Acknowledgements

The North Texas Alliance gratefully acknowledges the support of

Special thanks go to:

Conference Presenters Conference Vendors/Exhibitors North Texas Alliance Conference Committee Dallas County Child Abuse Prevention Coalition Dallas County Domestic Violence Awareness Coalition Dallas County Sexual Assault Awareness Coalition Louis R. Dames-Bahamas Hotel & Allied Industries Pension Fund

Thursday, January 12, 2012- 2:15pm-3:30pm

From Barrier to Benefit: Community Engagement for Primary Prevention (Part 1) Collaboration and community engagement are vital to the success of any primary prevention initiative. However, getting and keeping the community involved is a very challenging aspect of prevention work. This workshop will provide attendees with techniques and tools for engaging their communities in primary prevention work, including ways to identify potential partners, effective framing of prevention work, and methods of working with partners once you have them at the table.

Social Marketing: Shifting Attitudes and Behaviors The concept of social marketing is to transform communities by shifting peoples attitudes from awareness to intention and beyond. Social Marketing will change the paradigm where very often ideas and programs are created only to remain on the shelves of good intentions. This interactive workshop will address social marketing to advance social justice initiatives in your community and beyond. Transformation of communities begins by successfully influencing attitudes and beliefs.

Community Informed Intervention for Families Affected by Domestic Violence This workshop, based on the 21 years of experience of Caminar Latino (a comprehensive domestic violence intervention for Latino families), will discuss the philosophy, approach, and lessons learned by this community-based organization in Atlanta, Georgia. Guided by the voices of Latina survivors and their children, Caminar Latino has developed a culture-specific intervention for entire Latino families in which violence has been present. The presenter will highlight the work conducted with child and youth witnesses of domestic violence and the role that the youth play in enhancing the structure and content of the interventions. Workshop participants will engage in small group exercises and case studies to

explore ways in which community members can help to inform the work being done by advocates, court and police personnel, and other interested professionals.

Thursday, January 12, 2012- 3:45pm-5:00pm

From Barrier to Benefit: Community Engagement for Primary Prevention (part 2) Collaboration and community engagement are vital to the success of any primary prevention initiative. However, getting and keeping the community involved is a very challenging aspect of prevention work. This workshop will provide attendees with techniques and tools for engaging their communities in primary prevention work, including ways to identify potential partners, effective framing of prevention work, and methods of working with partners once you have them at the table.

Thinking outside the Box: Creative Ways of Reaching Out to the Community This presentation will describe the Dos and Don'ts of reaching out to the community and how to network with other agencies. Participants will learn of ideas to expose themselves and their agencies to the community and how to network with diverse group of people. Participants will be given a "survival kit" for themselves and their volunteers!

Engaging the Interfaith Community in Domestic Violence Prevention and Intervention Engaging the faith community in domestic violence prevention and intervention is a powerful resource for advocates, although it can be challenging to access the faith community and to motivate leadership to participate in these efforts. Jewish Women International (JWI) who is presenting at this conference is a leader in engaging interfaith communities in domestic violence work. JWI spearheads the Interfaith Domestic Violence Coalition. JWI will help participants to develop their own method for engaging interfaith leadership in their communities.

Friday, January 13, 2012-10:00am-11:15a.m.

Forensic Experiential Trauma Interviews-A Conversation with the Brainstem (Part 1) This presentation will provide attendees with the research, development background, methodology, and application of the Forensic Experiential Trauma Interview process. Sexual Assault Dynamics-Recognizing and Responding to Sexual Assault

The stereotype of real rape was described by Susan Estrich as an assault by a stranger, committed with a weapon and with great physical force which the victim is chaste and responds to the assault with tearful hysterics and a prompt report to police. Sadly, the victims of sexual assault continue to be judged by this artificial standard -- and if their case does not resemble the stereotype they are likely viewed with doubt and/or blame. Those of us in the field are not immune to the power of this societal stereotype and we see its effects in the perceptions of prosecutors, jurors, call takers, police, and even advocates. The purpose of this training is to identify how police investigation is affected by the stereotype of real rape and how to overcome its negative and damaging effects.

