Thursday, April 26, 2012
Thursday Registration: 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Champions for Children Award Ceremony
KEYNOTE
A Story of Hope and Fried Chicken
Betty Swinners
In this keynote address, Betty Ramirez Swinners shares her story of success and survival. Betty was a homeless child, living on the streets, eating out of trash cans and receiving little education. A survivor of physical, sexual, and ritual abuse, Betty was voted one of Texas' Most Influential Hispanic Women by Texas Hispanic Magazine. She is an international speaker who shares her story to give others hope, with the message that "it doesn't' matter where you come from — what matters is where you are going."
10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
BREAK
Visit Summit Store & Exhibits
10:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
7A
Women Who Molest Children: Offender Typologies
Bill Carson
This session begins with findings that were learned from in-depth interviews with 18 women who had been convicted of molesting children, but goes well beyond that to include cases from across the nation as well as data from other recently published material on this topic. Captain Carson will discuss past and current offender typologies for female child molesters, including his five distinct typologies that were first published in 2006.
7B
Sexual Abuse Evaluation of Children with Special Needs
Holly Bridenbaugh and Leila Keltner
Disabilities in children are numerous and complex, and increase the difficulty of child sexual abuse assessment. The presentation includes interviews and case reviews of children with disabilities evaluated for sexual abuse. It demonstrates how medical, educational, and psychological conditions require professionals to make appropriate accommodations for the child's special needs. Professionals will gain understanding of how various disabilities may affect a child's ability to report abusive events, and how using accommodations will help both the professional and child engage successfully during a sexual abuse evaluation.
7C
Interviewing Children who have Witnessed Violent Crime
Julie Stauffer
Professionals who are responsible for conducting investigative, forensic interviews of children who have witnessed violent crime are becoming aware of the increasing impact of their interviewing techniques. In recent years, defense strategies have shifted from targeting the child witnesses to the professionals who interview the children. As a result, the demand for comprehensive training in the art and science of interviewing is on the rise.
Research suggests, and practice supports, that there is essential information professionals must learn in order to effectively interview children who have witnessed violent crime — including domestic violence, assault, and homicide. Professionals attending this session will gain information on how to elicit necessary information in a manner that is in the best interests of children and is legally defensible.
7D
What a Tangled Web: Advanced Issues for Play Therapists Treating Intrafamilial Sexual Abuse
Sueann Kenney-Noziska
This advanced workshop and discussion group will explore clinical complexities encountered by therapists working with families impacted by intrafamilial childhood sexual abuse. Clinical nuances and complexities encountered as the treatment process unfolds will be examined. Concepts to be explored include common treatment needs for victims of childhood sexual abuse, family reunification, and scope of practice. This is an interactive, advanced workshop, and is intended for therapists with eight or more years of experience providing therapy to victims, offenders, non-offending caregivers, and/or families impacted by childhood sexual abuse. Attendees will be expected to use their educational, clinical, and therapeutic knowledge to actively participate and contribute to this advanced workshop.
7E
Winning Courtroom Confrontations! A New Approach to Preparing Witnesses (Part 1 of 2)
Valerie Van Brocklin
In this session, Van Brocklin will demonstrate why it is critical for professionals in this field to win their courtroom confrontations. This session is for law enforcement, corrections, parole and probation officers; crime-lab personnel; child protection service workers; experts from the medical, mental health, or other specialized professions; and anyone who regularly testifies in a criminal prosecution or government civil case, as well as the attorneys who prepare them.
Van Brocklin will explain that nothing will expose these professionals to more intense, public scrutiny than their appearance in court. One courtroom confrontation can make or break their reputation and that of their organization.
Second, if just one of these witnesses loses their courtroom confrontation, all the work that they and others have done – and all that the victims, their families, and the community have endured — may be for nothing. Because of the special positions these witnesses hold, if just one of them loses their credibility in court, it can jeopardize the credibility of the entire case.
Testifying in today's courtroom arena is a high stakes challenge, one for which witnesses are ill-prepared. Businesses, the military, athletics, and law enforcement — all understand the importance of a winning attitude to winning performance. Unfortunately, most witness preparation misses this critical point.
This training addresses these crucial questions and the impact of attitude and beliefs on courtroom testimony; writing a report that anticipates winning courtroom testimony; taking the opposing counsel by storm; and rules of evidence that, if not understood, could lead to a mistrial.
"Winning Courtroom Confrontations" is highly charged, interactive program. It puts participants on the stand in real-life courtroom scenarios and involves participants as judge and juror.
7F
The Tears Without a Voice: Latina Battered Women
Betty Swinners
This workshop discusses the cultural beliefs and traditions of many immigrant Latina battered women. It explores the barriers the women have, the role of family, religion, and folk and alternative healing methods used to deal with domestic violence. Discover the hidden threats that exist not only from the batterer, but also from the smugglers and relatives. This workshop is a must for any group working in the area of domestic violence, sexual assault or/and incest.
