Presentations

Pre-Conference Speaker
Spirit of Safety Conference: Violence Prevention in Schools, Colleges, and Universities
Jackson, MS
Hilton Hotel and Convention Center
November 10-12, 2008
More Info
 
International Conference on Violence, Assault and Threat (How Dangerous is this person?); September 16, 2007; San Diego, CA.
 
Governor's Suicide Prevention Conference. October 3, 2007. Book Signing.
 
"Treating the Forgotten Youth", Conference and Clinical Certificate Training, October 22-25, 2007, Turf Valley Resort. Ellicott City, MD
 
PA NAMI, "Mental Illness and Violence, A Family Perspective: Separating Myth From Reality", I will be presenting the Opening Plenary Session Oct. 26th, 9 AM), and will be a Featured Presenter. Conference is October 24-28th, 2007
 
NSBMH (Outcomes of School Based Mental Health Services); October 27, 2007; Orlando, FL
 
Coming Soon - Video: "How to Discipline Your Toddler" will be available at http://www.Monkeysee.com, a site that features "How To" Videos produced by various experts
 

Sample Speaking Topics

This is just a sample of the topics Dr. Seifert can deliver live for your audiences. Titles, topics, and length of presentations can be easily customized for your needs. Click on the topic area below to learn more about specific topics.
 
CHILD DEVELOPMENT & PSYCHOLOGY
VIOLENCE PREVENTION/RISK ASSESSMENT
TERRORISM
WOMEN'S ISSUES
FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS

 
 

CHILD DEVELOPMENT & PSYCHOLOGY
 
1. Fallen Angels: What Causes Children to Become Violent? — There are over 3 million cases of child maltreatment each year in the US. This means there are 3 million children who, because they didn't receive the love and nurturing that's vital at early stages of development, already have many of the risk factors that lead to acts of violence later on in life. This includes rape, murder, sex abuse, and suicide. What can you do as an educator, social worker, counselor, healthcare professional, or parent?
 

• Discover how problems in the home and family environment — from drug addiction to sexual abuse — can alter the normal development of a child
• Learn the warning signs that a child you teach or service may be at risk of committing an act of violence
• Discover the resiliency factors you can provide to counteract the trauma and anger in their lives
• Learn what professional and clinical treatment options are necessary to steer violent children away from harming others and themselves

 
2. Taming the Angry Child — If you're tired of letting angry children walk all over you, disrupt your classroom, and cause you to lose your cool in front of others, learn these basic strategies for communicating with a child when they're being irrational, moody, or temperamental. Discover how to manage your own uncontrolled anger and the issues in your life causing you to feel this way.
 
3. Assessing & Treating Attachment Disorders — Dr. Seifert is one the nation's leading researchers and clinical practitioners in the field of assessing and treating attachment disorders in children. She can customize a presentation that explores the causes of attachment disorders, how it interferes with moral and social development, why it often leads to criminal behavior, and how it can be assessed and treated using many of the case management tools Dr. Seifert has created.
 
4. Healing the Wounds of Childhood Trauma — The facts concerning child abuse are alarming:
 

• 79% of violent children have witnessed violence between their parents
• Child abuse rose 125% from 1986-1993
• By the time of adulthood, 1 out of 4 girls and 1 out of 7 boys have been sexually abused

 
Given the fact that so many children we work with and teach everyday have been abused, how is this affecting our ability to make a difference, foster learning, and do our jobs? What can we do to help them feel normal and less frightened in the world? In this presentation, Dr. Seifert will show you techniques you can use to help children look at their trauma from new eyes, reducing the emotional impact of the trauma in present day. You'll learn how to identify the outward signs of trauma and how you can use the experience of trauma to help children develop skills and feel stronger. This presentation offers vital skill development for any educator, social worker, or mental health professional working with children.
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VIOLENCE PREVENTION/RISK ASSESSMENT
 
1. No Fear Zone: Preventing Violence at School — From preventing sex abuse and school shootings to helping children avoid the wrath of bullies, Dr. Seifert discusses some of the nationally-tested programs proven to decrease acts of violence in a school setting. Learn:
 

• The home and family environment factors that cause children to become violent at school
• How to tell when a child is being abused by a bully or parent
• The warning signs that a child you teach may be at risk of committing an act of violence
• How to make your classroom or school a safer and more nurturing environment for at-risk children
• When and how to intervene when a child seems dangerous
• What professional and clinical treatment options are necessary to steer violent children away from harming others and harming themselves

 
2. Fallen Angels: Assessing the Risk for Youth Violence — Dr. Seifert is the author of CARE (Child & Adolescent Risk Evaluation) — one of the world's most accurate screening tools for identifying which children and teenagers are most likely to commit an act of violence. She brings her 30 years of research and clinical work to this discussion of how and why children become violent, how you can identify the risk factors involved, and how you can develop a custom case management and intervention plan that will determine what treatment is appropriate for every level of risk.
 
