BRIEF: Children's Advocacy Centers hosts Biloxi conference combating child abuse

Feb. 22--The Children's Advocacy Centers of Mississippi (CACM) will hosts its fifth annual conference, One Loud Voice: A Multidisciplinary Team Approach to Child Abuse Conference, in Biloxi in April.

The two-day conference, on April 4-5, will include national experts and is designed to educate professionals about the multidisciplinary team approach to child advocacy. Topics will include human trafficking, domestic violence, school predators and forensics interviewing for social workers, law enforcement, medical services and educators.

CACM said in a news release that Mississippi became the first to implement a Child Advocacy Studies program in four universities, twice the number of any other state.

To register for the conference, or to learn more about child advocacy, visit childadvocacyms.org.

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