500 Hotel Circle North San Diego
CA 92108
We are excited to invite you to join us in-person for the 39th Annual San Diego International Conference on CHild and Family Maltreatment presented by the Chadwick Center for Children and Families at Rady Children’s Hospital – San Diego. The theme for this year’s conference is “Centering Our Work in Equity.” It is our hope and commitment to curate an event that engages out diverse and committed workforce and educates participants about the most updated practices in the field that promote equity for everyone we serve.
We commit to offering the same exceptional state of the art experience that you have come to expect from this conference with a focus on sharing tangible skills that you can take home and begin applying to our work immediately. Intentionally recognized faculty members will cover critical topics in the following tracks:
- Medical
- Forensic Interviewing
- Trauma Treatment
- Investigations
- Legal
- Early Childhood Mental Health
- Child Welfare
- Preventions & Family Strengthening
- Organizational Health and Wellness
- Leadership in Children’s Advocacy Centers
- Trauma-Informed Systems
- Victim Support and Advocacy
- Pediatric Nurse SANE Training
- Cross-Disciplinary Partnerships and Multi-Disciplinary Teams Track
Some highlights this coming year include addressing racial justice through trauma treatment, strengthening your multidisciplinary team, addressing secondary traumatic stress and burnout in the workforce, advanced training for medical professionals, and many others! We will also be expanding our professional forums so you can connect with others in your field to share best practices and support one another. Our goal is for your conference experience to be positive and that you leave feeling energized with renewed commitment and passion to work with families to become healthy and free from physical abuse, sexual violence, and neglect.