Therapeutic Interventions in the Treatment of Familial Abuse Abuse in the family will be fully explored and how trauma affects the victims of familial abuse will be examined. The diagnostic criteria for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder will be fully explained and demonstrated. The method used will be case studies which would also demonstrate how to counsel and guide children and families suffering the trauma of familial abuse. Attendees will be provided with resources to assist them in their work with families.

Ethical Consideration for Clinicians and Advocates working with Victims of Crime

Assessing Dangerousness
This presentation will enable participants to identify and recognize the factors that often predict future dangerousness, violence, and lethality. The presentation will also explain how participants can apply an understanding of these factors to effectively investigate and assess cases, develop trial strategies, increase victim participation in criminal prosecutions, and keep victims and their families safer

Friday, January 13, 2012-12:00pm-1:00p.m.

African American Women and Trauma: A Social, Cultural and Historical Perspective.

(a purchased boxed lunch is required to attend this session)

This plenary presentation offers a context that helps to further our understanding of how the history of abuse and violence directed toward African American communities may play a role in the way African American DV survivors experience and respond to violence in their intimate relationships. Ethical Considerations for Family Violence Prosecution (This session is for prosecutors only) Prosecutors are faced with ethical dilemmas in family violence cases as they deal with opposing counsel, judges and members of the public. Attendees will be given scenarios that illustrate how the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct should guide these dealings

Friday, January 13, 2012-1:15pm-2:30p.m.

Joining with survivors across cultures and experiences: Using Trauma-Informed and Reflective Practices to Improve Services to Survivors of Crime This breakout session takes a practical approach to applying an inclusive cultural-trauma informed frame to our work with survivors of crime. Attendees are invited to bring questions and experiences to learn how a non-blaming, culturally humble approach can improve our work with survivors. Forensic Experiential Trauma Interviews-A Conversation with the Brainstem (Part 2) This presentation will enhance learning from part one and include a demonstration and discussion of this revolutionary new approach to responding, investigating, and prosecuting perpetrators of violence. Connecting the DOTS: Dating, Options, Teens and Sex This workshop will focus on the dynamics of teen violence, and how victimization and violence among teens is a spreading epidemic in our society. The workshop will highlight current practices in education and the integration of innovative approaches to the formation of self-worth which creates real change in the cycle of violence among teens. Participants will learn the complexities of domestic violence and ways to equip teens who are exposed to volatile environments. Social pressures and cultural messages affecting the views teens have about dating and sex will be thoroughly discussed. Life after Crawford and its Progeny This presentation identifies how Crawford v. Washington and its progeny have impacted the prosecution of domestic violence cases with non-participating victims and examines the history and development of evidence based prosecution of domestic violence cases. The presentation also discusses tools and strategies for successfully prosecuting these difficult cases and the practical steps necessary to achieve success. Specific topics will include: contextual analysis of domestic violence cases, effective investigation, training law enforcement personnel, collaborating with community partners, the use of non-testimonial statements, forfeiture by wrongdoers, forfeiture crimes, and the use of other acts as evidence. Stalking in the Digital Age: What You Need to Know About this Unique Crime As January is National Stalking Awareness Month. Stalking is a crime that is often misunderstood, minimized or missed entirely. This session will provide participants with information about the nexus between stalking and intimate partner violence. The presenters will define or describe intimate partner stalking, the prevalence of stalking, lethality and risk assessment, the impact of stalking on victims, and safety planning. This session is appropriate for any criminal justice workers and victim service provider whose works is with victims of stalking and intimate partner violence.

Friday, January 13, 2012-2:45pm-4:00p.m.