7G
Cyber Crime, Digital Evidence, and Forensics
Josh Moulin
This two-hour session is designed to teach the attendees about cyber crime, give an overview of digital forensic capabilities, and discuss how to properly collect and preserve digital evidence. Specific items covered include: search warrants, subpoenas, consent issues, bag and tag of digital evidence, and computer forensic overview.
7CL
Google and Firefox as Investigative Tools (REPEAT)
Lauren Wagner and Elizabeth Tow of SEARCH
This computer lab will teach students how to effectively use Google and Mozilla Firefox as investigative tools. Students will complete hands-on exercises using Google Advanced Operators as well as Firefox add-ons.
7IL
The Recovery of Volatile Data (REPEAT)
Christopher Armstrong and Timothy Lott of SEARCH
This lab and lecture will address the collection of "volatile data" in the form of a computer's Random Access Memory, or RAM. Volatile data is information that Law Enforcement has historically overlooked. We will use the free FTK Imager software to conduct a RAM DUMP, and then we'll use a free demonstration version of FTK to open and view the contents of the RAM Dump.
12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
LUNCH
Visit Summit Store & Exhibits
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
8A
Water-related Abuse and Pedophilia (Part 1 of 2)
Andrea Zaferes
In this session, participants will learn how to approach scenes that could involve homicidal drowning, forms of homicides staged as accidental or suicidal drowning deaths, and non-fatal water-related abuse cases. They will work step-by-step through investigative procedures that can be used by law enforcement, crime scene technicians, death investigators, hospital emergency-room personnel, and prosecutors for pediatric, aquatic homicides. The aquatic environments of bathtubs, buckets, swimming pools, and open water will be covered. Aquatic sexual sadism involving child victims will also be addressed from the investigative standpoint.
8B
It Wasn't Like That When I Was a Teenager!
Sue Skinner and Marieka Farrenkopf
We have all been teenagers — but how long ago was that? Though we've lived through those exciting, confusing, and often painful adolescent years, teens today experience a host of challenges and opportunities that we didn't have. Things are different in 2012. This workshop will begin with a review of the adolescent brain, then focus on 21st-century teen culture, as well as an overview of current trends to be on the lookout for. Topics covered will include sexuality, technology and the media, mental-health issues, self-harm, and drug and alcohol use. This is a must for professionals who interact or work with teenagers.
8C
Multi-Session Forensic Interviews: When Kids Can't Just Sit Still, Speak Clearly and Tell Everything They Know (Part 1 of 2)
Julie Stauffer
Ideally, every child will sit still, speak clearly, provide detailed information in a sequential manner, and this will be accomplished within one succinct interaction. However, in the real world, there may be occasions when the traditional model of a single, one-session forensic interview does not fit a particular child's needs. This includes children who are young, who require the use of an interpreter, or who have cognitive or other special needs. In such situations, an extended process may be beneficial in maximizing the child's ability to tell of their experience. The MSRATAC process utilized at CornerHouse — which is a single forensic interview separated into multiple sessions — is designed to meet these needs while retaining the forensic integrity of the interview. This training is an introduction to the multi-session interview process, and will include considerations for multi-disciplinary teams regarding incorporation of such a process into their practice.
8D
Supporting Heroes In Foundational Mental Health Training (SHIFT): A Psycho-Educational Program for Exposed Individuals (PEP-EI) (Part 1 of 2)
Carolyn Edwards and Michael Sullivan
This three-hour course — team-taught by a mental-health professional and a law-enforcement officer — will offer professionals who are exposed to child pornography through their course of work and who may interact often with child sex offenders (law-enforcement officers, forensic analysts, prosecutors, etc.) the opportunity to learn about the causes and symptoms of vicarious trauma that may occur as a result of their duties. Participants will learn how to develop effective coping strategies to deal with the negative effects of trauma. In addition, the exposed individual will be given the tools to help facilitate a supportive work environment for themselves, effectively understand and utilize mental health support, and solicit support through and for their families and their peers.
8E
Winning Courtroom Confrontations! A New Approach to Preparing Witnesses (Part 2 of 2)
Valerie Van Brocklin
See Session 7E for description.
8F
The Effects of Chronic Domestic Violence on Children: A Survivor's Perspective
Lisa F. with Dottie Davis
Lisa will talk about her experiences watching her mother been beaten and abused and having to be the caretaker for herself, her siblings, and her mother from the time she was a little girl. She will discuss the interactions her family had with various human-services workers, including law-enforcement officers, protective-service workers, and teachers. She will be honest about the gaps in service she and her siblings dealt with and the short and long-term consequences of those gaps.
Lisa has a unique understanding of the effects of ongoing trauma, what it takes to move beyond early childhood exposure to violence, and what everyone can do to help stop the violence.
