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The Iowa Child Abuse Resource: Professional and Private Societies

Task Forces

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Brief Description
APSAC sponsors national interdisciplinary task forces to issue guidelines for practice on critical issues in the field. Led by national experts, task force members confer in conference calls, at open meetings across the nation, and through questionnaires to produce guidelines that reflect the most advanced state of the knowledge.

(lists of current task forces and of available guidelines are on disk)

APSAC Task Forces--1995

Assessment and Treatment of Adult Survivors of Child Maltreatment.
Linda Blick, LCSW
Chesapeake Institute
11141 GeorgiaAv. #310
Wheaton MD 20902
301-949-5000

Eliana Gil, PhD
P. O. Box 5629
Rockville MD 20855
301-869-0469

Attorney as Representing Children
Ann Haralambie, JD
3443 N. Campbell Ave., Ste. 115
Tucson AZ 85719
602-327-6287

Ethical Issues in Child Maltreatment
Jon Conte, PhD
University of Washington, SSW
4101 15th Ave. NE, #JH 30
Seattle WA 98195
206-543-1001

Kee MacFarlane, MSW
Children's Institute International
711 S. NewHampshireAve.
Los Angeles CA 90005
213-385-5104

Expert Testimony
John E . B . Myers, JD
McGeroge School of Law
University of the Pacific
3200 Fifth Av. Sacramento CA 95817
916-739-7176

David Chadwick, MD
Children' s Hospital, Center for Child Protection
8001 Frost St.
San Diego CA 92123
619-576-5814

Family Reunification
Charles Wilson, MSSW
National Children's Advocacy Center
2204 Whitesburg Drive, Suite 200
Huntsville AL 35801
205-533-0531

Richard Gelles, PhD
University of Rhode Island
Department of Sociology
Kingston RI 02881
401-792-2587

Investigative Interviewing of Children
Mark Everson, PhD
University of North Carolina
Program on Childhood Trauma and
Maltreatment
Department of Psychiatry, CB #7160
Chapel Hill NC 27599-7160
919-966-5277

Donna Pence, Special Agent
TN Bureau of Investigations
220 NW Broad
Murfreesboro TN 37130
800-689-1436

Ken Lanning, MS
FBI Training Academy
Quantico VA 22135
703-640-1191

Medical Evaluation of Suspected Child Abuse
Carole Jenny, MBA, MD
Children's Hospital
1056 E. l9th Ave., Mail Stop B 138
Denver CO 80218
303-861-6919

Martin Finkel, DO
UMDNJ
301 S. Central Plaza, Laurel Rd., #2100
Stratford NJ 08084
609-346-7032

Prevention of Child Fatalities
Barbara Bonner, PhD
University of Oklahoma, Dept. Pediatrics
940 NE 13th St., Room 4N410
Oklahoma City OK 73116
405-271-8858

Randell Alexander, MD, PhD
University of Iowa, Pediatrics
208 Hospital School
Iowa City IA 52242
319-353-6136

Psychological Maltreatment
Stuart Hart, PhD
IUPUI
Office for Study of Psychological
Rights of the Child
902 W. New York St.
Indianapolis IN 46223
317-274-6805

Maria Brassard, PhD
University of Massachussetts at Amherst
School of Education, 454 Hills South
Amherst MA 01003
413-545-1926

Psychosocial Evaluation of Suspected Sexual
Abuse in Young Children
Lucy Berliner, MSW
Harborview Sexual Assault Center
325 Ninth Av.
Seattle WA 98104
206-521-1800

Psychosocial Evaluation of Trauma History and Memory
Lucy Berliner, MSW
Harborview Sexual Assault Center
325 Ninth Av.
Seattle WA 98104
206-521-1800

Linda Williams, PhD
University of New Hampshire
Family Research Laboratory
126 Horton Social Science Center
Durham NH 03824
603-862-2342

Treatment of Sexually Abused Children
Beverly James, MSW
James Associates
P.O. Box 148
Honaunau HI 96726
808-328-2073

Esther Deblinger, PhD
UMDNJ
301 S. Central Plaza, Laurel Rd., #2100
Stratford NJ 08084
609-346-7032

Use of Anatomically Detailed Dolls
Mark Everson, PhD
UNC Program on Childhood Trauma and
Maltreatment
Dept. of Psychiatry, CB #7160
Chapel Hill NC 27599-7160
919-966-5277

John E. B. Myers, JD
University of the Pacific
McGeorge School of Law
3200 Fifth Ave.
Sacramento CA 95817
916-739-7176

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