Featured Speakers

Jordan Greenbaum, MD is the medical director of the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, and past medical director of the Stephanie Blank Center for Safe and Healthy Children at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

She is a retired child abuse physician living in Atlanta, GA. She has worked in the field of child maltreatment for over 20 years. Dr. Greenbaum is a board member of the International Society on the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) and a past president of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children. She has worked with the American Academy of Pediatrics on a clinical report, a policy statement and an online toolkit regarding child exploitation and trafficking.

Currently, she provides global training and technical assistance to multidisciplinary professionals including educators, social workers, law enforcement, prosecutors, health and mental health providers. Her areas of focus include practical strategies to provide rights-based, trauma-informed care to children who have experienced abuse or exploitation; cultural considerations when working with children and families; the recognition and response to suspected online or offline sexual violence; and secondary stress/vicarious trauma among professionals.

Dr. Scott Poland is a licensed psychologist and internationally recognized for his expertise on school crisis. He has consulted with many international schools after a tragedy and has authored or co-authored six books and many chapters and articles on school crisis.

Dr. Poland previously directed psychological services for a very large school district in Texas and is a past President of the National Association of School Psychologists. He currently is a Professor and the Director of the Suicide and Violence Prevention Office at NSU Florida. He has received many awards including being named the most outstanding psychologist in Texas, the Houston Wage Peace Award, the Parkland Helping the Community Heal Award and the APA Division 16 Distinguished Service Award.

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