As an inspiring motivational speaker for child abuse prevention month conferences, Derek Clark’s story is raw, riveting, courageous, inspirational, hopeful and healing. For the first five years of Derek’s life he suffered brutal child abuse before being abandoned into the Alameda County foster care system. (San Francisco bay area) What’s even crazier is that he suffered abuse prenatally. When his biological mother was 7 months pregnant, his angry biological dad threw her to the ground and continued to stomp on her stomach in an effort to kill Derek himself. He was upset that she did not have an abortion after he sexually abused her.
When Derek speaks to foster care and child abuse prevention month conferences, he inspires audiences with his story and how he healed. PTSD is a huge factor in these kind of situations and it took Derek years of therapy as well as EMDR therapy to help him overcome the major obstacles that come with abuse. He will tell you that he is not only a survivor but a thriver, and one that doesn’t let his past infect his future any longer.
Derek overcame some major obstacles and became a popular motivational and inspirational speaker. He shares his insight with audiences all over the world. He is the author of seven books entitled I Will Never Give Up, Disable the Label: Never Limit the Potential of a Child, I Will Never Give Up For The Teenager, Never Limit Your Life: From Personal to Professional Success, I Will Never Give Up on God Again, Secrets Don’t Stay Buried and Asylum of Insanity.
If you are looking for a dynamic and inspiring speaker for your next child abuse and neglect conferences, consider Derek Clark. He will make it your best one yet. His conference keynote speeches inspire audiences to never give up on a child and to know that they make a difference.
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