7:00-8:00 am
Registration / Refreshments in the Atrium

8:00-8:30 am
Welcome
Kristy Ring, Director, New Mexico Crime Victims Reparation Commission, Albuquerque, NM

8:30-9:30 am
Ethics of Caring - You Mean I Have to Take Care of Me Before I Can Really Be Helpful to You?
Laura van Dernoot Lipsky, Trainer and Founder, Trauma Stewardship, Seattle, WA
In this workshop we explore the ethics surrounding our work. Learn about a  framework of approaching this work as a privilege and an honor and the ethics involved in earning the right to do this work and to be of service. We investigate what “caring for ourselves while caring for others” means and why it can be seen as an ethical obligation or a moral mandate to embrace!

9:30-10:30 am
False Reports of Rape: Research Not Rhetoric
David Lisak, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, Framingham, MA
In the public discourse on sexual assault, no topic generates as much controversy or emotion as false reports. This presentation adds light to the heat by surveying decades of research on the frequency of false rape reports, and by providing details of a new study recently completed by the speaker.

10:30-11:00 am
Nothing Human is Foreign: Living in Space Age Times with Stone Age Minds
Robert J. Martin, Vice President, Gavin de Becker & Associates, Studio City, CA
This session teaches the evolutionary components of effective violence assessments and how to identify and use the four key components of helping victims manage their fear. Learn the pros and cons of choosing surveillance as a safety measure.

11:00-12:10 pm
Break / Wellness and Information Fair

12:10-1:15 pm
Lunch (provided), Awards Presentation

1:15-1:45 pm
Break / Wellness and Information Fair

1:45-3:15 pm
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS

W1 Prison Rape
David Lisak, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, Framingham, MA
Hundreds of thousands of men and women have been raped while incarcerated in our country’s jails, juvenile facilities and prisons; it is an epidemic of brutality that is largely ignored by society. This presentation describes the research on, and the phenomenology of prison rape, as well as its often terrible consequences.

W2 Working Group on Privacy and Mandated Reporting
Claire Harwell, JD, Training and Consulting, Framingham, MA
Victim privacy is an important consideration for victims when they are deciding whether to participate in the criminal justice system. Join this discussion of developments in privacy law and mandated reporting of child abuse and help to define policy objectives for a future agenda to address needs of victims, with
particular emphasis on teen victims.

W3 Trauma Informed Workplaces - Creating a Workplace Culture That Encourages Health and Well-being for Both Clients and Staff
Laura van Dernoot Lipsky, Trainer and Founder, Trauma Stewardship, Seattle, WA
Delve deeper into how our workplaces are affected by trauma exposure and discuss what to do about it. We'll address the subject from large scale systematic oppression to individual accountability and explore what we can do, within organizations, institutions, systems and movements to be liberation-based in our work.

W4 Introduction to Forensic Interviewing
Corrine Sanchez, Co-Executive Director, TEWA Women United, Santa Cruz, NM
This session presents information on forensic interviewing in New Mexico. What should you know before talking to children? Learn the general layout and goals of the interview and things to avoid. Hear how the New Mexico Children’s SafeHouse Network was created and about the importance of forensic interviews as part of a team approach to investigation of child sexual abuse allegations.

3:15-3:45 pm
Break / Wellness and Information Fair / Refreshments in the Atrium

3:45-5:15 pm
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS

W5 System Accountability Through Court Monitoring
Dawn Dougherty, National Project Director, WATCH, Minneapolis, MN
Citizen participation and monitoring of the courts is an essential component of a healthy democracy. Court monitoring provides critical feedback to the criminal justice system based on observations made during court appearances and case reviews. Monitoring can include long and short-term court monitoring,
research projects designed to highlight gaps in the system, as well as targeted criminal justice system advocacy. Learn how court monitoring can be used to promote public engagement, to enhance the implementation of recommendations for system wide improvements, and to sponsor targeted research directed at areas of concern as identified in safety and accountability
audits.

W6 Childhood Victimization: Improving the System
Julia C. Barker, LPCC, Training and Consultation, Los Lunas, NM
This session identifies the components of the child protection system and criminal justice system that have the most frequent and consequential effect on child victims. Explore the implications of system contributions which sometimes detract from the justice, safety, physical and psychological well-being of child victims. Expand your professional awareness of how system fragmentation contributes to inefficiency, duplication of effort and unnecessary competition.

W7 Pets and Women’s Shelter (PAWS)® Program
Marie Suthers McCabe, DVM, Vice President, Human-Animal Bond Division, American Humane Association, Englewood, CO
American Humane’s Pets and Women’s Shelter (PAWS)® Program is the first and only national program to assist domestic violence shelters in housing family pets on-site. Research documenting the link between animal cruelty and human violence recognizes that pets are often victims of domestic violence and can become targets of batterers, and that families often will not leave an abusive situation out of fear for their pets’ safety. Therefore, it is essential for women and children to remove pets when fleeing an abusive home. This workshop discusses The Link®, the necessity for creating PAWS shelters, and features current PAWS shelters. You’ll learn practical tips on set up, procedures and
policies, funding, advertising, veterinary care, legal issues, and scenarios for when the family is ready to leave the shelter. Participants receive a copy of the PAWS Program manual, which includes sample forms and checklists for setting up a PAWS Program.

W8 We Can Do Better: Developing Protocols in New Mexico to Improve Intervention Response to Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations
Michelle Aldana, MA, Director of Forensic Services, All Faiths Receiving Home /NM Children's Safehouse Network, Albuquerque, NM; Nico Ashe, Director, NM Children's Safehouse Network, Albuquerque, NM; Brett Loveless, Deputy District Attorney, Second Judicial District Attorney's Office, Albuquerque, NM; Michael D. Swanson, Sergeant, Criminal Investigations Bureau, Juvenile Division, Crimes Against Children Unit, Albuquerque Police Department, Albuquerque, NM
This session provides an overview of the Safehouse, Children's Advocacy Center (CAC), Children's Justice Center (CJC), or Family Advocacy Center (FAC) model and how it works. Participate in a discussion about the National Children's Alliance standards which ensure effective, efficient and consistent delivery of services by children's advocacy centers to child abuse victims throughout the country, and look at the current gaps in services for New Mexico's children. The police role, multidisciplinary team (MDT) process and case preparation for the prosecutor are also covered.