Pre-Symposium: October 12, 2016 (9am-4pm)
Symposium: October 13 & 14, 2016 (9am-4pm)

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

NASW CEs Approved!(*see below)

OVW Grantees approved to attend!! (*see below)

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Welcome to the 4th National Safe and Together Symposium. After an overwhelming success from 2015, we are excited to announce that this year's symposium will continue to focus on children exposed to domestic violence. It is an honor to feature international experts, such as Prof. Cathy Humphreys from the University of Melbourne, Ruby White Starr from Casa de Esperanza, representatives from the Adult Children Exposed to Domestic Violence (ACE-DV) Leadership Forum and other professionals continuing to advance toward Domestic Violence Proficient practices and systems.

Held in Orlando, FL at the 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. 

What you can expect:

• 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

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Pre-Symposium Workshop (Choose one full day training):

• The Safe and Together Model: This introductory course will provide an overview of the model's Principles, Critical Components and some basic practice skills around perpetrator pattern-based risk assessment, case mapping and impact on children. This full-day course is recomended for anyone new to the Safe & Together model.
• Enhancing Advocacy: Improving outcomes for survivors and their children invoved in the child welfare system has been part of the ongoing mission for domestic violence advocates. This full-day training will highlight some key topics from the Advocacy Institute, such as shared language with child welfare, pivoting and mapping survivors strengths. Anyone is welcome.
• Interviewing Perpetrators to Promote Child Safety: This advanced full-day training will cover how a foundation of a perpetrator pattern-based, behavior focused, gender responsive, non-judgmental approach can be effective when working with domestic violence perpetrators from all different backgrounds. Those attending are recommended to have had some exposure to the Safe & Together Model previously. 

Symposium Workshops:

• Pathways to Harm: Assessing the impact of domestic violence on children 
• Interviewing Children Exposed to Domestic Violence Perpetrators:
• How High Standards for Fathers are Inseperable from Outcomes for Children
• International Perspectives: Domestic Violence-Informed Child Welfare Systems
• Plus: Safe and Together site presentations
• AND MORE WORKSHOPS BEING ADDED IN COMING WEEKS!

Symposium Registration Fees and Information

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

Early-ish Bird Registration (Ending September 7, 2016)

• Pre-Symposium Full-Day Training: $125
• Symposium Two-Days: $400
• All Three Days: $525

Regular Registration Rate

• Pre-Symposium Fee $150
• Symposium Fee: $450
• All three Days: $600

Breakfast and lunch included in registration / Registration closes October 1, 2015

*$50 Cancellation Fee

Symposium Location

Wyndham Grand Bonnet Creek
14651 Chelonia Pkwy, Orlando, FL 32821

$179 nightly rate for a limited time!. Please follow the link above to make your reservation or call 407-390-2300 and reference the Safe and Together Symposium

Travel Information

Fly Delta to the Symposium and receive up to 10% discount. For Reservations call the Delta Meeting Network at 800-328-1111 and state your Meeting Code: NMNQB. OR book online at www.delta.com/meetings, select 'Book Your Flight' and enter Meeting Code: NMNQB

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. 

*NASW CE Approval

Approved by the National Association of Social Workers (Approval # 886624904-0) for 15 Social Work continuing education contact hours.

*OVW Grantee Approval

The reference number for this conference is OVW-2017-MU-001. This number must be used by grantees when requesting approval via a GAN or in their “memo to the file”.  The following OVW programs have conditionally approved their grantees to attend this conference: Campus, CLSSP, Consolidated Youth, Rural, State Coalition and Transitional Housing.

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 before grantees commit or expend any funds related to attending this conference.

Grantees from both the Justice for Families (JFF) and STOP programs may be invited to attend this conference and do not have to contact their program manager for prior approval. However, grantees from the JFF program cannot send more than 2 participants. 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. This approval and assigned reference number is for this conference only.

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 
kaystevenson@endingviolence.com  

 

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