February 26 – 28, 2020 – Zero Abuse Project Summit 2020
As a leader in the field of child protection, Zero Abuse Project has developed advanced courses in forensic interviewing, prevention, addressing the spiritual needs of maltreated children and reforming undergraduate training of future child protection professionals.
Offering an expansive variety of session topics, the Zero Abuse Project Summit is an opportunity for professionals in child protection services, law enforcement, forensic interviewing, legal, healthcare, education, faith communities, victim advocacy, and youth serving organizations to advance their skills with best practices from their respective fields.
Topics
- When Words Matter- Emerging Issues in the Field of Forensic Interviewing, Ethics
- Prevention- Implementing effective abuse prevention programs
- Advocacy- Empowering champions for victims of trauma or maltreatment
- Trauma-Informed Care- Supporting those who have experienced Adverse Childhood Experiences and traumatic events
- National Forensic Interview Peer Review- Providing an opportunity to discuss and provide feedback on forensic interviews.
Areas of Interest
Trauma Informed Care, Adverse Childhood Experience research, Sexual, Emotional or Physical abuse, Vicarious trauma, Online safety, Domestic violence, Multidisciplinary teams, Advocacy, Juvenile Justice, Human trafficking, Forensic Interviewing, Trial preparation, Prevention program implementation, Crisis intervention, Ethics, Child Development, Cultural context of abuse
Continuing Ed Credits
Zero Abuse Project has applied for CLE credits (for attorneys) and Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Trainings (POST) credits (law enforcement). For all other professions, individual participants should contact the accrediting body from whom they wish to obtain CEUs and plan to provide the required materials to that body after the Summit concludes. In general, accrediting bodies require an agenda, speaker bio, and proof of attendance. The agenda and speaker bio information will be available on our website. Following the Summit you will receive a certificate as proof of attendance.
Certificates
Certificates of attendance are emailed to all qualified registered participants within 2 weeks of the time an attendee has submitted their online evaluations
Jeff Dion is an attorney, survivor, and nationally recognized victim advocate. He comes to the Zero Abuse Project after more than twenty years with the National Center for Victims of Crime, where he served as Director of the National Crime Victim Bar Association. He has led efforts to reform civil statutes of limitation to expand access to justice for victims of child sex abuse.
From 2002 to 2010, Jeff served as a gubernatorial appointee to the Virginia Criminal Justice Services Board, where he chaired the Victim Services Advisory Committee. He has received numerous awards including the 2006 Ronald Wilson Reagan Public Policy Award presented by the U.S. Department of Justice for outstanding innovation and commitment to crime victim legislation. He earned his undergraduate and law degree from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and an Executive Certificate in Nonprofit Management from Georgetown University.
Keynote Presentation: Topic TBD
Jeffrey R. Dion
Chief Executive Officer
Jeff Dion is an attorney, survivor, and nationally recognized victim advocate. He comes to the Zero Abuse Project after more than twenty years with the National Center for Victims of Crime, where he served as Director of the National Crime Victim Bar Association. He has led efforts to reform civil statutes of limitation to expand access to justice for victims of child sex abuse.
From 2002 to 2010, Jeff served as a gubernatorial appointee to the Virginia Criminal Justice Services Board, where he chaired the Victim Services Advisory Committee. He has received numerous awards including the 2006 Ronald Wilson Reagan Public Policy Award presented by the U.S. Department of Justice for outstanding innovation and commitment to crime victim legislation. He earned his undergraduate and law degree from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and an Executive Certificate in Nonprofit Management from Georgetown University.
- Plenary Presenter
Teresa Huizar, M.S.W.
Executive Director, National Children's Alliance
Since 2008, Teresa has been the Executive Director of National Children’s Alliance. Headquartered in Washington, DC, NCA is the national association and accrediting body for nearly 900 Children’s Advocacy Centers in the US. These centers provide comprehensive services to child victims of abuse including: forensic interviews, victim advocacy, medical evaluations, and mental health treatment, as well as coordinating multidisciplinary teams as they carry out investigative, prosecutorial, and treatment functions. In 2018, Children’s Advocacy Centers served over 367,000 child victims of abuse, and provided child abuse prevention education to more than 2 million individuals.
