Children and Trauma

April 21-26, 2002 Casey Journalism Center on Children and Families

Inn and Conference Center, University of Maryland at College Park

Agenda
SUNDAY, APRIL 21 5-6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6:45 p.m. Opening reception and welcome Dinner Chesapeake Room Chesapeake Room

Dinner Speaker Robert Pynoos, M.D., Co-Director, Professor, National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, University of California at Los Angeles Trauma at Home: The Innermost Circle Room 2100

MONDAY, APRIL 22 9-9:15 a.m. 9:15-10:30 a.m.

Welcome Beth Frerking, Director, Casey Journalism Center

Overview and historical perspective: what we know Room 2100 about child trauma and what we don't Jeffrey L. Edleson, Professor, School of Social Work, University of Minnesota Joy D. Osofsky, Professor of Public Health and Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Break When trauma begins at home: abuse, Room 2100 family dissolution and loss Diane DePanfilis, Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Maryland, and Co-director, Baltimore Center for Families Robert Emery, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Virginia Russell T. Jones, Professor of Psychology, Clinical Psychology Department, Virginia Tech University Lunch Chasen Room The impact of addiction Sis Wenger, Executive Director, National Association for Children of Alcoholics, Rockville, Md. Break

10:30-10:45 a.m. 10:45-12:15 p.m.

12:15-1:15 p.m.

1:15-1:30 p.m.

1:30-3 p.m.

Intervention of law enforcement and courts Room 2100 Sgt. Gerry Donovan, New Castle County Police, New Castle, Del. Hon. Cindy S. Lederman, Presiding Judge, Miami-Dade Juvenile Court, 11th Judicial Circuit, Miami, Fla. Peter G. Jaffe, Special Advisor on Violence Prevention, Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System, London, Ontario, Canada Break Therapeutic services for traumatized children Room 2100 Catherine L. Anderson, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Bethesda, Md. Roque Gerald, Deputy Director for Clinical Practice, Child & Family Services Agency, Washington, D.C. Dinner Community Trauma Chasen Room

3-3:15 p.m. 3:15-4:30 p.m.

6 p.m.

TUESDAY, APRIL 23 9-10:15 a.m.

Case studies Room 2100 Jens Ludwig, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Georgetown University Beth E. Molnar, Assistant Professor, Maternal and Child Health, Harvard School of Public Health Break Parents in prison: effects on children and communities Room 2100 Dorothy Gaines, Mother and former inmate, Mobile, Ala. Carol Burton, Supervisor, Teen Parent and Girl Prevention Programs, Mott Children's Health Center, Flint, Mich. Denise Johnston, M.D., Director, Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents, Pasadena, Calif. Lunch Break Single-episode traumas Room 2100 Merritt Schreiber, Consultant, Trauma Psychiatry Program, National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, University of California at Los Angeles Mindy Korol, Associate Professor and Chair, Psychology Department, Mount St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Md. Eric M. Vernberg, Professor, Clinical Child Psychology Program, University of Kansas Break Bringing it home Room 2100 Anthony J. Motley, Pastor, Redemption Ministry, Washington, D.C. Peter Perl, Staff Writer, The Washington Post Magazine Chasen Room

10:15-10:30 a.m. 10:30-11:45 a.m.

11:45-12:45 p.m. 12:45-1 p.m. 1-2:30 p.m.

2:30-2:45 p.m. 2:45-4 p.m.

6 p.m. 6:45 p.m.

Dinner

Chesapeake Room

Childhood trauma as a public health issue Deborah Prothrow-Stith, M.D., Director, Division of Public Health Practice and Associate Dean for Faculty Development, Harvard School of Public Health

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24 Experiencing a National Trauma Breakfast is available in the Inn's first-floor cafeteria. (Tickets will be distributed on Tuesday.) All sessions today will take place in Alexandria, Va., and Washington, D.C. 8:30 a.m. 9:30-11 a.m. 11-11:45 a.m. Noon-1:30 p.m. Leave the Inn and Conference Center for travel to Holmes Middle School Conversations with students, Holmes Middle School, Alexandria, Va. Travel to National Press Club Events of Sept. 11 and their impact First Amendment Room Lunch Claude Chemtob, Clinical Professor, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, N.Y. Break Shared experiences of stress First Amendment Room Ellen A. Wartella, Dean, College of Communication, The University of Texas at Austin Robin H. Gurwitch, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center FREE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THURSDAY, APRIL 25 9-10:15 a.m. 10:15-10:30 a.m. 10:30-12 noon Trauma From Abroad

1:30-1:45 p.m. 1:45-3 p.m.

Children in war Room 2100 Alan and Susan Raymond, Producers and directors, Devon, Pa. Break Witnessing war Room 2100 Moderator: Susan Moeller, Assistant Professor, Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland Alan and Susan Raymond, Producers and directors, Devon, Pa. Maria Cristina Caballero, Mason Fellow, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Jimmie Briggs, Freelance writer and producer, Bronx, N.Y. Lunch Break Chasen Room

12-1:30 p.m. 1:30-1:45 p.m.

1:45-3:15 p.m.

International trauma comes to Main Street Room 2100 Julianne Duncan, Assistant Director for Children's Services, Migration and Refugee Services, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, D.C. Dennis J. Hunt, Executive Director, Center for Multicultural Human Services, Falls Church, Va. Ellen Barry, Reporter, The Boston Globe Break State and national perspectives on trauma Room 2100 and child mental health Robert DeMartino, M.D., Associate Director for Program in Trauma and Terrorism, Center for Mental Health Services, U.S. Public Health Service Joan M. Dodge, Senior Policy Associate, National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health, Child Development Center, Georgetown University Dinner Chesapeake Room Ethical dilemmas: you make the call Donna A. Gaffney, Faculty Member, International Trauma Studies Program, New York University Taking it Back to the Newsroom Covering children and trauma Kevin Simpson, Reporter, The Denver Post Laura Rabhan Bar-On, Producer, ABC, PBS Mareva Brown, Staff Writer, The Sacramento Bee Room 2100

3:15-3:30 p.m. 3:30-5 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, APRIL 26 9-10:30 a.m.

10:30-10:45 a.m. 10:45-12 noon

Viewing of a video produced from Sept. 11 World Trade Center photos Tough calls and their consequences Room 2100 David Handschuh, Photographer, Daily News, New York, N.Y. Frank Fellone, Deputy Editor, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Joe Richman, Producer, Radio Diaries, New York, N.Y. Check out Reporters' roundtable Lunch Beth Frerking, Director, Casey Journalism Center Chasen Room

12-12:30 p.m. 12:30-1:30 p.m.