SAPSAC
SAPSAC th 15 Annual National Conference on Child Abuse CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria 10-12 November 2014 PROGRAMME MONDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2014 Conference Programme Director: Dr Sagie Naidoo Conference Technical Director: Prof Rudolph Zinn 07h45 Registration and Refreshments 09h00 Welcome by the President of SAPSAC: Adv. Retha Meintjes SC 09h10 Key Note Address – Introductory Address Jean Elphick, Afrika Tikkun National Manager - Empowerment Programme: Children with Disabilities and Their Families 09h30 A Multi-disciplinary case presentation of a speech impaired victim of Child Abuse Background to the case: Adv. Retha Meintjes SC The role of the Investigating Officer Captain Madelein van der Westhuizen; Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit (FC), North West Province. 10:45 Children Performance: UNICA School for Children with Autism 11h00 Refreshment Break 11h30 Case presentation continue The role of the Social Worker Berdine Venter, Social Worker, NG Welfare, Zeerust The role of the Prosecutor Riekie Krause, State Advocate, Sexual Offences and Community Affairs Unit, National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa 12h30-13h30 Lunch Conference Chairperson: Dianne Krishnan Case presentation continue Testifying in court as a victim of crime: What barriers do individuals with little or no functional speech face? Prof Juan Borman, Robyn White and Ensa Johnson – Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communications, University of Pretoria Testifying in court by means of a picture-based symbol communication system: Creating evidence-based practice Prof Juan Borman and Kerstin Tönsing – Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communications, University of Pretoria 13h30 15h00 Discussion and conclusion 15h30 SAPSAC Annual General Meeting Refreshments in the Foyer TUESDAY 11 NOVEMBER 2014 08h00 Registration and Refreshments Conference Chairperson: Dr Elzette Fritz 9h00 Emotional Abuse: The dilemma of the child with special needs Lanél Maré, Clinical Psychologist, Weskoppies Hospital, Lecturer at University of Pretoria - Department Psychiatry - School of Medicine 10h00 The competency of a child witness with a mental disability Hetta van Niekerk, Educational Psychologist, George 11h00 Refreshment Break 11h30 Competency testing for children: A proposed framework Sharon Kruger, Educational Psychologist, Johannesburg 12h30-13h30 Lunch Conference Chairperson: Dr Shaheda Omar 13h30 How to empower children with disabilities to safeguard themselves and to set boundaries – Practical Guidelines Nerina Nel, Social Worker, Director of the Children’s disABILITY Traing Centre at CMI 14h30 Challenges faced by Forensic Nursing in dealing with child abuse with special reference to children with disabilities and special needs Priscilla Manyoba, Assistant Manager Clinical Forensic Medicine, Free State Health and President of the Forensic Nursing Association of South Africa 15h00 Creative expressive arts interventions with children with disabilities as survivors of abuse – Introduction to workshop Dr Elzette Fritz and Fred Schouwink, Educational Psychologists, Johannesburg 15h30 Social Assistance Provisions for Disabled Children Akona Mbombo, Manager at the South African Social Security Agency’s (SASSA) Disability Management Unit. 16h00 Refreshments in the Foyer WEDNESDAY 12 NOVEMBER 2014 08h00 Registration and Refreshments Conference Chairperson: Dr Sagie Naidoo 09h00 Access to justice for people with intellectual disability who have been sexually abused Carol Bosch, Social Work Manager, Cape Mental Health; Co-ordinater Sexual Abuse Victim Empowerment Programme (SAVE) 10h00 Biology of the stress response in sexually abused pre-pubertal children Dee Muller, Clinical Psychologist, School of Physiology, University of the Witwatersrand 11h00 Refreshment Break 11h30 The portrayal of children with disabilities as victims of child abuse in the media Mr. William Bird, Director, Media Monitoring Africa 12h30 Conference Closure: Taking hands on the way forward Adv. Retha Meintjes SC, President SAPSAC 12h45 Nurturing the Professional Self: A birthday celebrates the joy of life Dr Elzette Fritz and Fred Schouwink, Educational Psychologists, Johannesburg 13h30-14h30 Lunch 14h30-16h30 Session 1 Parallel Processes – Specialist Post- Conference Training Sessions The mentally disabled witness - a practical training session Hetta van Niekerk, Educational Psychologist, George Session 2 Forensic Nursing and Child Abuse Priscilla Manyoba, Assistant Manager Clinical Forensic Medicine, Free State Health and President of the Forensic Nursing Association Session 3 Creative expressive arts interventions with children with disabilities as survivors of abuse Dr. Elzette Fritz, Educational Psychologist in Private Practice 16h30 Refreshments in the Foyer
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