Prior to her tenure with NCA, Ms. Huizar served as the Executive Director of the Western Regional Children’s Advocacy Center, a technical assistance and training center for 200 CACs and multidisciplinary teams in twelve Western states, as well as Executive Director of two local Children’s Advocacy Centers. She is currently a member of the Advisory Board of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network and on the Steering Committee of the National Coalition to End Child Abuse Deaths.
Ms. Huizar has a special interest in child welfare public policy, particularly in reducing child abuse fatalities and in the provision of trauma-focused, evidence-supported mental health treatment to child victims of abuse. She has testified before Congress on child abuse issues and has conducted and participated in numerous child abuse-related Congressional briefings.
Keynote Presentation: Topic TBD
Victor Vieth has trained thousands of child-protection professionals from all 50 states, two U.S. Territories, and 17 countries on numerous topics pertaining to child abuse investigations, prosecutions and prevention. Victor gained national recognition for his work in addressing child abuse in small communities as a prosecutor in rural Minnesota, and has been named to the President’s Honor Roll of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children. In 2012, Victor was awarded the Pro Humanitate Award from the North American Resource Center for Child Welfare, and is current President of the Academy on Violence & Abuse. Victor has been instrumental in implementing 22 state and international forensic interview training programs and dozens of undergraduate and graduate programs on child maltreatment.
Mr. Vieth graduated magna cum laude from WSU and earned his Juris Doctor from Hamline University School of Law (HUSL). In 2017, Victor earned an MA in theology from Wartburg Seminary. Mr. Vieth has published countless articles related to the investigation, prosecution and prevention of child abuse and neglect. He is author of Unto the Third Generation, a bold initiative that outlines the necessary steps we must all take to eliminate child abuse in America in three generations, and On This Rock: A Call to Center the Christian Response to Child Abuse on the Life and Works of Jesus (Wiff & Stock 2018).
Summit Capstone Presentation: From Sticks to Flowers: Working with Parents Justifying Corporal Punishment with Scripture
Description and Learning Objectives: Breakout Presentation | Capstone Presentation
Co-Presenters
Rita Farrell, B.S.
Forensic Interview Specialist
Presentation: Emerging Issues in the Field of Forensic Interviewing
with Alison Feigh
Presentation: Empower Me/FIRST Response to Allegations of Maltreatment
Rita Farrell, B.S.
Lead Forensic Interview Specialist
Rita Farrell serves as the Lead Forensic Interview Specialist of the Zero Abuse Project. Rita has been in the field for more than 20 years and manages the ChildFirst® Forensic Interview Training Program, ChildFirst® Arkansas state program, and the development of advanced training courses and programs for forensic interviewers. Rita is a certified law enforcement instructor and provides training and technical assistance for child protection professionals. Rita currently conducts forensic interviews and has interviewed more than 1,500 children. She serves as an expert witness on child sexual abuse, authored many peer reviewed articles specific to forensic interviewing and has trained nationally since 2005 on issues relating to child maltreatment and forensic interviewing. Rita graduated from Ball State University with a degree in secondary education and was the founding executive director of Chaucie’s Place, a Child Advocacy Center in Hamilton County, Indiana. As a national trainer, Rita continues to champion the cause of child advocacy and the field of forensic interviewing.
Alison Feigh, M.S.
Director, Jacob Wetterling Resource Center
Presentations: Sexting: Flirting or Felony, Under a Watchful Eye: Child Abuse Prevention in Youth Serving Organizations
with Rita Farrell
Presentation: Empower Me/FIRST Response to Allegations of Maltreatment
Alison Feigh
Director, Jacob Wetterling Resource Center
Alison Feigh, MS, is the Director of Jacob Wetterling Resource Center, a program of Zero Abuse Project. In this role, she works with students, parents, youth workers, faith leaders, law enforcement and the media to help prevent abuse and abductions. Alison’s work also includes writing curriculum for youth-serving organizations, training professionals about the online challenges kids face and advocating for families of the missing. Alison has been working in the sexual abuse prevention field for more than 19 years. As a classmate of Jacob Wetterling, she learned early on how important it is to protect children and youth from exploitation.
As a subject matter expert on child and teen safety, Alison trains professionals, parents, and youth in Minnesota and nationally. Her safety messages are highlighted in her children’s books, “On Those Runaway Days” and “I Can Play It Safe.” Both titles were released nationally in 2008 by Free Spirit Publishing and have recently been translated into Chinese.
