EXTERNAL Speaking of Children Conference 2025

In Partnership with Boys Town, Children’s Nebraska, Nebraska Alliance of Child Advocacy Centers, and the US Attorney’s Office – District of Nebraska

Tuesday, April 22, 2025
7:15 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.   Check-In and Breakfast
8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.   Opening Ceremonies and Announcements
8:15 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.   Plenary Presentation
Unto the Third Generation: A Call to End Child Abuse in 30 Years
9:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.      Break
9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.   Morning Breakout Sessions I

• Project Harmony's Anti-Trafficking Community Initiative: A One-Year Update
• Social Capital and the Poverty Mindset
• Special Considerations for Working with Young Children and Their Families Involved in The Child Welfare System
• What Now? Best Practices Following Disclosure
• When Faith Hurts: Effective MDT Responses to the Spiritual Impact of Child Abuse
• Fostering Out of Foster Care: Beyond Surviving
• Good Grief: The Many Losses of Youth in Child Welfare

10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.   Break
11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.   Morning Breakout Sessions II

• Dropping Gems: Working with Families Experiencing Complex Trauma
• The Diagnostic Paradox: Using Tools to Think Beyond Checklists
• Generational Differences: The Impact on Team Collaboration
• Student Self-Reported Hope and Its Relationship to Connectedness and Mattering
• Let's Talk About Sex… Addiction

12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.   Lunch Break with Optional Session: The People’s Comedy Show
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.   Afternoon Breakout Sessions
2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.   Break
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.   Plenary Presentation: The Intersection of Community Violence and Child Abuse
 

Wednesday, April 23, 2025
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.   Networking and Breakfast
8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.   Morning Breakout Sessions I

• Mental Health Treatment Guidelines for Youth who have Experienced Commercial Sexual Exploitation
• Understanding Internet Crimes Against Children
• A Conversation About Social Media and Youth Mental Health

9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.      Break
10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.   Morning Breakout Sessions II

• Medical Aspects of Child Abuse & Neglect, Updates 2025
• "I Just Don't Know What to Believe"

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Keynote Luncheon with Elizabeth Smart
1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.   Afternoon Breakout Sessions: Empowering Young Minds through Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.   Break
2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.   Plenary Presentation: So On We Go
3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.   Closing Remarks

See the website for additional details on the agenda: https://projectharmony.com/events/speaking-of-children/agenda/
 

Cost to attend the conference is $350.