Inaugural REACH Conference Schedule

Understanding and Responding to Violence and Trauma: 
A Community Health Initiative
May 20 to 23, 2014

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

8:00–8:45 a.m.

• Conference Registration and Check-In (Hadley Union Building - Atrium)
  

8:45–9:00 a.m.

• Conference Opening Ceremonies
  

9:00–10:30 a.m.

• Ethical Issues Unique to Victims of Trauma, Jay Mills, PhD, ABPP
  
• Coping with Family Trauma: A Therapeutic Process Group Treatment for College Students, Harmony Sullivan, PsyD and Jack Mack, PhD
  
• We All Have a Role in Responding to Child Abuse: What is the Children's Advocacy Center Role and What is Your Role?, Kristina Taylor-Porter, MA
  

10:00–11:00 a.m.

• Does Research Support Public Perceptions of the Battered Woman?, Irene Frieze, PhD
  

10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

• Supervision of Interventions with Trauma Victims, Jay Mills, PhD, ABPP
  

11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

• Lunch Break
  

12:15–1:30 p.m.

• The Nature and Effectiveness of Programs for Domestic Violence Offenders: Controversies Over Evidence-Based Practice, Edward Gondolf, EdD
  

1:30–2:45 p.m.

• Violence, Crime and Abuse in the Lives of Children: Developmental Victimology as an Integrative Concept, David Finkelhor, PhD
  

2:45–3:45 p.m.

• Enhancing Batterer Programs with Risk Management and Community Coordinated Response: Opportunities and Issues, Edward Gondolf, EdD
  

4:00–5:00 p.m.

• Internet Safety Education, David Finkelhor, PhD
  

5:00–5:30 p.m.

• Dinner Break
  

Concurrent Workshops

5:30–7:30 p.m.

• Boundary Fluidity: The Slippery Slope Between Sexual Health & Sexual Violence, Beverly Frantz, PhD
  

5:30–8:00 p.m.

• Treating Sex Abuse and Trauma Identity in Substance Abuse Recovery, Rebecca Born, LISW-S, MSW
  
• Trauma-Informed Violence Prevention in Community Mental Health Care, Elena Cherepanov, PhD, LMHC
  

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

9:00–10:00 a.m. 

• Supporting Student Veterans and Mitigating Traumatic Experience on College Campuses, Demond Mullins, PhD and Veterans Outreach Group
  

Panel Discussion  - Issues of Diversity in Military Trauma

• Topic A - Growing at the Barrel of a Gun: Masculinity, Coming of Age, and Combat Trauma, Justin Snyder, PhD
  
• Topic B - Diversity and the Role of Leadership: Case Study of Muslims in the Military, Michelle Sandhoff, PhD
  

10:00–11:00 a.m.

• Cultural Barriers and Kuwait: Interplay Between Arab Cultural Variables and the Dynamics of Violence Against Women and Children, Juliet Dinkha, Psy.D. and Nisrine Aboul Hosson, PsyD 
  
• Military Sexual Assault: Acknowledging the Past to Forge the Future, Michele Papakie, PhD
  

11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

• Lunch Break
  

12:00–1:15 p.m.

• Physical and Psychological Health Following Military Sexual Assault, Coreen Farris, PhD
  

1:30–2:30 p.m.

• Serial Rapists on Campuses and in the Military, Jacquelyn White, PhD
  

2:45–3:45 p.m.

• Targeting Alcohol Misuse: A Promising Strategy for Reducing Military Sexual Assaults, Coreen Farris, PhD
  

Concurrent Workshops 

4:00–5:00 p.m.

• PTSD and Gender Differences in a Military Population, Cody Duckworth, PsyD 
  
• Community Rape Prevention and Reduction: What Can We All Do?, Jacquelyn White, PhD and Karol Dean, PhD
  

5:00–6:30 p.m.

• Dinner Break
  

6:30–7:30 p.m.

• Three Potential Solutions to Veterans Suicide, Timothy Lawson, Marine Veteran
  
• Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders, Beth Bliss, PsyD 
  

Thursday, May 22, 2014

9:00–10:00 a.m.

