July 17, 2025: Advancing the CSA Field: Terminology Used in CSA Prevention – Field Survey Results, and Prevent Together’s National Plan to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation presented by Stacy Vaughan, DSW, CMSW
August 21, 2025: Safeguarding in Sport presented by Katie Hanna
September 18, 2025: Darkness to Light’s New Stewards of Children presented by Rhonda Newton, MEd
October 16, 2025: A Shift in Perspective: The Value in Untilizing a Universal Platform to Strengthen Child Abuse Prevention Efforts presented by Deborah Daro, PhD, MCP-HARC
November 20, 2025: Child Abuse Prevention for Clergy & Faith Leaders presented by Darrell Armstrong, MDiv, EdS-MFT, DDiv
December 18, 2025: No Hit Zones: A Simple, Low Cost and Promising Solution to a Complex and Key Risk Factor for Child Maltreatment presented by Stacie LeBlanc, JD, MEd
General Admission (individual session): $30.00 APSAC Members and The New York Foundling Staff Admission: Free 1 CE Credit (Social Work & Psychology) Non-Members: $30.00 1 CE Credit (Social Work & Psychology) APSAC Members and NY Foundling: $20.00 APSAC Members: You will receive your discount automatically when registering. The New York Foundling Staff: Please email FontanaCenter@nyfoundling.org to request your entry code.
Title: Not Just Rivalry: The Invisibility of Sibling Aggression and Abuse
Description: In this session, participants will learn that sibling aggression is the most common form of family violence, but it is often minimized or dismissed. The first part of the session will focus on knowledge building. Participants will learn about four types of sibling aggression and abuse: physical, psychological, property, and sexual. A classification of sibling dynamics will be presented, distinguishing sibling rivalry and conflict from sibling aggression and abuse. Research will be presented showing that despite being viewed as harmless, sibling aggression is associated with negative impacts on mental and physical health and interpersonal relationships across the lifespan—and should be considered an adverse childhood experience. The second part of the session will focus on screening, intervention, and treatment. Strategies to help manage sibling conflict, aggression, and abuse will be reviewed. Case examples and excerpts from survivor narratives will be infused throughout the presentation.
Learning objectives:
Participants will learn about the prevalence of sibling aggression and abuse, variation in experiences among diverse groups, and impacts on mental and physical health and interpersonal relationships across the lifespan.
Participants will be able to explain cultural and institutional factors that make it difficult for children, parents, and professionals to recognize and respond to sibling aggression and abuse.
Participants will learn best practices to detect, address, and prevent sibling aggression and abuse to protect children and help survivors heal.
References
Caffaro, J. V. (2014). Sibling abuse trauma: Assessment and intervention strategies for children, families, and adults (2nd edition). Routledge.
Hudson, G. R., & Bowie, B. H. (2021). Developing a screening tool to identify harmful sibling aggression in a primary care setting. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 33(7), 506–513. https://doi.org/10/gr6xss
Perkins, N. H., & Meyers, A. (2020). The manifestation of physical and emotional sibling abuse across the lifespan and the need for social work intervention. Journal of Family Social Work, 23(4), 338–356. https://doi.org/10/gr8q55
Cancellations:
No cancellations. No refunds. Registration is transferable. Requests for transfer to a future event will also be considered on a case-by-case basis. If you have any questions please email us at onlinetraining@apsac.org.
This link serves as event registration for 2025 webinar series. Alternatively, individual sessions can be purchased by selecting the specific dates on the Training Calendar.
General Admission (all 6 sessions): $90.00 APSAC Members and The New York Foundling Staff Admission: Free 6 CE Credits (Social Work & Psychology) Non-Members: $90.00 6 CE Credits (Social Work & Psychology) APSAC Members and NY Foundling: $60.00 APSAC Members: You will receive your discount automatically when registering. The New York Foundling Staff: Please email FontanaCenter@nyfoundling.org to request your entry code.
General Admission (individual sessions): $30.00 APSAC Members and The New York Foundling Staff Admission: Free 1 CE Credit (Social Work & Psychology) Non-Members: $30.00 1 CE Credit (Social Work & Psychology) APSAC Members and NY Foundling: $20.00 APSAC Members: You will receive your discount automatically when registering. The New York Foundling Staff: Please email FontanaCenter@nyfoundling.org to request your entry code.
Please contact FontanaCenter@nyfoundilng.org if you would like to receive NY State CE credits for psychology, mental health counseling, or social work
The sessions are scheduled to take place from 2 pm to 3 pm ET. This program will be conducted remotely utilizing live interactive webinars hosted on Zoom.
