The Child Protection Accountability Commission Presents:

Free registration for Delaware Professionals Registration is available in February 2019 at

https://2019pdc.eventbrite.com

PROTECTING DELAWARE’S CHILDREN: A Multidisciplinary Conference for Child Welfare Professionals

April 2, 2019 Dover Downs Hotel & Casino

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CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE

7:30 AM to 8:45 AM Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:45 AM to 9:30 AM Opening Remarks & Blue Bow

9:30 AM to 10:30 AM Keynote Speaker: Kevin Mulcahy, Esq.

10:30 AM to 10:45 AM Mid-Morning Break

10:45 AM to 12:15 PM Session I Workshops

12:15 PM to 1:00 PM Lunch

1:00 PM to 1:30 PM Award Ceremony

1:30 PM to 2:45 PM Keynote Speaker: Mark Yarbrough, Esq.

2:45 PM to 3:00 PM Mid-Afternoon Break

3:00 PM to 4:30 PM Session II Workshops

Table of Contents Welcome……………………………………………………… 3

Acknowledgements………………………………………….. 4

Conference Information…………………………………….. 5

Keynote Speakers……………………………………………. 6

Session I Workshops………………………………………… 7

Session II Workshops………………………………………... 10

Map of Venue…………………………………………………. 12

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WELCOME

Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to join us for the Protecting Delaware’s Children Multidisciplinary Conference for Child Welfare Professionals scheduled for April 2, 2019 at the Dover Downs Hotel & Casino.

The biennial conference is held to provide specialized training to professionals in-volved in the investigative, administrative, and civil and criminal judicial handling of child abuse cases. This event is geared towards law enforcement, prosecutors, Judges, attorneys, case workers from the Division of Family Services, therapists, educators, community pro-viders and medical professionals who regularly respond to allegations of child abuse and neglect in Delaware. The conference will feature Delaware’s annual Blue Bow Ceremony to commemorate National Child Abuse Prevention Month and 14 workshops on topics, in-cluding: investigating child homicide cases, positive parenting interventions, challenges fac-ing survivors of sexual abuse, privacy and safety considerations for social media, infants with prenatal substance exposure and their families, understanding medical child abuse, creating domestic violence-informed child welfare systems, implementing trauma respon-sive approaches, the role of fathers in child welfare, and understanding why victims of sex trafficking do not leave. Registration is available at the following link: https://2019pdc.eventbrite.com.

We hope you leave the Protecting Delaware’s Children conference feeling informed, inspired, connected, and renewed, and we hope you will understand that your efforts to protect children are part of a much larger effort to strengthen families and communities in Delaware. We also wish to acknowledge our sponsors and speakers for making this event possible.

Warm Regards,

Rosalie Morales and Megan Caudell

Co-Chairs, CPAC Training Committee’s Conference Workgroup

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Funded by:

The Federal Court Improvement Program &

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Children’s Justice Act Grant

In partnership with:

Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children

Child Death Review Commission

Children’s Advocacy Center of Delaware

Delaware Department of Justice

Department of Services for Children, Youth, & Their Families

Domestic Violence Coordinating Council

Family Court of the State of Delaware

Newark Police Department

Office of the Child Advocate

Prevent Child Abuse Delaware

CPAC Training Committee’s

Conference Workgroup:

Megan Caudell, Co-Chair

Dep. Chief Kevin Feeney

Islanda Finamore, Esq.

Diane Klecan

Claudine Malone

Kathleen McCormick

Maureen Monagle

Rosalie Morales, Co-Chair

Rachael Neff

Dominique Oppenheimer

Anne Pedrick

Jennifer Perry

Kellie Turner

Collen Woodall

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CONFERENCE INFORMATION

Registration: Registration must be completed online at: https://2019pdc.eventbrite.com. Registration is FREE for those employed in Delaware. The deadline for conference regis-tration is Friday, March 29, 2019. Your registration will be confirmed via email by Event-brite. Registration does not guarantee that there will be available space due to the high de-mand for this conference. A waitlist will be created once capacity is met.

Questions and Cancellations: Please email Rosalie Morales or Megan Caudell from the Office of the Child Advocate (OCA) at Rosalie.Morales@delaware.gov or Megan.Caudell@delaware.gov with any questions, or if you are unable to attend the con-ference after you have registered.

Venue and Parking: The Dover Downs Hotel & Casino is located at 1131 North Dupont Highway, Dover, DE 19901. A map of Dover Downs is located on page 12 of the bro-chure. A continental breakfast and lunch will be provided to participants. Beverages will be available throughout the day. Please note that we cannot control the temperature in this facility, so please dress accordingly. Parking is available at no charge around the facility.

