Conference tracks
- Advocacy: Supports community advocates and hospital-based professionals working with survivors of violence and abuse to provide safety, empowerment, and support as they navigate the medical and legal system.
- Medical: Supports both clinical and pathological aspects of forensic medicine, emphasizing the most current evidence-based practices and trauma-sensitive approaches while working with those affected by violence.
- Investigation: Supports the criminal investigators and forensic scientists who collect and prepare evidence for admissibility and testimony during legal proceedings.
- Multidisciplinary: Supports an organized and community-based synergetic response to addressing crime by raising awareness through sharing stakeholder perspectives that include survivor advocates, medical/forensic examiners, law enforcement, prosecutors, and additional community partners.
- Legal: Supports those providing legal advocacy to clients seeking justice through innovations in witness cooperation techniques, charging decisions, collaboration with law enforcement, and the advantages of medical and expert witnesses.
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8:30 a.m. |
Check in and breakfast |
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9 a.m. |
Keynote True Face of Trauma: One Man’s Story of Survival After a Serial Killer Charlie Otero, Sarah Evans-Simpson Location: Estes Conference Room Credits Offered: CME, Nursing Contact Hours, MCLE, SW, POST |
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10 a.m. |
Break: Exhibit hall and vendors Location: Jackson Conference Room |
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10:15 a.m. (30-min. breakouts) |
Advocacy Collaboration for Impact with Human Trafficking: Trauma-Responsive Practices for Justice Professionals Misty Campbell, MS, SMRM-CP; Kim Garland Location: Livingston (25) Credits Offered: SW Medical A Dive Into Strangulation Literature Heather DeVore, MD Location: Johnson (25) Credits Offered: SW/CME/Nursing Contact Hours Investigation Inquiring Minds Want to Know: What Every Investigator Wants to Ask a SANE Natalie Maupin Location: Anderson (20) Credits Offered: Nursing Contact Hours/SW/POST Multidisciplinary Trauma-Informed Care When Basic Needs are Missing Dinae Chichester Location: Platte (20) Credits Offered: SW/Nursing Contact Hours/POST Legal Using Your Forensic Professional to Educate the Jury on Neurobiology of Trauma Catherine Vannier, Jennifer Sonsiadek Location: Clay (20) Credits Offered: SW/Nursing Contact Hours/POST |
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10:45 a.m. |
Break: Exhibit hall and vendors Location: Jackson Conference Room |
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11 a.m. (60-min breakouts) |
Advocacy Get There Before the Trafficker: Prevention Strategies for High-Risk Populations Carla Marroquin Location: Livingston (25) Credits Offered: SW/Nursing Contact Hours Medical Development of an Evidence-Based Protocol: Trauma-Informed Pelvic Exams in the Emergency Department Ashley Tuttle, CNM Location: Johnson (25) Credits Offered: SW/CME/Nursing Contact Hours Investigation Trauma-Informed Interviewing Techniques Det. Shannon Leeper Location: Anderson (20) Credits Offered: SW/POST Multidisciplinary The Battle Within: Working Through Secondary Trauma & Building Resilience Adam Magers Location: Platte (20) Credits Offered: Nursing Contact Hours/POST/MCLE Legal Seek Then Speak: A Tool for Prosecution Victoria Pickering Location: Clay (20) Credits Offered: SW/POST/MCLE |
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Noon |
Break: Lunch, exhibit hall, and vendors Location: Jackson Conference Room One social work continuing education credit for networking to be awarded |
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1 p.m. |
Advocacy Intersection of Intimate Partner Violence and Human Trafficking: Challenges and Trends Kayla Ross, Olivia Trice Location: Livingston (25) Credits Offered: SW Medical Understanding Bias and Engaging with Disproportionately Affected Survivors Brandi Fisher Location: Johnson (25) Credits Offered: SW/CME/Nursing Contact Hours Investigation Pathways to Healing for Survivors of Sexual Harm and Those Who Sexually Harm: A Restorative Justice Approach Caroline Atkinson, Tina Malinowski Location: Anderson (20) Credits Offered: SW/POST Multidisciplinary Sexual Violence and Bias: A Case Study Heather DeVore, MD Location: Platte (20) Credits Offered: SW/Nursing Contact Hours/POST/MCLE Legal Elder Justice: More Than a Civil Matter, More Than a Family Matter Catherine Vannier Location: Clay (20) Credits Offered: SW/Nursing Contact Hours/POST/MCLE |
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2 p.m. |
Break: Exhibit hall and vendors Location: Jackson Conference Room |
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2:15 p.m. |
Advocacy Working With Domestic Violence Survivors and with Limited English Populations Monica Mayberry Location: Livingston (25) Credits Offered: SW/Nursing Contact Hours Health Care Choose Your Words Wisely: Injury Identification, Documentation, and Court Testimony Amber Ban Location: Johnson (25) Credits Offered: SW/Nursing Contact Hours Investigation Strangulation Investigation Det. Shannon Leeper Location: Anderson (20) Credits Offered: SW/POST Multidisciplinary Hiding in Plain Sight: The Benefits of the Suspect Exam Morgan Wood Location: Platte (20) Credits Offered: SW/Nursing Contact Hours/POST Legal Criminal Case Mediation: A New Pathway to Justice Melanie Lux, Dani Sediqzad Location: Clay (20) Credits Offered: SW/POST |
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2:45 p.m. |
Break Exhibit Hall/Vendors Location: Jackson Conference Room |
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3 p.m. |
Keynote Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery: Mass Casualty Response
Location: Estes Conference Room Credits Offered: SW/CME/Nursing Contact Hours/POST/MCLE |
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