DEANA JOY, BA; Executive Director, CACNC
IAN HUMPHREY, CEO, BE IAN-SPIRED, LLC
The Power of One!
It only takes one voice, one positive interaction, one person to make a difference in a person's life. In Ian's keynote, he will discuss his story about the ONE person that influenced him to believe in himself and was responsible for turning his life around by helping him believe that his life was worth living and how each one of us working with traumatized children can be that person!
Biography: Success has not always come easy for Ian Humphrey. Born prematurely under very violent circumstances, he began to navigate life and the unfortunate events thrown at him as a youth. This included a near-death experience, foster homes, abuse, loss of both parents and his eventual incarceration. The turning point came while incarcerated when Ian met an educator that recognized his potential, pushed him, believed in him, and refused to give up on him. It was then that Ian became determined to get out of prison and lead a successful life. Today, Ian uses the lessons he learned during the darkest moments of his life to help others to transform their own lives. Ian delivers keynotes and workshops to educators, parents, businesses, youth organizations and communities. Ian resides in Aurora, Colorado with his wife, three daughters, and son. He is an author, the General Manager of a successful multi-million-dollar metal fabrication company and the CEO of Be Ian-Spired, LLC, a company focused on helping others realize and live up to their full potential.
DONNA PENCE, BS
No One Discipline Can Protect Children Alone: Lessons Learned from 40 years of Multidisciplinary Teaming
Before the 1980’s, the disciplines involved in responding to child maltreatment allegations functioned largely in an independent, indeed, isolated manner. Every discipline felt their ways of handling these situations were the best. Unfortunately, many of the cases were not adequately investigated due to gaps in knowledge on the part of the systems involved, inability to address the various facets of intervention, investigation, and safety and, as a result, untold numbers of children remained at risk and perpetrators were free to continue their abusive behavior. Given the unique investigative complexities of successfully investigating child maltreatment allegations, it is little wonder that the disciplines involved in the abuse intervention system have increasingly come to realize that they can maximize their resources by coordinating their efforts. Together, the involved disciplines have far more power to determine what did or did not happen, effectively intervene, and reduce the risk to children than the individual entities have in acting independently. No one discipline can do it all.
Biography:
Donna M. Pence was appointed as a Special Agent with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation in 1976 after two years with the Metropolitan Nashville Park Police. In her 25 years with the Bureau, she worked undercover, special crimes, and field investigations. She was designated as the Bureau’s child abuse investigation specialist in 1986 and helped develop the first MDIT protocols and train the first multidisciplinary child abuse investigation teams in Tennessee. She was one of the first law enforcement investigators to join the American Society on the Abuse of Children in 1987. She was elected to the Board of Directors of APSAC from 1993-1997. She was a founding member of the Tennessee Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (1992-1997) and a member of the California Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (2003-2011) and elected to the CAPSAC Board in 2009. In retirement, she joined the Academy of Professional Excellence, San Diego State University, as a master trainer and curriculum specialist. Donna has authored or co-authored numerous articles and book chapters including, Team Investigation of Child Sexual Abuse: The Uneasy Alliance with Charles A. Wilson, “Child Abuse and Neglect Investigation”, (3rd ed. of The APSAC Child Maltreatment Handbook), "Trauma-Informed Forensic Child Maltreatment Investigations" in Child Welfare, co-authored “Trauma-Informed Care” for the International Encyclopedia of Social Work and “Multidisciplinary Teaming” with Charles Wilson (4th Ed. Of The APSAC Child Maltreatment Handbook). She has trained professionals in 38 states and 8 countries on MDI team development and maintenance, cultural issues for professionals, adult and child trauma-informed interviewing, trauma-informed investigative practices, Secondary Traumatic Stress, critical thinking and decision-making, interviewing and investigative issues in child maltreatment and fatalities.
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.
A1. IAN HUMPHREY, CEO, BE IAN-SPIRED, LLC/KATIE HUMPHREY, MA
Going All In!
