“Keynote Address: Understanding Why: A Comprehensive and Critical Look at Child Sexual Exploitation“
Dr. Sharon Cooper, MD, FAAP
CEO of Developmental and Forensic Pediatrics
Presenter Bio:
Dr. Sharon Cooper, MD, FAAP, is the CEO of Developmental and Forensic Pediatrics, PA, a consulting firm that provides medical care, training, and expert witness experience in child maltreatment cases, as well as medical care for children with disabilities. She works regularly with numerous national and international investigative agencies on Internet crimes against children cases.
Having serving 21 years of active duty at several installations in the United States and overseas, Dr. Cooper is now a retired US Army colonel. She currently sees developmental and forensic patients on a regular basis at Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the largest army military installation in the world.
Description of Presentation:
This presentation discusses the differences between compliant victimization and self-exploitation. It will highlight the different types of child sexual exploitation and will include a component of the normalization of sexual harm which is ever present in society and the role that electronic media plays in grooming children, youth and families into high risk behaviors.
“Family Abduction“
Abby Potash-Team Hope Program Manager and Sam Fastow
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When Sam Fastow was 10 years old he was abducted by his father at the beginning of one of their weekend visitations. The next 8 1/2 months Sam spent with his father was a life that no young child should have to go through. He was not allowed to tell people his real name, where he was from, that he even had a mother and at one point he was isolated from the outside world completely. Sam was finally found and returned home to his mother. Unfortunately, Sam did not just lose those 8 1/2 months of his life, he lost years dealing with trust issues, family issues and worst of all identity issues. Now Sam is a 22 year old college student attending Temple University working toward a degree in Adult & Organizational Development. He is also involved in extracurricular activities; he is a Freshman Mentor, a member of Hillel and the President and a Founding Father of his fraternity. In addition, for the past 6 years Sam has become a major advocate for missing children. He has presented his experience and the issue of missing children at numerous events and conferences. Sam is also a co-author of a publication through the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; YouÕre Not Alone; The Journey of Abduction to Empowerment.
Abby is the mother of Sam, who was kidnapped by his non-custodial father in 1997. Sam was the 99th ADVO recovery. Abby attended the first Team HOPE training and became a volunteer for Team HOPE in 1998. She is currently the Team HOPE Program Manager. Abby has been instrumental in the growth of Team HOPE and the training of over 250 volunteers. In her capacity as Program Manager she has developed the training curricula, instructed and facilitated the volunteer trainings. She has personally assisted thousands of families in crisis, coordinates and manages the Team HOPE program, 6 Team Coordinators, and the Team HOPE volunteers. Abby has been a spokesperson for missing children since her sonÕs recovery in 1998. She has appeared on various TV programs, spoken at numerous conferences and ADVO events. Abby has also been involved in reunifications of parentally abducted children with their left behind parent. Abby will attend Bryn Mawr college in the Fall of 2009 pursuing her Masters Degree in Social Work. She is a consultant with Fox Valley Technical College presenting missing children issues to law enforcement and prosecutors.
Program Description:
Abduction in our country is a problem with over 58,000 stranger abductions a year, but that number pales in comparison to Family Abduction with over 250,000 a year. Sam Fastow, a young adult who was parentally abducted as a child, and his mother Abby will present the realities of this problem and the resources available to families who are victimized by this crime. Sam will provide a first-hand account of his experience as an abducted child; Abby will speak of her life as a left-behind parent. Both will share their unique perspectives and discuss the need for and the lack of appropriate services during the abduction, reunification, and post-reunification process. Abby will also discuss how her experiences led her to organize Team Hope, a partner service of NCMECÕs Family Advocacy Division that supports families in crisis through a volunteer peer-support network.
“NetSmartz“
NetSmartz staff
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NetSmartz, one of the most respected online hands-on Internet safety programs in the country, will join us with an update of their educational materials and plans for the future. NetSmartz is a leading educational initiative within the National Center for Missing or Exploited Children and provides a leading standard for on line internet safety education.
“When Can We Start?“
Don Hollowell
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So how old should our children be when we start talking about children's safety. This presentation will discuss the difference of empowerment and fear in early childhood safety education and focus on a successful approach used today for pre-school education all the way through elementary school. The time is now to teach our children how to be safe and stop telling them how.
