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IVAT is an international resource and training center affiliated with Alliant International University
Institute for Violence, Abuse and Trauma
10065 Old Grove Road
San Diego, CA 92131
858/527-1860 x. 4160 (Main Line)
Fax: 858/527-1743

Featured Conference:
The 13th International Conference on
Violence, Abuse & Trauma

Town & Country Resort and Convention Center, San Diego Sept. 12 - 17

Herschel WalkerFootball Hall of Fame member Herschel Walker is the author of the dramatic memoir, Breaking Free: My Life with Dissociative Identity Disorder, published by Touchstone Hardcover Books of Simon & Schuster last April. Walker played for the Dallas Cowboys, Minnesota Vikings and Philadelphia Eagles, retiring in 1997 having gained more yards than anyone in professional football history.
ConheimWriter, therapist and motivational speaker Catherine Conheim was named 2007 Local Hero of the Year by the San Diego Psychological Association. Author of books about Henry the resilient three-legged cat, Conheim has also been honored by the ASPCA with its 2006 Humane Issues Award. She served as Co-Director of the emergency shelter for criminally abused and neglected Children in New Haven, Connecticut. Co-founder of the Athena Charitable Trust and Producer of the Real Women Project, she also hosts an on-air counseling program on San Diego radio station KSDO.
LangbeinAs Senior Policy Advisor to the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women, United States Department of Justice, Jan E. Langbein guides and evaluates OVW’s grant program process and supports the Director on policy issues concerning implementation of the Violence Against Women Act. For over 20 years, Ms. Langbein has been an activist in efforts to end violence against women. Since 1991 and prior to joining OVW, she served as Executive Director of Genesis Women’s Shelter in Dallas.
Christine Brautigam, Chief, Women’s Rights Section, Division for the Advancement of Women in Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations joined the UN in 1993. She was part of the team that organized the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China, in 1995. A lawyer by training, Ms Brautigam has focused on the implementation of CEDAW (the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women) and eliminating violence against women.  Ms Brautigam worked on an in-depth study of violence against women that was presented to the General Assembly of the United Nations in October 2006. 

The original and best conference in the field, the International Conference on Violence, Abuse and Trauma is the premier gathering of professionals and activists involved in all aspects of violence, abuse and trauma.

The conference features 14 tracks - shown below - and internationally known speakers such as Herschel Walker, Cathy Conheim, Jan E. Langbein and Christine Brautigam. There's still time to register, so don't miss this exciting opportunity.

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