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Workshops B

B-01

Safety at Work: Verbal De-escalation of Aggressive People (Part 1 of 2) - It's hard to do good work when you are afraid of being hurt or overwhelmed. This training will present concrete strategies, suitable for everyone - from social services to law enforcement, to verbally de-escalate aggressive individuals. Vivid descriptions and true-to-life role playing of behaviors in question give participants an almost first-hand experience of facing aggressive or frightening individuals.

B-02

Fathers and Domestic Violence - This presentation will present research on the perceptions of parenting among men in batterer's treatment programs. It will explore the unique challenges of conducting research with this population and share the findings of the research.

B-03

Changes in Feelings of Sexual Abusers During Sexual Aggression - In this advanced workshop, results from a study in which 105 adult child molesters were asked about a set of 22 feelings (e.g., angry, anxious, ashamed, cared for, excited, happy, loved, powerful, scared, sexually aroused, strong and worthless) they had before, during and after they abused others sexually. In addition they were asked, if it applied, about the same set of feelings during their own sexual victimization as well as details about who they sexually abused, their MO and other characteristics of their sexual aggression. Treatment implications are offered.

B-04

Ethical Challenges for Judges, Lawyers, and Other Professionals in Juvenile Law (Part 1 of 2) - Our court system owes its greatest responsibility to its most vulnerable clients - children affected by the system - yet courts are in many respects under-resourced. The adversary system, procedural formalities, and costs create many ethical dilemmas for those professionals charged with the extraordinary duty of furthering the best interests of children. This interactive session will identify both overarching and specific examples of such dilemmas, pose challenges, and suggest solutions.

B-05

Microsoft X-Box Forensics and Undercover Operations - Online gaming has opened new communication mechanisms online predators and other criminals can use to further their goals. This session will overview the technology behind the Xbox and Xbox 360 game console and Xbox live online game service. Following overview of the technology, specific information will be shared on how to forensically examine the Xbox and Xbox 360 consoles as well as guidance in conducting undercover operations in the online gaming world.

B-06

Child Sexual Abuse Images - We Have To Do More! - Only 12% of women victimized by child sexual abuse ever disclose in childhood. Consequently when a child is ready to make an outcry, many wheels will turn in response. However, when sexual abuse is discovered because of pictures, videotapes or computer images, victims most commonly deny that they have been abused in this manner. This workshop will discuss strategies for professionals who are seeking to interview and provide services for children who have been the victims of sexual abuse images. Victim impact will be an important discussion particularly when family members are involved in this form of child abuse.

B-07

"Tortured Children, Brutal Acts: A Complete Investigation of Child Victims and Child Witnesses"(Part 1 of 2) - This interdisciplinary workshop examines components of a complete investigation of those horrific cases where pain and agony has been intentionally inflicted upon children, as well as cases in which children have witnessed horrible acts. Panel members representing law enforcement, specialized child interviewers, prosecution, and mental health will discuss their specific roles and how these roles come together to protect children from further harm as well as to successfully prosecute the abusers.

B-08

The Ombudsman's Unique Role in Child Protection/Child Welfare - The Washington State Office of the Family and Children's Ombudsman (OFCO) was established in state law to ensure that social service agencies respond reasonably and appropriately to children who may require state protection due to child abuse, neglect or abandonment, and the needs of their parents. OFCO fulfills its mission by intervening in individual cases, conducting administrative and systemic investigations, and issuing public reports.

In this training seminar, the presenters will highlight recurrent child safety concerns and social work practice that tend to trigger complaints to the ombudsman. They will provide examples of OFCO interventions in safety-related complaints, and identify practice issues that leave children at risk. They will also share what they've learned about working effectively with social service agencies, and how the ombudsman can assist individual social workers in advocating for children and families.

B-09

Returning from War: Effects on Veterans and their Children - We can expect that the returning Veterans will have to deal with readjustment issues and more serious problems such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Effects of deployment will be identified along with their impact on readjustment. War zone trauma can also affects families. Intergenerational Transmission describes the potential effects of trauma on the children of veterans. This workshop will describe trauma and PTSD, and identify the mechanisms by which the effects of trauma can be transmitted. Approaches to helping the trauma survivor and preventing or minimizing the effects on children will be identified and discussed.