“Samantha Pride Community Protection Program”
Erin Runnion
Founding Director of the Joyful Child Foundation
Presenter Bio
Founding Director of The Joyful Child Foundation, a nonprofit, dedicated to preventing child sexual abuse and abduction through programs that bring together and support our nationÕs communities in the protection and wonderment of all children. Launched in 2004.
Program Description:
This four hour certification model will provide all the attendees certification as Pride Facilitators or Pride Leaders in their community. The Pride program is quickly becoming seen as a national leader in community awareness and empowerment in childrens safety. This unique model of education is aimed at the parents, grandparents and adults within the community in the hope of educating and empowering families and communities with what they can do to break the cycle of violence in childrens lives - A revolutionary neighborhood watch approach to protecting the children in our communities.
“Internet in the Real World Today”
Suzanne McDonald, Mary and Alicia Kozakiewicz, Brad Russ, Steve Daley
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The World Wide Web has been a wonderful tool in our lives but like any technology without safety it can become a double edge sword. In this general session we will take an in depth look at the reality of the internet in our world today. Pornography on the Web is an epidemic in this presentation we will discuss the shocking truth a of child pornography on the web and its effect not only in society but in the family. We will also take a look at Internet Predators their tactics and trends and here the family perspective of this epidemic as well. This presentation will conclude with a brief update on how we are fighting this battle with technology, law enforcement and through education.
“Victimization in Courts”
Wendy Murphy
Program Description:
It is not just enough to catch dangerous criminals who pose a threat to child safety but there needs to be consequences that fit the crime. The legal system is too lax when it comes to dealing with criminals and a change needs to be made in order to make it more difficult for these people to be out roaming the streets again."
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“Child Pornogrophy on the Web”
Jamie
Program Description:
The world wide web has been a wonderful tool in our lives but like any technology without safety it can become a double edge sword. Pornography on the Web is an epidemic in this presentation we will focus on the area of child pornography. We will discuss the reality of this problem as it exists today and what parents and caregivers can do about it. This unique perspective from the presenter of the block includes the effects of this epidemic on a family. A block that should not be missed.
“Strong At The Broken Places: Resilient Survivors”
Linda T. (Lynn) Sanford
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Linda Sanford is a licensed independent social worker who began working with survivors of sexual assault in l973 and with children who have sexual behavior problems in 1983.
In the past twenty years, she has served as Clinical Director for: an outpatient trauma clinic; a 40 bed staff-secure facility for teen boys convicted of crimes against people; a 16 bed long-term locked psychiatric unit for teen girls; and most recently, a day school and residential treatment center for 95 latency-age children with profound learning differences, mental illness or attachment issues.
She is the author of Strong at the Broken Places (1990, 2004) and The Silent Children (1980). Sanford is also co-author of Women and Self-Esteem (1984) and In Defense of Ourselves (1978).
As well as providing training and consultation on a national basis, she is a faculty member at the HYPERLINK 'http://www.simmons.edu/gssw/' \t '_blank' Simmons College Graduate School of Social Work.
In 2002, Sanford received the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers Award for Outstanding Contribution to Social Work Practice.
Description of Presentation:
The myth of 'once damaged goods, always damaged goods' posits that a survivor of trauma is destined to continue patterns of abuse---against the self or others. Quite to the contrary, most survivors go on to lead healthy and fulfilling lives. Many, in fact, derive their greatest strengths in the very areas where they've been hurt the most, not only becoming strong, but 'strong at the broken places.' This presentation will include a showing of the documentary short 'Strong at the Broken Places' produced by the Oscar-winning Cambridge Documentary Films. After a brief discussion of the film, Aaron Antonovsky's 'salutogenic' (strengths-focused) model for resiliency will be presented as well as the characteristics that help survivors prevail over trauma.
John Reis
former commander of Providence, Rhode Island Police DepartmentÕs Youth Services Bureau
Presenter Bio
Lieutenant John Reis (retired) is the former commander of the Providence, Rhode Island Police Department's Youth Services Bureau. John established the School/Community Gang Intervention Team in that department and has over 20 years of experience working in the field of gang prevention, relationship violence, bullying and school safety.
