Stop the Silence® Post-Graduate Programs
Post-Graduate Certificate in Child Trauma and Protection
Are you interested in enhancing your knowledge and understanding of child trauma and protection for the purposes of expanding your personal comprehension; enhancing your academic pathway; improving your professional growth by increasing your capabilities, competencies, and leadership potential; and/or increasing your employability and salary potential?
The Post-Graduate toward Master’s (as desired) program is a unique opportunity to get important, fundamental information at your own pace provided by experts in the field of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), for a fraction of the cost of other programs, and in as little as three months for the certificate and 12-24 months for the Master’s. The focus includes prevention, treatment, mitigation, and policy considerations regarding child sexual abuse, physical abuse, psychological abuse, and other traumatic events
Be at your best helping prevent and treat adverse childhood experiences. Want to learn more? Read the Frequently Asked Questions and/or contact Dr. Pamela J. Pine.
The Online Program in Child Trauma and Protection is endorsed by the National Open College Network (NOCN).
Register for the Certificate Program
Earn a Certificate in Child Trauma and Protection in just 3 months. Cohort 12 starts Spring 2027.
Want more information? Contact Dr. Pamela J. Pine.
Register for the Master’s Program
Continue your education and receive a Master’s in Child Trauma and Protection in just 9 to 12 months
Registration opens soon!
Other Stop the Silence® Educational Resources
We are proud to offer Stop the Silence® educational resources across multiple platforms to reach as many people as we can in our mission to prevent, expose, and stop child sexual abuse and other Adverse Childhood Experiences worldwide. Check out Stop the Silence® resources below, including a free introductory course: Talking about Childhood Trauma.
Recorded Video Programs
Books
We know the difference the right training makes
Our courses are created and taught by experienced trauma care professionals. Learn more about some of the presenters below.
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Felitti, Vincent, MD, has over 50 years of experience in the field of Internal Medicine with extensive knowledge in the areas of childhood trauma, the genetic disease Hemochromatosis, and obesity. Serving as a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California since 1982, Dr. Felitti's knowledge and experience is broad and significantly biopsychosocial. Dr. Felitti achieved his Medical Degree from Johns Hopkins in 1962 after being inspired to pursue a career in the medical field by his physician family, later becoming a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. He spent 50 years with the Southern California Permanente Medical Group (Kaiser Permanente) in San Diego. As the co-principal investigator, with Dr. Robert Anda of the CDC, of the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACE) Study since 1990, Dr. Felitti oversaw a long-term, in-depth, analysis of over 17,000 adults which revealed a powerful relationship between our emotional experiences as children and our physical and mental health as adults. Felitti's revolutionary research remains much relevant to today's healthcare models and has inspired many places in the US, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Central and South America to set up ACE task forces. Dr. Felitti is also the founder of the Department of Preventive Medicine for Kaiser Permanente in San Diego and has served on advisory committees at the Institute of Medicine and the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Felitti has also served as senior editor of The Permanente Journal, as a member of the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine Gulf War Committee, and an expert reviewer for the Medical Board of California. He is also a former member of the Department of Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on Women's Services. In addition to this, Dr. Felitti has himself authored or co-authored over 150 peer reviewed articles, contributing substantial research to the field of medicine. Under Dr. Felitti's leadership, his department has provided extensive comprehensive medical evaluations to 1.1 million individuals, becoming the largest single-site medical evaluation facility in the western world.
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Pamela Pine, PhD, MPH, MAIA, CHES, is an international health and development professional with over three decades of experience working on some of the world’s most difficult problems; the Founder and former CEO of the original non-profit Stop the Silence®: Stop Child Sexual Abuse, Inc. (2004); and now Director of Stop the Silence® - A Department of the Institute on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma (IVAT). The Stop the Silence® Department Mission is to prevent, expose, and stop child sexual abuse (CSA), adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), and related forms of interpersonal violence and trauma and help survivors heal, working in collaboration with community, government, non-profit, and for-profit groups through evidence-based, creative, and impactful programs carried out locally, nationally, and internationally. Pamela developed and tested a workable CSA prevention and mitigation model for use and led by communities throughout the world. She currently runs IVAT’s Stop the Silence® Department, is a professor of public health with American Public University; is a recognized speaker on abuse and various other subjects relevant to international health and safety; and an author and artist. Pamela was honored in 2017 with a Lifetime Achievement Award in Advocacy from the Institute on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma (IVAT) in San Diego.
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Sandi Capuano Morrison, MA, is the Chief Executive Officer for the Institute on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma (IVAT). Prior to her work with IVAT, she was the manager of the city of San Diego, California’s Rape Crisis Center, a member of the San Diego Sexual Assault Response Team, and the San Diego Sex Offender Management Council. She is a certified domestic violence and sexual assault advocate. Sandi was formerly the Director of the Tri-City Mental Health Agency’s IMPACT Batterer Intervention Program in Boston, MA. She served as a Domestic Violence Advocate and a Children’s Counselor in two domestic violence shelters in CO. she has worked with victims/survivors and offenders of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse for the past 29 years in CO, CA, and MA and has provided training nationally and internationally on these issues. Sandi serves as Co-Chair of both the Hawaii and San Diego International Summits and serves on the advisory Council for IVAT’s Hawaii branch, Ho’omaluhia, and on the Board of the National Partnership to End Interpersonal Violence Across the Lifespan (NPEIV).
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Lisa Conradi, Psy.D. is the Executive Director at the Chadwick Center for Children and Families at Rady Children’s Hospital – San Diego. In this role, she provides overall leadership support to the Chadwick Center, a children’s advocacy center and one of the largest trauma treatment centers in the nation. She has multiple years of experience in the field of child trauma and in supporting service systems in their efforts to become more trauma-informed. She has authored and co-authored a variety of publications on trauma screening and assessment practices, creating trauma-informed systems and presented nationally on innovative practices designed to improve the service delivery system for children who have experienced trauma. She is a licensed Clinical Psychologist and has received training from the developers on multiple evidence-based trauma-focused treatment practices, including Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) and Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP). She is on the editorial board for the Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma and a co-author of the upcoming book, Trauma-Informed Assessment with Children and Adolescents: Strategies to Support Clinicians.
