Lecture Series

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OUT-OF-STATE ATTENDEES
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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 23 staff members over the course of six 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.

REGISTRATION LINK: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6021198762984251405

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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This case study recalls the practices of a joint operation between Grand Prairie Police Department and Garland Police Department to identify, and ultimately arrest, a subject who was unsure and hesitant to act out in the beginning, but chooses to victimize one of two potential children.

Tony Godwin has been employed by the Garland Police Department for 25 years and is currently assigned to the Northern Texas Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICACTF) where he has served since 2006. Tony is responsible for the investigation of child molestation cases involving strangers, child sexual assault cases involving strangers, child pornography, and the internet solicitation of children for sexual purposes. Tony has conducted in excess of 1,800 criminal investigations as the primary Detective into offenses related to the exploitation of children.  Tony is a certified computer and cell phone forensic examiner and has conducted in excess of 2,500 cell/computer forensic acquisitions. Tony has conducted joint criminal investigations while assisting the Federal Bureau of Investigation, The United States Postal Service, the Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, the United States Secret Service and other local Law Enforcement agencies in an effort to combat child exploitation and child pornography on the World Wide Web.

Brandon Poor has been with the Grand Prairie Police Department since 2006. Brandon has a Bachelor of Music from Texas Christian University and a Master of Music from the Manhattan School of Music. Brandon joined the Domestic Crimes Unit in 2014 and was assigned as Crimes Against Children Detective until 2016. During that time, he investigated sexual and physical abuse cases against children, as well as child homicide and death cases. In 2016, Brandon was assigned to the Internet Crimes Against Children Unit, the first at Grand Prairie Police Department. As a member of the Northern Texas ICAC Task Force and FBI Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force, Brandon has investigated offenses of child pornography, solicitation/enticement, and other offenses involving the exploitation of children. Brandon is also a certified forensic computer and cell phone examiner, and has conducted hundreds of digital forensic examinations for ICAC cases, as well as many others. Brandon teaches child exploitative investigation techniques and child exploitation presentations to professionals around the US and abroad.

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Attendance restricted to Law Enforcement and Prosecutors only.

This course is designed to show officers and prosecutors how to draft affidavits and search warrants that will meet any attack from the defense in a Motion to Suppress. The instructors walk the students through the entire process of gathering sufficient probable cause, articulating that probable cause in a search warrant affidavit, and insuring that the search warrant authorizes the officer to search and seize all contraband and evidence relevant to the investigation. Common and not-so-common mistakes are discussed, and the students are given various affidavits and search warrants for their review to see if they can spot mistakes and potential challenges. Solutions are then provided which show how to properly write the affidavit and search warrant in the various scenarios. Each student will receive a 40+ page paper titled “How to Write a Search Warrant” that covers all the essentials to drafting a legally sound affidavit and search warrant. Ultimately, prosecutors and law enforcement will gain confidence and expertise in writing search warrants and defending their affidavits in court. The instructors will task participants with writing a search warrant before the conclusion of day 1. Participants will then receive feedback on their search warrant the following day. Due to the interactive nature of this training, class size will be limited.

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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.

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Respiration is the physiological foundation of being alive. Without respiration the heart cannot beat, the brain cannot function, and all cells will die. A solid understanding of respiration is necessary to effectively recognize, identify, document, investigate, diagnose, and when appropriate, prosecute, fatal and nonfatal, pediatric asphyxiation. Kelsey and Andrea will take you on a respiration journey from the external atmosphere, through the airways and lungs, to blood, into cells, right through to the final exhalation of respiratory byproducts. You will then use learning by discovery to apply this knowledge to different types of pediatric asphyxia involving inert gases, manual suffocation, neck compression, drowning, choking, torso compression, restraint postures, and more.

Asphyxiation abuses and homicides often lack any external signs. This lack of external evidence often misguides the criminal justice system and results in missed opportunities to identify and investigate serious cases ranging from physical abuse, sexual violence and homicide.