Lt. Reis has spoken across the country on these issues and consulted for Youth Crime Watch of America, National Crime Prevention Council, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, New England Community Policing Consortium and numerous educational and human service agencies. He is Founder and President of the Rhode Island Juvenile Officer's Association and worked as Rhode Island's first Crime Prevention Specialist for the Department of Attorney General. He is also President of Friends of radKIDS. Friends of radKIDS is a support group for radKIDS.
Program Description:
In this presentation, we will share a comprehensive community approach to bullying prevention and elimination. This program includes an elementary and middle school presentation model for bullying prevention as well as how to follow up this education in the community with summer and aftercare programming and education.
Dave Rogers
Executive Director of the Missing Child Task Force
Presenters Bio:
David Rogers has 24 years of investigative experience, 18 years specializing in the investigation and recovery of missing children, and over 10 years of college- and academy level teaching in police sciences, investigative techniques, juvenile justice, and criminal justice. As director of the Missing Children Task Force, he has established an impressive 5 record of finding and recovering over 890 children in 49 different states in the U.S. and 14 different countries around the world. David has held the directorship of Missing Children Task Force since 1995 and still spends the greater portion of his time 'pounding the pavement' looking for missing kids.
Program Description:
In this presentation the often forgotten plight of runaways will be addressed with a brief discussion of the reasons for runaways asking the question: What are runaways running from? Are they running away or to something they think is better? The presentation will also include the hidden society of runaways in our culture and strive to answer the question how to we get the runaways back home. This A-Z approach is an overdue topic in the area of childrens safety, abuse and neglect and is an important issue for law enforcement and all advocates of childrens education and safety.
Ed Smart- Father of Elizabeth Smart
Erin Runnion- Founding Director of the Joyful Child Foundation
Steve Daley- Executive Director of radKIDS
Presenter Bio:
Mr. Daley, assumed the responsibilities and duties of the first Executive Director of radKIDS¨ after working in the field of law enforcement for over 20 years. His diverse educational background includes a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice from Bryant College as well as a Masters Degree in Education from Cambridge College. Steve's Masters Degree included specialized concentrations in Elementary Education and Accelerated Learning Theories. Today, Steve continues to promote the radKIDS¨ program from radKIDS¨ headquarters located in South Dennis, MA. He promotes and teaches the radKIDS¨ program. He travels extensively across the country empowering communities with their own radKIDS programs.
Erin Runnion is the Founding Director of The Joyful Child Foundation, a nonprofit, dedicated to preventing child sexual abuse and abduction through programs that bring together and support our nationÕs communities in the protection and wonderment of all children. Launched in 2004.
Program Description:This presentation will focus on the announcement of a comprehensive and revolutionary educational initiative in protecting children from violence or harm. Ed Smart will lead this presentation of this unique holistic program that is designed to serve the entire community and provide a triangle of safety to break the cycle of violence in our children's lives. By combining hands on childrens safety education (radKIDS) with community empowerment awareness and education (Samantha Pride Community Protection Program), and the National Child ID Kit this revolutionary collaboration focus on protecting our children with a triangle of safety from within the child and throughout the community.
" details[13] = "“The Missing and The Media: How to Effectively Use the Media“
Brian Zelasko and Brenda Garton
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This presentation will focus on the role of the media in assisting in the recovery and investigation of a missing child. The presentation will also include a technological update including the Amber Alert System and tools the media has that can help. This presentation will also include the unique perspectives of missing children familyÕs needs and experiences with the media in their lives.
Floy Turner
Consultant for U.S. Department of Justice
Presenter Bio
Ms. Turner assisted in the development of the Human Trafficking curriculum for Basic Law Enforcement Training and Incentive Classes for Florida Police OfficerÕs Standards and has been a guest speaker at many local, state and federal training sessions including the FBIÕs Women in Law Enforcement Conference in 2004.
In 2004 Ms. Turner was awarded the State Law Enforcement Officer of the Year at Florida Missing ChildrenÕs Day.