Alison received her self-designed major in “Responding to Missing Children in the U.S.” along with a major in Communication from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn and earned a Master of Science in Criminal Justice degree from St. Cloud State University.
Alison is thankful for the opportunities she has been given as a youth worker and she continues to work with young people in youth ministry, camping ministry, and theatre companies.
Tyler Counsil, Ph.D.
Director, Child Advocacy Studies, Zero Abuse Project
Presentation: Forensic Science in Child Abuse Cases: A Contemplative Look at the Future
Tyler Counsil
Ed.D., Director, Center for Child Advocacy Studies
Tyler has worked over six years in both the public and private laboratory sector, having been employed as a Microbiologist, DNA Specialist, Quality Assurance/Quality Control Manager, and Forensic Scientist throughout the span of his laboratory career. His most recent venture involved working as a Forensic Scientist with the Indiana State Police, Laboratory Division. Tyler’s forensic training also includes knowledge in the following fields: drug analysis; questioned document analysis; firearms; fingerprinting; photography; trace evidence analysis; crime scene investigation; child forensic interviewing.
In addition to his laboratory service, Tyler has extensive experience working in post-secondary education. With over seven years of professional work experience at institutions of higher education, he has served as an Associate Professor for traditional and online learning platforms, with a combined five years of program development and directorial leadership experience for Child Advocacy Studies (CAST), Criminal Justice and Forensic Science programs. Tyler also possesses an in-depth understanding of program assessment and accreditation for both traditional and non-traditional curricula. Tyler’s academic duties continue outside the classroom through work as both a manuscript reviewer and editorial board member for a variety of peer-reviewed publication outlets.
As both a lab analyst and educator, Tyler has come to appreciate the need for engagement-based learning that prepares professionals from all walks of life to identify and respond to the varying forms of child maltreatment that exists. Tyler is dedicated to using his experience as a scientist and educator to support child advocacy initiatives and improve both academia and research within this realm. As the Director of CAST for the Zero Abuse Project, he pledges to assist faculty with training, development, and implementation as it pertains to CAST programming at their institutions.
Dr. Counsil has a B.A. in Biology from Hanover College (Hanover, IN), a B.S. in Criminal Justice from Oakland City University (Oakland City, IN), and both a M.S. and Ed.D. in Biology from Ball State University (Muncie, IN).
Professional Memberships:
- American Academy of Forensic Sciences
- Midwestern Association of Forensic Scientists
- National Alliance on Mental Illness
- National Science Teachers Association
- Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences
Tyler Counsil, Karla Steckler-Tye, Betsy Goulet
Presentation: Breaking Down the Silos: Collaboration with Academia to Prepare the Next Generation in Child Protection
Tyler Counsil, Karla Steckler-Tye, Betsy Goulet
Karla Steckler Tye serves as the Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Centers of Mississippi. She has over 18 years of experience as a clinician and child advocate. In her current role, she oversees all operations of the organization including leadership and support on a statewide level to provide services to children who have been victims of child abuse and children who have witnessed a violent crime.
Early in her career, Karla became committed to addressing child maltreatment. While working with the Coastal Children’s Advocacy Center in Savannah, Georgia, she conducted forensic evaluations and therapeutic services to child, adolescent, and adult survivors of sexual abuse. Upon returning to her home state of Mississippi in 2004, she became the director of three child advocacy centers™ in South Mississippi. Through this role, she conducted hundreds of forensic interviews, provided expert courtroom testimony and supervised a team of forensic interviewers. Karla later went on to work with the Mississippi Department of Human Services as the Director of Field Operations for Family and Children’s Services and later as the Department of Human Services Legislative Liaison.
Karla has taken a leadership role in the training of future child protection professionals by improving education at the undergraduate and graduate level. Karla has received state and national recognition for her work. In 2017, she received an award from Gundersen National Child Protection Training Center for her work to improve training on the undergraduate and graduate level around Child Advocacy Studies. Karla graduated from Eastern Virginia Medical School in 1999 with a Masters of Science in Art Therapy and received the program’s highest award for clinical, academic and research excellence.
Jim Sears
Detective, Irving Police Dept (Ret.)
