Domestic Violence and Children

Pre-Symposium: October 14, 2015
Symposium: October 15-16, 2015

Book your flight through the DELTA WEBSITE for discounted round trip flights. Be sure to enter the Meeting Event Code: NMMBR when booking.

Register 5 people from your community or agency, you get the 6th conference registration free!

*OVW Grantees Approved to Attend (More information below)

 *Continuing Education Credits Application in Process! 

Welcome to the 3rd National Safe and Together Symposium. We are very excited to announce that this year the symposium will focus on children exposed to domestic violence perpetrators' behaviors. We hope that you will join David Mandel & Associates, incredible presenters and experts from all over the country, and other professionals eager to learn how to help children when domestic violence is present. 

Held in Orlando, FL at the beautiful Wyndham Grand Bonnet Creek hotel, we know this year's symposium will be a wonderful opportunity to learn, share ideas, and develop collaborative opportunities while enjoying all Orlando has to offer. 

This year's symposium will highlight:

• Practice and policy-specific training about the intersection of domestic violence and child maltraetment
• How the Safe and Together™ model can enhance collaboration in communities where co-located domestic violence advocates or specialists work inside child welfare agencies
• National experts on children exposed to violence
• Opporunities to discuss harm, resilience, and healing for children
• Using a perpetrator pattern-based approach to understanding child safety
• Sessions run from 9:00am to 4:00pm each day

Pre-Symposium Presenters:

• David Mandel & Associates, LLC staff
• Healther Meitner, MSW, Senior Associate, NCCD Children's Research Center
• Maxine Weinreb, EdD, Advisor to the Child Witness to Violence Project

Special Keynote Presentation:

• Casey Keene, MSW, Online Resources and Education Manager, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
• Oswaldo Montoya, MA: Expert on domestic violence, children and fatherhood: The Latin American perspective on the work related to domestic violence, fatherhood and children.
  

Symposium Presenters:

• David Mandel & Associates, LLC staff
• Casey Keene, MSW
• Heather Meitner, MSW
• Safe and Together site presenters

Symposium Workshops:

• Using a Pathways to Harm approach to improve assessment of impact of domestic violence on children 
• Use of the Safe and Together model by Florida co-located advocates
• Effecting Systems Change: Building a coalition to implement a statewide effort to become domestic violence-informed
• Interviewing Children Exposed to Domestic Violence Perpetrators: The Florida Safety Methodology videos
• 5 Critical Components X 6 Domains of Information:  Domestic Violence-Informed Assessments of Family Functioning 
• How setting high standards for fathers improves outcomes for children and families
• Mapping perpetrator patterns
• Safety planning for child safety in domestic violence cases
• An international perspective on creating domestic violence-informed child welfare systems
• Plus: Safe and Together site presentations from New Jersey, Ohio, Florida 
• AND MORE WORKSHOPS BEING ADDED IN COMING WEEKS!

View the complete program

Symposium Registration Fees and Information

David Mandel & Associates/ICIDVP Members receive a 5% discount on all rates. Click here to register for your free basic membership and get your discount code.**

Regular Registration Rate

Pre-Symposium Fee $150

Symposium Fee: $450

Registration closes October 1, 2015

Breakfast and lunch are included in registration fees

*$50 Cancellation Fee

OVW Grantee Approval Requirements

Grantees from Consolidated Youth, Justice for Families, Rural and State Coalition Programs have been conditionally approved to attend this conference.  Grantees are required to contact their OVW program specialist to get approval specific to their award and to ensure that a Grant Adjustment Notice (GAN) is issued.  A GAN must be completed and approved before grantees commit or expend any funds related to attending this conference.

Grantees from the STOP program may be invited to attend this conference and do not have to contact OVW for prior approval.  STOP sub-grantees need approval from their STOP State Administrator. Grantees who are not required to get prior approval to attend this conference should be advised to place a “memo to the file” in their grant records indicating the conference approval reference number.

The reference number for this conference is OVW-2016-MU-001. This number must be used by grantees when requesting approval via a GAN or in their “memo to the file”.  This approval and assigned reference number is for this conference only.

Symposium Location

Wyndham Grand Bonnet Creek (Event Hotel)
14651 Chelonia Pkwy, Orlando, FL 32821

Wyndham Lake Buena Vista (Overflow Hotel)                       1850 Hotel Plaza Blvd, Orlando, FL 32830

Due to the increased participation in this year's symposium, the Wyndam Grand has been completely booked. We have reserved a block of rooms at the Wyndham Lake Buena Vista (only 3.5 miles down the road from the event hotel) for the nights of October 13^th, 14^th and 15^th. The discounted rate Symposium guests will receive is $149 per night (lower than event hotel)

To make your reservation, please call 800-624-4109 and reference that you are with the David Mandel & Associates (Safe and Together) group or go directly to the Wyndham Lake Buena Vista Website

 

Travel Information

For more information on visiting Orlando, check out the Visit Orlando blog

Agency/Community Development Registration Special

David Mandel & Associates LLC will provide one free symposium registration for every five registrations from within an agency and/or a community.  
For more information, contact Kay Stevenson at kaystevenson@endingviolence.com. 

Additional Event Information

Payment by credit card, Paypal, check or PO. To use a purchase order or to request a W-9 contact Kay Stevenson at kaystevenson@endingviolence.com or (860) 319-0966 ext.108. Make all checks payable to: David Mandel & Associates LLC. Mail them to: David Mandel & Associates LLC PO Box 745 Canton CT 06019.

CEUs/CLEs Pending

General Event Information, Questions, PO registrations

Kay Stevenson 
David Mandel & Associates, LLC 
(860)319-0966 ext. 108 
kaystevenson@endingviolence.com  

 

Register Now! 

Staff Presenters

David Mandel & Associates, LLC

David Mandel, MA, LPC

Kyle Pinto, MSW

Heidi Rankin, MPA

Bridget Reilly, MA

Pre-Symposium Presenters

Introduction to the Safe and Together Model

David Mandel, MA, LPC, Founder, David Mandel & Associates, LLC

Intervening with Perpetrators to Enhance Child Safety

Heidi Rankin, MPA & Kyle Pinto, MSW, David Mandel & Associates, LLC

Check back for more information on presenters and topics

Symposium Site Presenters

Check back soon for more information.