Agenda — Saturday, April 12, 2008

8:00- 8:30 am Registration & Continental Breakfast
Information Tables
8:30 - 9:00 am Opening Session: Making the Connections
9:00 - 10:15 am Domestic Violence
Rita Anita Linger, MA
Executive Director, North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence
10:15 - 10:30 am Break & Information Tables
10:30 - 11:45 am Sexual Assault
Dina Helderman, MDiv
Operations Director, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity
11:45 - 12:30 pm Lunch & Information Tables
12:30 - 1:30 pm Childhood Trauma
George S. (Tripp) Ake III, PhD
Clinical Associate, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center;
NC Licensed Psychologist, Center for Child and Family Health
1:30 - 3:00 pm Abuse as a Spiritual Issue
Julie Anne Owens, BA
Trainer with Faith Trust Institute’s National Training Team, and Peace and Safety in the Christian Home (PASCH);
Charlotte Coordinator, The RAVE (Religion and Violence E-learning) Project
3:00 - 3:15 pm Break & Information Tables
3:15 - 4:30 pm Breakout Sessions:

No. 1Preaching, Biblical Counseling and Pastoral Care in the Christian Tradition
Rev. T. Patrick Bradley, MA, LAT
Director of Pastoral Care, Cheyenne Regional Medical Center: Former member of the Wyoming Governor’s Domestic Violence Elimination Council

No. 2—Identification and Clinical Management of Domestic Violence in the Health Care Setting

Elizabeth Stern, MPH
Domestic Violence Program Coordinator
Duke University Health System

4:30 - 4:40 pm Break
4:40 - 5:20 pm Panel Discussion
5:20 - 5:30 pm Evaluations