8G
FACEBOOK: Working with Law Enforcement
Emily Vacher
In this session, Vacher will present the challenges Facebook faces in operating the world's largest social-networking site. She will discuss the latest safety and privacy controls available to prevent and reduce risks for users of the site. Lastly, she will detail how Facebook can assist law enforcement in ongoing investigations.
8CL
Introduction to Social Networking Site Investigations (Part 1 of 2) (REPEAT)
Lauren Wagner and Elizabeth Tow of SEARCH
This workshop will provide students with an overview of social networking websites and how these websites can be useful to investigations. Students will also learn how to set up an investigative social-networking account to search for information. This workshop will teach participants how to effectively search social networking websites (predominately Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter) using Google Advanced Operators. This workshop will also cover techniques on capturing profiles for evidentiary purposes, as well as mapping tools for friend networks in both MySpace and Facebook. This workshop is designed for beginners.
8IL
Using Virtual Machines in an Investigative Capacity (Part 1 of 2)
Christopher Armstrong and Timothy Lott of SEARCH
The virtualization class will introduce the concept of the virtual computer environment for testing, research and undercover investigations. Students will set up and install VMWare Server, an open-source virtualization software package developed by VMWare. The students will then be walked through the process of setting up a virtual environment before opening an existing instance of Windows XP for testing. In addition, students will learn how to boot a "suspect machine" using .e01 or .dd files.
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
BREAK
Visit Summit Store & Exhibits
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
9A
Water-related Abuse and Pedophilia (Part 2 of 2)
Andrea Zaferes
See Session 8A for description.
9B
Is It Sexual Abuse?
Sue Skinner and Sue Lewis
When there are worries of sexual abuse, it is important to consider all possibilities that led to this concern. In this workshop, we will explore a differential diagnosis, and review other medical conditions that are sometimes mistaken for sexual abuse. Additionally, we will review other environmental issues and/or mental-health circumstances that must be assessed when considering a diagnosis of sexual abuse. Evaluation of alternative hypotheses is essential to a comprehensive and neutral evaluation. This workshop is valuable for all those who work with children and adolescents for whom there are concerns of sexual abuse.
9C
Multi-Session Forensic Interviews: When Kids Can't Just Sit Still, Speak Clearly and Tell Everything They Know (Part 2 of 2)
Julie Stauffer
See Session 8C for description.
9D
Supporting Heroes In Foundational Mental Health Training (SHIFT): A Psycho-Educational Program for Exposed Individuals (PEP-EI) (Part 2 of 2)
Carolyn Edwards and Michael Sullivan
See Session 8D for description.
9E
Heroic Cynicism – Life in the Arena
Valerie Van Brocklin
Current thinking in law, law enforcement and medicine and the ubiquitous self-help movement is that cynicism is a bad thing. This is a modern notion. Great warriors through the ages have always been Cynics — just as the ancient Greek founder of the movement intended. "Don't worry; be happy!" or "Look on the bright side!" doesn't cut it in the trenches fighting child abuse and domestic violence. Heroic Cynicism does. It's just what's needed to sustain spirits in the daily arena in which you fight.
You will take from this training:
- Discernment of your occupational risks for "bad" cynicism;
- An understanding of the difference between bad cynicism and skepticism and their applications to the work you do;
- How to capture and apply the power of Heroic Cynicism for a sustainable spirit and extraordinary performance results;
- A handbook of tools and additional resources for maintaining Heroic Cynicism.
Through Val's discovery learning method and interactive exercises, you will master principles, strategies and applications of Heroic Cynicism while being challenged and "enter-trained." And you will fire and forge a spirit that will sustain you and others in the daily arena of fighting child abuse and domestic violence.
9F
When the Batterer Wears a Badge
Dottie Davis
The instructor will discuss the possibility of an agency employing an officer who perpetrates domestic violence in their intimate-partner relationship, and how the officer may utilize their training and professional status to control their victim within their home and community. Administrative versus a criminal case will be discussed, as well as the difficulties in each of these investigations. Recent cases of officer-involved domestic violence and their civil and/or criminal cases will be reviewed, as well as liability concerns for the agency. The instructor will also share a personal story describing the six years of her life in which a fellow officer victimized her, and how the relationship ended.
9G
Sext Education
Michael Slauson
In this session, Slauson will lead a discussion of the legal and practical implications of children self-producing and sharing sexually explicit images of themselves. Attendees are encouraged to discuss specific cases in their community.
9CL
Introduction to Social Networking Site Investigations (Part 2 of 2) (REPEAT)
Lauren Wagner and Elizabeth Tow of SEARCH
See Session 8CL for description.
9IL
Using Virtual Machines in an Investigative Capacity (Part 2 of 2)
Christopher Armstrong and Timothy Lott of SEARCH
See Session 8IL for description.