Understanding the Impact of Sexual Assault and Developing Skills to Interview A recent study of the factors that influence a prosecutors decision to bring charges in sexual assault cases validated what many experienced investigators already know that decisions to charge are

primarily, if not exclusively, determined by the victims perceived character and her or his behavior at the time of the assault. This view should be rejected. On the contrary, this study shows the importance of good police investigation and the crucial importance of corroborating the victims allegations by conducting and documenting victim interviews and other evidence thoroughly. Stop the Buying and Selling of American Children Their life expectancy is just 7 short years. Who? Thousands of our American children are bought and sold sex objects or slaves. This domestic trafficking in minors for sex is a hidden, clandestine crime that exploded with the Internet. Research has shown that frontline responders or people in jobs who identify and rescue these children are unaware of the pervasive nature of this crime or think it is merely a question of bad kids making bad choices. Participants will learn about (a) the scope of trafficking in minors for sex at the international, national, state and local level; (b) who is buying, selling, recruiting and inducing them; (c) who the victims are; (d) the trauma caused by it, (e) bonding with the victims and unique needs for healing; (f) how the culture is provides the environment for this crime; and (g) Texas laws that addresses this criminal activity. Team up Against Violence This presentation will teach law enforcement agents the benefits of working with advocates and community resources to aid victims, their cases and investigations. It will use the team approach to help those involved in family violence, i.e. victims, family, patrol officers and prosecutors, and train agents to manage frustration in dealing with outside agencies in the fight against family violence and abuse of the elderly.

Thought Field Therapy-For YOU and Your Clients Thought Field Therapy is a powerful tool to help trauma survivors. Through the use of self-administered finger-tip tapping along Meridian points on the body, an individual experiences a sense of calm and reduced anxiety and stress normally associated with traumatic events. In addition, therapists and advocates acquire a useful tool to reduce their stress and anxiety levels which occurs after working with difficult cases/clients thereby reducing burn-out.

The Domestic Violence Medical-Forensic Examination This presentation will identify the components of the medical-forensic examination and how it differs from the sexual assault examination. The presenter will explain the essential aspects of patient care in domestic violence cases, review effective practices for assessment, documentation, and discharge planning. Challenges related to safety and follow-up services will also be discussed

SPEAKER BIOS
Amanda Mlinarich has a degree in psychology and is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor with over 6 years of experience working with traumatized children and adolescents. She is also a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor and National Certified Counselor. Ms. Mlinarich provides counseling for children and their non-offending caretakers at the Dallas Childrens Advocacy Center, and supervision to graduate level counseling students and trainings on working with traumatized children and families.

Christopher Mallios JD is the Northeast Regional Attorney Advisor for AEquitas: The Prosecutors' Resource on Violence Against Women. As an Attorney Advisor he presents on trial strategy, legal analysis and policy, and ethical issues related to violence against women at the local, state, and national level. Mr. Mallios legal career spans many years as a trial attorney and leading the prosecution of violent crimes against women. He is the Chief of the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office Family Violence & Sexual Assault Unit, where successfully prosecuted and supervised the prosecution of cases involving domestic violence, sexual assault, and child physical and sexual abuse. He was an advisor for the Philadelphia Police Department's Special Victims Unit and Internal Affairs Division. Mr. Mallios served as a liaison to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in Philadelphia and as Hate Crimes Coordinator. Brandon Birmingham is an 8-year prosecutor with the Dallas County District Attorneys Office. With Dallas County, he is a Felony Court Chief, the Felony Training Coordinator and is a member of the Cold Case Unit. Prior to this, he was the Deputy Chief of the Misdemeanor Division, and worked in Child Abuse Division. He has presented numerous CLE Courses, lectured for TDCAA at the Prosecutor Trial Skills Course, Regional Training Seminars, and the Annual Civil and Criminal Law Update. Additionally, he has lectured on child abuse issues at the Crimes Against Childrens Conference and the Champion for Childrens Conference. Deborah Rosenbloom, Esq. is the director of programs at JWI, responsible for developing and implementing JWI's domestic violence and dating violence resources, advocacy, and training initiatives and staffs JWI's Clergy Task Force on Domestic Abuse in the Jewish Community and oversees JWI's Interfaith Domestic Violence Coalition. An experienced trainer, Deborah was invited to Sydney, Australia in 2008, where she trained over 1,000 members of the Jewish community. Deborah has a BA, cum laude, in History from Cornell University, and holds a law degree and a Master's of Public Administration degree from Syracuse University. She has written extensively on public policy and legal issues, and is a contributing author of Public Administration: Understanding Management, Politics and Law in the Public Sector (1st edition, 1997, McGraw Hill). Deena Graves is a masters graduate of UNT, is the founder and executive director of Traffick911, a DFWbased nonprofit mandated to stop the buying and selling of American children. Ms Graves, an accredited business communicator who conducted training classes at Texas Instruments and served on the senior leadership of the DLP Products Business before leaving to found Traffick911.

