Jul202010
UM Trauma Conference to Feature NNCTC Researcher
Richard Manning, award winning local author and Research Associate at the National Native Children’s Trauma Center, will give a presentation for an upcoming conference on abusive head trauma at UM.
Entitled “Abusive Head Trauma: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Identification, Assessment, Treatment, Investigation, and Prosecution,” the conference is sponsored by the University of Montana School of Social Work in conjunction with the Missoula Shaken Baby Task Force.
The Task Force (www.safebaby.org), estimates that 50,000 cases of shaken baby syndrome occur each year; of those, only about 1,200 are ever reported while one-fourth of the babies die. It is the leading cause of death due to child abuse.
Running from July 20-21 at UM, the conference will include other presentations from Dr. Rich Kaplan and Dr. Dick Patterson of the Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, along with Craig Barlow who serves as Chief of the Utah Children’s Justice Division.
Manning’s presentation will reflect an ongoing effort among Montana’s education, social work, and mental health professionals to raise awareness of the impacts of childhood abuse and traumatic events upon mental and physical health, academic performance, and life expectancy.
Complementing the conference as well as his research work at UM’s Institute for Educational Research and Service (which houses the NNCTC), Manning created an online blog called Good Works in Trauma. The blog features articles and commentary on trends, events, and intellectual discussions surrounding trauma, self-care, post-traumatic stress, and other related issues. Visit it online at: www.goodworksintrauma.org.
Attendance to July’s conference is free, but registration is required, and will soon be available online at www.umt.edu. Continuing education credits are also available for this conference. For more information about the conference, please contact Brenda Westwood at: bwestwood@mt.gov.
The conference is funded through a grant from the Department of Public Health and Human Services, Child and Family Services Division.
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