Cancellations:
No cancellations. No refunds. Registration is transferable. Requests for transfer to a future event will also be considered on a case-by-case basis. If you have any questions please email us at onlinetraining@apsac.org.
Description: Aproximadamente 50% de la población experimentará algún tipo de evento posiblemente traumático (ej.., exposición a violencia en el hogar o comunidad, abuso físico, emocional o sexual, desastre natural, muerte violenta de un ser querido, etc.) durante la vida. La exposición a trauma aumenta significativamente el riesgo de desarrollar trastornos de salud mental incluyendo el Trastorno de Estrés Postraumático (TEPT), ansiedad, depresión, ideación suicida y conductas de autolesión, uso de sustancias, entre otros. Objetivos de este taller: 1) Definir lo que es un trauma y experiencias adversas en la niñez, 2) Describir el impacto del trauma y las señales de alerta/síntomas comunes de trauma por nivel de desarrollo; 3) Describir lo que es atención informada en trauma y estrategias prácticas de afrontamiento.
(Approximately 50% of the population will experience some type of possibly traumatic event (e.g., exposure to violence in the home or community, physical, emotional or sexual abuse, natural disaster, violent death of a loved one, etc.) during their lifetime. Exposure to trauma significantly increases the risk of developing mental health disorders including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation and self-harm behaviors, substance use, among others. The objectives of this workshop are to: 1) Define what trauma and adverse childhood experiences are, 2) Describe the impact of trauma and common warning signs/symptoms of trauma by developmental level; 3) Describe what trauma-informed care is and provide practical coping strategies to use with youth.
This presentation examines the complex, nonlinear, and understudied relationship between maternal employment and unemployment, and patterns of employment and unemployment, and four types of child maltreatment. We describe the employment status and often nonstandard employment patterns of high-risk mothers at three child developmental ages and apply the results in the context of three theories used in extant research to understand the relationship between economic hardship and child maltreatment. We find that both too much and not enough paid employment are associated with increased risk for child maltreatment, and neglect in particular. Our findings indicate that income-support programs tied to employment maybe ineffective mechanisms for many families to balance time and money, key factors in the prevention of child maltreatment. As policy makers seek new approaches to prevent child maltreatment with a renewed focus on the role of poverty, researchers, policymakers, and clinicians must understand and consider the employment patterns of at-risk mothers as they seek to develop and implement new concrete supports for families.
Presenters:Jeehae Kang, MSW; William Schneider, PhD; Megan Feely, PhD more info...
Even seasoned clinicians can frequently feel uncertain about how to address intense and chronic parent - adolescent conflict, especially that which periodically places individual family members at emotional and potentially physical risk. This webinar will provide a brief conceptual overview of a family-level intervention designed specifically to Behaviorally extinguish patterns of family conflict that typically occur around parent adolescent conflict dynamics. It will also guide clinicians through an example of how to provide the family with the necessary foundational psychoeducation within a single family session to start the work of reducing their harmful conflict over time.
Presenters:Samuel J . Fasulo, PhD; Whitney E . Waugh, PhD more info...
Description:Want to incorporate AI into your professional work but need a starting point? This session will show you how to use AI marketing applications to strengthen your messaging and reach wider audiences.
Why attend?
Learn how AI tools improve outreach and work processes without replacing human connection and expertise.
What you'll take away:
See the impact of Marketing AI on organizations through actual tools and examples
Start with simple AI tools to enhance your marketing strategy and measure results from week one
Test proven AI approaches to extend your reach and build systems to multiply your impact
Corporal punishment (CP) is associated with a multitude of short- and long-term consequences for children which can negatively impact mental and physical health. However, many American adults continue to endorse the use of CP in both the home and school setting. Seventeen states continue to allow CP in public schools and the majority of states allow its use in the private school setting. Child advocacy professionals from a variety of disciplines must ensure that parents and American society in general are fully knowledgeable about CP use, understand its potential for negative outcomes for children, and are aware of healthy and effective alternatives to CP. This webinar will explore CP by defining different types, discussing consequences, describing challenges to eradication in the United States, and suggesting interventions by APSAC professionals to effect change to see the end of CP use in America.
Presenters:Ellen M . Chiocca, PhD, CPNP, APRN; Gail Hornor, DNP, CPNP, SANE-P more info...
Description: With this Zoom Chat Ibrahim Bangura, founder of Future Leaders Initiative, Sierra Leone and Dr. Lucien X. Lombardo of Old Dominion University and a member of the National No Hit Zone Committee in the US illustrate and discuss 6 strategic lessons from their work to bring NO HIT ZONES to Sierra Leone. We hope these comparative lessons sharpen the focus of lenses through which we view our professional prevention work and its connections to NO HIT ZONES.