3. Predicting Crime: Assessing the Risk for Adult Violence & Sexual Abuse
 

• A woman is shot to death by her husband
• A 19-year old girl is found murdered in an New York City alley
• A child is sexually abused by a trusted family priest

 
What do these stories have in common? They all could have been prevented. The facts are alarming. But over 75% of the violent acts we read about everyday — from assault to murder — could have been prevented if someone close to the potential violent offender (a friend, co-worker, social worker, criminal justice, or mental health professional) identified the warning signs of a violent personality and intervened effectively before it was too late! After 30 years of studying the causes of sexual abuse, drug addiction, murder, gangs, domestic abuse, and rape, forensic psychologist Dr. Kathy Seifert has identified the psychological risk factors that cause people to become criminals. In this presentation, she shares these risk factors with you, shows you how to identify which people may be at risk of committing a crime, and how to intervene and respond effectively before it's too late.
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TERRORISM
 
1.The Makings of a Terrorist: Psychological Factors Contributing to the Spread of Terrorism Around the World — Dr. Seifert offers a unique perspective on what causes terrorism. She looks at the brutal atmosphere and environment in which many terrorists are raised and sees signs that are common to any violent criminal:
 

• Children without parents
• Strict upbringing
• Lack of parental nurturing
• Consistent exposure to community violence and war at an early age

 
She discusses why many terrorists may be suffering from attachment disorders and how this affects their moral and social development. Using psychological research in this area, she offers a profile of a terrorist based on some of her many violence assessment tools and suggests how early intervention in impoverished areas of the world can help terrorism from spreading.
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WOMEN'S ISSUES
 
1. Femmes Fatales: What's Causing the Increase of Crimes Committed By Women? — Increasing aggression among women may have been a side effect of the women's movement. Recent studies show that while the rates of violence and sexual abuse are leveling off among men, they are increasing among women. Could it be that years, even decades, of pent-up rage over having been severely abused is finally breaking out? Dr. Seifert explores how centuries of abuse of girls and women and cultural changes involving a more permissive society are creating an environment where women can be more aggressive towards others. You'll learn what causes violent tendencies in most women and what risk-factors help fuel them. You'll also learn how many of these violent women are being neglected by the system and what we can do as professionals and as a society to make sure they get the help they need.
 
2. Why Mothers Kill — Taking care of a child is an instinctual behavior — something horrible has to happen to a mother to override this instinct and cause her to kill her children the way we often hear about in the news. Most people believe that post-partum depression is to blame, but an overlooked factor is the trauma, neglect, and abuse suffered by these mothers as they were growing up. Kathy's research has identified childhood and home factors that may shed new light on this unspeakable act — and in this presentation she discusses what these factors are and how we can help mothers who have them.
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FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
 
1. Caring for Those Who Care — Release stress at work and keep other peoples' trauma from becoming your own! Social workers, healthcare professionals, and emergency professionals experience a tremendous amount of constant stress and trauma on the job, leading to burnout, drug abuse, and physical breakdown. Help take the weight of the world off their shoulders! An expert on treating trauma through stress management techniques, Kathy is available to offer stress management workshops for your agency or organization.
 

7 Warning Signs of a Violent Personality
Preventing Youth Violence
Why Children Kill Other Children
Why Mothers Kill Children
Why Teachers Have Sex with Students
The Profile of a Sex Predator
The Profile of a Serial Killer
The Profile of a Terrorist
Preventing School Shootings
Video Games & Violence
Why Kids Join Gangs
Causes of Teen Suicide
Causes of Sexual Addiction
Attachment Disorders
What to Do with an Angry Child
Why Kids Become Bullies
Women Serial Killers
Protecting Kids from Sexual Assault
Domestic Violence & Children
Children of Addicts & Alcoholics
Psychology and Children
Trauma & Family
Protecting Battered Women
And more!

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