Trainings/Presentations Offered

The NYC Elder Abuse Center’s staff and partnering agencies work together to provide multidisciplinary training to professionals from across disciplines and systems on a wide range of topics related to elder abuse and aging. These presentations are lively and interactive, utilizing a variety of teaching methods – e.g., didactic presentations, discussions, case studies, DVDs – to appeal to different adult learning styles.

NYCEAC’s faculty have presented locally, nationally and internationally on the subject of elder abuse and neglect to scientific, clinical, and other audiences. Our staff will work to fit the needs of the audience, including physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, bankers, social workers, nurses, attorneys, caseworkers and students. Some topics have included:

  • Clinical Evaluation of Elder Abuse and Neglect
  • Community Academic Partnerships to Combat Elder Abuse and Neglect
  • Combating Financial Exploitation
  • Crime Victimization in Older Adults
  • Effective Use of REBT with Elder Abuse Victims
  • Elder Abuse: Clinical Social Work Interventions
  • Elder Mistreatment: An International Perspective
  • Guardianships and Alternatives to Guardianships
  • Helping Elder Abuse Victims: Mental Health Perspectives
  • Intimate Partner Abuse in Later Life
  • Prevalence of Elder Abuse and Neglect
  • Resident to Resident Elder Mistreatment in Long Term Care Facilities
  • Self-Neglect in Older Adults
  • Strategies for Assisting Reluctant Elder Abuse Victims
  • The Power of Partnerships in Responding to Elder Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation
  • Utilizing Multidisciplinary Teams
Trainings/Presentations Conducted

The following is a partial list of NYC-based organizations that have received training by NYCEAC staff and partners on elder abuse, neglect and exploitation:

  • Alzheimer’s Association – NYC Chapter
  • Asian and Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS
  • Barrier Free Justice
  • Barrier Free Living
  • Bellevue Hospital’s Social Work Department
  • Bronx Elder Abuse Task Force
  • Brooklyn APS
  • Brooklyn Borough President’s Spring Forum
  • Brooklyn Family Justice Center
  • Brooklyn Guardianship Judges
  • Brooklyn Tabernacle Church
  • Brooklyn VA
  • CASA
  • Columbia Presbyterian Hospital’s Neurology Residents
  • CONNECT
  • Council for Senior Centers and Services – Workshop at the Annual Conference 2012
  • Family Justice Center – Health Care Symposium
  • Geriatric Mental Health Alliance
  • Heights and Hills
  • HRA Customized Assistance Services
  • Interfaith Medical Center
  • JASA APS
  • JASA’s Case Management Program
  • Lutheran Medical Center
  • Manhattan Borough President’s Senior Advisory Group
  • NYC American Psychological Association’s Geriatric Subcommittee
  • NYCHA
  • NYPH Social Work Department
  • Queens Elder Abuse Task Force
  • Queens Family Justice Center
  • Selfhelp Community Services, Inc.
  • Vera Institute
  • Village Care APS
  • VNS Choice
Attending MDT Meetings

In addition to attending a training or presentation on elder abuse, it can also be beneficial to observe professionals from a wide range of disciplines actively coordinate responses to abuse. Students interested in learning more about utilizing a team approach to respond to elder abuse cases are invited to attend an EACCRT or Brooklyn MDT meeting. To date, medical students, geriatric fellows, geropsychology fellows, public health and social work interns have found this experience useful.

Contact Information

Please contact Robin Roberts, LMSW, NYCEAC’s Multidisciplinary Team Coordinator, at moc.caecynnull@streborr or at 718-722-4839 for more information about scheduling a training or presentation for your staff or attending an MDT meeting.

For a pdf of this training information, click here. 

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