Lecture Series

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The Family Advocate forum will present opportunities for networking with others in the field of family advocacy – hats off to the staff members who wear all the hats! This forum will discuss trends, barriers, and the best approaches to working with caregivers after a child’s disclosure. It will also provide support to team members in the fastest growing field in the CAC world.

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Carly Ryan was 15-years-old when she was murdered by an online predator. It was the first crime of its type in Australia, occurring in 2007 when social media was a new phenomenon and pedophiles were really starting to infiltrate the online space. Determined to help prevent harm to other innocent children and to help them navigate their online journey safely, Carly’s mum Sonya, shared her lived experience and incorporated The Carly Ryan Foundation (CRF) in 2010 creating an extraordinary legacy. This presentation will give detailed information about the case of Carly Ryan, her mother’s journey from trauma to transformation, changing the landscape of online safety in Australia. The presentation will also give detailed information about Carly’s Law given the global interest to have this law introduced into the criminal codes of multiple countries.

Sonya Ryan is a member of the Federal Online Safety Consultative Working Group and contributed to the establishment of the Office of the eSafety Commissioner. Sonya is also a member of the education and prevention working group with the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE).Sonya Ryan has been recognized through numerous awards for her vision and leadership, including: SA Australian of The Year 2013; South Australia’s top 20 most Influential people; Australia’s top 100 inspiring Women; and 2017 Human Rights Medal Finalist. She has presented at numerous conferences around the world including a United Nations conference in Bangkok and the world renowned Crimes Against Children Conference in Dallas. In November 2018, Ms. Ryan was awarded the Mother of the Nation award at the Interfaith Alliance for Safer Communities: Child Dignity in the Digital World Forum held in Abu Dhabi. This award was in recognition of her distinguished efforts in supporting children. Ms. Ryan accepted the award in honor of her daughter’s legacy and was grateful for the opportunity to represent Carly on a world stage.

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The CRF online safety caregiver session is delivered by Sonya Ryan, Founder and CEO of the Carly Ryan Foundation. The Carly Ryan Foundation’s approach is about building on the emotional intelligence of young people, enabling them to make better choices, have respect for others, build resilience and enable positive communication. As part of this approach, Sonya educates caregivers and communities about the benefits of connecting online as well as the potential risks inherent through internet interaction. She equips, empowers and educates caregivers encouraging them to have open conversations with their children, giving appropriate guidance, practical resources, helping children safely navigate their digital world and educating them to avoid harmful online experiences. Caregiver support and guidance can give children the confidence to make sound decisions online ― and ask for help when they need it.

Sonya Ryan is a member of the Federal Online Safety Consultative Working Group and contributed to the establishment of the Office of the eSafety Commissioner. Sonya is also a member of the education and prevention working group with the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE).Sonya Ryan has been recognized through numerous awards for her vision and leadership, including: SA Australian of The Year 2013; South Australia’s top 20 most Influential people; Australia’s top 100 inspiring Women; and 2017 Human Rights Medal Finalist. She has presented at numerous conferences around the world including a United Nations conference in Bangkok and the world renowned Crimes Against Children Conference in Dallas. In November 2018, Ms. Ryan was awarded the Mother of the Nation award at the Interfaith Alliance for Safer Communities: Child Dignity in the Digital World Forum held in Abu Dhabi. This award was in recognition of her distinguished efforts in supporting children. Ms. Ryan accepted the award in honor of her daughter’s legacy and was grateful for the opportunity to represent Carly on a world stage.

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In this workshop you will learn from research findings and the presenter’s own very personal survivor story about how to address child sexual abuse as primary prevention. State laws and school district policies, such as Jenna’s Law, were enacted to advocate for child sexual abuse prevention. In many cases of child sexual abuse, the perpetrator strategically grooms the victim and those around the victim. Participants will view clips from the It’s Not Just Jenna documentary, where you will learn about the family perspective on grooming and meet the perpetrator. The It’s Not Just Jenna documentary is shown to groups all across the U.S in English and Spanish for educational purposes. A combination of video, research, and personal testimony will be utilized to illustrate the stages of grooming and how prevention policies can be effective in ending abuse.