Program Description:
In this presentation participants will receive an orientation of the issues of human trafficking of children. This presentation will inform the participants of the problem of human trafficking and the ways and means to combat it. The recognized legal definition of the team Òhuman traffickingÓ is not widely known, it is in fact modern day slavery, involving the exploitation of persons and children for commercial sex or forced labor. Human trafficking is a multi-billion dollar global problem that impacts the United States. Topics covered in this presentation will include the nature and scope of human trafficking and the efforts of both governmental and nongovernmental agencies to deal with these complex issues. Upon completion of this presentation, participants will have gained an awareness of victim identification and rescue issues. They will learn investigative techniques and methods to build a human trafficking case. Prosecutorial considerations for a successful conclusion, with victim needs, will be addressed.
Bob Smither
Co-Founder Laura Recovery Center
Presenter Bio
Bob Smither was born in Texas on August 26, 1944. He attended the University of Houston where he received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering. Bob worked for several companies in the Houston area before incorporating Circuit Concepts, Inc., an engineering consulting firm, in 1978. He has been president of Circuit Concepts, Inc. since that time. Dr. Smither taught Electrical Engineering at the University of Houston for 13 years during which time he supervised master and Ph.D. students. He has made 13 technical presentations, authored 15 technical papers, and holds 19 patents. He is a member of several engineering and honor societies. Bob was active with Armand Bayou Nature Center and served on the board of directors, was a volunteer with Boy Scouts of America, while his son was a member, and founded and is active with the Gulf Coast Turtle and Tortoise Society. He is a science and math teacher for Home Education Partnership, teaching courses to home school students. After the abduction and murder of their daughter Laura Kate Smither Bob and his wife Gay, co-founded the Laura Recovery Center Foundation for missing children. He is an active volunteer with the Foundation and maintains the web site and computer resources.
Program Description
Often it takes a community to find a missing child. Learn from a national leader in the community policing process how families, communities, and law enforcement officers can set up and establish a thorough and systematic search for our missing loved ones.
Program Description:
The United States is the global leader in distribution and manufacturing of child pornography. New technology has been developed that can pinpoint the exact locations and computers of 570,000 predators in the U.S. Learn about the good news and bad news surrounding this powerful technology.
“Strong At The Broken Places: Resilient Survivors”
Linda T. (Lynn) Sanford
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Linda Sanford is a licensed independent social worker who began working with survivors of sexual assault in l973 and with children who have sexual behavior problems in 1983.
In the past twenty years, she has served as Clinical Director for: an outpatient trauma clinic; a 40 bed staff-secure facility for teen boys convicted of crimes against people; a 16 bed long-term locked psychiatric unit for teen girls; and most recently, a day school and residential treatment center for 95 latency-age children with profound learning differences, mental illness or attachment issues.
She is the author of Strong at the Broken Places (1990, 2004) and The Silent Children (1980). Sanford is also co-author of Women and Self-Esteem (1984) and In Defense of Ourselves (1978).
As well as providing training and consultation on a national basis, she is a faculty member at the HYPERLINK 'http://www.simmons.edu/gssw/' \t '_blank' Simmons College Graduate School of Social Work.
In 2002, Sanford received the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers Award for Outstanding Contribution to Social Work Practice.
Description of Presentation:
The myth of 'once damaged goods, always damaged goods' posits that a survivor of trauma is destined to continue patterns of abuse---against the self or others. Quite to the contrary, most survivors go on to lead healthy and fulfilling lives. Many, in fact, derive their greatest strengths in the very areas where they've been hurt the most, not only becoming strong, but 'strong at the broken places.' This presentation will include a showing of the documentary short 'Strong at the Broken Places' produced by the Oscar-winning Cambridge Documentary Films. After a brief discussion of the film, Aaron Antonovsky's 'salutogenic' (strengths-focused) model for resiliency will be presented as well as the characteristics that help survivors prevail over trauma.
Floy Turner
Consultant Educator
Program Description
We have all heard about the Amber Alert, but do you really know how it works? Learn how the Amber Alert program and CART Teams, a rapid response hands on unit of the National Missing Center, is making a difference every day.
