Child Sexual Abuse Conference: Traumatic Impact, Prevention, and Intervention

Special appreciation for their efforts in developing the content for this conference goes to Doris MacKenzie and Kate Staley of the Justice Center for Research.

Archived Videos and Handouts from the 2012 Protect Children Conference

Panel discussion

• Moving Forward: A Public Conversation on Surviving Child Sexual Abuse

Ernie Allen, JD

President and CEO, International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children; Founding Chairman, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

• What Can You and Your Community Do about Child Sexual Abuse?  

Chris Anderson and Margaret Hoelzer

• Some things you should know about Male Trauma and Abuse Survivors
• Handout (PDF)

Lucy Berliner, MSW Director, Harborview Center for Sexual Assault and Traumatic Stress; Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Washington School of Social Work and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

•  Evidence-based interventions for older children and adolescents who experienced sexual abuse; policy and pragmatic issues regarding implementation of evidence-based therapies at the local and state level*
• Handout (PDF)

Sharon Cooper, MD, Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 

Cancelled due to travel delay; lecture handout available below

• Internet usage as a gateway to childhood sexual abuse, and prevention strategies
• Handout (PDF)

Rodney Erickson, PhD, President of Penn State

• Welcoming remarks
• Closing Remarks

David Finkelhor, PhD, Director of the Crimes against Children Research Center, University of New Hampshire

• Overview and epidemiology of child sexual abuse*
• Handout (PDF)

Keith Kaufman, PhD, Professor of Clinical Psychology, Portland State University

• What child sex offenders teach us about prevention*
• Handout (PDF)

Sugar Ray Leonard, Professional boxer, Olympic gold medalist; survivor of child sexual abuse

• View presentation

Julie Larrieu, PhD, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana

• Evidence-based intervention for toddler and preschool victims of child sex abuse (and their parents), termed child-parent psychotherapy*
• General Information on Child-Parent Psychotherapy (PDF, created by the NCTSN)
• Handout (PDF)

Doris MacKenzie, PhD, Director, Justice Center for Research, Penn State

• Overview of the conference

John E.B. Myers, JD, Professor of Law, McGeorge Law School, University of the Pacific, Sacramento, California

• Legal child sexual abuse investigation issues*
• Handout (PDF)

Penelope Trickett, PhD, Professor of Social Work and Psychology, University of Southern California School of Social Work

• Trauma impact of sexual abuse on older children and teens*
• Handout (PDF)