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F-01 - Assessing the Risk of Reoffence of Male Adolescent Sexual Abusers - David Burton, PhD

Keeping up with the new risk assessment tools can be challenging. Current tools, recent research on them and methods of risk assessment in terms of treatment planning will be considered using a new risk treatment grid. The ERASOR, J-SOAP, JJSORAT, and PFS will all be considered. Examples of risk guided treatment will be provided.

F-02 - Child maltreatment and parental distractions in the electronic-digital age - Barbara Craig, MD

In this electronic-digital era parents are often distracted from taking care of their children - whether it is with or without intent, or due to an obsession with talking on cell phones, texting or emailing, using handheld devices, computers, or videogaming.  This presentation will explore the potential role of electronic distractions in child neglect, child physical abuse, and child deaths both accidental and inflicted.   The effects of violent videogames will also be addressed.

F-03 - Psychotropic Medications for Non Medical People - Randi Hankins, LICSW

Increasingly children and teens are being placed on psychotropic medications in an attempt to manage out of control behaviors and mood swings.  This session will present a basic understanding of brain functioning and the impacts of medications on behaviors.  Several broad categories of commonly used psychotropic medications including antidepressants, mood stabilizers, stimulant medications and atypical antipsychotic will be outlined in lay terms.  Participants will learn the expected benefits and side effects of medications as well as the realistic limits to which the medications can be pushed.

F-04 - What Sex Offenders Can Teach Us About Interviewing -  Cory Jewell-Jensen, MS

This presentation will review the results of a survey with 121 adult male sex offenders.  Each offender was asked to describe, from his point of view, how he was approached by police, what transpired during the interview, the specific thoughts or concerns he had during the interview, and the reason he declined to be interviewed, confessed, or lied.  Offenders were specifically questioned about the detective's style of interviewing and line of questioning. Offenders were also asked about incidental things, such as the impact of note taking or audio recording, the presence of an additional officer, or the outcome of being interviewed in the field or at the station.    Offender quotes will be used to illustrate how the offenders viewed the interview and investigation process.   The presentation also  includes anecdotal information from interviews with 26 veteran child abuse detectives from 10 law enforcement agencies in Oregon.

F-05 - Conversations About Racism, Prejudice and Discrimination (Repeat D-07) - Johnny Lake

In this workshop, we move beyond a basic awareness of race and racism to actively explore the subtle and no-so-subtle meanings and impacts of individual and institutionalized racism and the accompanying social/political/historical construction of race on our personal lives and communities. We engage multiple racial perspectives to improve understanding and build community within dialogue.

F-06 - Disclosure of Abuse - John Myers, JD

This workshop describes the most up-to-date research on the disclosure of child abuse. As well, the workshop discusses current controversies about disclosure of abuse.  This workshop is appropriate for professionals who investigate and or litigate child abuse cases.

F-07 - Substance abuse during and after pregnancy: A technology-driven public health perspective (Repeat of E-09) - Stephen Ondersma, PhD

This workshop will provide a rationale for a public health perspective on substance abuse during and after pregnancy. In doing so, it will: (a) review research regarding substance abuse in the perinatal period, including rates of treatment seeking, the association between intensity of treatment and outcome, and prevalence; and (b) describe how a public health approach may help to improve the rate at which at-risk women are identified and treated. This workshop will also describe how technology may help in reaching a much greater proportion of at-risk women.  

F-08 - Understanding before Serving, Helping (Part 2 of 2) - Gary Peterson, MSW

This workshop is designed to provide historical and language information as a basis for understanding Indian communities and clients. A model for learning about Indian history sets the stage for examining language and the question, "How well are we protecting our children"? Helping approaches and measures to insure that we are serving them well will be discussed.

