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Resilience Film Screening and Discussion – March 25 at 6 PM
Join us as we screen the documentary RESILIENCE and delve into the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and a new movement to treat and prevent toxic stress.
Partnership with The Winter Park Public Library, City of Winter Park…

PD9 and GCD Host Capital Defense Conference in Orlando: Telling the Client’s Story
The Georgia Capital Defenders had scheduled a great October CLE program in Savannah captioned “Telling the Client’s Story,” but had complications which prevented them from going forward. We contacted GCD and offered to put on their program…

Registration Open: Social Worker/Sentencing Advocate Conference in Seattle, Washington – September 10-13
These conferences will feature nationally recognized faculty in a mix of plenary sessions, simultaneous sessions and small group breakouts. Participants will have the opportunity to choose sessions to best fit their individual needs. There…

Spring Training – March 4-8
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The Startling Toll on Children Who Witness Domestic Violence is Just Now Being Understood
Witnessing abuse carries the same risk of harm to children's mental health and learning as if the children had been abused directly, new research shows.
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Nikolas Cruz’s Birth Mom Had a Violent, Criminal Past. Could It Help Keep Him Off Death Row? – The Miami Herald
Nikolas Cruz had two mothers: his birth mom, who gave him life, an almond-shaped head and auburn hair — and his adoptive mom, who gave him all the advantages of an upscale, suburban upbringing.
His birth mother, Brenda Woodard, was sometimes…

Parents Who Suffered Severe Trauma Throughout Childhood More Likely to Have Behavioral Problems with Children – The Tech Times
A new study suggests that parents who suffered traumatic experiences throughout their childhood have a higher risk of mental health and behavioral problems later in life. The study also found that these problems can also affect their children.
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CLE Opportunity: What’s in Your Closet? Unpacking Adverse Childhood Experience – July 24 at 12 PM
Tuesday 24 July 2018
12:00PM-1:00PM
LAS Lunchtime Training
“What’s in Your Closet? Unpacking Adverse Childhood Experience”
Speaker
J.J. Lullen, Staff Case Coordinator
Free CLE & Lunch
RSVP
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Location
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“We the Defenders”: National Association for Public Defense Investigator and Social Worker/Sentencing Advocates Conference – November 26-29
"We the Defenders": National Association for Public Defense Investigator and Social Worker/Sentencing Advocates Conference
These conferences will feature nationally recognized faculty in a mix of plenary sessions, simultaneous sessions and…

Registration Open: Defender Summer School, August 6-7
Registration is now open for the 2018 Defender Summer School, hosted by Robert Wesley, Public Defender for the Ninth Judicial Circuit.
Speakers
Prof. Denis Keyes, Professor of Education, College of Charleston
Dr. I. Bruce Frumkin,…