Exhibitor Tables: A total of 10 exhibitor tables have been reserved for the event. Please email Megan Caudell at Megan.Caudell@delaware.gov for more information about reserv-ing an exhibitor table.

ADA Statement: If you need services or auxiliary aids in order to participate fully in any part of the conference, please email Megan Caudell at Megan.Caudell@delaware.gov at least three weeks prior to the event to allow for time to arrange the required assistance.

Continuing Education Credits: An application for the following continuing education credits will be made: DE CLE. There will be an additional sign in sheet at registration.

Certificate of Attendance: A certificate of attendance will be included in your packet at registration.

Presentation Materials: Handouts are not provided unless brought by the speakers. Par-ticipants can access any presentation materials submitted by speakers at our conference website: https://courts.delaware.gov/childadvocate. The materials will be posted after the conference.

Evaluation: After the conference, a link will be emailed to participants to complete an online Evaluation Survey. Your comments are welcomed as we continually strive to im-prove our conference for child welfare professionals.

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Morning Keynote: 9:30-10:30 • Kevin Mulcahy, Esq.

Randy & Me: A Prosecutor’s Story of his Childhood Sexual Abuse

This presentation will recount Kevin’s own story of sexual exploitation at the hands of his soccer coach, Randy. But, it will not merely be a retelling of the past. Instead, the presenta-tion will address lessons learned from his case by combining Kevin’s experience both as a victim and a long-time prosecutor of child exploitation cases. Knowing what he knows now, Kevin believes there are lessons to be learned from his story for the investigator (Kevin’s was great), the prosecutor (Kevin’s was terrible), and the forensic interviewer

(Kevin did not have one). Beyond these (hopefully) useful lessons, this presentation will provide plenty of time to ask questions (beyond factual questions) of our child victims.

Afternoon Keynote: 1:30-2:45 • Mark Yarbrough, Esq.

Suffer from BURNOUT? Give’em the F.I.N.G.E.R! Burnout affects millions of Americans each year and has been called “the disease of our

civilization.” The unhappiness and detachment burnout causes can threaten your job, your relationships, and your health. But there’s good news— burnout can be healed. Former

20-year elected District Attorney, MARK YARBROUGH, from Littlefield, Texas (hometown of Waylon Jennings), personally experienced burnout, learned how to success-fully overcome it, and went from “Burnout” to “On Fire!” He has since become a “burnout expert” and has written and published on the subject. Mark is a very entertaining, motivat-ing and inspiring speaker. He has taught thousands of people how to overcome Burnout -- from companies like Blue Bell Ice Cream and Xcel Energy, to teachers and doctors/nurses, to a variety of government workers (police officers, CPS workers, attorneys, victim’s rights advocates, counselors, mental health professionals, etc.). Audience members will learn the definition of Burnout and the symptoms thereof. But more importantly, attendees will be laughing, and at the same time learning how to apply Mark’s F.I.N.G.E.R. philosophy to help themselves or their co-workers avoid and/or recover from Burnout. This is a training

that you won’t want to miss!

BALLROOM

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1. Investigating Child Homicide Cases, Part 1 Nancy Oglesby, Esq. & Michael L. Milnor, MA

Child homicide cases are some of the most difficult cases to investigate. This is not only be-cause of the highly-charged emotions involved, but also because these cases at first glance frequently appear to be accidents. This is one area of the law in which you must not only

prove who did the crime, but often if it is even a crime at all. The presentation will be pre-sented in two parts and will cover an entire child homicide investigation including the 911 call analysis, scene preservation, evidence gathering, and interrogation. We will discuss spe-cific challenges in certain types of cases, including abusive head trauma. A case study will

be woven throughout the presentation of a child torture/homicide to illustrate many of the principles being discussed. This will be team taught by a career law enforcement officer and prosecutor, providing each unique viewpoint to these investigations and discussing what is

necessary to reach the level of proof beyond a reasonable doubt.

2. Blindsided: 7 Sneaky Challenges Facing Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse

Kevin Mulcahy, Esq.