Fran Doll
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This presentation will be shared by the founder of Grandparents Against Sexual Predators a relatively new organization from Ohio that is beginning to spread nationwide. The focus of this topic will be focused on tapping into a caring, experienced and passionate resource for children's safety. This community advocacy group is focused on providing services to supports victims of violence as well as law enforcements efforts to assist in the prevention of victimization of children in the area of sexual assault and molestation.
“Gangs- Good or Bad and What's Next“
Nicholas Cotto
Springfield area gang coordinator
Program Description:
This presentation will discuss the reality of the gangs in our communities today. What is a gang? Are they good or Bad? Why do they happen and what do we do next? are some of the questions that will be covered in this dynamic presentation. This society phenomenon has been in existence for centuries throughout the world so what are we doing to turn a negative into a positive.
“Responder Self Care, Brain, Body and Spirit“
Duane Bowers
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Duane T. Bowers, LPC is a grief therapist and educator in private practice, and author of Guiding Your Family Through Loss and Grief. As a therapist DuaneÕs specialty is working with survivors of traumatic death and suicide, which includes assisting families who must identify loved ones at the DC Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, through the Wendt Center for Loss and Healing.
Program Description:
Nationally recognized and respected grief counselor and educator, Duane Bowers addresses issues surrounding critical incident stress as it relates to work with children and families in crisis. In other words, itÕs time to ask yourself: 'How am I doing.'
Kimberly Gleason
New England Regional Director/State Co-Chair American Foundation of Suicide Prevention
Program Description:
American Foundation of Suicide Prevention Suicide is the fifth leading cause of death among children 5-14 years of age and is often characterized as a response to a single event or set of circumstances. However, in most instances, suicide is much more involved and complex, so our efforts to understand it must incorporate many approaches. Kimberly Gleason presents the latest information regarding teen suicide.
“Keynote Address“
Erika N. Cannon, M.Ed.
Community Outreach/Education Coordinator
Elizabeth Buffum Chace Center
Warwick, RI
www.ebccenter.org
Presenter Bio
Erika Cannon, M.Ed., is the coordinator of community outreach and education fro the Elizxabeth Buffum Chace Center in Warwick, RI. She provides presentations and workshops on issues related to domestic violence including bullying, conflict resolution, and dating violence. Using her knowledge of best practices in bullying prevention and more than ten years of experience working with youth, she has successfully collaborated with schools to develop and implement comprehensive bullying prevention programs. She received her M.Ed. in Guidance and Counseling from Providence College and her B.S. in Criminal Justice from Northeastern University’s College of Criminal Justice. She is a radKids instructor as well as a certified Rhode Island law enforcement instructor.
Program Description:
This discussion will empower schools, parents, and educational advocates with options and game plans to break the cycle of bullying and in the process support not only the victims, but also the bystanders and the bullies. A must see for all parents and educators.
Workshop Objectives/Goals
-Provide participants will gain a comprehensive overview of what constitutes bullying.
-Participants will gain knowledge regarding best practices in effective bullying prevention.
-Participants will learn to implement specific prevention/intervention strategies that support targets, empower bystanders and hold aggressors accountable.
“Fighting for Our Children: Child Advocacy”
Jennifer Wirz, M.S.
Mental Health Professional and radKIDS Instructor
Richmond, MN
Presenter Bio:
Jennifer has been working in violence prevention for over 10 years and in children’s mental health for the past 4 years. Her special interest, both through the radKIDS organization and in her work has been in understanding and preventing child-on-child violence. Jennifer has a Master’s degree in counseling and is a certified radKIDS instructor. She is actively perusing her professional counseling license and her radKIDS Instructor Trainer development.
Description of Presentation:
Unlike playground fighting, relational aggression is a much more insidious form of bullying. Even when it’s less obvious, it can be terribly destructive and almost impossible to stop with policies. We’ll look at sources and styles of relational aggression and talk about the protective factors that can make a difference for kids who are suffering.
Workshop Goals/Objectives:
-Identify sources of relational aggression
-Understand methods of aggressive behavior
-Examine protective factors
-Discuss strategies for improving school climate
“Never Give Up, Never Give In”
Stephen M. Daley, MA Ed
Executive Director/Founder radKIDS, Inc.
