MACA's First Statewide Conference:
Healing, Hope, & Justice: An Advanced Conversation 

We are delighted to start our day with Teresa Huizar

Teresa Huizar, Executive Director of the National Children's Alliance

Teresa Huizar brings unparalleled skill and expertise to every aspect of National Children's Alliance.  Ms. Huizar has worked with the children’s advocacy center movement in various capacities since 1993.  During the intervening 16 years, she has served as the Executive Director of two children’s advocacy centers in Colorado, the Coordinator of the Colorado Children’s Alliance, the Director of Fund Distribution for United Way of Weld County Colorado, and the Project Director for the Western Regional Children’s Advocacy Center. 

MACA is thrilled to announce our keynote speaker:

 
Dr. Nadine J Burke, MD, MPH, FAAP, AE-C,
the founding physician and Medical Director of the Bayview Child Health Center, a community-based satellite clinic of California Pacific Medical Center.   

Dr. Burke was recently featured in the March 21st New Yorker article entitled:
"The Poverty Clinic; Can a Stressful Childhood Make You a Sick Adult?"

Dr. Burke's areas of interest are in health disparities, child trauma, asthma and nutrition. Particularly, her focus is to serve communities where issues of poverty and race present challenges to conventional healthcare and education. Her vision is to improve health outcomes through innovative approaches that integrate medical, social, and mental health services.

Workshop topics  include:

• Child Pornography: How it is used by offenders and its impact on victims. Retired Detective Captain Thomas Kerle & Sergeant Pi Heseltine            
  
• A Clinical Perspective on Delayed Disclosure: Considerations for Investigators. Jackie Humphreys, LICSW & Sarah Marcotte, LCSW           
• Lessons from Kids and Families in the Treatment of Developmental Trauma. Margaret E. Blaustein, Ph. D.          
• Child-to-Child Sexual Abuse: How One CAC Responds. Sharman Nathanson, MSW, LICSW & Janis Lynch, MS, LCSW          
• Case Review: The strength of interdisciplinary collaboration. Janet Fine, MS & Anne Lynne, ACSW          
• Working with Child Victims of Commercial Sexual Exploitation: The important role of Children's Advocacy Centers. Lisa Goldblatt Grace, MPH, MSW, LICSW & Susan Goldfarb, MSW, LICSW.
  
  Click here to read full workshop descriptions or here to see information on our presenters.

  ~And don't miss a chance to win an

IPAD2!~

Register before May 13th for discount pricing!
For a limited time, the registration fee is only $30.

This conference was made possible by the generous support of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, The National Children's Alliance and the Northeast Regional Children's Advocacy Center.
The Conference fee is to offset the cost of food.