Child sexual abuse professionals know the most common challenges facing survivors of childhood sexual abuse, such as fear, shame, guilt, depression, trust issues, substance abuse, etc. But there are other, less widely discussed questions that child abuse survivors face. This presentation will focus on a few of these sneaky challenges, including: Th e Hard Conversa-tion: How am I going to tell my spouse, family, and friends about this? The Monster Complex: Am

I going to be a child molester when I get older? Th e Burden: Did my silence assist my abuser in abusing other victims? Th e Real Me: What are my “true” characteristics and what

are traits that evolved from my abuse? Th e Big G uy: Where was God in all of this? Th e Crusader: As a survivor, what responsibility do I have to confront child sexual abuse in my profes-

sion? The Discount: Compared to others, was my abuse really that big of a deal? Law en-forcement, social workers, victim advocates, child protective service workers, and anyone

working with child sexual abuse victims have an opportunity to speak life into these survi-vors. The goal of this presentation is to provide a better understanding of the challenges

they face so that professionals can aid victims.

SESSION I WORKSHOPS 10:45 - 12:15

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3. Social Media— Privacy and Safety Considerations Kevin F. Brady, Esq. & Ed McAndrew, Esq.

This workshop will provide an overview as to what professionals who work with children should know about Social Media safety. The presenters will discuss what national trends are being seen in this field and what we are seeing locally in Delaware. There are a host of pri-vacy and safety considerations that professionals should be aware of and be communicating

with children to protect themselves from internet harm. The workshop will also provide practical strategies on how best to keep children safe when engaging in social media.

4. Positive Parenting Interventions to Decrease Harsh Parenting, Reduce Child Behavioral Problems, & Improve

Family Functioning Dr. Joanne N. Wood

Problematic parent-child relationships lie at the heart of harsh parenting and child mal-treatment. Parents who maltreat their children are more likely to have punitive parenting styles characterized by high rates of negative interactions and ineffective discipline strate-gies that involve an over-reliance on punishment. Parenting interventions that strengthen

the parent-child relationship, teach effective positive discipline techniques, and promote au-thoritative parenting have shown promise in reducing child maltreatment risk, improving family functioning, and improving child behavioral and mental health outcomes. In addi-tion to preventing maltreatment, parenting interventions also play a key role in improving outcomes for children who have experienced maltreatment and as a result have entered the

foster care system. Despite the benefits of evidence-based parenting interventions, challeng-

es around client engagement, a limited supply of professionals qualified to provide the in-terventions, and the costs associated with program implementation have served as barriers to dissemination and widespread impact. This workshop will explore the evidence behind positive parenting interventions as well as strategies to overcome challenges related to en-gagement and implementation. Implementation of a brief group parenting intervention in multiple settings in Philadelphia, including primary care sites and foster care agencies, will

be used as a case example.

SESSION I WORKSHOPS 10:45 -12:15

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5. Infants with Prenatal Substance Exposure and their Fami-lies: Multidisciplinary Collaboration for the Development of

Plans of Safe Care for Safety and Services for the Family Trenee Parker, MA & Jennifer Donahue, Esq., CWLS

This workshop will address the multidisciplinary team development of Plans of Safe Care for infants with prenatal substance exposure and their families. Presenters will share how Delaware has developed and implemented a statewide Plan of Safe Care Hospital Pilot

program for infants with prenatal substance exposure to ensure the safety of the infant and for appropriate referrals for services for the family upon discharge from the hospital. Pre-senters will highlight how the Division of Family Services has created a specialized unit of SEI investigation workers to implement these services. The presenters will further discuss the implementation of the state law known as “Aiden’s Law” that mirrors federal require-ments for notifications to child protection services of infants born substance exposed and

for the development of Plans of Safe Care.

6. Sparking a Revolution of Values in the Child Welfare System Vivek S. Sankaran, Esq.

This session will explore the prevailing narrative of how systems view families involved in child welfare cases and will suggest that to produce better outcomes for children, systems must revis-it these values, change the way it thinks of families, and implement procedures that build off

of the many strengths families bring to each case.

7. Introduction to the Safe & Together Model: Creating Domestic Violence Informed Child Welfare Systems

Brittany DiBella, MSW, DVS The Safe & Together™ Model is an internationally recognized suite of tools and interventions designed to help child welfare professionals become domestic violence-informed. This session

will provide an overview of the Model’s basic practice skills, including perpetrator pattern-based risk assessment, case mapping, and identifying impact on children.

