Africans In America, Inc.

(Human rights organization raising awareness on social issues affecting the larger African community in the United States)

In association with

Professor Blumberg Lapidus

Coordinator and Director Leah Blumberg Lapidus, Ph.D, ABPP, Columbia University Professor Emeritus, International Human Rights City Thies, Senegal, December 2001.

Present:

Child Abuse Certification Conference 2007
Columbia University Professor Emeritus, Leah Blumberg Lapidus, links prevention of abuse and exploitation of children to reduction of domestic and international violence. Dr. Lapidus has worked extensively with adult and child survivors of Human Rights Violations and abuse of children and families in natural and human disasters such as wars. Professor Lapidus found that flexible individuals, who can separate their abusive experience from the rest of their relationships and can maintain a sense of human empathy, master their individual trauma more successfully than those who rigidly generalize interpersonal injury and dogmatically mistrust attachment. 

Professor Lapidus will present the 19th Annual Course in Child Abuse and Maltreatment Identification, Reporting and Intervention for Mandated Professionals, Candidates in Training, and Concerned Citizens.  Participants in this New York State Approved Course earn the official New York State Certificate and seven hours of Continuing Professional Education.

Venue: North General Hospital, 1879 Madison Ave, New York, NY * Date: Feb. 3, 2007 * Time: 9 am – 5 pm

Contact: The public may pre-register through Professor Lapidus at (347) 284-4953.

By Mail: Dr. Leah B. Lapidus, c/o Africans In America, Inc. P. O. Box 812, NY, NY 10039 * Fax: 1-718-328-9170

Return the registration form below with your required information for the State Certificate to: Dr. Leah. B. Lapidus - Child Abuse Conference 2007.

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Invited Participants Licensed professionals mandated to report suspected child abuse and neglect including psychologists, social workers, dentists, nurses, physicians, teachers and teachers’ assistants, candidates in professional trainings, community minded students, childcare workers, healthcare workers and concerned citizens.