South Dennis, MA (508) 760-2080
www.radkids.org
Presenter Bio:
An accomplished national trainer and instructor specializing in police officer safety training and survival skills, Stephen M. Daley left his distinguished 20 year law enforcement career to dedicate his life to the goal of putting the power of personal protection in the hands of children.
As founder and current Executive Director of radKIDS, Inc., Steve has trained over 2400 instructors in 45 states and Canada who provide the radKIDS programs to their communities. This national network of instructors has trained over 100,000 children techniques to escape violence, harm and abduction. To date 37 children have escaped actual abduction attempts by using their radKIDS techniques.
Steve’s diverse educational background includes a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice from Bryant College as well as a Masters Degree in Education from Cambridge College. Steve regularly speaks at national conferences, sharing his insight and expertise in the field of children’s safety and has gained national attention and support from national news sources such as America’s Most Wanted, Good Morning America, The CBS Early Show, the Today Show, CNN, and The Nancy Grace Show. Today, Steve promotes the radKIDS program from radKIDS headquarters. He continues to teach the radKIDS program and travels extensively across the country empowering communities with their own radKIDS programs.
Description of Presentation:
In this presentation you will learn about the revolutionary children’s safety and life skills program that does not tell your children how to stay safe but instead teaches them. The radKIDS program empowers our children with options, choices and instinctive physical resistance skills to escape abduction, bullying, child abuse, and sexual assault. Imagine being able to live life and never be anyone’s victim. A must see for all.
Discover how the ICAC Task Force, a leader in both education and enforcement in the area of Internet Safety, is helping state and local law enforcement agencies enhance their investigative response to Internet offenders or other computer technology offenses used to sexually exploit children.
" details[6] = "“Sticks & Stones…A Look at Bullying”
Lt. (Ret.) John Reis
President
Friends of radKIDS
Warwick, RI
Presenters Bio:
Lieutenant John Reis (retired) is the former commander of the Providence, RI, police department’s Youth Services Bureau. He established the School/Community Gang Intervention Team in that department and has over twenty years of experience working in the field of gang prevention, relationship violence, bullying, and school safety. Lt. Reis has spoken throughout the country and has consulted for Youth Crime Watch of America, national Crime Prevention Council, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, New England Community Policing Consortium, and numerous educational and human service agencies.
He is founder and President of the Rhode Island Juvenile Officer’s Association, President of the RI Crime Prevention Association (RICPA) and worked as Rhode Island’s first Crime Prevention Specialist for the Department of Attorney General.
He has also designed a unique, multi-modal approach to preventing youth violence, entitled The Pave Project.
Workshop Description:
This workshop is a look at youth based street gangs in the United States with an emphasis on New England based gangs. It is a social and cultural perspective that explores crip, blood, people, and folk nations including how and why gangs are formed, gang crime motivators, gang identifiers and prevention and intervention strategies. The workshop utilizes Power Point, lecture, DVD and handouts.
Workshop Goals/Objectives:
-Definition of a gang
-The nations
-Structure of a gang
-Individual levels of involvement
-Motivational factors
-Gang crime motivators
-Gang identifiers
-Gangs and schools
-Gang prevention and intervention strategies
According to a recent study, one out of every five 6th–8th grader has tried “huffing,” inhaling household products to get high. Learn about the risks, trends, signs, and symptoms of inhalant abuse in our children’s lives and how we can fight this danger. A must see for parents, law enforcement, and educators.
" details[8] = "It Can’t Happen To Me!This presentation will discuss current and proposed legislation for stricter sentencing guidelines for child predators, including the revolutionary “The Adam Walsh Act” children’s safety act passed last July. Learn how you can make your voice heard. Amber Alert and Cart Teams: An Inside Look Jenni Thompson, Consultant/Educator, Fox Valley Technical Community College We have all heard of the Amber Alert, but do you really know how it works? Learn how the Amber Alert program and CART Teams, a rapid response hands-on unit of the National Missing Center, is making a difference every day.
" details[9] = "Working Through the TraumaWhen a child goes missing, wouldn’t it be great to reach 1,000 homes and community members in a minute? We can and do today. Find out how every community can tap into existing technology to enlist volunteers to help find our children.
