Conferences

12th ISPCAN European Regional Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect arranged by the University of Tampere and ISPCAN (International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect), together with NASPCAN (The Nordic Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect) will take place on 17 - 21 September 2011 in Tampere, Finland. The conference will serve as a multiprofessional and multidisciplinary forum for researchers, practitioners, activists and decision-makers to share views and experiences.

National coordinators of Childhood Abuse Project participated in 12th World Congress of the World Association for Infant Mental Heath held on 29th June - 3rd July 2010 in Leipzig, Germany. Among the variety of topics focused on during the conference were child psychotherapy, attachment disorders, brain development and early prevention strategies. New knowledge gained due to participation in the event will contribute to planning next years' project activities directed toward parents of small children.

On 26th and 27th October 2009 in Warsaw annual conference devoted to the issue of assistance to abused children and protection of children participating in legal procedures was organised by the Nobody's Children Foundation, Social Policy Department of Warsaw City Hall and Ministry of Justice. Being the most important and the largest of this kind of events in Poland the conference gathered more then 550 professionals working in the area of psychology, law, social services and non-governmental organizations supporting children.