Presentations: Ok…. You have got this SEX case….. now what????, Accident or Inflicted: Investigator you decide????
Jim Sears
Detective, Irving Police Dept (Ret.)
For over 30 years, Sgt. Jim Sears served as a law enforcement officer with the Irving, TX police department as a patrol officer, school resource officer, and as a detective in the Youth Services, Domestic Violence, and Child Abuse units. More recently, Jim was supervisor for the domestic violence, child abuse, and youth service units at the Irving Family Advocacy Center. A dedicated advocate of children, Sgt Sears currently serves as a law enforcement consultant and instructor with several agencies including the Shaken Baby Alliance for the Serious Physical Child Abuse and SIDS program, Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center, Texas Commission on Law Enforcement , Texas Municipal Police Association, and is on the design team for the new Fox Valley / OJJDP national training project for child abuse.
Sgt. Sears is the 2011 Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center‘s recipient of its Lt. Bill Walsh Award for career achievements in the field of child abuse investigations. Sgt. Sears frequently lectures on topics related to child abuse investigations, interview and interrogation, and crime scene investigations for domestic violence and child abuse. Jim joined the Zero Abuse Project’s Speakers Bureau in 2019. A father of three wonderful boys, Sgt. Sears is dedicated to bringing justice to the victims of domestic violence and child abuse.
Victor Vieth
Director, Education and Research, Zero Abuse Project, Author
Presentation: Ethical Considerations in Child Maltreatment Cases
Victor Vieth
Director, Education and Research
Victor has trained thousands of child-protection professionals from all 50 states, two U.S. Territories, and 17 countries on numerous topics pertaining to child abuse
investigations, prosecutions and prevention. Victor gained national recognition for his work in addressing child abuse in small communities as a prosecutor in rural Minnesota, and has been named to the President’s Honor Roll of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children. In 2012, Victor was awarded the Pro Humanitate Award from the North American Resource Center for Child Welfare.Victor is the Director of Education and Research of the Zero Abuse Project, a 501©(3) public charity based in St Paul, MN, committed to education, training, and survivor support in order to eradicate child sex abuse and remedy its resulting harms. He is the 2018 President of the Academy on Violence & Abuse, and founder of the National Child Protection Training Center. With NCPTC and its partners, Victor has been instrumental in implementing 22 state and international forensic interview training programs and dozens of undergraduate and graduate programs on child maltreatment.
Mr. Vieth graduated magna cum laude from WSU and earned his Juris Doctor from Hamline University School of Law (HUSL). In 2017, Victor earned an MA in theology from Wartburg Seminary. Mr. Vieth has published countless articles related to the investigation, prosecution and prevention of child abuse and neglect. He is author of Unto the Third Generation, a bold initiative that outlines the necessary steps we must all take to eliminate child abuse in America in three generations, and On This Rock: A Call to Center the Christian Response to Child Abuse on the Life and Works of Jesus (Wiff & Stock 2018).
Chris Newlin, M.S, LPC
Executive Director, National Children's Advocacy Center
Presentation: Recent Research Affecting Child Abuse Investigations
Chris Newlin, M.S, LPC
Executive Director, National Children's Advocacy Center
Chris Newlin, MS LPC – Chris is the Executive Director of the National Children’s Advocacy Center (NCAC) in Huntsville, AL, where he is responsible for providing leadership and management of the agency, as well as participating in national and international training and leadership activities regarding the protection of children. The NCAC was the first Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) in the world and provides child abuse prevention and intervention services in Huntsville/Madison County; and also houses the NCAC Training Center, the Southern Regional Children’s Advocacy Center, the NCAC Virtual Training Center, and the Child Abuse Library Online (CALiO). The NCAC is a past multi-year winner of the Better Business Bureau’s Torch Award for Workplace Ethics; 2012 Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce Non-Profit of the Year; 2016 Federal Bureau of Investigation Director’s Community Leadership Award recipient; (multi-year finalist), winner in 2016 and 2019 of the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce Best Places to Work; and a Private Sector Member of the Virtual Global Taskforce. Chris has more than 22 years of experience working in CACs as a Forensic Interviewer, Victim Advocate, Therapist, Clinical Director, and Executive Director. He has provided training in more than 30 countries at numerous international conferences and continues to provide technical assistance on a regular basis to professionals working to develop Multidisciplinary Teams (MDTs) and CACs throughout the world. He serves on numerous national work groups including Boys and Girls Club of America, Child & Club Safety National Task Force; U.S. Center for Safe Sport Standards for National Governing Bodies Athlete Safety Coordinators Advisory Group; National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges’ Vision 21 Linking Systems of Care Steering Committee; and International Association of Chiefs of Police, Associate Member and Juvenile Justice and Child Protection Committee Member and Child Exploitation Subcommittee. Chris received his Master’s in School Psychology from the University of Central Arkansas, is a Licensed Professional Counselor, and has completed coursework at the Harvard University Business School Executive Education Program.
