TCC

In 2021 the Washington State Legislature passed the Keeping Families Together Act (HB 1227) in recognition that children and families are best served when children are cared for by their loved ones and in their communities. This legislation goes into effect on Jul 1, 2023 and fundamentally changes how courts make decisions about child safety, including consideration of the short-term and long-term harms that a child is likely to experience as a result of being forcibly removed from the home. These changes acknowledge the inherent disruptions in attachment and development that occur as a result of being removed from a parent or primary caregiver, even in situations of abuse and neglect. This presentation will provide a high-level overview of the statutory changes resultant of the Keeping Families Together Act and introduce the tools, trainings, and resources that have been developed to support courts in implementing this historical legislative change.

Participants will enhance their existing trauma lens to encompass all types of trauma including historical and intergenerational trauma and how this impacts service provision today and share this perspective as the operate on child teams. We will explore trauma informed cultural supports and how to advocate for these services. We will discuss potential modifications to existing materials to increase the tailoring and availability of these materials and resources for the children and families being served.

This unique workshop is presented by a survivor of childhood trauma and exposure tointimate partner violence with a narration of her mother and their family story woven
throughout. Rarely are provider audiences given the opportunity to hear the
generational impact of violence in this type of venue. Both adult and child perspectives
are explored around what was happening including issues related to immigration,
parenting, mental health, substance abuse, child protection services, law enforcement
response, services for battered women and the need to engage men in changing
battering behaviors and gender-based violence. This is story of healing, redemption,
loss, trauma across the lifespan, the impact of system and providers and the tenacity to
succeed.

The multi-disciplinary team’s response to special victims cases (crimes against children, family violence, sexual assault) is complex. The heavy burden of these complex assignments, however, is routinely overlooked. This workshop will candidly explore the challenges that arise from constantly working within the trauma-specific to special victims cases and the effects on those who handle them. Participants will be encouraged to consider the unique impact these cases have on them and will be offered alternative solutions to traditional methods for how they are handled—including personnel assignments, investigations, interviews, and court testimony. Participants will discuss recognition and prevention of burnout and be provided strategies for leadership to build preventative measures into team dynamics. This workshop also serves as a platform for participants to open up about barriers to successfully juggling day-to-day duties, on and off the job, and normalize the emotional/mental toll of these unique cases.

Sex crime investigators, prosecutors, judges, probation officers, medical staff, child welfare workers and child/victim advocates should be familiar the various theories about the etiology of pedophilia and development of pro-offending attitudes, plus the more typical patterns of sexual offending (rape, sexual assault & computer crimes against children) committed by juvenile and adult sex offenders. This presentation will highlight (via video taped interviews with various sex offenders) some of the more common pathways to developing deviant sexual interests and criminal sexual behavior. In addition, the presenter will review various studies that examined the number of detected vs. undetected offenders and sexual crimes occurring in our communities, the true rate of false allegations and the average degree of “cross-over” or “crime switching” behavior sex offenders engage in. The misconceptions about “re-offense” and “recidivism” rates and the expected outcomes for sex offender treatment will also be addressed.

There are real challenges faced by CAC’s and the multidisciplinary teams that utilize them. This interactive, demonstrative workshop seeks to identify inherent obstacles to this process and educate attendees on multidisciplinary team best practice principles to attain a more functional MDT intervention.
This presentation will expose the most common challenges and provide solutions in a frank, yet humorous, way. This is a skills-based workshop wherein participants will learn collaborative intervention and investigative techniques designed for multidisciplinary team members. Coordination, intervention, and the importance of collaboration will be stressed. The presentation will include a discussion of critical areas of interdisciplinary cooperation, such as multidisciplinary team response to initial outcry and disclosure.

This unique workshop is presented by a survivor of childhood trauma and exposure tointimate partner violence with a narration of her mother and their family story woven
throughout. Rarely are provider audiences given the opportunity to hear the
generational impact of violence in this type of venue. Both adult and child perspectives
are explored around what was happening including issues related to immigration,
parenting, mental health, substance abuse, child protection services, law enforcement
response, services for battered women and the need to engage men in changing
battering behaviors and gender-based violence. This is story of healing, redemption,
loss, trauma across the lifespan, the impact of system and providers and the tenacity to
succeed.

This presentation will show detectives how to measure a successful interrogation for a Child Abuse/Human Trafficking Case by not just focusing on a confession but by also getting corroboration. This presentation will show detectives how an effective line of questioning can show deception from a suspect later in the interrogation. This presentation will show detectives how building a rapport with the suspect can go along way in developing corroboration.

For over a decade, technology has significantly changed how youth have come into contact and consumed sexually explicit material. Its influence is shaping sexual expectations and norms, with serious implications for young people’s capacity to understand and negotiate their own sexual developmental. Research continues to reveal its impact on the developing brain and its subsequent effects on other developmental trajectories such as social and biological. The following presentation will address the impacts of pornography on youth and the implications for interventions.

As a Forensic Interviewer, receiving a subpoena to testify can be nerve wracking - whether called to testify for the very first time or as an experienced expert witness. This presentation will help brand new Interviewers, and remind tenured Interviewers, how to best prepare for their court testimony, including:- preparing, creating and maintaining a CV
- efficiently reviewing your forensic interview
- communicating succinctly and effectively to the jury
- reviewing common defense questions
This presentation will provide a step-by-step guide to preparing for trial and effective testimony. Participants will also receive access to templates to get a jump start on preparing to testify.

The safety and well-being of children exposed to domestic violence (DV) and co-occurring child maltreatment are closely connected with the safety and well-being of their survivor parent. In this workshop, participants will learn to use five research- and practice-based protective factors that help lessen the impact of DV on adult and child survivors, and promote their healthy development and well-being -- Safer & More Stable Conditions; Social, Cultural & Spiritual Connections; Resilience & a Growth Mindset; Nurturing Parent-Child Interactions; and Social & Emotional Abilities.
When child welfare & DV practitioners, educators, faith leaders, treatment providers, community and family members actively focus on building protective factors, survivors are better able to draw upon their personal, family and community strengths and resources to address the challenges they are experiencing, and to do better in school, work and life.