Thursday, October 19, 2006

Online Forum 10/25 Children and DV

October 25, 2006—Join an Online Discussion
Children Exposed to Domestic Violence

http://ovc.ncjrs.gov/WebForumNotice/101706/welcome.html

In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) has partnered with the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) to bring you a Web Forum discussion on assisting children exposed to domestic violence. Join the live discussion October 25 with co-hosts Dr. David Finkelhor and Betsy McAlister Groves.

Dr. Finkelhor is Director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center, Co-Director of the Family Research Laboratory, and a professor of sociology at the University of New Hampshire. Ms. Groves is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in the State of Massachusetts, is the Founding Director of the Child Witness to Violence Project at Boston Medical Center, and is an associate professor of pediatrics at the Boston University School of Medicine.

Visit the OVC Web Forum <http://ovc.ncjrs.gov/ovcproviderforum> now to submit questions for Dr. Finkelhor and Ms. Groves and return on October 25 at 2 p.m. (eastern time) for the live discussion.

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