Child Maltreatment~ Multidisciplinary Training Event

Please join us for this free training, the Fourth Annual Multidisciplinary Training on Child Maltreatment.

This training workshop is funded by the Children’s Advocacy Center of Brevard , a program of the Space Coast Health Foundation, Rockledge, Florida.

8:30 a.m. - 8:50 a.m. Registration / sign in

8:50 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Training Overview and Introductions

Jeanie Raciti, LCSW, Director, Children’s Advocacy Center of Brevard and Child Protection Team

9:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m.

Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC)

Brevard County Sheriff’s Office Agent Mike Spadafora and Agent Asa Stake

10:30 a.m. -10:45 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Overview of the Dependency Trial Process in Child Sexual Abuse Cases: Child Hearsay, What is Admissible

Department of Children and Families Children Legal Services, Supervising Attorney Meriah Parks, Esq. and Emily Harris, Esq.

12:15 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Lunch (included)

1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Justin’s Story: Childhood Trauma, Substance Use/Living, and Life on the Streets

Justin Perse

3:00 p.m. -3:15 p.m. Break

3:15 p.m. -4:30 p.m.

Cops n Kids

Cocoa Police Department Chris Hattaway and Michele Becerra-Williams

4:30 p.m. -4:45 p.m.

Closing / Evaluations

8:30 a.m. - 8:50 a.m. Sign in

8:50 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Training Overview and Introductions

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Child Sexual Abuse Investigations

Brevard County Sheriff’s Victims Unit Agent Travis Williams and Agent Gary Haas

10:30 a.m. -10:45 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Problematic Sexual Behavior – Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Therapeutic Model: assessment and treatment of youth with problematic sexual behaviors, their victims, and their families

Sarah Bachmaier, RSWI, and Jessica Rodriguez, RSWI Clinical Intervention Program Counselors, Children’s Advocacy Center of Brevard

12:15 p.m.-1:15 p.m. Lunch (included)

1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Trauma-Informed Child Protection Team Training Using Project FORECAST Simulations: A Sneak Preview

Travis Conradt, PhD Assistant Professor of Psychology, Florida Institute of Technology

2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Break

3:00 p.m.- 4:30 p.m.

Psychological Safety

Melissa Brunner

4:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.

Conclusion and seminar evaluation

Host or Publisher Children's Advocacy Center of Brevard