SESSION I WORKSHOPS 10:45 -12:15

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1. Investigating Child Homicide Cases, Part 2 Nancy Oglesby, Esq. & Michael Milnor

Child homicide cases are some of the most difficult cases to investigate. This is not only be-cause of the highly-charged emotions involved, but also because these cases at first glance fre-quently appear to be accidents. This is one area of the law in which you must not only prove who did the crime, but often if it is even a crime at all. The presentation will be presented in

two parts and will cover an entire child homicide investigation including the 911 call analysis, scene preservation, evidence gathering, and interrogation. We will discuss specific challenges in certain types of cases, including abusive head trauma. A case study will be woven throughout

the presentation of a child torture/homicide to illustrate many of the principles being dis-cussed. This will be team taught by a career law enforcement officer and prosecutor, providing

each unique viewpoint to these investigations and discussing what is necessary to reach the level of proof beyond a reasonable doubt.

2. Moving from Theory to Practice: Trauma-Responsive Approaches

Joan Gillece, Ph.D. Traumatic events can significantly influence the way we see the world. Witnessing or expe-

riencing violence and abuse whether physical, sexual, or emotional, can have long lasting impacts. This session will focus on prevention and practical strategies to reduce re-

traumatization and move towards strength based approaches to support healing and recov-ery. Looking across agencies and providers, the focus will be on reframing our services to “what’s right” rather than “what’s wrong” with you and using strength instead of weakness

to guide supports provided.

3. Intersections: How to Address Domestic Violence Cases that Intersect with Substance Abuse and/or Mental Health

Brittany DiBella, MSW, DVS Many families impacted by domestic violence perpetrators’ behaviors have multiple, com-

plex, intersecting issues. In the past, we might have referred to these as co-occurring issues, but the language of co-occurrence often doesn’t provide us with a sense of how these issues

interact. This session will introduce strategies to assess complex cases, partner with the adult survivor toward child safety, and intervene with perpetrators around these

intersecting issues.

SESSION II WORKSHOPS 3:00-4:30

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4. Why Don’t They Just Leave? Barbara Amaya

Many sex trafficking victims do not survive before or even after escape, rescue or attempted restoration. The events they have survived are so traumatic, so horrific that often survivors never come back to the 'real' world. Instead many lose their lives on the streets to violence,

drugs, or never leave the world of trafficking and instead seem to disappear. Barbara is a survivor leader who brings inspiration, hope and strength to every audience and event with

her down to earth story sharing skills. She will lift you up as she shares how she moved from barely surviving into truly overcoming adversity and beyond. Honored with the James B. Hunter Human Rights and Advocacy Award, Barbara shares what you can do TODAY

to combat human trafficking, and other human rights atrocities. YOU can make a difference.

5. InstruMENtal: The Importance of the Male Role in Child Welfare

Marcus Stallworth, LMSW This interactive session is designed to discuss the importance of males in child welfare. This

includes birth fathers, foster and adoptive dads, male kinship caregivers, and male child welfare workers. Many members of the child welfare team report a sense of feeling over-

looked and underutilized in case planning, decision making, and collaboration. Participants are invited to come share their successes and challenges regarding Fatherhood Engage-

ment, and learn about nationwide efforts for networking, advocating, and supporting fathers and males in child welfare.

6. Child Welfare Caseloads: A National and Local Perspective Vicky Kelly, Psy.D., MSW, MHA, Julie Collins, MSW, LCSW,

Sue Murray, MSW, Rachael Neff, MSW Nationally, the field of child welfare is grappling with how best to address child welfare

caseload standards. The charge of creating the ‘right’ caseload standard that can be applied across the board is challenging from a practice perspective for a variety of reasons. This

workshop will provide a national backdrop about what we are seeing in caseload standards across the country and discuss promising practices that should be considered. It will also highlight findings specific from Delaware around what initiatives were taken to address caseload standards and how we can better align caseloads to meet the needs of children

and families.

SESSION II WORKSHOPS 3:00 -4:30

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7. First, Do No Harm: Understanding Medical Child Abuse Dr. Stephanie Anne Deutsch

This presentation aims to describe the complex phenomenon of medical child abuse, also commonly referred to as Munchausen by Proxy, caregiver fabricated illness, or pediatric

condition falsification. Terminology will be defined and reviewed, common clinical presen-tations will be discussed, and most time spent on evaluation strategies for cases of suspect-ed child abuse in the medical setting. Emphasis will be placed not only on medical team

involvement, but on the roles of child welfare and law enforcement, and several case presentations will be discussed including prosecutorial outcomes. We will review treatment options for victims of medical child abuse, compare outcomes with other forms of abuse,

and discuss areas of controversy including the role of medical professionals and psychologi-cal profiling of suspected perpetrators.

SESSION II WORKSHOPS 3:00 -4:30