The NESD Family Violence Prevention Conference began Aberdeen, South Dakota, in 2013, with a group of community agencies with the initiative to address family violence. Living in a Rural South Dakota community, we understand that education can be limited. The leaders wanted to provide evidence-based trauma-informed education that was affordable to professionals to the region. Throughout the years we have brought Nationally recognized speakers, such as Casey Gwinn, Jonathan Hatami, and the detectives that worked the Christopher Watts case.
Throughout the years our conference continues to reach a diverse group of professionals including:
- victim advocates,
- law enforcement,
- court services,
- social workers,
- judges,
- medical professionals,
- prosecutors,
- mental health professionals,
- Child Protection Services,
- and community members.
Our goal is to address issues related to our population by providing skill-based training to professionals that work with family members that have been impacted by violence.
Thank you to our Sponsors for making this event possible!