F-09 - Ritual Crime & the Occult (Part 4 of 4) - Don Rimer

This presentation will introduce you to the world of Afro-Caribbean Religions and the crimes associated with "some" of those cultures.  Santeria, Palo Mayombe, Voodoo, and Santa Muerte or "Holy Death" is practiced throughout our country.  Santa Muerte is the cult linked with the Mexican Gangs that is migrating across America.  These faiths are multi-cultural and have existed in some form in America since the 1600's.

F-10 - Evidence-based Solutions for Child Physical Abuse: Final Stages of Treatment with Parent and Child (Part 4 of 4) - Melissa Runyon, PhD

Provides a more in depth description of Combined Parent-Child Cognitive Behavioral Treatment, a treatment model developed specifically for children and families at-risk for physical abuse. The model addresses the individual treatment needs of children and their caregivers who are at-risk for child physical abuse, as well as parent-child interactions. The model aims to empower parents to effectively parent their children in a non-coercive manner, improve parent-child relationships, assist children in healing from their abusive experiences, and enhance the safety of family members and thereby reduce the risk of the recurrence of child physical abuse in children and families at-risk for child physical abuse.

F-11 - Bruises and bumps and breaks. Assessment of abusive injuries - Naomi Sugar, MD

How does one begin to distinguish accidental injuries from those that are concerning for abuse?  What is the significance of a spiral fracture?  What is a hemangioma?  What does a cigarette burn look like? In this interactive workshop, we’ll review many examples of accidental and non-accidental injuries, and develop some rules for guiding investigation.  We’ll also talk about how to get the most from medical charts and talking with physicians and other medical providers.

F-12 - Search Smart to Stay Afloat: Child Welfare Information Gateway - Pamela Day

Whether we are frontline caseworkers, agency administrators, judges, or other professionals working in child welfare, we've all had the experience of drowning in today's sea of online information. This interactive session will provide tools to help you stay afloat and find the information you need on all aspects of child abuse and neglect and child welfare. Learn valuable tips for surfing Child Welfare Information Gateway's growing online library of more than 60,000 documents, and leave with a quick list of "life preservers" for locating State and Federal laws, resources on cultural competence, statistics, training curricula, best practice research, and more.

F-13 - Demystifying Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) - Deborah Robinson/Katherine Taylor

Infants are not supposed to die.  The death of a child is a great loss and often represents unjust suffering and unfulfilled promises.  An infant death is a sentinel event and can be a marker in a community of the health and safety of children.  Efforts to understand the entire spectrum of factors such as safe sleep, environmental safety and situational awareness may help prevent other deaths. Understanding the circumstances causing an infant's death and identifying known risk factors of sudden infant deaths  is one way to prevent deaths.

F-14 - Protecting Yourself and Your Family on the Internet - Jim Tanner, PhD

The Internet is a part of the modern world. For most of us, we know enough to get things done. But we all hear about the 'dark side' of the web. Join a cyber crime analyst as he talks in plain English about the technical problems everyone faces each time they log into their computer. Regardless of your technical expertise (or lack thereof), you will walk away from this session understanding cyber-stalking, cross-site scripting, trojans, viruses, back-doors, and phishing/pharming. More importantly, you will know what to do to protect yourself from these criminal acts.

F-15 - Oh, Brother (And Sister) Where Art Thou? - Karyn Corpron-Schimmels/Bob Partlow

This will focus on the effects on siblings when they are separated due to out of home care. Children in the child welfare system often have only their siblings who have shared the experiences that led them into out-of home care. Participants will learn the subject both from a research perspective, but also will hear about Camp To Belong, a five-day summer camp to reunite and strengthen sibling bonds. And they will hear first-hand about the trauma of separation and the benefits of camp from a child who has been separated and who attended Camp To Belong.

F-16 - Roles and Ethical Responsibilities in Dependency Cases - Tim Jaasko-Fisher, JD

This workshop is designed to help those who work in dependency court systems to better understand the roles and ethical responsibilities of the various 'players' in the system in order to improve the work environment, increase workforce longevity, and improve results for families experiencing the system.