Jason Mack
Executive Director, Committee Against Domestic Abuse
Presentation: This Place has a Life of Its Own! Lessons on the Journey of Organizational Leadership and Capacity Building
Jason Mack
Executive Director, Committee Against Domestic Abuse
Jason is the Executive Director of the Committee Against Domestic Abuse (CADA) Inc., a nine-county domestic and sexual violence victim advocacy agency in southern Minnesota. He has played a central role in building organizational capacities through strategic leadership in both his current and past roles. Previous work included coordinating the Southern MN Offender Education Program, the Blue Earth County Blueprint for Safety, and the Domestic Abuse Information Network, as well as working for nearly a decade as a Program Writer and Manager for an organization supporting individuals with disabilities. In each of these roles, Jason has played a key part in supporting organizations through transformation and capacity building. Jason also has experience presenting at a variety of conferences, as well as workplace and public trainings.
Maria Rosalez-Lambert with Lezley Ball
Program Director and Bi-lingual Forensic Interviewer at Oklahoma Interviewing Services, INC
Presentation: Use the MDT Process to Speak Up for Vulnerable Adults
Maria Rosalez-Lambert
Maria Rosales-Lambert, who is a native of Mexico, is currently the Program Director and the Bi-lingual Forensic Interviewer at Oklahoma Interviewing Services, INC (OIS) where she provides forensic interviews in English and Spanish and trainings for law enforcement agencies, Department of Human Services (DHS) and Child Advocacy Centers (CAC) throughout the state of Oklahoma. She also provides forensic interviewing supervision, peer review and case consultation. She worked for more than two years with a CAC in Oklahoma City, OK as the Bi-lingual Forensic Interviewer. She has been a forensic interviewer for more than 17 years, during which time she has conducted hundreds of interviews with child victims and has trained hundreds of professionals working in the child maltreatment field. Ms. Rosales-Lambert currently serves as a faculty member with ChildFirst/Finding Words Oklahoma and Oklahoma Commission on Children & Youth (OCCY). She has previously trained for the National Children’s Advocacy Center (NCAC), Oklahoma Child Abuse Training & Coordination (CATC) and the American Professional Society on Child Abuse (APSAC). She has also trained nationally and in Canada and Guatemala on interviewing children, interpreting and culture issues. Before becoming a Forensic Interviewer, she was a Police Officer for over five years with the Ft Smith Police Department in Fort Smith, Arkansas. She also worked at Catholic Charities Immigration Program in Oklahoma City, OK for seven years. Ms. Rosales-Lambert previously as a board member of the Oklahoma Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Association for six years.
Lezley Ball
Lezley Bell is currently an account manager for Caption Call’s State of Oklahoma accounts, involved in captioning/amplified telephone for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. Prior to that she was a small business owner for 23 years and an employee of Western Oklahoma Hearing. Mrs. Bell attended Southwestern Oklahoma State University and received a Bachelor of Science in Education in 1989. She currently serves on the Boards of Oklahoma Assistive Technology Board and CASA of Western Oklahoma, and served as the Area Director for Special Olympics for several years.
Pete Singer, M.A., LSCW
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Presentation: Individual and Organizational Responses to Secondary Traumatic Stress
Pete Singer, M.A., LSCW
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Peter Singer, MSW, LICSW, is a licensed independent clinical social worker having over 27 years’ experience working with trauma in a variety of settings, including schools, group homes, foster care, home-based services, outpatient therapy, law firms, and more. As such, Mr. Singer has performed a variety of roles, including direct service professional, foster parent, school social worker, clinical therapist and supervisor, organization executive director, consultant, and others. Pete has worked extensively with families, teens, and children who have experienced trauma, including maltreatment, medical trauma, assault, violent loss, and captivity.
