International Society for Prevention
of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN)

Upcoming Events

January 24, 2010
ISPCAN Global Institute: San Diego, California, USA

"The Need for a General Comment for Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child – Towards Enlightenment and Opportunity" ISPCAN is very honored to invite you to attend the Global Institute, which will be held on January 24, 2010, in San Diego, California, USA. The Global Institute is a preconference institute of the 24th Annual San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment at the Towne and Country Resort and Convention Center. For more information, please click here: www.ispcan.org/gi2010.

September 26-29, 2010
ISPCAN 18th International Congress: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
"One World, One Family, Many Cultures"

ISPCAN and the Hawaii Local Organizing Committee are very honored to invite you to attend the XVIIIth ISPCAN International Congress which will be held on September 26th to 29th, 2010 in beautiful Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. The Local Organizing Committee consists of a consortium of over 20 Hawaii organizations and government departments that have implemented innovative programs to protect children and strengthen families for almost 40 years. ISPCAN, in collaboration with our Hawaii 2010 Local Organizing Committee, is excited about bringing the world together to become one family of many cultures, working together to build a better world for our children, our keiki.

March 2009: Online Abstract Submission Has Opened: www.ispcan.org/congress2010
November 2009: Online Registration Opens: www.ispcan.org/congress2010
28 February 2010: Abstraction Submission Closes

ISPCAN's 30th Anniversary Celebration

1. ISPCAN Celebrates 30 Years: http://www.ispcan.org/news/index.html

2. Add your name to ISPCAN's 30th Anniversary Poster: http://www.ispcan.org/anniversary/index.html

3. Conversations with Ruth and Annie Kempe: http://www.ispcan.org/news/ispcan_news.html

5. Seven ISPCAN Founders, Seven Regions of the World (currently only individual pages - needs a main page for all)

6. Remembering Henry Kempe: A letter from Dr. Richard D. Krugman: http://www.ispcan.org/anniversary/letter_Richard_Krugman.htm

7. Read about ISPCAN’s origins, in an excerpt of Chapter 1, from The Story of ISPCAN

Latest Publications

ISPCAN's most recent publication is the LINK 18.1 on Consulting With Children: The Development Of The Philippine Guidelines For The Protection Of Trafficked Children viewable on the members page. And the LINK 17.2 on ISPCAN’s Signature ITPI Trainings which can be viewed by all on our publications page here.

Special Projects

ISPCAN is often involved with special projects and we would like to keep our members informed. Updates will be posted on this page. Check back for the most recent information.

New Web Site

ISPCAN is proud to present our new web site design. It is currently in its migration stage and you will notice some of the pages you will visit will still be in the old design. In these cases, if you just press the back button on your browser when you are finished, you will be brought back to the previous page with the new design and menus again. As time progresses, you'll notice more and more pages will be transferred to the new design until the site is once again one seamless website of the same design. If you have any questions or comments during this process, please contact our webmaster at web@ispcan.org.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.