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Presentations

Community Prevention of Child Maltreatment
October 8-9, 2007
Duke University

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MONDAY
October 8





Introductory Remarks
J.B. Pritzker
Managing Partner, The Pritzker Group
President, JB and MK Pritzker Family Foundation
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Session One:
The Scientific Basis for the Community Prevention of
Child Maltreatment






Starting with Low-Hanging Fruit: Preventing Inflicted Traumatic Brain Injury in Infants
Desmond Runyan

Professor of Clinical Psychology
University of North Carolina
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Science and Child Abuse Prevention – A Reciprocal Relationship
Deborah Daro

Research Fellow
Chapin Hall Center for Children
University of Chicago
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Video Part II

   


 



Site Variability in Community Prevention Programs: An Opportunity for Improvement
Frank Putnam

Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
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Community-Level Prevention of Child Maltreatment: The Durham Family Initiative
Kenneth Dodge

Director, Center for Child and Family Policy
Duke University
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Session Two:
Community Efforts to Prevent Child Maltreatment






The Nurse-Family Partnership
David Olds

Professor of Pediatrics, Psychiatry & Preventive Medicine
University of Colorado
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How Strong Communities Have Restored My Faith in Humanity: Children Can Live in Safety
Gary Melton

Professor of Psychology
Clemson University
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Toward a Public Health Paradigm for Parenting Intervention, Prevention of Child Maltreatment, and Promotion of Child Well-Being
Ron Prinz

Carolina Distinguished Professor
University of South Carolina
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TUESDAY
OCTOBER 9
 
Session Three: Policy Issues






Improving Child Protective Services: What Have We Learned about Differential Response?
Jane Waldfogel

Professor of Social Work and Public Affairs
Columbia University
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Innovations in Child Maltreatment Prevention:
Resolving the Tension Between Effective Assistance
and Violations of Privacy

Doriane Coleman

Professor of Law
Duke University School of Law
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Using Science and Evaluation to Heal the Child in Juvenile Court
Judge Cindy S. Lederman
Presiding Judge
Miami-Dade Juvenile Court
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Preventing Maltreatment versus Promoting Positive Development Is There a Conflict for Policy-Makers?
Michael Wald

Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of Law
Stanford University Law School
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