Jenna Quinn has pioneered the national child sexual abuse prevention movement since 2004. She is the author of Pure In Heart, a TED speaker, and the namesake of Jenna’s Law. Passed unanimously in Texas in 2009, Jenna’s Law was the first child sexual abuse prevention education mandate in the U.S named after a survivor. It requires each school district to adopt and implement a prevention policy that educates students and teachers on how to recognize and report child sexual abuse. Now, over half the country has adopted legislation reflecting the principals of Jenna’s Law, including federal legislation filed called, “The Jenna Quinn Law.” Jenna benefited from a CAC and has worked with over 100 advocacy centers and helped over 26 states to implement prevention policies.

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*Please register with business email address* Investigating child abuse cases require coordination and communication to ensure a successful outcome. First and foremost, protecting the child is our goal and even in homicide cases there are often other children in the home that require the attention of child protective services. It is critical that everyone work together to make sure that all children involved are protected, evidence is not lost, and efforts are not duplicated. It is critical that law enforcement officers and child protective services’ investigators work together throughout the entire investigation.

As a career prosecutor for over 20 years, Nancy has handled thousands of domestic violence, child abuse, elder abuse and sexual assault cases. In addition, she has trained allied professionals nationwide including prosecutors, law enforcement officers, advocates, medical professionals and forensic interviewers on the issues surrounding these types of crimes. She has had the opportunity to be appointed to state committees and task forces in these areas by four Virginia Governors. She also co-authored Virginia’s Model Law Enforcement Protocol in the areas of Domestic Violence, Stalking and Child Homicide Investigation.

Prior to co-founding Justice 3D, Mike had been involved in law enforcement for over 34 years, most recently retiring as Police Chief of Altavista, Virginia. Over the years he has worked in various positions which include Interim Sheriff, Director of Public Safety, Coordinator of an FBI/Virginia State Police multi-jurisdictional task force, Senior Supervisory Investigator, uniformed Deputy Sheriff and Polygraph Examiner. In addition to being involved in thousands of investigations, Mike has also done an extensive amount of teaching in criminal justice with an emphasis in the areas of sexual assault, child abuse, elder abuse and domestic violence. He has been a Professor of Criminal Justice at Liberty University, as well as lecturing across both Virginia and the United States.

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Family Advocate programs are growing and building a significant role within the CAC world. Come learn how the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center has grown their program from one family advocate to 23 in six years. Explore how DCAC has adapted and expanded to meet the needs of the changing population of individuals and families served.

Mindy Jackson serves as the Director of Support Services for the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center. She has worked in client serving organizations for twenty years. Mindy served as a children’s coordinator in the domestic violence field in Tarrant County for ten years until she transitioned to the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center where she has been the Director of Support Services for seven years. As the director, she supervises two assistant directors, family advocates, children’s family advocates, on-call crisis worker, and administrative staff. Her team has grown from three to twenty-three staff members over the course of five years, and Mindy has had to navigate the significant growth of her program and the challenges and opportunities it has presented. She has also provided consulting to other CAC’s across the United States.

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This workshop will provide state-of-the-art information on traumatic impact on young children. In particular, the child’s idiosyncratic experience will be highlighted, as well as the creative and unique defensive mechanisms they employ — defenses that are useful during traumatic events, and can become problematic later on. Children’s art work will be shown to clarify the profound impact of relational complex trauma on children’s sense of integrity, identity, and internal world views. Finally, information will be provided on consensus areas about how to best help children address traumatic impact in therapy, including a community response that consistently reinforces safety and trust, and trauma-informed responses.

Eliana Gil, Ph.D, RPT-S, ATR continues her life-long commitment to training and education by sharing what she has learned and offering meaningful training opportunities. Over the years of being a public speaker, teacher, and consultant, she has found it rewarding to stimulate interest in a range of relevant topics such as working with traumatized children, play therapy and post-traumatic play, family play therapy, relational treatments, among others. In addition, over the course of a long career, several assessment and treatment models have emerged in the context of varied clinical settings and with the assistance of talented colleagues. She looks forward to continuing to share information in a relaxed and nurturing teaching environment and will also provide opportunities for colleagues to present on their areas of expertise.