" details[10] = "Education is the Answer!
David Rogers
Executive Director/Lead Investigator
Missing Children Task Force
Littleton, CO
www.childfinders.org
Presenters Bio
Mr. Rogers has spent the last thirty years investigating criminal and civil cases. For the last twenty years his focus has been on finding missing children. To date, he has been involved in assisting in the recovery of nearly 1,200 children. For nine years he has alos been an adjunct professor/instructor at the AIMS Community College and Peace Officer’s Academy. Mr. Rogers has been certified as an Expert Witness in the Colorado State Courts and Federal Court system in the areas of missing children and the investigation of missing children cases.
Mr. Rogers holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management with a minor in Criminal Justice and holds a Police Officer Certificate in Colorado, although he is not working as a police officer.
Program Description:
The workshop is broken down into three specific areas; first, an outline of how the Task Force works in Colorado, second, the benefits of working together and third, what it takes to make a task force work and reasons to be involved.
Workshop Objectives/ Goals:
-To educate the area law enforcement agencies of resources that can be made available to them through outside agencies to assist them in the locating and recovering of their missing children.
-The benefit that working together has on the outcome of missing children cases.
Often it takes a community to find a missing child. Learn from a national leader in the community policing process how families, communities, and law enforcement officers can set up and establish a thorough and systematic search for our missing loved ones.
" details[12] = "Samantha’s Pride Certification BlockEnlisting the watchful eyes of the community is the foundation of Samantha’s Pride, a neighborhood child protection program designed to empower neighbors to protect children from sexual abuse and abduction. Learn how this innovative grassroots program is making our communities and children safer.
" details[13] = "Having a Plan Makes all the DifferenceIn this block Child Protection of America will discuss the holistic approach and resources necessary to bring our children home as well as the powerful tools of the bloodhound and K9 unit. Learn how to get a bloodhound in your community.
" details[14] = "Amber Alert / CARTAnnmarie Mires, Ph.D.
Presenters Bio
Dr. Mires is a Forensic Anthropologist who works at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Boston and as a consultant to the Molly Bish Center for the Protection of Children and the Elderly. She also teaches Forensic Anthropology as an adjunct professor at the University of Massachusetts, Anna Maria College, Bay Path College, and Southern New England School of Law. She received her BA in Anthropology from the University of New Hampshire, a MA in Anthropology from the University of Arkansas, and a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She is a member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and has contributed to research in facial reconstruction, geo-location of clandestine remains, mass fatality identification and preparedness. In addition to her publications in peer-reviewed journals, Dr. Mires has given numerous public lectures and presentations at annual meetings of many scientific associations.
Program Description:
Learn how families can reinvigorate a cold case and put new life into an investigation that can give us the answers we so desperately need, help take predators off the streets, or find our missing loved ones.
Nearly 80 percent of all children abducted in America are abducted by a parent or family member. Who better to know how this crime is perceived than from the eyes of a child who lived it? In this powerful presentation you will learn how a child’s voice is making a difference in improving the services available to family abduction victims.
" details[16] = "What about the Family? Team HopeA lifeline for parents in crisis and part of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s Family Advocacy Division, Team Hope is an essential resource assisting families with missing children by offering counsel, resources, empowerment, and emotional support from trained volunteers, who have had or still have a missing child. A must see for law enforcement officers, educators, and social workers.
Program Description:
Approximately 2,000 children go missing every day in our country. Thousands of family members are in need of support from the impact of every parent's worst nightmare. This session will provide you with the understanding and tools you need to support families with missing children. A review of the programs of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) will be presented. One specific program of NCMEC, Team HOPE, will be presented. A lifeline for parents in crisis and part of the NCMEC's Family Advocacy Division, Team Hope is an essential resource assisting families with missing children by offering counsel, resources, empowerment, and emotional support from trained volunteers, who have had or still have a missing child.
A personal experienced of parental abduction will be shared relating the impact the trauma had on this mother and her family. This workshop will then present and discuss an intervention modality used when providing support to parents and families of missing children. The session will conclude with a question and answer opportunity for participants in reference to the model, NCMEC and Team HOPE.
