8:30 am - 10:00 am 

Sessions

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1. Using Interprofessional Teams to Promote Early Resiliency Amid the Opioid Epidemic: Strategies for Team Development (Beginning)

Interprofessional Teaming is a powerful tool to promote early development. This presentation discusses strategies for supporting the development of teams that address child development specific to the opioid epidemic.

Xan Boone, MSW; Erin Redle Sizemore, PhD, CCC-SLP; Lesley Raisor-Becker, PhD

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2. Institutional Failure: The Sexual Abuse of over 83,000 Boys in the Boy Scouts of America (Intermediate)

As a career child abuse detective and decade-long Director of Youth Protection for the Boy Scouts of America, Mike Johnson will detail what the Boy Scouts got right and, more importantly, what the organization did wrong that contributed to the sexual abuse of thousands of boys and girls for decades at our nation’s most respected youth serving organization. Detective Mike will also discuss what can be done to prevent future sexual abuse in youth serving organizations.

Michael V. Johnson, BSCJ

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3. Safety vs. Service: Parallel Processes During the Pandemic (Intermediate)

An in-depth exploration of how a comprehensive victim service agency leveraged trauma-informed principles and staff-focused leadership to navigate the ongoing challenges of the COVID19 pandemic.

Joshua Hanson, MA, BA; Keith Scott, MPP, BA; Jennifer Sachs, MSW, BFA

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4. Serving LGBTQIA+ Children and Families in the MDT Response (Intermediate)

This presentation will discuss affirmative practices for child abuse multidisciplinary professionals supporting and serving LGBTQIA+ children and families when allegations of abuse and maltreatment arise.

Rachel Johnson, BS; Sharon Delvisco, DSW, LMSW, MSW, CGMP

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5. Putting Together a Statewide Forensic Interview Program Through Collaboration (Intermediate)

This session will describe the development of a comprehensive statewide forensic interview program in Wisconsin that includes foundational & advanced training, peer review, mentorship and the statewide collaboration involved.

Elizabeth Ghilardi, MSW, LCSW; Elizabeth Champion, MS

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6. Resilience through Equity:  Applying Anti-Racist, Pro-Equity Approaches to your Child Abuse Response Systems (Intermediate)

This workshop will introduce specific novel anti-racist tools and strategies, and support participants to incorporate these tools and strategies into various aspects of their child abuse response systems.

Christopher Stewart, MD, MA; Jamila Nightingale, MSW; Heather Briscoe, MD

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7. Supportive Services for Families: How Important is the Sibling Relationship of the Non-Abused Child? (Advanced)

As trauma impacts everyone in the family, the primary focus is on the caregiver.  It is also important to consider the impact on the non-abused sibling.

Phadra McCray, MEd, MSW, LSW

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8. Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences (Intermediate)

The purpose of training is to increase a practitioner's knowledge and ability to support individuals who have experienced traumatic events by providing supportive trauma-informed strategies and services.

Crystal Sisson, BS

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10:15 am - 11:45 am

Sessions

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1. Using Interprofessional Teams to Promote Early Resiliency Amid the Opioid Epidemic: Strategies for Team Development (Beginning)

Interprofessional Teaming is a powerful tool to promote early development. This presentation discusses strategies for supporting the development of teams that address child development specific to the opioid epidemic.

Xan Boone, MSW; Erin Redle Sizemore, PhD CCC-SLP; Lesley Raisor-Becker, PhD

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2. Institutional Child Sexual Abuse:  Does Bankruptcy Re-victimize the Victims?

As more and more youth serving organizations file bankruptcy as a remedy for sexual abuse litigation as way to avoid the impact of changes to civil statutes of limitations,  it's important to understand the process.  This session will use the Boy Scouts bankruptcy as a case study for how the process works, who advocates for Survivors, and the challenges faced by the Committee appointed to advocate for 82,500 claimants.

Michael V. Johnson, BSCJ; Douglas Kennedy, EdD

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3. Safety vs. Service: Parallel Processes During the Pandemic (Intermediate)

An in-depth exploration of how a comprehensive victim service agency leveraged trauma-informed principles and staff-focused leadership to navigate the ongoing challenges of the COVID19 pandemic.

Joshua Hanson, MA, BA; Keith Scott, MPP, BA; Jennifer Sachs, MSW, BFA

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4. Serving LGBTQIA+ Children and Families in the MDT Response (Intermediate)

This presentation will discuss affirmative practices for child abuse multidisciplinary professionals supporting and serving LGBTQIA+ children and families when allegations of abuse and maltreatment arise.

Rachel Johnson, BS; Sharon Delvisco, DSW, LMSW, MSW, CGMP

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5. Resilience through Equity:  Applying Anti-racist, Pro-equity Approaches to your Child Abuse Response Systems (Intermediate)

This workshop will introduce specific novel anti-racist tools and strategies, and support participants to incorporate these tools and strategies into various aspects of their child abuse response systems.

Christopher Stewart, MD, MA; Jamila Nightingale, MSW; Heather Briscoe, MD

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6. Strengthening Families through Fathers (Intermediate)

This session will focus on the results of a pilot fatherhood project conducted in Alabama through a partnership with the prevention and child welfare agencies.

Sallye Longshore, BS, MS, EdS

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7. Sextortion (Beginning)

This block of instruction will focus on the dynamics of sextortion, the victims, the forensic interview and special case considerations when a large number of victims are involved.

Ashleigh Fuller, MA; Janetta Michaels

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8. Child Forensic Interviewing – Should We Be Jumping on the ‘Trauma-Informed’ Bandwagon? 

This workshop will provide an overview of the principles & components of ‘trauma-informed’ interview approaches, including the FETI. It will compare them with established best practices in child forensic interviewing, review concerns about applying adult-focused ‘trauma-informed’ approaches in child forensic interviews, and summarize criticisms being raised about ‘trauma-informed’ responses. It will conclude with a recommendation about the advisability of utilizing adult-focused ‘trauma-informed’ approaches for child forensic interviews. 

Patti Toth, JD

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11:45 am – 1:00 pm

Lunch on your own 

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1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Sessions

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1. Amplifying the National Plan to End Interpersonal Violence Across the Lifespan

The National Partnership to End Interpersonal Violence Across the Lifespan (NPEIV) is an overarching group of individuals, organizations, agencies, coalitions and groups that embrace a national, multi-disciplinary and multicultural commitment to the prevention of all forms of interpersonal violence. 

Sandi Capuano, MA

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2. Communicating with Children with Disabilities (Intermediate)

This session aims to not only provide practical tools for communicating with children with disabilities, but also provides insight on gathering critical information that can assist in successful investigation.

Staci Whitney, LMSW; Kate Homan, MS

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