Supporting children and families with trauma can be a difficult task and often takes a toll on the people who are there to support them. Katie and Ian utilize their unique perspectives, one as a person who has worked with children with traumatic backgrounds in the school setting and the other who has experienced trauma and had varied levels of support from adults around him to share stories, tips, and ideas of how to create a safe welcoming space to those who need it while keeping a safe space for yourself in the process. After leaving this workshop you will feel ready to do the work you have been called to do and be filled with ideas on how to stay energized when work gets too overwhelming.
Biographies:
Ian Humphrey - Success has not always come easy for Ian Humphrey. Born prematurely under very violent circumstances, he began to navigate life and the unfortunate events thrown at him as a youth. This included a near-death experience, foster homes, abuse, loss of both parents and his eventual incarceration. The turning point came while incarcerated when Ian met an educator that recognized his potential, pushed him, believed in him, and refused to give up on him. It was then that Ian became determined to get out of prison and lead a successful life. Today, Ian uses the lessons he learned during the darkest moments of his life to help others to transform their own lives. Ian delivers keynotes and workshops to educators, parents, businesses, youth organizations and communities. Ian resides in Aurora, Colorado with his wife, three daughters, and son. He is an author, the General Manager of a successful multi-million-dollar metal fabrication company and the CEO of Be Ian-Spired, LLC, a company focused on helping others realize and live up to their full potential.
Katie Humphrey is a professional school counselor at Columbia Middle School in the Aurora Public School district in Aurora, CO. Serving a diverse population of middle school students, Katie supports students’ social-emotional, academic, and college and career planning needs. She is very informed about the needs and the barriers to success that her students face on a daily basis. Katie earned a Master of Arts Degree in School counseling from Adams State University and is also a National Certified Counselor. She is entering her sixth year as a counselor, and in her thirteenth year in education serving in roles as an AVID tutor and student liaison. Advocacy for her students and her community is her passion and she finds ways to do that on a regular basis especially on the NME (Neurosequential Model in Education) core team, which informs, trains, and creates trauma informed practices within her school. Katie is married to Ian Humphrey and has four grown children and has recently become a grandmother. She is proud to serve a community in which she has lived her entire life and raised her own children.
A2. DONNA PENCE, BS / CHARLES WILSON, MSW
Case Study - Church of the Living Word
This 90-minute interactive workshop will present the details of a multiple perpetrator, multiple victim investigation conducted by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Tennessee Department of Human Services, Child Welfare Division. The case from inception to completion will cover planning, investigative actions and decision-making in this complex macro-case.
Biographies:
Donna M. Pence was appointed as a Special Agent with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation in 1976 after two years with the Metropolitan Nashville Park Police. In her 25 years with the Bureau, she worked undercover, special crimes, and field investigations. She was designated as the Bureau’s child abuse investigation specialist in 1986 and helped develop the first MDIT protocols and train the first multidisciplinary child abuse investigation teams in Tennessee. She was one of the first law enforcement investigators to join the American Society on the Abuse of Children in 1987. She was elected to the Board of Directors of APSAC from 1993-1997. She was a founding member of the Tennessee Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (1992-1997) and a member of the California Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (2003-2011) and elected to the CAPSAC Board in 2009. In retirement, she joined the Academy of Professional Excellence, San Diego State University, as a master trainer and curriculum specialist. Donna has authored or co-authored numerous articles and book chapters including, Team Investigation of Child Sexual Abuse: The Uneasy Alliance with Charles A. Wilson, “Child Abuse and Neglect Investigation”, (3rd ed. of The APSAC Child Maltreatment Handbook), "Trauma-Informed Forensic Child Maltreatment Investigations" in Child Welfare, co-authored “Trauma-Informed Care” for the International Encyclopedia of Social Work and “Multidisciplinary Teaming” with Charles Wilson (4 th Ed. Of The APSAC Child Maltreatment Handbook). She has trained professionals in 38 states and 8 countries on MDI team development and maintenance, cultural issues for professionals, adult and child trauma-informed interviewing, trauma-informed investigative practices, Secondary Traumatic Stress, critical thinking and decision-making, interviewing and investigative issues in child maltreatment and fatalities.