B-10

Strengthening the Roles of Fathers Involved with CPS - How can we make our agencies and service providers more father-friendly? Why do we want to? How can we engage fathers without alienating mothers in difficult cases? Figuring out how best to work with and to engage families, always with the safety of and permanency for the child as the goal, is not easy. This workshop speaks to the opportunities, challenges, and lessons learned from the field in involving fathers in child welfare cases. It builds upon The Importance of Fathers in the Healthy Development of Children, a recent addition to the Child Abuse and Neglect User Manual Series, and the latest findings from the National Fatherhood Clearinghouse.

B-11

Sexually Coercive Girls and Boys: Differences? - This presentation will focus specifically on differences - and lack of differences - between the boys and the girls with respect to their own experiences of abuse and maltreatment, their clinical diagnoses, their neurocognitive deficits, their delinquent behaviors, their "deviant" or atypical sexual behaviors, and their hands-on aggressive sexual behaviors.

B-12

Child Sexual Abuse 101: Medical Findings for Non-medical Professionals - Describes normal anatomy and findings, patterns of injury in abuse, and significance of abnormalities and STDs. includes discussion of medical decision making process ("What's abnormal really mean?", medical certainty, etc.), and advice on working with medical types, during investigation and in court.

B-13

Treatment of Child and Adolescent Depression - Pediatric depression poses serious problems for treatment. First, it appears that certain classes of antidepressants, specifically tricyclic antidepressants, may be ineffective in children, and newer drugs may have only marginal efficacy. Second, antidepressants may paradoxically increase risk of suicide attempts, particularly in pediatric populations. This workshop will review literature on treatment, highlighting the few pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches that have been shown to be effective in controlled trials. Reasons for the limited efficacy of antidepressant drugs against pediatric depression will be discussed, along with therapeutic strategies that follow from these considerations.

B-14

Juvenile Sex Offenders - When the sex offender is himself or herself a child, the system and society have difficulty sorting out the complex issues involved. Due to these complexities and the fluid ever changing nature of the juvenile justice system, there is usually a lack of consensus on how to adequately handle juvenile sex offenders. As result, police and prosecutors have difficulty deciding how to appropriately investigate and prosecute these offenders.

Investigation and prosecution issues particular to juvenile offenders will be addressed in this workshop. Prosecutorial and investigative tactics will be offered that reflect the unique nature of juvenile sex offending.

B-15

Poverty and Foster Care - There is no doubt that poverty is connected to the demand for child welfare services of all kind - preventive, protective, and foster care. That said, the relationship between poverty and foster care is not a simple one. For example, during the 1990's, poverty rates among children dropped dramatically, but the foster care caseload continued to rise. In this session, findings from research that examines county poverty rates in relation to foster care placement rates will be examined. Special attention will be paid to the changes in poverty rates between 1990 and 2000 compare with placement rates during those same two years.

B-16

Methamphetamine and Child Welfare: Trends, Risk Factors, and Practice Implications - This workshop addresses current issues affecting child welfare practice related to the methamphetamine epidemic. Topics include: current trends in methamphetamine use, characteristics of persons who use methamphetamine, and the impact on child welfare practice; ways in which children are affected by parental methamphetamine use, and the risk factors for these families; and the implications of women's increased use of methamphetamine. The workshop presents recent research findings from treatment outcome studies on methamphetamine and highlights evidence-based practices. This workshop will be presented in lecture format with opportunities for discussion.

B-17

This workshop will demonstrate how to use effective strategies for compliance with ICWA. Learning how to engage multiple service providers, and practice the multiple elements of the Indian Child Welfare Act, will be the focus for the presentation. How various systems can work with tribes to achieve the intent of the Act would be described through a thoughtful description of the Washington tribal inter-governmental agreement and the Centennial accord.