C1. DEB FLOWERS, MSN, CPNP-PC, SANE-A, SANE-P
Physical Abuse 101 for Non-Medical Professionals
This session is meant for the non-medical members of the multidisciplinary team. We will discuss the basics of physical abuse, including cutaneous injuries, sentinel injuries, and fractures. In this discussion, we will explore relevant history to obtain from caregivers and corroborating witnesses, mechanisms of injury, other diagnoses to consider and possible accidental explanations. We will also review things that might look like abuse but have other explanations. Importantly, we will cover what to do medically if the case is first identified by a non-medical professional.
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C2. JIM TANNER, PH.D
Understanding Sex Offenders
This session covers the cognitive set and grooming strategies of offenders who assault from a position of trust. We’ll cover common mistakes professionals make when dealing with offenders, how offenders groom, and the cognitive set of sex offenders.
C3. JEANNE ALLERT, PH.D
Familial Trafficking: Prevalence, Characteristics, and Challenges (Part 1 of 2)
This session will build on Part 1 and explore the challenges associated with responding to victims of domestic minor familial sex trafficking cases. Emphasis in this session will be on the unique dynamics of familial victims and where services and service providers need to adapt to be more responsive to this form of victimization.
C4. NICHOLE APPLEBY, MSW, LCSW / ELIZABETH STEPHENS, MSW, LCSW
Mental Health Screening and Assessment for the Non-Clinical Professional
This presentation provides an overview of general principles of mental health evaluation (screening and assessment), including evaluation objectives and strategies; overview of clinical assessment measure administration, scoring, and interpretation; assessment-driven treatment planning, overview of screening and assessment, thoughts about administering/scoring/interpreting screening and assessment measures, providing feedback to families; developing an assessment-driven treatment plan; and outcomes monitoring. Participants will be exposed to common trauma assessment measures and explore the assessment-driven referral process.
D1. CORRIE JOLLY, MSN, CPNP-PC, SANE-A, SANE-P
Sexual Abuse 101 for Non-Medical Professionals
This session will provide an overview of sexual abuse for non-medical MDT members. We will discuss the importance of the medical evaluation for acute and non-acute sexual abuse, criteria for acute sexual abuse exams, and the basis for a clinical diagnosis of child sexual abuse. We will also explore certain myths related to sexual abuse and the importance of dispelling them within our MDT, the greater community, and in the families we serve.
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D2. JIM TANNER, PH.D
Deception Detection
This session will cover two primary approaches to deception detection. We will explore cognitive load as it applies to deception and linguistic cues which indicate further probing is required. Suggestions for improving interview strategy will be discussed. The session will end with a brief introduction the Dr. Darrel Turner’s APOD tool, which is considered on the cutting edge of deception detection.
D3. JEANNE ALLERT, PH.D
Familial Trafficking: Prevalence, Characteristics, and Challenges (Part 2 of 2)
This session will build on Part 1 and explore the challenges associated with responding to victims of domestic minor familial sex trafficking cases. Emphasis in this session will be on the unique dynamics of familial victims and where services and service providers need to adapt to be more responsive to this form of victimization.
D4. JODIE HIVELY, MS.ED, LMFT
Forensic Interviewing Protocol for Victims and Witnesses of Sexual Exploitation and Violent Crime
This training will take you through different levels of child abuse from abuse that leaves scars to abuse that causes severe brain injury and ultimately to abuse that ends in a child’s death. We will take a look at three different cases studies with varying degrees of medical injury and learn how to prove the abuse by looking through the lens of a medical expert.
Lunch will be served in the Terrace Hotel on the 3rd floor dining room and in the Lambuth Inn dining room.
Please refer to the meal ticket that you were given at check-in to determine your lunch site.
E1. JENNIFER HOSSLER, MSW
Don’t Stop Believin’: The Journey of Trauma-Informed Organizational Change
What does it mean to be a trauma-informed organization and how do you know when you get there? This session explores the ongoing journey of one Georgia CAC as they embarked on a multi-year long project assessing, implementing, and refining their trauma-informed practices and protocols. Participants will learn about the specific Trauma-Informed Organizational Assessment (TIOA) tool implemented by the CAC and the 9 domains measured in the TIOA. Data and results that were collected through the TIOA will be shared along with the process for implementing change after the TIOA was administered. The presenter will utilize storytelling, photographs, music, discussion, and humor to share concrete strategies related to several of the domains measured in the TIOA, including secondary traumatic stress, workforce development, partnering with youth and families, the intersection of culture, race, and trauma, and improving psychological safety by transforming their physical space.
