One With Courage Regional Multi-Disciplinary Child Abuse Training

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1 Dan Powers, LCSW One With Courage Regional Multi-Disciplinary Child Abuse Training Speaker Biographies and Learning Objectives Dan Powers is a clinical social worker and currently serves as Senior Vice President and Clinical Director for Children s Advocacy Center of Collin County in Plano, Texas. He supervises a staff of 22 therapists and clinical interns providing no cost services to victims of child abuse and family violence as well as their non-offending family members. As Senior VP he is responsible for clinical operations and program development as well as directing the Advocacy Center s clinical internship and training program. Dan has over 20 years of experience working within the field of child abuse, sex offenders and family violence. He frequently testifies as an expert witness in state and federal courts. He has also testified on several occasions before Texas legislative committees. Dan has made numerous presentations at major national and regional conferences on the sexual victimization of children, sex offenders, and the multidisciplinary response to child abuse. He is best known for his presentations on wellness and survival for child abuse professionals. He is a member of the Texas Children s Justice Act Task Force and in 2008 Dan was appointed by Governor Rick Perry to serve as a professional member of the Texas Council on Sex Offender Treatment. Dan was recently appointed by the Governor as the presiding officer of the newly created Texas Office of Violent Sex Offender Management. Session #5 (w/jeff Rich): The Link Between Child Pornography and Child Abuse Gain a basic understanding of child pornography investigations Gain an understanding of how child pornography is a national and international problem Understand the link between child pornography and contact offences on children Session #8-Keynote Speech: What Dr. Seuss Knows about Doing THIS Job! Examine why the stress of this job may affect you Examine why we stay in this profession Gain an understanding of things you can do to take care of yourself Session #9: Working with Non-Offending Parents in Child Sexual Abuse Cases Develop a framework for empathy for non-offending parents Gain an understanding of the dynamics and types of non-offending parent Have a consistent approach in dealing with non-offending parents Detective Jeff Rich Detective Rich has been assigned to the Plano (Texas) Police Department s Family Violence Unit as a Child Abuse and Violent Crimes Investigator since Detective Rich investigates Internet Crimes Against Children and conducts online child exploitation investigations as a Special Deputy US Marshal assigned to the FBI s Innocent Images Task Force. Detective Rich serves on numerous committees related to the investigations into the exploitation of children. Detective Rich has received the Child Advocate of the year award from the Collin County Children s Advocacy Center and was presented with the US Department of Justice Eagle Award for his efforts in the investigation of online crimes against children. In 2010, Detective Rich was awarded the William French Smith Award for his work towards online child exploitation investigations and he has conducted training on violent crimes, internet crimes and crimes against children on the local, state, National and International level.

2 Session # 5 (w/dan Powers): The Link Between Child Pornography and Child Abuse Gain a basic understanding of child pornography investigations Gain an understanding of how child pornography is a national and international problem Understand the link between child pornography and contact offences on children Session #7: Technology Facilitated Investigations Part 1 (Open to Everyone) Instruct students in the use of technology and how it can assist by providing evidence of crimes and assisting in locating subjects This course will cover cell phone data collections and location and how records can assist investigations as well as internet based evidence and the methods of collection and data acquisition from digital media and what is possible This course will provide an overview of techniques and methods of collection as well as resources to assist investigations by Law Enforcement and potential web based information sources Session #10: Technology Facilitated Investigations Part 2 (Law Enforcement Only) This course will instruct Law Enforcement students in the methods of locating subjects sharing images and videos of children engaged in sexual acts inside their jurisdiction and will provide them with access and the search tool OSTRIAGE This search tool provides investigators with software that will allow the onscreen preview of a suspect s computer in a forensically sound manor This tool provides the user with the ability to gather evidence and increase confessions based on the preview of the targets computer Students will be trained in the use of the tool and provided access to the Law Enforcement Sensitive Website used to distribute the software as well as updates An on screen demonstration will be provided, but it is recommended that students bring a charged laptop computer running the Operating System Microsoft Windows with.net 4.0 installed and a flash drive to install the software for the training This training is restricted to Law Enforcement Only and credentials will be checked prior to admittance Nancy Hebert, J.D. Nancy Hebert has been a prosecutor since During that time, she has tried many cases involving child abuse. She is presently the Chief Prosecutor over the Crimes Against Children Division where she continues to try child abuse cases and develop the division to improve the quality of cases presented to the District Attorney s office through a coordinated effort of the District Attorney s office and other members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team. Session #1: Continuous Sexual Abuse Of A Child: 2+31=Day for Day Participants should be able to learn the elements and affirmative defenses for the offense of continuous sexual abuse of a child Participants should be able to identify acts of sexual abuse which qualify as continuous sexual abuse of a child Participants should be able to list at least three ways to try and establish dates when relating to children who have suffered continuous sexual abuse

