. Board of the California Professinal Society on Abuse of Children (CAPSAC) Susan Moan-Hardie, R.N., Ph.D. - President of the Westside Child Trauma Council False Memory: Research Update and Treatment Implications
February 9, 1995	Dr. Toni Cavanaugh Johnson, Ph.D. Guidelines for determining when and under what conditions therapeutic contacts, eventuating in monitored visits should commence in sexual assault cases
January 12, 1995	Bruce Rubenstein Deputy Director, L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services Family Preservation