• A Training Model for Recognizing and Responding to Sexual Victimization and Title IX Compliance, Sondra R. Dennison, IUP Deputy Title IX Coordinator for Training and Daniel A. Burkett, PhD
  
• Creating a Prevention Model to Increase Help Seeking Behaviors in College Women that have Experienced Sexual Violence, Malinda Levis, MA and panel
  

10:00–11:00 a.m.

• Creating Safe Places for LGBTQIA Students and Co-workers, Rita Drapkin, PhD
  
• Healing Trauma through Somatic Experiencing and Gestalt Intervention Strategies, Bob Witchel, EdD
• Sex Trafficking: It's Happening in a Neighborhood Near You, Denise Holtz, SA FBI
  

11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

• Slut Bashing and Other Forms of Sexual Harassment, Maureen McHugh, PhD
  
• Stalking: An Overlooked Form of Sexual Violence, Jessica Miller, Psy.D., Malinda Levis, MA and Alisia Drew, MA
  

12:00–1:00 p.m.

• Lunch Break
  

1:00–2:15 p.m.

• Invisible Damage: The Victimization of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Children, Youth, and Adults, Anthony R. D'Augelli, PhD
  

2:30–3:30 p.m.

• Lived Experiences of Trauma and the Real-world Impact of Violence Targeting Women, People with Disabilities, and the LGBTQI Community at Post-Secondary Institutions, John Grant, MA; Christina Santiago, MBA; Abigail Adams, PhD; and Mary Beth Grant, J.D., Deputy Title IX Coordinator
  
• Leadership and School Violence Prevention, Joyce Henderson, EdD
  

3:30–4:45 p.m.

• What's the Law Got to Do with It?: Talking and Teaching about Sexual Harassment, Bullying and Gender Violence in K-12 Schools, Nan Stein, EdD
  

5:15–6:15 p.m.

• Training for School-Based Staff on Identifying and Preventing Peer Sexual Harassment and Gender-Based Violence in Schools, Nan Stein, EdD
  

6:15–7:00 p.m.

• Dinner Break
  

Concurrent Workshops 

7:00–8:00 p.m.

• Findings from Project DATE: Implications for the Treatment and Prevention of Teen Dating Violence, Cristina Reitz-Kruger, PhD, Lucy Guarnera, Tammi Walker and Alison Nagel
• Video presentation

Panel Discussion  - Adverse Childhood Events and Health

• Topic A - The Impact of Chronic Stress and Trauma on the Psychological and Neuropsychological Functioning of College Students, Leslie Varner Smith, MA
• Topic B - The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Physical Health in College Students: A Replication and Extension of the ACEs Study, Irina Khrapatina, MA

Friday, May 23, 2014

9:00–10:00 a.m.

• Preliminary Findings on Protective Factors in Families after Prevention and Diversion Child Welfare Services, Roger D. Phillips, PhD and Cheryl Arndt, MA
• Hidden Faces of Abuse in Older Populations: The Aging Networks Response, Bettye Mitchell, MA

9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

• Prosecuted, But Not Silenced: Courtroom Reform for Sexually Abused Children, Maralee McLean, Child Advocate and Marissa Perrone, BA 

10:00–11:00 a.m.

• A Monster in the Closet: Understanding Child Sexual Abuse, Donna Balewick, MD 
• The Project to End Human Trafficking, Aaron Freudenthal, JD 

11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

• Unto a Third Generation: A Call to End Child Abuse in Three Generations, Victor Vieth, JD 

12:15–12:45 p.m.

• Lunch Break

1:00–2:30 p.m.

• Investigation and Prosecution of Child Abuse and Neglect, Victor Vieth, JD 

2:30–3:30 p.m.

• Assessment of Violence Across the Lifespan: Experiential Practice with Case of Elder Abuse, Pearl Berman, PhD and Camille Interligi, MA

3:45–4:45 p.m.

• ChildFirst, Joyce Hatfield-Wise, JD and Jason Kutulakis, JD 
• Utilizing Social Psychological Principles to Treat Traumatized Teens and Adults, Kim Rosan Tousignant, PsyD