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Dr. Peter Jaffe PhD, C. Psych.

Major Invited Addresses and Presentations

2004 - 2005

"Effects of Domestic Violence in Children", FV and the Courts: 10th Anniversary Conference, Judicial Council of California, San Francisco, CA

"Impact of Domestic Violence on Children", Healthy Babies Program, City of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

"Recent Developments in Domestic Violence from the Perspective of Court and Community Interventions", Family Violence Response Team, Iowa Attorney General, Des Moines, Iowa

"Law and the Child", Child Psychiatry Module, UWO, London, ON

"Child Custody", workshop, Fredericton, NB

"Spousal Violence and Misguided Fears and Bias", workshop, Moncton, NB - P. Jaffe

"Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: Training Part II for Shelter Workers", week long training, Edmonton, AB (with Dr. L. Baker)

"Roundtable on Family Violence and Bullying", Alberta Children’s Services, Edmonton, AB

"Enhancing Judicial Skills", Chicago Judicial Institute, workshop, Chicago, IL

"Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: Critical Issues for Legislative, Policy and Program Development", Scarborough, ON

2003 - 2004

"Impact of DV on Children & Adolescents", workshop & community presentation, Prescott-Russell Conference, Hawkesbury, ON

"Children Exposed to Domestic Violence", workshop, Family Violence Prevention Unit, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON

"Domestic Violence Institute", and "Vicarious Trauma", National Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges, King County Domestic Violence Program, Seattle, WA

"Vicarious Trauma" and "The Impact of Domestic Violence on Children who Witness", Tacoma Washington State Coalition, Tacoma, WA

"Enhancing Judicial Skills", National Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges, San Francisco, CA

"Children’s Law Course", University of Western Ontario, London, ON

"Engaging Men and Boys", MINCAVA, Minnesota, MN

"Enhancing Judicial Skills in Domestic Violence Cases", National Council of Family & Juvenile Court Judges, Minnesota, MN - P. Jaffe

"Enhancing Judicial Skills in Domestic Violence Cases", National Council of Family & Juvenile Court Judges, Sante Fe, NM- P. Jaffe

"The Impact of Domestic Violence on Children", workshop, Helping Hands Conference, North Bay District Health Unit, North Bay, ON.

"Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: Critical Issues for Counsellors, Advocates, Mental Health Professionals, Teachers, and Early Childhood Educators", workshop, Family Resources Incorporated, Moline, Illinois.

"Bullying" and "Impact of Domestic Violence on Students", workshops, District School Board of Niagara, St. Catharines, ON.

"The Impact of Domestic Violence on Children: Implications for Community Intervention & Prevention Strategies", Abuse Issues Seminar, London, ON.

"The Judicial Response to Domestic Violence: Role of the Judge", keynote address, Utah Judges Association Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT

"Vicarious Trauma and Stress in Domestic Cases", workshop, Utah Judges Association Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT

"Vicarious Trauma", workshop, Canadian Association of provincial Court Judges, St. John’s, Newfoundland

"Custody Evaluations/Guardians Ad Litem in Divorce and Paternity Cases", Family Court Symposium, Family Court of First Circuit, Honolulu, Hawaii

"Does it have to hurt so much to be a Family Court Judge? Coping with Secondary Trauma" and "Compassion Fatigue in a Unified Family Court", Honolulu, Hawaii

"Custody, Visitation and Safety", and "Vicarious Trauma", The Oklahoma Judicial Conference on Domestic Violence, Lone Wolf, OK

"Biannual Judges Seminar", National Council for Juvenile & Family Court Judges, Winnemucca, NV

"Children who Witness Violence", 5 day training seminar for shelter staff, child welfare workers, and family violence professionals, Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters, Edmonton, AB

"Advanced Judicial Education: Expanding knowledge and practice in Domestic Violence Cases", Family Violence Prevention Fund, San Francisco, CA

"Judicial Oversight Demonstration Initiative - Special Judicial Institute", National Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges, Philadelphia, PA

"Custody & Visitation Symposium", National Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges, San Diego, CA

"Custody & Visitation Disputes Involving Domestic Violence", Judicial Council of California, San Mateo, CA