3 Participants should develop an understanding of the nuances for charging decisions for singular or multiple victims and whether an offender may be arrested and charged with multiple counts of continuous sexual abuse of a child Participants should be able to identify the advantages of filing a child sexual abuse case as a continuous abuse case Session #3: The Key to Investigating Sexual Abuse Cases: Corroboration-Corroboration- Corroboration Participants should be able to learn the elements and affirmative defenses for the offense of Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child Participants should be able to identify acts of sexual abuse which qualify as continuous sexual abuse of a child Participants should be able to list at least three ways to try and establish dates when relating to children who have suffered continuous sexual abuse Jamie Ferrell, BSN, RN, CA/CP-SANE, CMI-III, SANE-A, CFN, SANE-P Ms. Ferrell serves as Clinical Director, Forensic Nursing Services and the John S. Dunn Sr., Burn Center for the Memorial Hermann Health System in Houston, Texas. Ms. Ferrell oversees a 12 bed in patient Burn Center and the provision of comprehensive evaluations on adults and children of physical and sexual assault. She provides initial staff training, assures orientation completion, and provides monthly staff education modules with peer review of patient care and documentation. Forensic Nursing Services are provided at 10 hospitals and a Children s Advocacy Center in Montgomery County, meeting the needs of approx. 1,700 victims annually. Ms. Ferrell has vast experience in developing and presenting education and outreach programs for advocacy, law enforcement, health and judicial to reflect best practices in the care and evidence preservation that will impact health, investigation and prosecution. Jamie has 34 years of experience as a Registered Nurse, with extensive practice in Emergency/Trauma Care. She has spent the last 25 years as a practicing Forensic Nurse/Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE); beginning in the rural Texas panhandle of Amarillo provided her firsthand knowledge of the obstacles faced by victims of sexual assault when accessing health care. Ms. Ferrell s commitment to being a catalyst for change for sexual assault victims has resulted with being featured in SELF magazine, international consultation extending to 15 countries and nationally providing education and system analysis to 25 states. Ms. Ferrell was recently presented with the prestigious Robert C. Hanna Award. Each year this award is given to only one nurse from the entire Memorial Hermann Health System and it recognized her outstanding performance in improving quality care and outcomes for victims. Session #2: The Pediatric Medical/Forensic Examination: Everything YOU Want to Know o Learning Objectives Describe the purpose of the medical forensic examination Recognize the value of the assessment for the child post sexual assault List investigative benefits of the medical forensic examination for a non-acute disclosure

4 Sherri Rice, Special Agent, FBI Sherri Rice has been a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation since Before entering the FBI, SA Rice worked as a police officer in both Alabama and Florida. She also worked for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Child Protective Services Division, as a Conservatorship Worker. During her time in the FBI, SA Rice has worked a variety of criminal matters, to include kidnappings, serial killings, gangs and human trafficking. For the past three years, SA Rice has been assigned to the Houston Innocence Lost Task Force, which focuses on domestic minor sex trafficking. Session #6: Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Explain what the Houston Innocence Lost Track Force is Educate the audience on the pimp and prostitute subculture Identify the venues for prostitution Identify how and where pimps recruit females into prostitution Identify why the females stay with the pimps and/or the lifestyle Relate challenges to identifying victims and in providing them with resources Relate investigative and prosecutorial challenges in sex trafficking investigations Robin Jacquet-Williams, MD, FAAP Robin Jacquet-Williams, M.D. is a Pediatrician who currently works in the emergency medicine department at UT-Houston Medical School and has done so for the past thirteen years. Prior to that time she was a faculty member in the Division of General and Community Pediatrics at UT-Houston Medical School during which time she worked at the Children s Assessment Center. She has lectured at local, state and national venues on issues related to child abuse. She is a board certified pediatrician and a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Session #4: Enuresis & Encopresis: What is it and when is it a concern? Define Enuresis and Encopresis (Elimination Disorders) Understand the cause of Elimination Disorders (Enuresis and Encopresis) Identify how the determination of encopresis and enuresis is determined Recognize impact of Elimination Disorders on care, counseling and investigation Sally Henin Awad, MD, FACEP Sally Henin Awad, M.D., has served as the Medical Director of the Memorial Hermann Hospital System Forensic Nursing Program in Houston, TX for the past 12 years. In addition, I am an Emergency Medicine Physician and have served as co-chair of the American College of Emergency Physicians Forensic Medicine Section - Adult/Adolescent Sexual Assault. I lecture locally, nationally, and internationally on emergency medicine and forensic medicine topics. Session #12: Pediatric Sexually Transmitted Infections: Impact on Protection, Investigation and Prosecution. Recognize common signs and symptoms that may indicate a concern for possible pediatric sexual infections (STI s) and need for testing

