Child Trauma Conference 2020

15 - 17 July 2020, Cape Town

Why attend the African Child Trauma Conference?

The 2020 Theme 'Leave No Child Behind' has been chosen to bring forward the legacy/key conference output from the 11th African Child Trauma Conference in August 2019 (visit 2019 conference tab for more details)namely, the 'Leave No Child Behind' Charter. This conference theme is aimed to respond to the growing acknowledgement across the continent and the world that to achieve the SDGs, child trauma prevention and protection must be mobilised. Working together, we hope to unlock the potential resources that are needed to harness partnerships with key stakeholders to effectively protect and our children.

Leave no child behind

The 2020 Pathways are:

1. Rethinking support services for refugee children and families and assisting unaccompanied children

2. The far-reaching impact of historical and transgenerational trauma on children in Africa

3. Helping children and families heat from trauma - new interventions

4. Access to justice for children

5. Inter-sectoral work in preventing violence against children

6. Online sexual abuse and exploitation of children: prevention and intervention

7. Strengthening families in Africa amidst change

8. Cultural and Institutional practices: revisiting this child protection issue (genital mutilation, child marriage, initiation and hazing)

Workshops/panel discussions

1. Positive discipline

2. Back to basics - the role of attachment

3. The assessment of suspected sexual abuse in children with Downs syndrome and other intellectual disabilities

4. Providing psychosocial support for children and families after disasters

5. School based violence

HIV and disability are crosscutting issues for all of the streams

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