"Children Exposed to Domestic Violence", workshop, International Conference, Ontario Chapter of Supervised Access Program, Toronto, ON

"Children who Witness Domestic Violence", Family & Community Resources Violence Prevention Committee, Waterloo, ON

"Child Custody and Domestic Violence", workshop, Indiana Judicial Center, Indianapolis, IN

"Effect of Family Violence", Psychology Intern Seminar Series, LHSC, London, ON

"Special Judicial Institute", NCJFCJ, Philadelphia, PA

"The Effects of Domestic Violence on Children who Witness", presentation, London District Catholic School Board Violence Conference", London, ON

"Domestic Violence and the Impact on Children", workshop, Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, Burlington, ON - P. Jaffe

2002 - 2003

"Children Exposed to Domestic Violence", presentation, Vera Institute, New York, NY

"Vicarious Trauma", presentation, Vera Institute, New York, NY

"Fairness, Fact-Finding; Decision-Making Skills", Faculty, Texas Center for the Judiciary, Galvenston, TX

"Supporting Women and Children Experiencing Domestic Violence: Working Toward a Seamless Community Response", presentation, Waterloo Region Sexual Assault DV Treatment Centre, Kitchener, ON

"Judicial Curriculum for advanced workshop on domestic violence for the National Judicial Institute on Domestic Violence", 3 days, Washington, DC

"Custody Evaluation/Visitation with Judiciary", First Judicial Circuit, State of Hawaii

"2003 Mid-Winter Meeting", National Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges, Honolulu, Hawaii

"Family Violence & Effects of Violence on the Family and Community", Oneida nation of the Thames, Oneida, ON

"Judicial Institute Program", National Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges, Sante Fe, New Mexico

"Enhancing Judicial Skills in Domestic Violence Cases", 2 ½ days, Seattle, WA - P. Jaffe

"What Judges should know about Children and Domestic Violence" and "Risk Assessment and Perpetrator Behaviour: Implications for Sentencing, Release and Visitation Decisions", and "Recognizing Stress and Vicarious Trauma associated with Handling Domestic Violence Cases", workshops, Alaska District Court Judges, Anchorage, Alaska

"Custody & Access Issues involving Domestic Violence", Aware Inc., Jackson, MI

"Children Exposed to Domestic Violence", Drawing the Circle Around Family Violence: 1st Annual General Meeting, National Aboriginal Circle Against Violence, workshop, Ottawa, ON

"Effective Community Collaboration to reduce Violence", community presentation, The Zonta Clubs of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON

"Children: Forgotten Victims of Spousal Abuse", panel discussion, Auberge Shalom Pour Femmes, Montreal, PQ

"Children at Risk: Witnesses to and Victims of Spousal Abuse", workshop, Auberge Shalom Pour Femmes, Montreal, PQ

"Trauma associated with Children Witnessing Domestic Violence", workshop, Summit on Children and the Courts: Improving Court Responses to Child Victims of Intro-Familial Violence and Sexual Abuse, Waltham, Massachusetts

"Faculty Curriculum Development and Judicial Institute", National Council of Juvenile & Family court Judges, San Diego, CA

"Victim & Prepatrator behaviours", 4th Judicial District of the state of Colorado, Vail, CO

"Domestic Violence & Children: The need for a collaborative community response to end domestic violence, workshop & keynote address, Frontenac Children’s Aid Society, Kingston, ON.

"The Impact of Trauma on Children: Lessons for the Community", workshop, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

"Children Exposed to Domestic Violence", keynote address, The Florida Network of Victim Witness Services, 25th Annual Conference, St. Pete’s, FL

"Effects of Domestic Violence on Children", workshop, The Florida Network of Victim Witness Services, 25th Annual Conference, St. Pete’s, FL

"Working with Domestic Violence Victims and Witnesses", workshop, The Florida Network of Victim Witness Services, 25th Annual Conference, St. Pete’s, FL

"Children Exposed to Violence", research agenda workshop, National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, Washington, DC

"Domestic Violence & Impact on Children", workshop, Cornwall, ON

"Prediction of Lethality in Domestic Violence Cases", Senior Crown Attorney Training, University of Western Ontario, London, ON

