Global Health Summit - Salt Lake City 2025
Academy on Violence and Abuse 2025 Global Health Summit
Building on 20 Years of AVA Success: Fostering Innovation for a Safe and Healthy Future
November 6-7, 2025
Join us in-person in Salt Lake City, Utah or virtually
Breakout Session 1
Thursday, 10:30am - 12:00pm MT
- Forging Safe Futures for Families: An Innovative Group Coaching Model for Empowering Diverse Caregivers in No Hit Zones (Workshop) - Brett Biller, Psy.D., Juliana David, M.A. Ed
- Be a SAFE Adult - Be a Hero for Youth (Workshop) - Kara Tim
- The 2025 U.S. Child Sexual Abuse Prevention and Intervention Scorecard: What Every Professional Needs to Know (Seminar) - Mary L. Pulido, PhD, Janet O’Connell, LSW
- Building connections and belonging with children, adolescents and youth: less violence, more hope (Seminar) - Dylan Oosterveld, RCSW, MSW(cs)
- Removing youth from sex offender registries: what happens when a state discontinues this practice? (Seminar) - Janet F. Rosenzweig MS, PhD, MPA
Breakout Session 2
Thursday, 2:05pm - 3:35pm MT
- Moms, Kids & Critters: Connecting the Dots between Child, Domestic, Elder and Animal Abuse (Workshop) - Phil Arkow
- Understanding Child Recantation about Maltreatment and Its Implications on Judicial Proceedings and Outcomes (Seminar) - Lauren Schooner, MD
- A Safe and Healthy Future: Addressing Child Maltreatment and Family Violence Practitioner Stress and Burnout (Workshop) - Machelle Madsen Thompson, PhD, LCSW
- Trauma Informed Care for Healthcare Professionals (Seminar) - Traci Kurtzer MD
- Identifying Strategies to Support the Implementation of a Brief Trauma Screen and Decision-Making Tool in Children’s Advocacy Centers (Abstract) - Kara Byrne, PhD, MSW
- Culturally Responsive Approaches to Preventing Gender-Based Violence in AANHPI & MENA Communities (Abstract) - Swathi Reddy, PhD
Breakout Session 3
Thursday, 3:50pm - 5:20pm MT
- Creepy but Crucial Information: Advanced Grooming as Described by Sex Offenders (Workshop) - Hillery Gladden
- Sleep Health Among Children in Foster Care: How Early Childhood Trauma Impacts Sleep and What Interventions Have Been Utilized (Abstract) - Juan R. Castellanos Jr., MBA
- Do parents’ childhood adversities shape their children’s health? A population-based analysis adjusting for child-level adversity and comorbidity (Abstract) - Christine M. Forke, PhD, MSN, CRNP
- Developing a Culturally Sensitive, Community and School-based Curriculum to Prevent Teen Dating Violence. (Abstract) - Diane Newman, DrPH(c)
- Digital Footprints, Invisible Scars: Assessing Online Safety Screening in Suspected Child Sexual Abuse (Abstract) - Kavya Kudalkar
- Evidence and controversies: Are we causing harm by routine screening for ACEs? (Abstract) - Daji Dvalishvili, PhD
- Restorative Justice Resources and Education in Alberta- Understanding Complexity Through Community-Engaged Research (Abstract) - Maureen Plante
- Sexual violence and long-term health outcomes. (Abstract) - Deborah Loxton, Natalie Townsend
- A Landscape Analysis of Emotional Regulation Interventions for Adolescents. (Abstract) - Nupoor Marwah, MPH
- Women’s lifetime interpersonal violence exposure and associations with hospitalization at the national level: Results from a New Zealand population-based study (Abstract) - Janet Fanslow, PhD
- Prenatal Clinicians’ Perspectives on Trauma-Informed Care Competency and Training (Abstract) - Mohammad Itani
Breakout Session 4
Friday, 8:30am - 10:00am MT
- Risk Assessment in Stalking Cases and Safety Planning with Victims (Workshop)- Kendra Eggleston
- Child Torture as a Form of Child Abuse: A guide for recognition and response (Workshop) - Supervisory Special Agent Alicia McShane (FBI), Supervisory Special Agent James Hardie (FBI), Joy Lynn E. Shelton (FBI)
- Healing After Harm: Innovations in Trauma-Informed Therapy for Survivors of Violence and Abuse (Workshop) - Dr. Allison Brownlee, LMFT