E2. JIM TANNER, PH.D
Beyond Prosecution
Nationally, approximately 70% of all sex offenders are sentenced to probation and returned to the community. Investigators, Social Service Workers, Prosecutors, and CAC staff are often in possession of information, which is not evidentiary, but important for those supervising and treating sex offenders in the community. This session will discuss the types of information that is helpful for community agents and demonstrate some ways this information may be forwarded to the MDT.
E3. BONNIE JEAN KURAS, M.ED
Lighten Your Load-Emptying Your Invisible Back Pack-A Practical Approach to Managing Personal and Workplace Stress/Fatigue/Burnout (Part 1 of 2)
During this presentation, attendees will learn to identify the markers of stress, vicarious trauma, and burn-out while giving opportunities to manage on the job stress and secondary trauma. This will be done through the introduction of simple, efficient tools that balance the nervous system before, during, and after chronic stress while identifying wellness strategies that help to develop psychological protective gear to do the work you do each and every day.
E4. KELLI WOOD, LCSW
The Haunting of the Third Grade Penis
While there are no nationally recognized forensic interviewing protocols that provide a list of questions to assess for alternative hypothesis, the benefits of creating such hypotheses are invaluable for the forensic interview and the MDT investigation. This session will aid both new and experienced forensic interviewers in mitigating interviewer bias by developing and testing alternative hypothesis.
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F1. JENNIFER HOSSLER, MSW
Partnering with Families: A Trauma-Informed Workshop for Caregivers of Sexually Abused and Exploited Children
With so many CAC services focusing on supporting the needs of the child, the needs of caregivers are often overlooked, or resources are limited to meet those needs. This session explores a 6-week trauma-informed caregiver workshop facilitated by Project Intersect in Atlanta, GA for caregivers of sexually abused and exploited children. Participants will learn and experience the main elements of the curriculum and topics covered, the various ways this workshop can be implemented, and key strategies for engaging community partners to collaborate in this work. Feedback and perspectives of caregivers who have graduated from the program will be shared.
F2. JIM TANNER, PH.D
Protecting Yourself and Your Family in a Digital World
Digital life is a part of the modern world. For most of us, we know enough to get things done. But we all hear about the ‘dark side” of the digital life. Join a cybercrime analyst as he talks in plain English about the technical problems everyone faces each time they use a credit card, turn on their phone or log into their computer. Regardless of your technical expertise (or lack thereof), you will walk away from this session understanding card skimming, data scraping, click-jacking, cyber-stalking, identity theft, and the Internet of Things. More importantly, you will know what to do to protect yourself from these criminal acts.
F3. BONNIE JEAN KURAS, M.ED
Lighten Your Load-Emptying Your Invisible Backpack-A Practical Approach to Managing Personal and Workplace Stress/Fatigue/Burnout (Part 2 of 2)
During this presentation, attendees will learn to identify the markers of stress, vicarious trauma, and burn-out while giving opportunities to manage on the job stress and secondary trauma. This will be done through the introduction of simple, efficient tools that balance the nervous system before, during, and after chronic stress while identifying wellness strategies that help to develop psychological protective gear to do the work you do each and every day.
F4. NANCY LAMB, JD
Preparing the Court for the Child and the Child for the Court
Courtrooms are not child friendly places. The intimidation of the courtroom setting and all the procedural rules for how a trial must be conducted can affect the child’s ability to be perceived as a credible witness. This presentation, taught by a veteran prosecutor, will address the process of preparing the child to testify in a child sexual abuse case, and will include practical information and illustrative examples of techniques that this prosecutor has found to be useful in minimizing a child’s stress in the courtroom setting while maximizing the child’s credibility. Also included will be information about legal avenues available to make the court more child friendly using pre-trial motions and tools that the prosecutor should consider that may serve to enhance a child’s credibility in the eyes of the factfinder.