DEANA JOY, BA; Executive Director, CACNC
TANISHA KNIGHTON, PHD; Knighton Consulting Group, LLC
Boxed lunches are served with: individual bag of chips, lettuce tomato, whole fresh fruit, cookie and beverage.
TANISHA KNIGHTON, PHD; Knighton Consulting Group
For those working in the helping professions, compassion fatigue is as common as “turbulence” during a windy flight. In order to address this turbulence, one must develop self-care strategies, and warning systems to let them know they are moving into the caution zone and the oxygen masks will soon deploy. Prevention and self-care can best happen when professionals are able to distinguish between and identify personal and professional vulnerabilities. This interactive workshop will help professionals renew their passion and commitment to the field and their work.
STACI WHITNEY, LMSW; Sr. Director for Modell Consulting Group, LLC
This training is intended for multidisciplinary professionals seeking to advance their understanding of basic communication techniques that are reliable, legally defensible, effective, and accommodating for children with disabilities who are alleged victims of abuse or neglect. While the training is not specifically intended for forensic interviewers, it is based on forensic interviewing best practices with considerations and adaptations to account for individual disability, language capacity, and cultural background. Participants will learn about biases and assumptions related to investigating cases involving child victims or witnesses with disabilities, abuse dynamics, possible indicators of abuse or neglect, pre-interview considerations, question types, and other information on eliciting reliable information from children with disabilities.
DANA HAGELE, MD; Director of Clinical Services, CACNC
SCOTT SNIDER, MSN, LCSW; Training Coordinator, Duke Child Abuse and Neglect Medical Evaluation Clinic
This session will provide an overview of both the forensic interview and the child medical interview, comparing objectives, standards, and processes/protocols. The session will also explore strategies and challenges associated with integration of the forensic and child medical interviews within a CAC protocol.
SHANTA DUBE, PhD, MPH
The workshop will focus on providing the audience with a detailed overview on the seminal CDC-Kaiser Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study: why it was launched and the cross-sectoral impact of ACEs to highlight the importance of multi-disciplinary teams. Data demonstrating shifts in the prevalence of childhood abuse will be presented with a focus on ACEs among Adults in North Carolina. Through the ACEs data on NC adults, participants will gain a better understanding about the importance of a multi-generational lens to understand abuse in their population. The workshop will be interactive – participants will be expected to engage in group discussions and activities. By the end, participants will gain a better understanding of how they can non-diagnostically assess for ACEs in their CAC population and the importance of the ACEs assessments.
TANISHA KNIGHTON, PHD; Knighton Consulting Group
Adolescence can be tough to navigate on its own, without having to address questions of sex, sexuality, and sexual identity. While openly talking about sexual feelings, sexual desires and sexual development is a challenging conversation for some youth to have with their parents. It can be challenging for professionals to have these conversations as well. Embracing the uncertainty and possibilities associated with these issues is critical in order to help youth avoid devastating and/or life-threatening errors in judgment. This workshop will explore myths and facts associated with adolescent development, the pornification of our culture, the fluidity of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and strategies to openly engage conversations with youth about these topics.
STACI WHITNEY, LMSW; Sr. Director for Modell Consulting Group, LLC
Research shows children with disabilities experience abuse and neglect at disproportionate rates. This training is intended for multidisciplinary professionals seeking to advance their understanding of best practices for accommodating children with disabilities in a child advocacy setting. Participants will learn about biases and assumptions related to investigating cases, practical accommodations, and how these accommodations can be made within policies and practice to best serve child victims and witnesses with disabilities.
SCOTT SNIDER, MSN, LCSW; Training Coordinator, Duke Child Abuse and Neglect Medical Evaluation Clinic
In addition to training and peer review, the transfer of knowledge from experienced child interviewers is critical to assist other interviewers within the field. This workshop will offer practical guidance for child interviewers such as the proper use of narrative questions and discuss ways to navigate a challenging profession. It is designed for novice and intermediate level interviewers, though more experienced interviewers may glean skills and ideas through the discussion.
CHRIS CHANDLER, BS; Sr. Lieutenant, Waynesville Police Department
Radio is charged, check. Magazines are loaded, check. Boots and leather gear are polished, check. Uniform is pressed, check. Ready to go! But are you really? What have you done to heal from the last traumatic call you responded to? Like it or not, it had an emotional impact on you that is not so easily checked. Is it ok not to be ok? Have you ever noticed a co-worker struggling with maintaining focus, and just not really being the same as they used to be? This workshop will discuss the importance of recognizing what’s happening when we don’t address the truly impacting traumatic experiences we deal with on a regular basis. Once and for all, we will answer the question, is it ok not to be ok?