OVERVIEW

18th Annual Hawai`i International Virtual Summit is organized by Institute on Violence Abuse and Trauma (IVAT) and will be held from Apr 26 - 30, 2021.

Credits: Earn Up to 30 CEs.

Course Description:
The 18th Annual Hawai`i International Virtual Summit is a multidisciplinary gathering of professionals working together to tackle the major issues in fields dealing with violence, abuse, and trauma. International and local speakers come together to share their findings on causation, prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation at both the global level and at smaller, community-based levels.

Summit attendees will have the opportunity to gain continuing education credits and meet professional licensure requirements. The Summit is also a great opportunity to network not only within your field, but also with professionals in other fields that may provide valuable insight into how theory and research is applied at the other end of the line.

Objectives:
• Identify currentstate-of-the-science research and practice concerning child, adolescent and adult/elder trauma and maltreatment
• Explain the dynamics and overlap of different types of trauma andmaltreatment
• Identify the effects of early trauma on the long-term functioning of children, adolescents, and adults/elders
• Improve skills and techniquesfor helping children, adolescents, adults/elders, and families; recover from various types of trauma and maltreatment
• Identify issues and strategiesfor preventing abuse and neglect
• Enhance understanding of Trauma-Informed Care approaches

Goals of the 18th Hawai`i International Summit:
• Bringing together local, regional, national and international leaders, researchers, practitioners, consumer-survivors, policy makers and advocates, as well as those working on the front lines with children, adults, and families to network and learn from each other
• Strategies to promote peace in the home and communities around the world
• Multidisciplinary solutions to prevent family violence, child maltreatment, sexual violence, trauma and compassion fatigue
• Dissemination of promising and best practices in prevention and intervention
• Linking research, practice, advocacy and policy
• Promotion of prevention programs
• Spotlight on current research and programs involving substance abuse and violence
• Advanced clinical/treatment techniques
• Opportunities/techniques to re-fuel, re-energize, and apply self-care
• Share new interventions, techniques and approaches
• Strategies to promote social change and social justice to eliminate oppression
• Dissemination of practical application techniques

Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.