MACA is pleased to announce our 

5th ANNUAL STATEWIDE CONFERENCE,
Healing, Hope and Justice:
An Advanced Conversation 

 Featuring Keynote Speaker
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., author of
"The Body Keeps the Score: 
Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma"  

                                              

Plenary speakers will include
Tom Lyon, Ph.D., J.D., Ross Cheit, Ph.D., J.D., author of "The Witch-Hunt Narrative," and motivational speaker Karen Vadino!

 

The conference will feature a full day of education on best practices and innovative methodologies for responding to children who have experienced sexual or physical abuse.  Join us for a day of professional development and networking with national experts and colleagues from across the state and innovative workshops including:

• Commonwealth v. Dwyer: Rule 17 Practice in Criminal Matters w/ Kelsey Worline, Victim Rights Law Center
• Working with the Media w/ Yvonne Abraham, Boston Globe & Liam Lowney, MOVA
• Preparing MDT Professionals to Testify in Court w/ Mary Sawicki, J.D., Suffolk Law School
• Abusive Head Trauma: Facts and Fallacies w/ Alice Newton, M.D., Massachusetts General Children's Hospital
• Improving Children's Testimony: Lessons Learned From Forensic Interviewing  w/ Tom Lyon, Ph.D., J.D., University of Southern California
• Online Gaming: A Predator's New Hunting Ground w/ Special Agent David Fallon, Homeland Security Investigations
• An In-Depth Look at Developmental Trauma Disorder w/ Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute

Please click on the following links for detailed conference information:
Conference Schedule
Descriptions of Presentations
Presenter Bios 

 
Don't miss the chance to win an Apple iPad mini in our raffle at the end of the conference!*

*You must be present at the time of the drawing to win.

Register Now!

Registration is closed.  Consider attending our 6th annual conference in May 2016!

Discounted early bird pricing ended April 17th.

This program has been approved for 6.5 Social Work Continuing Education hours for  relicensure, in accordance with 258 CMR. Collaborative of NASW and the Boston College and Simmons Schools of Social Work Authorization Number D 70665.

This program has been approved for 6.75 Category I MaMHCA/MMCEP hours (LMHC contact hours) for re-licensure, in accordance with 262 CMR.

This activity will provide 6.75 contact hours for nurses.  This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Ohio Nurses Association (OBN-001-91), an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Approval valid through 5/4/2017.  Assigned ONA #17805