5 Christopher S. Greeley, MD, FAAP Describe the mandatory reporting requirements of pediatric STI s Identify epidemiology and transmission of pediatric STI s Discuss investigate implications of STI s in children Christopher Spencer Greeley, M.D., received his undergraduate degree from Hobart College in Geneva New York where he majored in Biology and Religious Studies. He received his medical degree from the University of Virginia in 1992 and completed internship and residency in pediatrics at Vanderbilt University. He spent three years in private pediatric practice in Franklin Tennessee before returning to Vanderbilt University in the Division of General Pediatrics in He is board certified in pediatrics as well as Child Abuse Pediatrics, and is a member of the AMA and the AAP. He is a member of the AAP Section on Child Abuse and Neglect and Section on International Child Health. His main clinical interests are in International Child Health, Child Abuse and Neglect, and vulnerable populations. At Vanderbilt, he was the medical director of the Newborn Nursery. The NBN at VCH has over 2,700 births per year. His clinical duties involved inpatient ward service and Newborn Nursery service. He also worked regularly as an attending physician in the Pediatric Emergency Department at Vanderbilt Children s Hospital. He was also the Medical Director of the Child Abuse and Neglect Program. He was on the state Board of Directors for Prevent Child Abuse Tennessee, Tennessee CASA as well as Nurses for Newborns of Tennessee. He was appointed by Governor Bredesen to the Tennessee Child Abuse Prevention Advisory Committee. Dr. Greeley was the 2006 Ray E Helfer Award winner. The Ray E Helfer Award is an annual award jointly presented by The American Academy of Pediatrics and The National Alliance of Children s Trust and Prevention Funds to a distinguished pediatrician for his or her contribution to the prevention of child abuse and neglect. Prior to leaving Nashville for Houston in 2007, a resolution was passed by the Tennessee State House of Representatives to recognize and commend Dr. Greeley for his work in the prevention of child abuse and neglect of the children of the state. Dr. Greeley currently is Vice Chair for Academic Affairs in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. He is Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Center for Clinical Research and Evidence-Based Medicine. He spends most of his clinical time working in the Pediatric Emergency Center and inpatient ward, and training residents and medical students. He has won the Pediatrics Departmental teaching award in 2008, 2009 and He was awarded the Dean s Teaching Award for the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Medicine. He lectures locally, regionally, nationally and internationally on various topics regarding child maltreatment, vulnerable populations and the evidence-based medicine. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Prevent Child Abuse Texas as well as Houston-based Children at Risk. He is the current President of the Texas Chapter of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC). He also has been elected to the Executive Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Child Abuse and Neglect. In 2007 he was elected for the