Part II of this presentation will take the audience through case histories of each type of asphyxiation while learning what questions to ask, evidence to document, medical records to study, and experts with whom to consult, in order to best determine the manner of asphyxiation. This presentation will provide you with practical, evidence-based investigative techniques and protocols for working fatal and nonfatal pediatric asphyxiation cases.

Kelsey McKay trains and consults nationally for communities to implement protocol in various fields including intimate partner violence, child abuse, sexual assault, the use of expert witnesses, translating trauma other complex topics. She is a former prosecutor who exclusively prosecuted strangulation related crimes for seven years. She has developed and implemented protocol for strangulation and domestic violence response and treatment. She works with law enforcement to develop protocol and implement the use of a Strangulation Supplement into the field transforming the role of first responders to be more investigative by carrying her knowledge and needs as a prosecutor into the field on every case. She is President and CEO of the non-profit organization, RESPOND Against Violence that works to develop evidence-based protocol with forward-thinking approaches.

Andrea Zaferes is a medicolegal death investigator specializing in the handling of aquatic cases from scene to courtroom. She trains law enforcement, medical examiners, coroners, domestic violence workers, medical personnel, and jurisprudence members to recognize, document, and investigate aquatic homicide, death, assault, and abuse cases. She assists in analyzing and building such cases in the U.S. and abroad and has developed standards for their investigation. She is recognized in multiple jurisdictions and the U.S. Army as an expert witness in bodies-found-in-water/aquatic death investigation. For over 30 years, she has taught dive and surface teams around the world to perform water rescue and find/recover submerged evidence and bodies. She is an author and frequent public speaker on the topics of aquatic death and aquatic abuse.

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Respiration is the physiological foundation of being alive. Without respiration the heart cannot beat, the brain cannot function, and all cells will die. A solid understanding of respiration is necessary to effectively recognize, identify, document, investigate, diagnose, and when appropriate, prosecute, fatal and nonfatal, pediatric asphyxiation. Kelsey and Andrea will take you on a respiration journey from the external atmosphere, through the airways and lungs, to blood, into cells, right through to the final exhalation of respiratory byproducts. You will then use learning by discovery to apply this knowledge to different types of pediatric asphyxia involving inert gases, manual suffocation, neck compression, drowning, choking, torso compression, restraint postures, and more.

Asphyxiation abuses and homicides often lack any external signs. This lack of external evidence often misguides the criminal justice system and results in missed opportunities to identify and investigate serious cases ranging from physical abuse, sexual violence and homicide.

Part II of this presentation will take the audience through case histories of each type of asphyxiation while learning what questions to ask, evidence to document, medical records to study, and experts with whom to consult, in order to best determine the manner of asphyxiation. This presentation will provide you with practical, evidence-based investigative techniques and protocols for working fatal and nonfatal pediatric asphyxiation cases.

Kelsey McKay trains and consults nationally for communities to implement protocol in various fields including intimate partner violence, child abuse, sexual assault, the use of expert witnesses, translating trauma other complex topics. She is a former prosecutor who exclusively prosecuted strangulation related crimes for seven years. She has developed and implemented protocol for strangulation and domestic violence response and treatment. She works with law enforcement to develop protocol and implement the use of a Strangulation Supplement into the field transforming the role of first responders to be more investigative by carrying her knowledge and needs as a prosecutor into the field on every case. She is President and CEO of the non-profit organization, RESPOND Against Violence that works to develop evidence-based protocol with forward-thinking approaches.

Andrea Zaferes is a medicolegal death investigator specializing in the handling of aquatic cases from scene to courtroom. She trains law enforcement, medical examiners, coroners, domestic violence workers, medical personnel, and jurisprudence members to recognize, document, and investigate aquatic homicide, death, assault, and abuse cases. She assists in analyzing and building such cases in the U.S. and abroad and has developed standards for their investigation. She is recognized in multiple jurisdictions and the U.S. Army as an expert witness in bodies-found-in-water/aquatic death investigation. For over 30 years, she has taught dive and surface teams around the world to perform water rescue and find/recover submerged evidence and bodies. She is an author and frequent public speaker on the topics of aquatic death and aquatic abuse.

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