In 2020, Charles Wilson retired as the Senior Director of the Chadwick Center for Children and Families and the Sam and Rose Stein Endowed Chair in Child Protection at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego, where he oversaw a large multiservice child and family maltreatment organization providing prevention, intervention, medical assessment, and trauma treatment services along with professional education and research. Mr. Wilson served as the director of the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC), under contract with the California Department of Social Services, and as project director of the Chadwick Trauma-Informed Systems Dissemination and Implementation Project for SAMHSA and the California Screening, Assessment. Previous to joining the Chadwick Center in 2005, Mr. Wilson was the Executive Director of the National Children's Advocacy Center in Huntsville, AL. Mr. Wilson also previously served in a variety of roles in public child protection, from a front-line worker in Florida and Tennessee in the 1970s, to the State Child Welfare Director in Tennessee (1982-1995). Mr. Wilson is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences and seminars and the author or co-author of numerous publications, articles, book chapters on trauma-informed child welfare, evidence-based practices, team investigation of child abuse, and forensic interviewing, as well as the book Team Investigation of Child Sexual Abuse: The Uneasy Alliance.
A3. SCOTT SNIDER, MSW, LCSW
Addressing Reluctance in Child Interviews
Interview models assist in providing structure and guidance, and best practice informs interviewers on the use of narrative phrasing. However, interviewers often encounter children who have difficulty engaging and/or reporting about their experience. Whether this phenomenon is labeled as reluctance, reticence, blocks, or barriers, this workshop will discuss how to address these issues within the child interview and provide practical tools to overcome these obstacles whenever possible.
Biography: Scott Snider, LCSW, is the Training Coordinator of the Duke Child Abuse and Neglect Medical Evaluation Clinic, where he has conducted diagnostic interviews as part of children’s medical evaluations for suspected abuse for over 21 years. Scott has trained DSS, law enforcement, medical, and mental health professionals in the RADAR interview model, and lectures at national conferences on child interviewing.
A4. WHITNEY BELICH, JD
Legal Updates for Medical and MDTs
This presentation will focus on new case law, new statutes and other legal “hot topics” in the world of child maltreatment.
Biography: After graduating from Florida State University with a degree in Criminology, Whitney worked in the Tampa Bay area until returning to North Carolina to attend Wake Forest School of Law. Whitney began her legal career as an ADA for the Honorable Susan Doyle in Johnston County, North Carolina. As a prosecutor, Whitney specialized in cases involving impaired driving and sexual and physical abuse of both children and adults. In 2014, Whitney accepted a position with the Attorney General’s Office and was stationed at the NC Justice Academy in Salemburg, NC. While working in Raleigh, Whitney served as the primary attorney for the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission, After serving as a guest instructor for the Conference of District Attorneys for many years, Whitney was honored to accept the position of Child Abuse Resource Prosecutor with the Conference in 2019. The NC Conference of DAs provides support and training for all of North Carolina’s elected DAs and ADAs and other staff within the DA’s Office as well as others. Whitney currently lives in Clayton with her husband and their 4-year-old daughter.
B1. ANN GLASER, LCSW / ABBIE DILANNI, LCSW
Emerging from the Shadows - The CAC’s Role in Domestic Violence Investigations
Children’s Advocacy Centers, long recognized for serving child victims of sexual and physical abuse, are uniquely positioned to enhance access to services and broaden support provided to children impacted by domestic violence. This session will emphasize the need to identify children exposed to domestic violence as primary victims of trauma and explore new ways of utilizing CAC interventions to begin the healing journey for children. Using the MDT framework, Pat’s Place CAC (Charlotte, NC) has partnered with community agencies to play a key role in facilitating multidisciplinary collaboration for the coordination and provision of services to support victims of domestic violence and their children, and to minimize revictimization. Join us as we talk about the importance of identifying children as primary victims of domestic violence, bridging domestic violence and child advocacy core values and philosophies, and creating processes that meet the needs of child survivors of abuse.
Biographies:
Ann Glaser is the Chief Program Officer at Pat's Place Child Advocacy Center. After serving in various settings including mental health, medical, schools and private practice, Ann joined the CAC family as MDT Coordinator & Interviewer for the Greater Hartford CAC (Connecticut) in 2004. Ann has been at PPCAC for 8 years participating the launching of its on-site mental health and human trafficking outreach programs, and the development of the CAC component of Charlotte’s emerging Family Justice Center.