"Domestic Violence and the Impact on Children", Crown Summer School, London, ON

"Perspectives on the Future", Violence Against Women Symposium, Vancouver, BC

"Effects of Domestic Violence on Children", Intern Series, University of Western Ontario, London, ON

"Violence, Victimization, Trends and Impact", plenary session, Fear & Loathing: A symposium on Bullying, Ottawa, ON

"Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: What every lawyer needs to know", keynote address, 12th Annual Spring Conference on Family Law, Middlesex Family Lawyers Association, London, ON

"Custody & Visitation Symposium", National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Charleston, South Carolina

"Growing Up in a Violent World: The Impact of Society, Media and Families on Children", Safe Schools-Safe Communities Conference, Clarenville, NF

"Developing Effective Violence Prevention Programs in Schools", Safe Schools-Safe Communities Conference, Clarenville, NF

"Intervention of Law Enforcement and Courts", Children & Trauma Conference, Casey Journalism Center on Children & Families, Baltimore, Maryland

"Co-ordinated Community Response to Domestic Violence", keynote address, Chesterfield Colonial Heights Child Abuse Team 4th Annual Child Abuse and Neglect Forum, Richmond, Virginia

2001 - 2002

"Growing Up in a Violent World: Implications for Children who Witness Violence", 2002 Family Court Services Statewide Educational Institute, Long Beach , CA

"Children Exposed to Domestic Violence", National RCMP Spousal/Partner Assault Workshop, Montreal, Quebec

"Ask the Experts: Issues in the Family Division", 2002 Domestic Violence Summit, Michigan Judicial Institute, Lansing, MI

"Children Exposed to Domestic Violence", Maricopa County Family Court’s Domestic Violence Committee, Phoenix, AZ

"Enhancing Judicial Skills in Domestic Violence Cases", National Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges, Santa Fe, New Mexico

"Children Exposed to Domestic Violence", North Carolina Council for Women & Domestic Violence Commission, Raleigh, NC

"Effects on Children who witness violence in the Home", Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada, Ottawa, ON

"How to Engage Men in the work to End Men’s Violence Against Women", Town Hall Meeting hosted by Changing Ways, London, ON

"Focus Group on Supervised Access/Visitation Programs & Best Practices", London, ON

"Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: Critical Issues for Mental Health, Social Services, Teachers and Early Childhood Educators", Stratford, ON

"Enhancing Judicial Skills in Domestic Violence Cases", San Francisco, CA

"Enhancing Judicial Skills in Domestic Violence Cases", Augusta, MN

"Caring, Learning Conference", Thames Valley District School Board, London, ON

"Impact of Domestic Violence on Children who Witness", Crown Summer School Training, Sudbury, ON

"Child Psychiatry Module Lecture Series 2001 - the Law and the Child", Children’s Hospital of Western Ontario, London, ON

"Impact of Domestic Violence on Children Exposed", workshop, Kiwartha Family Court Assessment Service, Peterborough, ON

"Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: Critical Issues for Mental Health, Social Services, Teachers, and Early Childhood Educators",workshop, PEI

"Custody & Access Disputes Involving Domestic Violence: Current Issues in Research, Intervention, Prevention, and Policy Development, workshop, PEI

"A Call to Action: A Co-ordinated Community Response to Domestic Violence", community presentation, PEI

"Enhancing Judicial Skills in Domestic Violence Cases", Family Violence Prevention Fund, Judicial Training, Boston, MA

"Custody & Access Disputes Involving Domestic Violence", California Judicial Council Conference, Minneapolis, MN

"Family Violence: A Community Response in the 3rd Millennium", keynote address, Saint John, NB

"Enhancing Judicial Skills in Domestic Violence", Sante Fe, New Mexico

"Custody & Access Disputes involving Domestic Violence: Current Issues in Research, Intervention, Prevention and Policy Development", day long workshop, Spokane Domestic Violence Consortium, "You can Make a Difference" conference, Spokane, WA

"Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: Critical Issues for Mental Health, Social Services, Teachers, and Early Childhood Educators", day long workshop, Spokane Domestic Violence Consortium, "You can Make a Difference" conference, Spokane, WA