Henry Toliver has an associate degree from Ashworth College in Criminal Justice. He has been in the criminal justice field for over 20 years. For the past 16 years, Mr. Toliver has worked for the Allen Police Department for 16 years and is the Family Violence Investigator. Jeannette LaFontaine M.A., NCC, LPC is a co-founder and the Executive Director of TSSNT. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Supervisor and has been working with victims of trauma for 17 years. She has a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from Texas Woman's University and is experienced in program development as well as program management. She developed the Protective Order Division at the Dallas County District Attorneys Office and the Victim Services Department of the Irving Police Department to address the needs of victims of violent crime. Dr. Jenifer Markowitz is the Medical Advisor for AEquitas: The Prosecutor's Resource on Violence Against Women. As Medical Advisor, Dr. Markowitz presents on a variety of forensic-related topics including medical-forensic examinations, strangulation, drug-and alcohol-facilitated sexual assault, and expert witness testimony. She also conducts research, provides expert testimony, case consultation, and technical assistance, and develops training materials, resources, and publications. Jennifer Lewis Johnson has over 20 years of experience in the fields of domestic violence, with victims and perpetrators, and anger management, and court-ordered parenting education. She is an experienced presenter/trainer and workshop leader in the areas of relationship development, adult education and early childhood education. She shares in learner discovery, facilitates the exchange of ideas, and provides resources to enhance the social learning experience.

Joanne Archambault is the Executive Director of End Violence Against Women (EVAW) International and the President and Training Director of SATI, Inc. (Sexual Assault Training and Investigations). In January 2003, Ms. Archambault founded EVAW International, a non-profit organization providing affordable training for all disciplines with an emphasis on the law enforcement investigation and proper criminal justice responses to sexual assault and domestic violence. EVAW International supports and conducts research on the sexual assault of women and adolescents.

Julia L. Perilla, PhD is a clinical community psychologist and faculty member in the Department of Psychology at Georgia State University (GSU). Dr. Perilla serves as the director of the National Latino Research Center on Family and Community Change. Dr. Perilla is the founder of Caminar Latino, a comprehensive intervention for Latino families affected by domestic violence. She was a founding member of Alianza, the National Latino Alliance for the Elimination of Domestic Violence, with whom she collaborated until 2008. She serves on the steering committee of the National Domestic Violence, Trauma and Mental Health Center. Dr. Perilla is the recipient of several awards including the Georgia State University Exceptional Service Award in 2000, the Georgia Commission on Family Violence 2001 Gender Justice Award, the Georgia Psychological Association 2003 Community Service Award; and the Georgia Psychological Association Division of Women Psychologists 2005 Woman of the Year Award and recently the Georgia State University 2011 Carl V. Patton Presidents Award for Community Service and Social Action

Nicole Frazier began working with crime victims in 1996 while working as a probation officer in Tarrant County. Moved to Collin County in 1998 and worked as the victim coordinator then became a probation officer once the victim grant expired. After four year as homemaker she returned to work for Allen Police Department as their first crime victim advocate.

