[Mdt_members] MDT Weekly email week of 5/11/2015

Fri May 15 14:05:24 PDT 2015

MDT Weekly Email - May 15th, 2015
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Events and Resources

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Forensic Interviewing of Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Victims at Child Advocacy Centers<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001NJxxq2vAvRMexTiGv-F_KhNEHGhLIrpHlHZH7upQStnEcMS1QwrA8l5nFlgDzdeNYL9Hy8mezs0J4q4nsVzYxZcQUttFgZMrVqdR7fPjkHKViBRLg5iOsdit0pIPr-P6q7z52uTsag12x0RQwQpsWjjFCHm7lCaVeeLCfmpb5duzXshaFWOQbSItjqcQcMS5T5auWFNbo2O7zSap8eyzYjxuo-vcUK2VC6d01dQ073a6-e8WOKO-eI5bjm0nkyNwLI45flsSW9owWuik-oPKqA==&c=zX-dqZfndttF2Eg2XZnb0-7WwoRxxWP7O0DWtTcsWgaW6SN7ldlwwQ==&ch=QlWbT3x8L6u9qO3Dxr-sIVrdB5wOBPxaHMoSNKfyb_G6laKXNXwCYQ==>
Presenter: Iona Rudisill, LGSW
Tuesday, May 20, 2015
1:00 p.m. CT / 2:00 p.m. ET
Approximately 1.5 hours (90 min)

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the average age a person is targeted and lured into sex trafficking is between the ages of 12 - 14. Despite what most people want to believe, sex trafficking of minors is a crime that plagues the United States. Participants will learn how children with sexual abuse histories are at a higher risk of being sexually trafficked and becoming victims of commercial sexual exploitation. Participants will also learn how Child Advocacy Centers, along with a multidisciplinary team approach, can be utilized to identify potential victims, respond to these victims and conduct forensic interviews of sexually trafficked and commercial sexually exploited children.

Click HERE<http://www.cvent.com/events/webinar-forensic-interviewing-of-domestic-minor-sex-trafficking-victims-at-children-s-advocacy-cente/event-summary-332b5c38a60e4145aa12039b437b59ce.aspx> to register

Space is limited, so if you are not sure you can attend, please be courteous to others and plan to view the webinar when it is archived within two weeks after the original airing.  All of NCAC webinars are archived  on the Online Training Courses<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001NJxxq2vAvRMexTiGv-F_KhNEHGhLIrpHlHZH7upQStnEcMS1QwrA8iwahnA7HMv7X-11GTyzl6hZQVQjC13xJI06ibj6umh2hkiyyGqSWSWSihKkJ03NXcnnTgtFBYOakdFUS-tRX1vzCMNIMWgdOj9NwhFCkr6IwojqmZZbAPLhRz1t13Z2npJOlmKTF5LXku5UBD3dLfg03aU5_22y8_cH482mwy46wMRkwuE81dM=&c=zX-dqZfndttF2Eg2XZnb0-7WwoRxxWP7O0DWtTcsWgaW6SN7ldlwwQ==&ch=QlWbT3x8L6u9qO3Dxr-sIVrdB5wOBPxaHMoSNKfyb_G6laKXNXwCYQ==> page of the NCAC website.
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Crime Victim Law Conference
May 28-29, 2015
Portland, Oregon
NCVLI's annual Crime Victim Law Conference, the only national conference focused on crime victim law!

The 14th annual Conference is designed for attorneys, advocates, and other professionals serving victims to acquire and enhance their knowledge and skills necessary to best serve victims.  Legal topics taught will inform the work of non-attorneys and the advocacy topics will inform attorneys' work!  Click Here<https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07e9zt9eoz6e77a961&oseq=&c=&ch=> to register.

