January 24-28, 2005—The San Diego Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment presented by Chadwick Center for Children and Families, Children's Hospital-San Diego will be held at the Town and Country Resort & Convention Center. As the pre-eminent symposium on child abuse, this conference attracts 1,500 professionals internationally. Since inception, the purpose is to enhance the skills of professionals in the prevention, recognition, assessment and treatment of all forms of child abuse and neglect, including those related to family violence. An international audience, representing medicine, mental health, law, criminal justice, child welfare, public policy, and research, depends upon this meeting for state-of-the-field ccredited continuing education and research, and review of pertinent issues of public policy. Continuing Education Units will be available. Please contact Linda Wilson, sdconferences@chsd.org or call 858.576-1700 x 4972.

CALL FOR RESEARCH PRESENTATION PAPERS: The Chadwick Center for Children and Families announces a call for papers for research presentations to be presented at the 19th Annual San Diego Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment. This event will be held at the Town & Country Resort & Convention Center during January 24-28, 2005.

Applications are due August 27, 2004. An application form may be found on our website. Please complete it and return by e-mail.