2000-2001

"Custody & Access Disputes Involving Domestic Violence", California Judicial Council Conference, Minneapolis, MN

Custody & Access Disputes involving Domestic Violence: Current Issues in Research, Intervention, Prevention and Policy Development", day long workshop, Spokane Domestic Violence Consortium, "You can Make a Difference" conference, Spokane, WA

"Custody & Access Related Issues", Family Law Seminar, National Judicial Institute, Halifax, NS

"Child Custody Disputes in the Context of Domestic Violence: Current Clinical and Legal Issues", Fall Conference Program, North Carolina Association of District Court Judges, Chapel Hill, NC

"Family Violence: A Community Response in the 3rd Millennium", keynote address, Saint John, NB

"Enhancing Judicial Skills in Domestic Violence", Sante Fe, New Mexico

"Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: Critical Issues for Mental Health, Social Services, Teachers, and Early Childhood Educators", day long workshop, Spokane Domestic Violence Consortium, "You can Make a Difference" conference, Spokane, WA

"Domestic Violence and the Impact on Children", keynote address, First Lady of Costa Rica National Forum on Violence Prevention, Costa Rica

"Impact of Domestic Violence on Children who Witness", workshops, Glengarda Child & Family Services, Windsor, ON

"Domestic Violence and the Impact on Children", nursing students, Fanshawe College, London, ON

"Impact of Witnessing Violence on Children: A Collaborative Community Response", Metropolitan United Church, London, ON

"Victim & Perpetrator Behaviour", National Judicial Institute on Domestic Violence, VERA Institute of Justice, Miami, FL

"Institutional Liability for Sexual Assault and Abuse", The Canadian Institute, Toronto, ON

"Enhancing Judicial Skills in Domestic Violence", National Judicial Institute on Domestic Violence, Reno, NV

"Sexual Abuse of Students by School Board Employees: Current Program, Policy & Legal Issues" workshop, 2001 Public Education Symposium, Ontario Public School Boards Association, Toronto, ON

"Preventing Violence Tomorrow by Working with Children in Violent Homes Today", workshop, Violence in the family: Plan of action for the 21st century, Nicosia, Cyprus

"Research Agenda for Children Exposed to Family Violence", workshop, Violence in the family: Plan of action for the 21st century, Nicosia, Cyprus

"Preventing the next Generation of Violence Through the Early Identification of Children Exposed to Family Violence", workshop, Violence in the family: Plan of action for the 21st century, Nicosia, Cyprus

"The Impact on Children Exposed to Woman Abuse", workshop, Breaking the Cycle: Building Effective Community Responses to Children Exposed to Woman Abuse Conference, Peel Committee Against Woman Abuse, Mississauga, ON

"Solutions", Canadian Panel on Violence Report & May/Iles Inquest Recommendations, UWO, London, ON

"Children Exposed to Domestic Violence", keynote address, Annual Domestic Violence Conference, City of New York, NY

"Failure to Protect", workshop, Annual Domestic Violence Conference, City of New York, NY

"Enhancing Judicial Skills in Domestic Violence Cases", Summer College Program, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Reno, NV

"The Impact of the Crime of Domestic Violence", Keynote Address, Ninth Judicial District Symposium, White Plains, NY

"The Law & the Child", Child psychiatry Module Lecture Series 2001, Children’s Hospital of Western Ontario, London, ON

Effects of Witnessing Violence & Children as Potential Witnesses in the Criminal Justice System", Crown Summer School, London, ON

"Friends" of In the Middle, pilot project presentation to Kiwanis Club of London, London, ON

"Effects of Family Violence", Intern Seminar Series, Department of Psychology, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON

Sexual Abuse", presentation, Lerner & Associates, London, ON

"Children Exposed to Family Violence", community presentation, Child Abuse Prevention Team of Perth County, Stratford, ON

"Violence & Impact on Children who Witness", workshop, Four Winds Hospital, Katonah, NY

"Organizational and Community Treatment Strategies for Challenging Populations: Is there a magic bullet?", panel presentation, Regina Mental Health, Regina, SK

Why changing the YOA Does Not Impact on Youth Crime: Developing Effective Prevention programs for Children and Youth", keynote address, Regina Mental Health, Regina, SK