Outline:
1. What to know about Sierra Leone: Children’s Perspective
2. Some background on Sierra Leone and violence in children’s lives
3. Sorting through the reasons to “not hit children’! Evidence, rights, dignity
4. Community Sensitization and Awareness Campaigns: not just the NHZ location
5. Training and Capacity-Building for Teachers: Adding perspective to ‘teaching’ on
Teaching
6. Youth and Child Engagement Through Peer Advocacy: generational change
7. Parents2Parents (P2P) Community Support Groups: Sharing and Empowering to
8. Issuing No Hit Zone Signage : Visibility to community
Despite a call for action to address the needs of infants and toddlers in the child welfare system, they continue to be overrepresented in allegations of abuse and neglect, substantiated cases of maltreatment, and entry into foster care. Given the ongoing unique needs for infants and toddlers involved with child protective services, the rising proportion of this age group with substantiated reports, and the importance of this developmental period, practitioners involved with maltreatment prevention and promotion of child and family well-being are in an important position to provide the necessary support for infants, toddlers, and families in need. Therefore, the goals of this presentation are first, to provide the necessary background information to understand the developmental impact of maltreatment on infants and toddlers; and second, to provide information on available resources and practice recommendations that practitioners can use to support infants, toddlers, and their families.
Presenters: Margaret Gillis, PhD & Jenifer Goldman Fraser, PhD, MPH more info...
General Admission (entire 9-week course): $160.00 APSAC Members and The New York Foundling Staff Admission: Free 18 CE Credits (Social Work & Psychology) Non-Members: $90.00 18 CE Credits (Social Work & Psychology) APSAC Members and NY Foundling: $60 APSAC Members: You will receive your discount automatically when registering. The New York Foundling Staff: Please email FontanaCenter@nyfoundling.org to request your entry code.
Please contact FontanaCenter@nyfoundling.orgif you would like to receive NY State CE credits for psychology, mental health counseling, or social work
All sessions will take place from 12:00pm to 2pm ET on Wednesdays from March 5th to April 30th, 2025 remotely through the use of live interactive webinars over Zoom.
The program consists of nine 2 hour sessions. Applicants must register for the entire 9-week program. The training program will offer participating professionals the opportunity to acquire or enhance the competencies, skills and insights necessary to effectively work with children and families in the child welfare system. Please see course descriptions and course presenters below. All nine courses will be led by national experts in the field of child welfare and child maltreatment.
April 30th: Bruises and other Boo-Boos: Skin Injury presented by Dr. Adrienne Atezemis
Cancellations:
No cancellations. No refunds. Registration is transferable. Requests for transfer to a future event will also be considered on a case-by-case basis. If you have any questions please email us at onlinetraining@apsac.org.
Each year, there are hundreds (if not thousands) of research articles published in a variety of journals in disciplines which address important issues in child abuse and neglect. These range from basic sciences, neuroscience, and psychology, to epidemiology, public health, medicine, law, law enforcement, and other areas that report new and potentially important information for professionals responding to child abuse and neglect. This presenters for this session will search the world’s published literature for 2024 to review articles with information that can be used to improve practice and policy, while highlighting articles from APSAC’s journal Child Maltreatment and publications which participants can use in their work and that reflect the best science across disciplines. These are foundational articles which provide information that can be transformative in the field and can assist the participants throughout their professional careers. The presenters will make the articles “accessible” to the participants and will discuss important aspects of their study design, study sample and generalizability of results.
Pre-Conference Institutes:June 22 APSAC's 32nd Colloquium: June 23-26
Four days and multiple tracks featuring APSAC’s distinguished mix of research and practice. These sessions will be filled on a 1st come 1st serve basis.
APSAC's 32nd Colloquium will bring high-quality interdisciplinary learning opportunities to child maltreatment researchers and practitioners across experience levels and professions. Extraordinary plenary speakers will join us and more than 130 sessions will be available! Sessions will be offered at beginning, intermediate, or advanced levels for professionals in mental health, social work, medicine, nursing, law, education, law enforcement, prevention, research, advocacy, child protective services, and allied fields.
Group Registration Discounts
APSAC offers a discount for groups of five or more at a savings of 10% off the regular registration rate for each attendee in the group. Use the discount code GROUPREG to activate this discount. â
Cancellations:
No cancellations. No refunds. Registration is transferable. Requests for transfer to a future event will also be considered on a case-by-case basis. If you have any questions please email us at apsaccolloquium@apsac.org.
Book your room here
The 2025 APSAC Colloquium will be held at the Sheraton Hotel, 500 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130. The discounted rate for conference attendees is $225 per night.
