Conference Program

  • 8:00 - 9:00 am

    Registration and Light Breakfast

  • 9:00

    Welcome - Mayor Michael Nutter (Invited)

    Welcome - Joel Fein, MD, MPH
    Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
    Director, The Philadelphia Collaborative Violence Prevention Center Attending Physician, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

  • 9:15 - 9:45

    Trauma and Early Brain Development: Setting the Stage
    Sandra Bloom, MD
    Associate Professor, Department of Health Management and Policy Drexel University School of Public Health Co-Director, Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice, Drexel University

  • 9:45 - 11:00

    Introduction of Geoffrey Canada
    John A. Rich, MD, MPH
    Professor and Chair, Health Management and Policy Drexel University School of Public Health Co-Director, Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice, Drexel University

    Keynote Address
    Geoffrey Canada, President and CEO Harlem Children's Zone
    Spare The Rod: Why Corporal Punishment Doesn’t Work and What Does

  • 11:00 - 11:15

    Break

  • 11:15 - 12:15

    Panel Discussion
    Alternatives To Physical Punishment: Practical Skills for Talking to Parents
    Facilitated by Joel Fein, MD, MPH

    Panelists
    Geoffrey Canada
    President and CEO Harlem Children's Zone

    The Rev. Leslie D. Callahan, PhD
    Pastor, St. Paul's Baptist Church

    Kenneth Ginsburg, MD, MSEd, FAAP
    Associate Professor of Pediatrics The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

    Diane Wagenhals, MEd
    Institute for Family Professionals, Lakeside Educational Network

  • 12:15 - 12:30

    Next Steps
    Joel Fein, MD, MPH

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