" details[17] = "radKIDS Simulation Traininng
Steve Williams
President
Pacific Coast RAD and radKIDS, LLC
San Diego, CA
Presenters Bio:
Steve has been a radKIDS instructor since 2001 and a RAD instructor since 1995. He is currently in the process to become a radKIDS Instructor Trainer. He serves as the radKIDS region 10 director .Steve recently retired after 30 yrs service with San Diego State University Police department where he taught RAD and radKIDS classes for the university community. He also co-teaches the Simulation Instructor Development course when offered at the annual RAD conference. He reinforces safe and effective management of simulation exercises by enthusiastically assisting other California radKIDS programs.
Description of Presentation:
This course will provide insight to all radKIDS instructors who offer simulation in their program. Key points will include how to organize and successfully complete simulation exercises, all aspects of proper equipment, guardian angel and simulation responsibilities, hands-on with the equipment and how to safely orchestrate each scenario.
Workshop Objectives/ Goals:
To provide participants with a step by step training model to successfully and safely orchestrate radKIDS simulation exercises.
The Possibilities conference closing session will be an insightful summary discussion among Possibilities conference participants and a distinguished panel of Child Safety advocates and experts who will share lessons learned and concrete ways in which communities can work together to create Possibilities for the health and safety of our nation’s children.
" details[19] = "“Amber Alert and Cart Teams: An Inside Look”
Floy Turner
Ret. Florida Department of Law Enforcement
the National Missing Center
Presenters Bio:
Floy Turner has just retired from Florida Department of Law Enforcement where she was one of the key people who developed and then supervised a regional CART program. A formost expert on CART Floy is the only one in the country to have run a mock-CART exercise that was incredibly successful. She has been a part of AMBER Alert Training programs since their inception.
Workshop Description:
We have all heard of the Amber Alert, but do you really know how it works in your state and throughout the nation? Learn how the Amber Alert program and CART Teams, a rapid response hands on unit of the National Missing Center is making a difference every day.
J. Robert Flores
A longtime advocate for children, J. Robert Flores has led a distinguished career in juvenile and criminal justice. Currently the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, a position he assumed in April 2002, Mr. Flores previously served in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, where he worked on issues related to child exploitation and obscenity.
Mr. Flores is an experienced lawyer and former prosecutor with expertise in Internet crime, child abuse and exploitation, and juvenile justice issues. In his role as OJJDP Administrator, he has spearheaded efforts to increase and improve Federal interagency cooperation, serving as Vice Chairman of the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. In keeping with the President's management initiatives to make the Federal government more efficient, Mr. Flores has initiated three pilot programs to address youth gangs, reduce child prostitution, and improve the juvenile justice system. Under his leadership, OJJDP has expanded its efforts to respond to the online exploitation of children and significantly increased the involvement of faith-based and community organizations in its programming.
Before his OJJDP appointment, Mr. Flores was the Vice President and Senior Counsel for the National Law Center for Children and Families. From 1989 to 1997, Mr. Flores was Senior Trial Attorney and Acting Deputy Chief in the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Criminal Division, of the U.S. Department of Justice. During his tenure in the Criminal Division, he supervised several national investigations, including the U.S. Customs Service's Operation Long Arm, which targeted individuals in the United States who imported child pornography from a foreign-based bulletin board service, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Innocent Images effort to halt distribution of child pornography images through an Internet service provider. Mr. Flores prosecuted United States v. Kimbrough, the first federal case involving computer child pornography to go to trial. He successfully argued the appeal to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
A devoted husband to his wife, Ingrid, and father to his three children, Robert, Katherine, and Claire, Mr. Flores has dedicated his professional life to our Nation's children. Before serving in the U.S. Department of Justice, Mr. Flores was an Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan, where he successfully prosecuted numerous child sexual abuse cases. Mr. Flores regularly lectures at conferences and seminars throughout the United States on child abuse and exploitation, criminal procedure, criminal and constitutional law, and investigative procedures and computer crime. He has also served as a consultant to federal and state legislators and government officials. In 1999, he was appointed to the Child Online Protection Act Commission by the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Dennis Hastert.
Mr. Flores earned his juris doctorate from Boston University School of Law and a bachelor's degree in business administration from Boston University School of Management.
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