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Training Opportunity
Child Abuse Training for Judicial and Court Personnel<http://listmanager.lmbps.com/t/2852113/48988826/1580/0/>. OJJDP seeks to provide judicial, legal, and social service professionals with training and technical assistance to enhance their understanding that commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of minors are acts of abuse and violence against children and adolescents and to meet the other challenges that they face. Applications are due by June 2, 2015.
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Law Enforcement Training on Child Exploitation
[ICAC Task Force]The OJJDP-funded Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Program<http://ojjdp.gov/programs/ProgSummary.asp?pi=3> will provide the "2015 National Law Enforcement Training on Child Exploitation" on June 2-4, 2015, in Atlanta, GA. This conference will offer free training to law enforcement on combatting technology-facilitated crimes against children.
Resources:
Register<https://www.icactaskforce.org/Conferences/NatlConf2015/Pages/ConfReg.aspx> to attend the ICAC training conference.
Learn more<https://www.icactaskforce.org/Pages/ICACTFP.aspx> about the ICAC Task Force.
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The Western Regional Children's Advocacy Center is hosting a Corroborating the Forensic Interview Training June 16-17 in Vancouver, Washington. This training is intended for MDT partners who work closely with a CAIC (this is a requirement for registration) such as prosecutors and detectives who investigate child abuse in association with CAIC interviews.  I attended a one day version of this training at the Child Abuse Summit and the trainers were top notch. Please see the attached flyer for more information.
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Information
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MDT Members may be interested in the May Multnomah County Family Violence Coordinating Council Update (see below) which, in honor of Mother's Day, focuses on ways of supporting mothers experiencing domestic violence as those mothers work to ensure the health, safety and well-being of their children. Additional resources not mentioned in this article include the projects funded by Safer Futures<http://www.doj.state.or.us/victims/pages/safer_futures.aspx>.

Supporting Moms Experiencing Domestic Violence

As advocates, counselors, police officers, lawyers, and other professionals we see daily the impacts of domestic violence on mothers caring for their children.  We also see these same mothers working diligently to best ensure their children's safety and well-being.  As we approach Mother's Day, it seems fitting to take an opportunity to recognize the moms that we work with and to brush up on strategies and resources for helping support them as individuals and as parents.

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Consider starting here with an opinion piece published in The New York Times last summer, exploring why Two-Parent Households Can Be Lethal<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/22/opinion/sunday/domestic-violence-and-two-parent-households.html?_r=1>.

Continue on by expanding your understanding of how to support mothers experiencing domestic violence with some tips from Promising Futures<http://promising.futureswithoutviolence.org/what-do-kids-need/supporting-parenting/>.

Take a dive into the complexities of child custody in domestic violence cases by getting the facts on custody laws and parental kidnapping at WomensLaw.org<http://www.womenslaw.org/laws.php> and reading up on the Battered Women's Justice Project's Custody Project.<http://www.bwjp.org/custody.aspx>

Don't forget to familiarize yourself with local resources to support mothers.  Here are a few to get you started:

  *   The Safe Families Collaborative<http://bradleyangle.org/services/youth-and-family-services/> offers free and confidential parenting support services for survivors of domestic violence;

  *   Impact NW<http://impactnw.org/main-navigation/programs/early-childhood/domestic-violence-services/> has a long history in our community of offering programs to survivors who are parents.  Opportunities include a variety of home and community-based services, groups, and co-located advocacy with Gresham Child Welfare;

  *   Insights provides STRONG Moms<http://www.insightstpp.org/programs.html> groups for pregnant and parenting young women who have previously or are currently experiencing intimate partner violence;

  *   The Baby Blues Connection<http://babybluesconnection.org/bbc/> is there to serve women and families coping with pregnancy and postpartum mood disorders with peer support and group meetings.

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For those of you working with survivors looking to find or maintain housing, the Know Your Rights booklet<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001tTtbQOyEKiSJ4GGNk4xSqnuOzFA2uHHDAvE1geWqbVR8KeSczwnss8Sx7M6UZUsCAw1eSFBhDMigHWZQylASwV7Mv2PjF1wkw1kXs08gNaolZsG1dKfmrUto98iDnAP-yXrJgu3SosBm-boDZt-bYW7ud3MW2fGVsYDj799F1w3E20l7UEnpQAEcDfcT_H8VYkZJ8mvWHBg=&c=6pKyqDVkMPt-zDGLVJ6CtgiOjMkMN460TfLef1rmsAlKl-atofiaKw==&ch=NpwI-suCOh2eGXJeO--lIweTAy0o7o5Y_rKbb6lusSSVZATEB8KT1g==> created by Community Alliance of Tenants and Know Your City might be of interest to you.  Told in a unique comic book style format, this guide is a user-friendly resource for anyone who might be facing an eviction or working with someone who is.
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