Abbie DiIanni is the Coordinator of Forensic Services of Pat’s Place Child Advocacy Center where she is responsible for oversight of the forensic services team and response services at the Survivor Resource Center. After obtaining a post graduate degree in social work with an emphasis on trauma treatment, Abbie began her career at Pat’s Place Child Advocacy Center as the intake coordinator and later transitioned to becoming a forensic interviewer. She is now responsible for developing, coordinating, and executing the clinical, forensic and advocacy operations at the Survivor Resource Center.
B2. DONNA PENCE, BS
Trauma Informed Child Maltreatment Investigations
Within the body of trauma-informed literature, little attention has been devoted specifically to the initial investigative response and its role in controlling for system induced trauma to the child, family, and investigative personnel (child welfare and law enforcement investigators). Training investigators on the impact of trauma in child maltreatment forensic investigations and their role in anticipating and mitigating the effects of trauma during the investigative process is rarely addressed in trauma-informed literature. This workshop explores strategies to infuse trauma information into forensic child maltreatment investigations using the "Essential Elements of Trauma-Informed Practice" (National Child Traumatic Stress Network) with the goal of enhancing investigator's knowledge, skills, and values concerning the importance of viewing investigations and their associated tasks through a trauma lens.
Biography:
Donna M. Pence was appointed as a Special Agent with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation in 1976 after two years with the Metropolitan Nashville Park Police. In her 25 years with the Bureau, she worked undercover, special crimes, and field investigations. She was designated as the Bureau’s child abuse investigation specialist in 1986 and helped develop the first MDIT protocols and train the first multidisciplinary child abuse investigation teams in Tennessee. She was one of the first law enforcement investigators to join the American Society on the Abuse of Children in 1987. She was elected to the Board of Directors of APSAC from 1993-1997. She was a founding member of the Tennessee Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (1992-1997) and a member of the California Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (2003-2011) and elected to the CAPSAC Board in 2009. In retirement, she joined the Academy of Professional Excellence, San Diego State University, as a master trainer and curriculum specialist. Donna has authored or co-authored numerous articles and book chapters including, Team Investigation of Child Sexual Abuse: The Uneasy Alliance with Charles A. Wilson, “Child Abuse and Neglect Investigation”, (3rd ed. of The APSAC Child Maltreatment Handbook), "Trauma-Informed Forensic Child Maltreatment Investigations" in Child Welfare, co-authored “Trauma-Informed Care” for the International Encyclopedia of Social Work and “Multidisciplinary Teaming” with Charles Wilson (4 th Ed. Of The APSAC Child Maltreatment Handbook). She has trained professionals in 38 states and 8 countries on MDI team development and maintenance, cultural issues for professionals, adult and child trauma-informed interviewing, trauma-informed investigative practices, Secondary Traumatic Stress, critical thinking and decision-making, interviewing and investigative issues in child maltreatment and fatalities.
B3. SCOTT SNIDER, MSW, LCSW / ASHLEY WELCH, JD / JODIE HIVELY, MS.ED, LMFT
Panel Discussion for Forensic Interviews & Prosecutors
This will be an opportunity to discuss common Forensic Interviewing issues and the relation to prosecutorial needs. Topics include blending interview models within interviews, straying from standard model language and phrases, and body safety education during the interview. Additionally, the panel will take questions and discuss topics from the attendees.
Biographies:
Scott Snider is the Training Coordinator of the Duke Child Abuse and Neglect Medical Evaluation Clinic, where he has conducted diagnostic interviews as part of children’s medical evaluations for suspected abuse for over 21 years. Scott has trained DSS, law enforcement, medical, and mental health professionals in the RADAR interview model, and lectures at national conferences on child interviewing.
Ashley Welch was born and raised in the mountains of North Carolina. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and received her law degree from William and Mary School of Law in 2003. Ms. Welch served as an Assistant District Attorney in the 29th Prosecutorial District from 2003-2005. In 2005, Ms. Welch began working with District 43, where she is now District Attorney. Her prosecutorial district, which includes seven counties, is one of the largest geographical districts in the state. It is also the only district which borders three separate states: South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee.
