The Impact of Trauma on Child Development

CPCAN is excited to announce our 2012 Event Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month  Thursday April 19, 2012 8:30am - 4:15pm Colorado Springs, Colorado (Specific location TBA)  Early Registration $40  if payment received by March 9 (Regular $50 due by April 6) http://cpcan.org/default.aspx **Certificates of Attendance will be provided to submit for CEUs**   Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D.     Dr.  Bruce D. Perry is the Senior Fellow of The ChildTrauma Academy, a not-for-profit organization based in Houston (www.ChildTrauma.org) and adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University School of Medicine in Chicago.  Dr. Perry is the author of over 300 journal articles, book chapters and scientific proceedings and is the recipient of numerous professional awards and honors, including the T. Berry Brazelton Infant Mental Health Advocacy Award, the Award for Leadership in Public Child Welfare and the Alberta Centennial Medal. He has presented about child maltreatment, children's mental health, neurodevelopment and youth violence in a variety of venues including policy-making bodies such as the White House Summit on Violence, the California Assembly and U.S. House Committee on Education.   _________________________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Perry will be preceded by Karen Logan, Child Welfare Manager from the El Paso County Department of Human Services, who will present information about current child maltreatment issues.