 Eighteenth Annual Western States Sexual Assault Seminar
September 01 - 03, 2010 / Las Vegas, NV
Topics presented at this training include but are not limited to; medical issues for non-medical team members, child sexual abuse and MDT investigative techniques, advanced forensic interviewing techniques, and a female offenders perspective.
More Information:
Southern Nevada Children's Assessment Center
701 N. Pecos Road, Building K-1
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Tel: 702 455 5371
Website: http://wssa-lv.com/WSSA/Welcome.html
Forensic Interviewer at Trial
September 13 - 15, 2010 / Winona, MN
This course is designed for teams of prosecutors and forensic interviewers. Prosecutors will be required to conduct a direct examination of forensic interviewers, and then conduct a re-direct examination after their forensic interviewers have been cross-examined. The prosecutors, working with forensic interviewers, must also respond to the critiques of their forensic interviews from a defense expert.
More Information:
National Child Protection Training Center
Winona State University
Winona, MN 55987
Tel: 507 457 2890
Fax: 507 457 2899
Email: trainings@napsac.us
Website: http://www.ncptc.org/
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Abusive Head Trauma: Trial Techniques for Prosecutors
September 15, 2010 / Atlanta, GA
This one-day course will cover trial advocacy issues in the prosecution of abusive head trauma criminal cases. The course will focus on all aspects of presenting the case to a judge or a jury from pre-trial motions to voir dire through closing arguments. The course will also provide prosecutors with practical tips and techniques for cross-examining the defense witnesses in these types of cases. Participants will be shown a demonstration incorporating the presentation of digital evidence into the trial.
More Information:
Dermot Garrett
National District Attorney's Association
44 Canal Center Plaza, Suite 110
Alexandria, VA 22314
Tel: 703 519 1697
Email: dgarrett@ndaa.org
Website:
http://www.ndaa.org/education/upcoming.html
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10th Annual Children's Cove Conference on Child Sexual Abuse
September 16 - 17, 2010 / Hyannis, MA
This training will present workshops for law enforcement, social workers, judges, therapists, medical personnel, and educators. Workshops include but are not limited to:
 Relationship of animal abuse to child abuse
 Physical & neglect child abuse injury reconstruction techniques
 Using the cognitive interview with children
 Adolescent development and the juvenile system
More Information:
Children's Cove
P.O. Box 427
Barnstable, MA 02630
Tel: 508 375 0410
Email: nancy@childrenscove.org
Website:
http://www.childrenscove.org/events.php
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Extended Forensic Evaluation Training
September 20 - 24, 2010 / Huntsville, AL
The National Children's Advocacy Center's Extended Forensic Evaluation Training was designed and provides a model for a multi-session forensic interview of these children who are too young, too frightened, or unable to provide clear information in a single interview. Extended Forensic Evaluation provides rapport building and forensically defensible questioning over a longer period of time than a single session forensic interview.
More Information:
Pamelia Wales
The National Children's Advocacy Center
210 Pratt Avenue
Huntsville, AL 35801
Tel: 256 327 3786
Email: pwales@nationalcac.org
Website: http://www.nationalcac.org/professionals/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=132&Itemid=124
Behind the Net: Incorporating Technology Into the Multidisciplinary Team Investigations of Child Sexual and Physical Abuse Cases
September 22 - 24, 2010 / Columbia, SC
This two and a half day multidisciplinary training (prosecutors, police officers, forensic interviewers, child protection workers or any child abuse prevention professional involved in the MDT investigation) will provide instruction on incorporating technology into the investigation of child abuse and child sexual exploitation. In today’s fast-paced society, technology presents challenges to MDT’s. This training will explore how technology can be used as an asset in child abuse and child sexual exploitation investigation. Additionally, the course will focus on how to integrate technology into the forensic interview and in corroborating the outcry of a child that has been abused. Some of the topics that will be covered include: search and seizure; technology essentials; technology in the forensic interview, the role of social networking sites; and emerging issues in technology.
More Information:
National District Attorney's Association
44 Canal Center Plaza, Suite 110
Alexandria, VA 22314
Tel: 703 549 9222
Fax: 703 836 3195
Website: http://www.ndaa.org/education/ndaa/child_abuse_training_schedule.html
Best Practices and New Directions in the Treatment and Prevention of Child Maltreatment in New York State
September 24, 2010 / New York, NY
This conference will focus on best practice interventions in the areas of primary prevention of child maltreatment, evidence-based trauma treatment, child welfare, law enforcement and child advocacy centers.
More Information:
Maribel Cruz
The New York Foundling Vincent J. Fontana Center for Child Protection
27 Christopher Street
New York, NY 10014
Tel: 212 660 1318
Email: maribelc@nyfoundling.org
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XVIII ISPCAN International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect
September 26 - 29, 2010 / Honolulu, HI
The program will encompass a number of globally recognized keynote speakers addressing the Congress themes. There will also be quality symposia, which present coordinated papers on an important topic of current interest. Other sessions with encompass free papers that allow practioners and researchers to report on their clinical findings. A limited number of workshops will focus on skill development in child abuse practice.
More Information:
Congress Secretariat
13123 E. 16th Avenue, B390
Aurora, CO 80045
Email: congress2010@ispcan.org
Website:
www.ispcan.org/congress2010
SafetyNet: Multidisciplinary Investigation and Prosecution of Technology-Facilitated Child Sexual Exploitation
September 27 - October 1, 2010 / Easton, MA
SafetyNet addresses multiple areas within the investigation and prosecution of technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation, including online luring and soliciting, child pornography, forensic examination of the computer, pro-active and reactive investigation strategies, search and seizure issue, compliant victim scenarios and meeting untrue defenses. All applicants must be affiliated with an Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC) to be considered.
More Information:
National District Attorneys Association
44 Canal Center Plaza, Suite 110
Alexandria, VA 22314
Tel: 703 549 9222
Fax: 703 836 3195
Website: http://www.ndaa.org/education/upcoming.html
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