Jodie Hively holds a Master of Science in Education degree and is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who worked with high-risk youth. Ms. Hively’ s background is primarily in Psychology and Criminal Justice. Prior to becoming a Forensic Interviewer, she worked as a Probation Officer and Family Case Manager for Child Services. She is currently employed with the FBI as a Child/Adolescent Forensic Interviewer with the Victim Services Division, Child Victim Services Unit and has been a Forensic Interviewer for almost sixteen years. She provides interviews, consultation and training for FBI Agents, Assistant United States Attorney’s, and other federal, state, and international law enforcement.
B4. WHITNEY BELICH, JD / NICHOLE APPLEBY, MSW, LCSW / ELIZABETH STEPHENS, MSW, LCSW
The Trauma Informed Victim Impact Statement
This discussion will explore core elements of a Victim Impact Statement (VIS) through a legal and a clinical lens, focusing on the development of an integrated, trauma-informed VIS. Participants will explore strategies to meet the needs of the prosecutor, community, and family, while decreasing distress and the risk for re-traumatization.
Biographies:
Whitney Belich - After graduating from Florida State University with a degree in Criminology, Whitney worked in the Tampa Bay area until returning to North Carolina to attend Wake Forest School of Law. Whitney began her legal career as an ADA for the Honorable Susan Doyle in Johnston County, North Carolina. As a prosecutor, Whitney specialized in cases involving impaired driving and sexual and physical abuse of both children and adults. In 2014, Whitney accepted a position with the Attorney General’s Office and was stationed at the NC Justice Academy in Salemburg, NC. While working in Raleigh, Whitney served as the primary attorney for the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission, After serving as a guest instructor for the Conference of District Attorneys for many years, Whitney was honored to accept the position of Child Abuse Resource Prosecutor with the Conference in 2019. The NC Conference of DAs provides support and training for all of North Carolina’s elected DAs and ADAs and other staff within the DA’s Office as well as others. Whitney currently lives in Clayton with her husband and their 4-year-old daughter.
Nichole Appleby graduated from Meredith College with a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) and from the University of Maryland, Baltimore with a Master of Social Work (MSW). Nichole has worked in assisted living facilities, the school system and with children who have experienced trauma. She has also been trained in Dignity Therapy, an evidence-based intervention designed for persons facing the end of life; she was trained with 49 other select individuals in November 2012 at the first Dignity Therapy Training in the United States. Nichole has also been trained as a “Why Try” facilitator, an evidence-based dropout prevention program designed for children in the school system. While receiving her MSW, Nichole interned at International Social Services- USA Branch in Baltimore, MD; International Social Services is the only agency of its kind in the United States; ISS-USA promotes the best interest of children and families separated by international borders. Additionally, Nichole is a Nationally Certified TF-CBT clinician and is a rostered clinician with the NC Child Treatment Program in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and has worked extensively with children who have experienced trauma, as well as being rostered in Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) and trained in Alternative for Families- A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (AF-CBT). Nichole worked in collaboration with the NC Child Treatment Program to provide consulting to new trainees in TF-CBT from 2013-2023.
Elizabeth Stephens graduated from Meredith College with a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) and from Tulane University with a Master of Social Work (MSW). Elizabeth has worked with individuals in psychiatric care, with Intensive In-Home Services, providing home based behavioral health services, and with children who have experienced trauma. Elizabeth has experience with adults and children in inpatient psychiatric settings, including work at Broughton Hospital, Holly Hill Hospital and River Oaks Hospital in New Orleans. While working in inpatient psychiatric settings Elizabeth conducted psychosocial assessments, facilitated groups, provided individual and family crisis stabilization and assisted in discharge planning. As an Intensive In-Home Team Leader, Elizabeth provided treatment for youth who are at risk for out of home placement and their families and provided administrative and clinical supervision to the team. Elizabeth has worked extensively with children and families who have experienced trauma and is a Nationally Certified TF-CBT clinician and is a rostered clinician with the NC Child Treatment Program in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, as well as being rostered in Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) and trained in Alternative for Families- A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (AF-CBT). Elizabeth worked in collaboration with the NC Child Treatment Program to provide consulting to new trainees in TF-CBT from 2013-2023.