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This workshop will provide state-of-the-art information on traumatic impact on young children. In particular, the child’s idiosyncratic experience will be highlighted, as well as the creative and unique defensive mechanisms they employ — defenses that are useful during traumatic events, and can become problematic later on. Children’s art work will be shown to clarify the profound impact of relational complex trauma on children’s sense of integrity, identity, and internal world views. Finally, information will be provided on consensus areas about how to best help children address traumatic impact in therapy, including a community response that consistently reinforces safety and trust, and trauma-informed responses.

Eliana Gil, Ph.D, RPT-S, ATR continues her life-long commitment to training and education by sharing what she has learned and offering meaningful training opportunities. Over the years of being a public speaker, teacher, and consultant, she has found it rewarding to stimulate interest in a range of relevant topics such as working with traumatized children, play therapy and post-traumatic play, family play therapy, relational treatments, among others. In addition, over the course of a long career, several assessment and treatment models have emerged in the context of varied clinical settings and with the assistance of talented colleagues. She looks forward to continuing to share information in a relaxed and nurturing teaching environment and will also provide opportunities for colleagues to present on their areas of expertise.

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Children are often referred for therapy services by school personnel who find their behaviors or affect suggestive of family issues or mental health concerns. Once in treatment, school counselors, teachers, and psychologists may have periodic and brief contact with mental health professionals about treatment goals and progress. At times, progress is evident in the child’s immediate positive behavior changes; other times, the school sees little change even when the child is engaged in treatment. In other words, treatment gains do not always transfer to improved behavior or performance in school. This workshop will discuss the impact of trauma on children and ways in which less overt symptoms can manifest in the classroom. In addition, the presenter will discuss a collaborative, trauma-focused, neurologically-driven approach that creates safety nets around children. These safety nets provide similar lessons and language and can promote and encourage parallel principles and interventions.

Dr. Jennifer Shaw will specify how this collaboration can occur and how children can bring lessons from therapy to the school setting, increasing the likelihood of symptom reduction and academic success. With such a bridge from the therapy office to the child’s larger community, teachers and other involved professionals can better identify signs of escalation, regression, or distress. Dr. Shaw will review concrete strategies to initiate and maintain a collaborative approach to treatment planning and treatment course among professionals in the community. Jennifer Shaw received a Master’s and Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from the American School of Professional Psychology, Washington, D.C. She has a special interest in working with children with a history of early trauma who develop sexual behavior problems, and continue her work with Boundary Project, a research-informed assessment and treatment program initially developed by Dr. Gil for children ages 4-12 years with sexual behavior problems.

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Digital evidence has been described as the “new DNA.” It is a treasure trove for investigators but is often overlooked. This workshop will discuss how to identify, preserve and retrieve digital evidence from a variety of sources. Participants will learn about resources and techniques, applicable statutes, and digital officer safety concerns. Information in this presentation will benefit any investigator and give them a basic understanding of the topic that they can use to build their expertise.

Objectives:

-The student will learn about digital evidence, collection methods, and associated statutes.

-The student will learn social media search and investigative techniques.

-The student will learn about applicable legal process related to digital and social media investigations.

-The student will learn about available open source resources and digital officer safety concerns.

Sergeant Jason Lundquist began his law enforcement career with the Waco Police Department in 1999. He spent almost eight years as a patrol officer, then promoted to the rank of sergeant in 2007 and served as a patrol supervisor for another seven years. In 2014 he transferred to the Criminal Investigation Division and has since supervised the Crimes Against Children Unit. As supervisor he has overseen over 5200 cases of physical and sexual abuse of children or child abuse related crimes for the Waco Police Department. He frequently consults other agencies on their investigations and maintains his own caseload as a supervisor, personally investigating hundreds of cases of abuse. Sergeant Lundquist serves as an active member of the Waco Advocacy Center for Crime Victims and Children’s MDT. He is a founding member of the Heart of Texas Human Trafficking Coalition and has served on its Steering and Prosecution/Protection Committees since its inception in 2015. He has written or consulted on Waco Police Department policies regarding his agency’s response to missing/runaway children, child abuse, and sexual assault investigation.

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This 4-hour day will cover various types of physical abuse, including bruising, bite marks, suspicious burns, neglect, failure to thrive, shaken baby syndrome, and more. During the presentation, students will learn crime scene procedures, evidence collection, photography, court demonstrative evidence, typology, symptomology, determination of intentional vs. accidental injury, and so much more.

