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| | | Strategizing the Link - June 8-9, 2008 Portland Maine
Strategizing the Link
Helping Communities and Policy Makers Stop The Violence Against People and Pets
Join us by the sea this summer for a National Town Meeting
in Maine, where The Linkage Project has achieved great success
statewide in strengthening community response to human violence and animal cruelty, helping to pass cross-reporting legislation and much more. Along with the American Humane Association and the Kenneth A. Scott Charitable Trust, the Linkage Project will host a national interactive conference specifi cally designed to advance public policy and community coalition building.
June 8-9, 2008 At Holiday Inn by the Bay in picturesque Portland, Maine
Get the details online at LinkageProject.org.
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| | Symposium on Veterinary Hospice Care
First International Symposium on Veterinary Hospice Care
UC Davis in March 2008!
Click on: http://conferences.ucdavis.edu/ISVHC
The Nikki Hospice Foundation for Pets (www.pethospice.org) and the Assisi International Animal Institute (www.assisianimals.org) are proud to sponsor the First International Symposium on Veterinary Hospice Care, to be held at the University of California at Davis, on March 28-30, 2008, at the School of Veterinary Medicine. This event (the first of its kind) is highly recommended for veterinarians, holistic veterinarians, veterinary technicians and students, clinical practice managers, hospice professionals and volunteers, nursing personnel and medical staff, psychologists, grief counselors, social workers, bereavement facilitators, death educators, animal health care workers, shelter and SPCA staff, animal communicators, pet massage therapists, and the general public. CEUs will be offered to LCSWs, MFTs, veterinarians and veterinary technicians. Please join world-renowned practitioners of veterinary hospice care, human hospice professionals, and other well-known experts as they come together to discuss a fascinating and emerging field that is quietly revolutionizing both human hospice care and veterinary medicine. To register and for further information, please visit: http://conferences.ucdavis.edu/ISVHC.
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| | Latham sponsors track at AHA Conference
Thank you to everyone who attended the AHA Conference in Alexandria, VA Sept 27-29, 2007.
The sharing of program ideas, how to extend the success of children and animal units working together and the spirit of our daily work improving our society was inspiring.
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| | | California Law on treatment for people who hurt animals
California Penal code section 597, also known as the O'Connel bill provides for mandatory treatment of people convicted of hurting animals. This is in addition to and may not replace incarceration and fines.
California Penal Code search
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| | | Animal Abuse Database online !
There is an online database you can use to search for animal cruelty cases in the United States. This can be very helpful in gaining fuller understanding at the magnitude of the problem.
The PET-ABUSE online database
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| | TEACHING EMPATHY: Animal-Assisted Therapy Programs for Children and Families Exposed to Violence
A vaulable handbook for animal-assisted therapy practitioners by Lynn Loar, Ph.D., LCSW and Libby Colman, Ph.D. includes a CD with all forms and tools.
Order your copy now on the web, or calling 510-521-0920.
$38.95 plus $5.00 postage and handling. Calif. residents please add 8.25% sales tax.
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| | Safe Havens for Pets
Guidelines for programs Sheltering Pets for Women who are Battered, authored by Frank Ascione is available in PDF format.
Instructions for downloading Safe Havens for Pets: Guidelines for Programs Sheltering Pets for Women who are Battered, By Frank R. Ascione, Ph.D. Utah State University
1. Go to the web site: http://eres.usu.edu
2. Click on "Electronic Reserves Course Materials"
3. Select a Department: "Psychology"
Select an Instructor: "Ascione, Frank",
then click "Go"
4. Select PSY3120 Abuse & Neglect
5. Enter the Password: asc3120 (case sensitive)
Then click "Accept"
You will then be able to bring up and print all sections of the book. If you have problems downloading this book, send an e-mail to Frank Ascione at FrankA@COE.USU.EDU
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| | A Common Bond - NEW PUBLICATION January 2008
Latham is very pleased to note that the Humane Society of the United States, American Bar Association and the American Humane Association are working together to bring a new book forward.
A Common Bond: Maltreated Children and Animals in the Home, Guidelines for Practice and Policy by Mary Lou Rancdour, Ph.D. of HSUS with Howard Davidson, J.D. of ABA's Center on Children and the Law, published by AHA.
"The purpose of this publication is to offer a framework to the many groups and agencies associated with child protective services and animal protection from which they can interact, and in that interaction extend important protections to children and their companion animals."
This working together toward helping children and animals is the right approach.
A Common Bond: Maltreated Children and Animals in the Home
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| | Free Humane Education Materials for Disaster-Affected Shelters
Latham has initiated a program to help replace educational tools that were damaged or lost during the recent disasters.
To assist in recovery efforts and add to the good work of many of the organizations that are assisting victims, Latham will provide free humane education materials to any shelter impacted by the disasters.
Organizations whose materials have been lost or damaged are invited to select up to three Latham books and five Latham videos or DVDs with which to begin rebuilding their educational programs. Shelters should contact Latham by phone, fax, or mail to arrange to participate in this program. We ask only that they agree to pay the shipping costs.
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| | Latham Celebrates 90 Years in 2008
The Latham Foundation for the Promotion of Humane Education was founded in 1918 by Milton and Edith Latham to honor their parents by teaching others about humane education and the benefits that are derived from them.
The Latham 85th Celebration Video Clip
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| | American Humane PAWS Program book !
KUDO's to American Humane for publishing the Pets and Women Shelters (PAWS)tm Program startup guide.
Allie Phillips, J.D. director of public policy for AHA brings her professional first hand experience to break the Cycles of Violence that often trap abused family members into staying.
Phil Arkow and Frank Ascione both have worked with Allie and American Humane to make this the most accurate and hopefully successful guide available today.
The guide is available on the American Humane website as an electronic file to be downloaded.
See www.americanhumane.org for more details.
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| | Working With Families in Shelters BOOK !
The Latham Foundation for the Promotion of Humane Education published a work by Lynn Loar and John Weakland in 1994 titled "Working with Families in Shelters: A Practical Guide for Counselors and Child Care Staff"
This work was out of print, but at the request of the author, we have made it available electronically. This is the 1994 version book, so some information may not be current.
Down load the Book
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| | Reaching Out: The Spay/Neuter Challenge
Latham's new film is available on both VHS and DVD to help you overcome resistance and convey the benefits of spaying and neutering domesetic animals.
$35 plus postage & handling
Available from Latham at orders@latham.org or www.latham.org
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| | Sue Sternberg's Book Continues Strong
Sue Sternberg's book, GREAT DOG ADOPTIONS: A GUIDE FOR SHELTERS continues to be a outstanding resource. The book looks great and we know it has become a core resource for everyone involved in helping make safe, permanent, loving dog adoptions a reality.
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