Pete received his Masters in Social Work from the University of Minnesota, and was certified in Trauma-Effective Leadership by the University of Minnesota in 2018. He is a licensed school social worker, board-approved supervisor, and registered parent educator with Circle of Security - Parenting, an attachment-based parenting approach for families who may be at risk or who have emotional and behavioral concerns. Pete has trained extensively on and implements Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, an evidence-based approach for working with children who have experienced trauma.
Pete is the Founding Director of Care in Action Minnesota, a non-profit organization that works to equip faith communities as well as the broader community to better prevent and respond to child maltreatment. Additionally, he provides ongoing consultation and training to organizations in the legal, healthcare, human service, and education fields including for the Child Friendly Faith Project, Minnesota Association for Children’s Mental Health, Minnesota School Social Workers Association, Minnesota Department of Education, and for local schools and faith communities. Pete became a consultant for Zero Abuse Project in 2018 and joined their Speakers Bureau in 2019.
Allison Foster, Ph.D, LLC
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Presentation: Research to Practice: The Proper Use of Anatomical Dolls and Diagrams
Allison Foster
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Allison is a licensed clinical psychologist in forensic practice from Columbia, SC. For 24 years, she has conducted child forensic interviews, taught multidisciplinary audiences and contributed to the development of forensic interview training curricula. Currently, she splits her time between the Metropolitan Children's Advocacy Center and private practice. Allison also holds an adjunct faculty position with the USC School of Medicine, Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science.
John Pirics
Detective, Hamilton County Metro Child Exploitation Task Force, Carmel, IN Police Department
Presentation: Predators in Schools: Thoughts on Prevention from an Offender
John Pirics
Detective, Hamilton County Metro Child Exploitation Task Force, Carmel, IN Police Department
John Pirics has been a law enforcement officer with the Carmel Police Department for over twenty years. Over half of his career has been spent investigating crimes against children, and for the last several years he has been assigned full time to the Hamilton County Metro Child Exploitation Task Force.
Detective Pirics is a highly motivational and dynamic national speaker. He has presented often at the Dallas Crimes Against Children Conference, the Colorado Organization for Victim Assistance in 2015, and at Gundersen National Child Protection Training Center’s Violence Prevention and Intervention Summit for the past 3 years. John joined Zero Abuse Project’s Speakers Bureau in 2019.
Jane Straub, B.S.
Victim Assistance Specialist, Jacob Wetterling Resource Center
Topic: TBD
Jane Straub
Victim Assistance Specialist
Jane is the Victim Assistance Specialist for the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center (JWRC), a program of Zero Abuse Project. In this role, she trains and educates on topics related to violence and prevention, supports families who have a missing loved one and advocates for victims and families struggling with the effects of abuse or neglect.
Jane has been working in the violence prevention and intervention field for over 20 years and has worked with youth and families for more than 25 years. In addition to providing advocacy and support, Jane is a national trainer on topics such as missing persons, domestic abuse, sexual violence, stalking, trafficking, bullying/cyberbullying, reproductive coercion, healthy relationships, consent and impact of trauma (Ace Study). She was instrumental in creating the curriculum and is the principal trainer for “From Trauma to Resilience: Fostering Hope through Trauma Informed Care”. Her training audience ranges from pre-school to college-age students, victim/survivors to offenders, parents, teachers, community leaders and all professionals working with youth. One of Jane’s goals is to work collaboratively with fields such as law enforcement, all components of health, education, social services and business to collectively connect the dots of risk and prevention, to provide coordinated services and create hope and health for all of our children and families.
Jane provides direct case management in cases of family and nonfamily abduction, lost, injured or otherwise missing children, runaway youth and adults missing under suspicious circumstances. Assistance includes reunification assistance, emotional support, reporting procedures, posters, flyers and social media campaigns, working with law enforcement and media and referrals for search and rescue. Connecting families with appropriate support and resources is vital when a person is missing. Advocacy continues for as long as a loved one may be missing including resources for reunification, services needed upon recovery as well as support for cases where the loved one is recovered deceased.