As a member of the San Diego Police Department’s Child Abuse Team in (1981), Phyl Peltier was frustrated when he encountered his first burn case, and found no practical methods in place for determining whether the case was accidental or non-accidental. Out of that frustration, and after inquiring of doctors, prosecutors, defense attorneys, child abuse investigators, and social services, through a trial and error basis, Peltier developed the immersion burn worksheet to help investigators and the blue dye demonstration for which he is known. Phyl has taught throughout the United States, Canada, and England. He has taught for international organizations in the United States and Canada such as The International Coroners and ME’s Association and The International Forensic Nurses Assn in Montreal. He has also qualified as an expert witness on burn injuries in several courts, including the (Queen’s Court ) in Australia. Phyl’s expertise is not limited to burn injuries, however. He also teaches investigative techniques on the broad spectrum of child abuse, bites, and fingerprints, demonstrative evidence, interview & interrogation and many other investigative categories. Phyl has testified as an expert witness in suspicious burn injuries in criminal prosecutions. An instructor in the investigation of child abuse, as well as suspicious burn injuries, since 1981, Phyl received the Excellence in Instruction Award from the Robert Presley Institute of Criminal Investigation for 1999-2000 and again in 2005-2006.

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In child abuse investigations, interviewees may include: victims, caretakers, siblings, neighbors, medical personnel and more. Confrontational interrogations refer to the suspected offender and will focus on the “Why” instead of the “If”.

As a member of the San Diego Police Department’s Child Abuse Team in (1981), Phyl Peltier was frustrated when he encountered his first burn case, and found no practical methods in place for determining whether the case was accidental or non-accidental. Out of that frustration, and after inquiring of doctors, prosecutors, defense attorneys, child abuse investigators, and social services, through a trial and error basis, Peltier developed the immersion burn worksheet to help investigators and the blue dye demonstration for which he is known. Phyl has taught throughout the United States, Canada, and England. He has taught for international organizations in the United States and Canada such as The International Coroners and ME’s Association and The International Forensic Nurses Assn in Montreal. He has also qualified as an expert witness on burn injuries in several courts, including the (Queen’s Court ) in Australia. Phyl’s expertise is not limited to burn injuries, however. He also teaches investigative techniques on the broad spectrum of child abuse, bites, and fingerprints, demonstrative evidence, interview & interrogation and many other investigative categories. Phyl has testified as an expert witness in suspicious burn injuries in criminal prosecutions. An instructor in the investigation of child abuse, as well as suspicious burn injuries, since 1981, Phyl received the Excellence in Instruction Award from the Robert Presley Institute of Criminal Investigation for 1999-2000 and again in 2005-2006.

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CE-CERT consists of five developmental skills that can be cultivated to maintain emotion regulation of practitioners during helping sessions with persons who may be dealing with difficult circumstances. The aim of the skill development is to improve emotion regulation and to increase the meaningfulness of the job and satisfaction in the vocation. The five skill domains are:

• Increasing experiential engagement;

• Reducing ruminations

• Easing Emotional Labor

• Development of an Intentional Narrative • Parasympathetic Recovery

CE-CERT is both a practice model and a supervision approach. Implementation and skill development occur through a combination of training and on-going supervisory coaching.

Brian Miller is the Director of Children’s Behavioral Health at Primary Children’s Wasatch Campus In Salt Lake City, Utah.  Until recently, he directed the Trauma Program for Families with Young Children at The Children’s Center in Salt Lake City, a community mental health center serving preschool age children and their families. Dr. Miller has worked in a broad variety of treatment and mental health policy settings, including serving as the Salt Lake County Mental Health Director, Clinical Director of Davis Behavioral Health, Associate Director of the Utah State Division of Mental Health, and as a psychotherapist in private practice. He consults with behavioral health agencies on implementation of evidence-based practices, transforming practice to trauma informed care, and organizational supports for secondary traumatic stress in treatment providers. He holds a Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve in Cleveland, Ohio, where he was a Mandel Leadership Fellow. He currently serves as board president for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Utah Chapter, and on the board of the Polizzi Clinic, a free clinic for behavioral health services in Salt Lake City.