Day 4 – Friday, Nov 18 (Post Conference)

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8:30am – 5:00Pm

ROOM 1

Role of the Medical Provider in Court

By Andrew Lambert, JD, Kalamarides & Lambert 

By Brittany Dunlop, District Attorney, City of Anchorage

By Lori Frasier, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Penn State Hershey College of Medicine, Penn State Children’s Hospital

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8:30AM – 5:00pm

Room 1

Child and Adolescent Clinical Forensic Skills Lab for Medical Providers

By Colleen James, Forensic registered nurse, South Peninsula Hospital Clinical Forensic Services in Homer, Alaska

By Cathy Baldwin-Johnson, Medical Director, The Children’s Place

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8:30am – 5:00Pm

ROOM 2

Sex Offenders: What Every MDT Member Should Know (Full Day)

By Cory Jewell Jensen, Senior Trainer, CBI Consulting, Inc. 

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8:30AM – 5:00pm

Room 3

Adapting Forensic Interviews for Children who do not Speak

By Staci Whitney, LMSW, Senior Director, Modell Consulting Group LLC

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8:30AM – 5:00PM

Room 4

Effects of trauma and poor attachment on self-beliefs, emotional and behavioral responses

By Roxanne Grobbel, JD, LCSW, RPT-S, Insight Counseling Center

Role of the Medical Provider in Court

Friday, November 18

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8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Room 2

Live

Andrew Lambert

JD, Kalamarides & Lambert

Brittany Dunlop

District Attorney, City of Anchorage

Lori Frasier

MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Penn State Hersey College of Medicine, Penn State Children’s Hospital

Testifying in court for criminal and child protection cases is part of the role of health care providers involved in evaluating children and adolescents for sexual abuse/assault, physical abuse, or other forms of maltreatment. This session will review how our court system works in child abuse cases and give attendees the opportunity to practice testimony skills in a mock court setting.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the roles of judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and witnesses in court.
  • Understand the difference between fact, expert, and blended witnesses.
  • Prepare for and participate in a mock court using case information provided.

    Sex Offenders: What Every MDT Member Should Know (Full Day)

    Friday, November 18

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    8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

    Room 2

    Live

    Cory Jewell Jensen

    Senior Trainer, CBI Consulting

    Part 1: Sex Offenders:  How They Get That Way and the Basic Facts Your Team Should Know                   

    Sex crime investigators, prosecutors, judges, probation officers, medical staff, child welfare workers and child/victim advocates should be familiar the various theories about the etiology of pedophilia and development of pro-offending attitudes, plus the more typical patterns of sexual offending (rape, sexual assault & computer crimes against children) committed by juvenile and adult sex offenders.    This presentation will highlight (via video taped interviews with various sex offenders) some of the more common pathways to developing deviant sexual interests and criminal sexual behavior patterns.  In addition, the presenter will review various studies that examined the number of detected vs. undetected offenders and sexual crimes occurring in our communities, the true rate of false allegations and the average degree of “cross-over” or “crime switching” behavior sex offenders engage in.   The misconceptions about “re-offense” and “recidivism” rates and the expected outcomes for sex offender treatment will also be addressed.  

    Part 2: Creepy but Crucial Information: Advanced Grooming as Described by Sex Offenders

    Participants will examine (via film clips of interviews with various types of sex offenders) some of the specific strategies offenders describe using to target, seduce and exploit children and adults. Information was collected from several thousand adult sex offenders who were involved in long-term, court mandated sex offender treatment.  In addition, a variety of similarly focused research studies will be reviewed. The areas of focus includes offender descriptions of “grooming” tactics (how and why they: targeted certain children, adults, families and  youth serving agencies, then seduced and manipulated each of these individuals/agencies, inhibited disclosure, detection and reporting.   A variety of video clips, research studies and anecdotal interview data from numerous sex offenders will be utilized to illustrate each stage.  Although this presentation is not for the “faint of heart,” it provides crucial information related to trauma and the need to improve training and skill in forensic interviewing, investigation and prosecution.

    Learning Objectives:

    Part 1. Sex Offenders: What Every MDT Member Should Know

    • Participants will develop an understanding of the process involved developing a sexual interest/preference for children and the pro-offending attitudes that support and allow for child sex abuse and other criminal sexual behavior.
    • Participants will gain information about the typical number and patterns involved in undetected sexual crimes committed by sex offenders.
    • Participants will gain information about some of the unique differences between male and female, adult and juvenile sex offenders.

    Part 2. Creepy but Crucial:  Advanced Grooming as Described by Child Molesters       

    • Participants will understand some of the issues related to the low rates of reporting and detection of sexual crimes.
    • Participants will be able to identify the strategies and goals of “grooming behavior” used by sex offenders.
    • Participants will gain an understanding of some of the dynamics of grooming that make it difficult for children to fully/accurately comprehend the abuse they are experiencing, report and recover from child sexual abuse. 

    Adapting Forensic Interviews for Children who do not Speak

    Friday, November 18

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    8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

    Room 3

    Live

    Stacie Whitney

    LMSW, Senior Director, Modell Consulting

    This workshop is intended for forensic interviewers who want to learn about interviewing children who do not speak or who are considered “non-verbal.” Through this workshop, participants will have increased understanding of verbal behavior and communication methods; increased knowledge of common biases regarding communicating with children who do not speak; increased knowledge of pre-interview considerations when preparing to interview a child who does not speak; and learn reliable and legally defensible techniques that can be applied in forensic interviews with these children. Participants will have opportunities to apply what they have learned through class and small group activities. This training is founded in forensic interviewing best practices with considerations and adaptations to account for individuals who do not speak, use gestures, use a communication device, or speak few words.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Participants will be able to explain how to interview children who do not speak.
    • Participants will understand the use of the “hybrid question style.”
    • Participants will learn how to gather additional information from someone who does not speak, speaks few words or uses a communication device.

    Effects of trauma and poor attachment on self-beliefs, emotional and behavioral responses

    Friday, November 18

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    8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

    Room 4

    Live

    Roxanne Grobbel

    Licensed Psychotherapist & Instructor, Insight Counseling Center

    Trauma and poor attachment create negative self-beliefs and emotional/behavioral reactions in young children. These trauma reactions to triggers are learned survival reactions to living with neglect or abuse and are often misunderstand and mislabeled, creating more frustration and stress. With this understanding, one can respond to clients more effectively and provide more efficient interventions.

    Learning Objectives:

    • List 3 negative beliefs that children develop from neglect and abuse.
    • Identify 3 behaviors in children which may be trauma survival responses.
    • Recognize how mislabeling or inappropriate interventions/reactions increase the symptoms and trauma response.

      Child and Adolescent Clinical Forensic Skills Lab for Medical Providers

      Friday, November 18

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      8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

      Room 1

      Live

      Colleen James

      Forensic registered nurse, South Peninsula Hospital Clinical Forensic Services in Homer, Alaska

      Cathy Baldwin-Johnson

      Medical Director, The Children’s Place

      This workshop will provide attendees with a review and hands-on practice for exam and evidence collection techniques including forensic photography, exam techniques, and forensic evidence collection techniques for optimal results with both pre-pubertal and adolescent children.

      Learning Objectives:

      • Identify correct techniques for the examination of children and adolescents who may have been sexually or physically abused.
      • Demonstrate correct positioning and use of a colposcope.
      • Use correct techniques and time frames for forensic evidence collection, starting with correct kit and kit component selections.
      • Demonstrate proper forensic photography techniques.
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