She provides advocacy and support to victims, families and allies of those experiencing any type of child maltreatment, exploitation, stalking, sexual assault and domestic violence. Assistance includes emotional support, aid in navigating the justice system such as court advocacy, victim impact statements, notification procedures and compensation, traditional and non-traditional support groups incorporating trauma informed yoga, writing and the arts.
Neil Sahota
Topic: TBD
Neil Sahota
Neil Sahota is an IBM Master Inventor, United Nations (UN) Artificial Intelligence (AI) subject matter expert, Faculty at UC Irvine, and author of Own the A.I. Revolution. With 20+ years of business experience, he works with organizations to create next generation products/solutions powered by emerging technology. His work experience spans multiple industries including legal services, healthcare, life sciences, retail, travel and transportation, energy and utilities, automotive, telecommunications, media/communication, and government. In addition, Neil partners with entrepreneurs to define their products, establish their target markets, and structure their companies. He is a member of several investor groups like the Tech Coast Angels and assists startups with investor funding,actively pursues social good and volunteers with nonprofits, and is currently helping the Zero Abuse Project prevent child sexual abuse as well as Equilibrium to engage youth culture in sustainability initiatives.
Sexting: Flirting or Felony
Alison Feigh
Description and Learning Objectives: Feigh Sexting
Under a Watchful Eye: Child Abuse Prevention in Youth Serving Organizations
Alison Feigh
Description and Learning Objectives: Feigh YSO Organizations
Contemporary Use of Human Figure Drawings (and Dolls): The State of Research and Practice
Allison Foster
Description and Learning Objectives: Allison Foster
Recent Research Affecting Child Abuse Investigations
Chris Newlin
Description and Learning Objectives: Chris Newlin Presentation Summary ZAP Orlando February 2020
This Place has a Life of Its Own! Lessons on the Journey of Organizational Leadership and Capacity Building
Jason Mack
Description and Learning Objectives: Jason Mack -This Place has a Mind of its Own
Accident or Inflicted: Investigator you decide????
Jim Sears
Description and Learning Objectives: Sears Accident or Inflicted
Ok…. You have got this SEX case….. now what????
Jim Sears
Description and Learning Objectives: Sears Sex Case
Use the MDT Process to Speak Up for Vulnerable Adults
Maria Rosales Lambert with Lezlie Ball
Description and Learning Objectives: MDT process venerable adults
Individual and Organizational Responses to Secondary Traumatic Stress
Pete Singer
Description and Learning Objectives: Singer Secondary Traumatic Stress
Emerging Issues in the Field of Forensic Interviewing
Rita Farrell
Description and Learning Objectives: Rita Farrell Summit 2020 Presentations
Empower Me/FIRST Response to Allegations of Maltreatment
Rita Farrell and Alison Feigh
Description and Learning Objectives: Farrell and Feigh Empower Me- FIRST
Forensic Science in Child Abuse Cases: A Contemplative Look at the Future
Tyler Counsil
Description and Learning Objectives: Counsil DNA Presentation
Breaking Down the Silos: Collaboration with Academia to Prepare the Next Generation in Child Protection
Tyler Counsil, Karla Steckler-Tye, Betsy Goulet
Description and Learning Objectives: Counsil Tye Goulet - CAST Presentation
From Sticks to Flowers: Working with Parents Justifying Corporal Punishment with Scripture.
Victor Vieth, J.D., M.A.
Description and Learning Objectives: Vieth Breakout Presentation
Ethical Considerations in Child Maltreatment Cases
Victor Vieth, J.D., M.A.
Description and Learning Objectives: Vieth Capstone Presentation
Child Exploitation Investigations - A Multi-Disciplinary Response
Rita Farrell, Lead Forensic Interview Specialist, Zero Abuse Project
John Pirics, Detective, Hamilton County Metro Child Exploitation Task Force, Carmel, IN P.D.Description and Learning Objectives: Pre-Con Farrell and Pirics
AI 101
Neil Sahota
Description and Learning Objectives: Sahota AI
Child Exploitation Investigations - A Multi-Disciplinary Response
John Pirics, Detective, Hamilton County Metro Child Exploitation Task Force, Carmel, IN P.D.
Description and Learning Objectives: Pre-Con Pirics Afternoon Sessions
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