6 Ray E. Helfer Society, an international honors society for physicians involved in child abuse pediatrics. He currently serves on the Executive Committee as Member-at-Large for the Society. He is the current Chair of Board of Directors for the national organization Prevent Child Abuse America (2009 to present). He was the past chair for the Research committee as well as the chair of the ad hoc Committee on Healthy Families America. Dr. Greeley was appointed by Texas Lt. Governor Dewhurst to the state-wide Blue Ribbon Task Force and served as the Chair. The Task Force of 9 people is legislatively charged in 2009 (81 st session, SB 2080) to address child abuse prevention and child well-being promotion for the state of Texas. As the chair of the task force, Dr. Greeley helped shape the task force recommendations which were presented to the Governor, Lt. Governor and the Speaker of the House in August of He was reappointed in December 2012 by Governor Perry and is the current chair. In 2010 Dr. Greeley was awarded a very competitive K23 Mentored Training grant from the NIH (NICHD). He was one of 9 nationally funded recipients in Child Abuse and Neglect Research. Dr. Greeley has published on various areas of child abuse. He is Associate Editor for the Journal of Applied Research on Children and is on the editorial board for The Quarterly Update, a prominent child abuse publication. He has written book chapters on Child Abuse Prevention as well as Mimics of Abusive Head Trauma. He is also a contributing editor for the AAP publication, Grand Rounds, representing the Section on Child Abuse and Neglect. He is an external reviewer for Pediatrics, The Journal of Pediatrics, Academic Pediatrics, Child Abuse and Neglect, Pediatric Emergency Care, European Journal of Pediatric Neurology and Frontiers in Child and Neurodevelopmental Psychiatry. Dr. Greeley also is involved in International Child Health efforts. He a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics section on International Child Health and is a co-editor of the newsletter. He is the Director of the Global Health Concentration for the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Medicine. He has spent time working in a children s hospital in northern Cambodia. He has spent his time there teaching the regional doctors as well as taking care of children in the inpatient and outpatient setting. Session #13: Burns, Bruises and Broken Bones: How Do We Identify Child Abuse? Identify various signs of child abuse Recognize key factors of a child neglect presentation Compare and contrast accidental vs. inflicted injuries identified on a Child Describe components of a child abuse medical evaluation that directly impacts protection, investigation and prosecution Detective Todd Hoff Detective Todd Hoff has been in Law Enforcement since 2000 and has been gainfully employed with Montgomery County Sherriff s Office since He is currently assigned to Children s Safe Harbor where, for the past two years, he has investigated numerous sexual abuse cases involving children ages 10 and younger within Montgomery County. In 2010, Detective Hoff received his license as an Advanced Peace Officer. He has been awarded the 2004 Peace Officer of the Year Award by the Humble Area

7 Chamber of Commerce and the 2008 Outstanding Officer Award by the East Montgomery County Improvement District. Session #11: It Started with a Note (Case Study) Demonstrate the benefits of a multi-disciplinary team approach through a case study review Importance of evidence collection by patrol when making the initial contact on scene Significance of going beyond the arrest warrant Necessity for corroboration of a child s statement

8 12:30p-1:00p 1:00p-1:20p 1:30p-3:00p 3:00p-3:15p 3:15p-4:45p Wednesday-9/5/12 Day 1 Session #1: Nancy Hebert, J.D. Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child: 2+31=Day for Day REGISTRATION WELCOME BREAK Session #3: Nancy Hebert, J.D. The Key to Investigating Sexual Abuse Cases: Corroboration-Corroboration-Corroboration Session #2: Jamie Ferrell, BSN, RN, CA/CP-SANE, CMI-III, CFN, SANE-P The Pediatric Medical/Forensic Examination: Everything YOU Want to Know Session #4: Robin Jacquet-Williams, MD, FAAP Enuresis & Encopresis: What is it and when is it a concern? 8:00a-9:30a 9:30a-9:45a 9:45a-11:15a 11:30a-1:15p 1:30p-3:00p 3:00p-3:15p 3:15p-4:30p Thursday-9/6/12 Day 2 Session #5: Dan Powers, LCSW/ Det. Jeff Rich The Link Between Child Pornography and Child Abuse BREAK Session #7: Det. Jeff Rich Technology Facilitated Investigations Part 1 (ALL PARTICIPANTS) Session #6: Sherri Rice, Special Agent, FBI Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Session #8: LUNCH/-KEYNOTE Speaker-Dan Powers, LCSW What Dr. Seuss Knows About Doing THIS Job! Session #9: Dan Powers, LCSW Working with Non-Offending Parents in Child Sexual Abuse Cases Session #10: Det. Jeff Rich Technology Facilitated Investigations Part 2 (LAW ENFORCEMENT ONLY) BREAK Session #11: CASE STUDY-Det. Todd Hoff and Team It Started with a Note (ALL PARTICIPANTS) 8:00a-9:30a 9:30a-9:45a 9:45a-11:15a Friday-9/7/12 Day 3 Session #12: Sally Henin Awad, MD, FACEP Pediatric Sexually Transmitted Infections: Impact on Protection, Investigation and Prosecution (ALL PARTICIPANTS) BREAK Session #13: Christopher S. Greeley, MD, FAAP Burns, Bruises and Broken Bones: How Do We Identify Child Abuse? (ALL PARTICIPANTS)