For the 13th consecutive year, ICAN (Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect) and ICAN Associates hosted NEXUS: Violence Within the Home and Its Effects on Children.  Each year the NEXUS Conference offers unique and innovative training for 1,000 professionals, community organizations, child advocates and students.

The NEXUS Conference examines a wide range of issues related to family violence and the relationship between child abuse and domestic violence. Numerous workshops deal with such critically important subjects such as:

• effects on children witnessing family violence
• child abuse and domestic violence fatalities
• adolescent suicidal crises
• the effects of substance abuse on children
• abuse of disabled children and adults
• teen dating violence
• understanding and responding to children in crisis
• youth involvement in violence prevention/intervention
  

To become a Principle Sponsor for NEXUS XIV, please contact Lorraine Abasta at abastl@dcfs.lacounty.gov.

Keep checking the website at www.ican4kids.org to find out when the next conference will be held.