Rebecca Dreke, a graduate, is a Senior Program Associate with the Stalking Resource Center (SRC) at the National Center for Victims of Crime which is funded by the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women. Ms. Dreke has worked as a social worker, victim advocate and public school teacher Rose Luna graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor in Business Administration. Her background in business combined with her knowledge and expertise in sexual assault issues allows a unique perspective to projects. Rose manages TAASA's diversity initiatives including TAASAs Diversity Task Force where professionals from across the state of Texas collaborate on a statewide level and meet bi-monthly to facilitate access to reliable and culturally appropriate resources regarding survivors of sexual assault from diverse communities. Rose co-created TAASAs Cultural Awareness Certification (CAC) Program designed to promote learning and understanding in closing the gap to disparity of services in underserved communities. It is the first of its kind in the nation amongst sexual assault coalitions and has expanded to include international participants. She has developed informational materials on cyber-crimes, human trafficking, agency marketing and underserved communities. She coauthored a workplace policy to address the prevention of domestic violence and sexual assault in the workplace and her writings are published in statewide newsletters. In her current position at TAASA Rose focuses on developing materials, research and conducts trainings across the state of Texas and the nation on a variety of topics. Rose is a TCLEOSE certified instructor.

Selma Johnson has been the Sexual Assault Prevention Intervention Program Coordinator for Freedom House in Weatherford, TX for the past 2 years Selma is very passion about the Prevention work; she wrote the Curriculum for Freedom House Prevention called ROCK (Rowdy Outrageous, Courageous, Kids). Additionally she has developed several support groups including G.U.T.S (girlfriends under tremendous stress) one for adults and one for girls 12-16 and horse therapy group called Freedom Horses for girls and women who have been abused. Selma has led seminars, retreats and workshops, camps across the U.S. She has published numerous articles in various magazines included Todays Christian Woman.

Terri Pease, PhD is an educator, clinician, and consultant who has devoted much of her career to addressing sexual assault and domestic violence trauma and abuse of people with disabilities and in communities of color. She has been especially interested in enabling and broadening collaborations between victim service providers and providers who support people who have mental health, cognitive and learning disabilities. Dr. Pease is an accomplished trainer with more than 25 years of experience crafting and delivering tailored trainings, workshops and keynote presentations on working with victims of violent crimes who live with trauma and/or mental illness. For her exceptional work she has been recognized by the Family Violence Prevention Fund with the first Health Care and Domestic Violence Advocate Leadership Award. Dr. Pease was a national consultant for the Zero to Three Early Head Start

National Resource Centers Infant Mental Health program. She was also appointed to the faculty of the National Academy for Equal Justice for Persons with Disabilities at Temple University

Tim Love provides technical assistance and training to rape crisis centers and their communities to support their efforts to end sexual violence. He joined the staff of TAASA in 2005. Previously, Tim worked with the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless, eventually becoming the civil rights monitor on staff, where he organized with and advocated for individuals who were homeless or formerly homeless around social and economic justice issues. He also provided community and youthbased education on issues of homelessness, including interpersonal violence. Tim moved back home to Texas in 2003 and joined the staff of the Hays-Caldwell Womens Center (HCWC), where he served as a sexual assault prevention educator, providing prevention education on issues of sexual assault, dating violence and sexual harassment to the communities, particularly youth, of Hays and Caldwell counties in Central Texas. Tomi Grover PhD is the founder and executive director of TraffickStop. Tomi Lee T.L. Grover holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work and Ministry-Based Evangelism, and a Master of Arts in Christian Education, from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. She serves as an educator and abolitionist with TraffickStop, an anti-trafficking initiative to educate, advocate, and engage people on the issues of human trafficking. She actively pursues educating others about the atrocities of exploitation and engages their response in a variety of avenues. Historically, T.L. has a twelve year career as a certified tele-communications operator, and was certified as a law enforcement officer, as well as a law enforcement instructor and holds a Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science in Criminal Justice from the University of Florida.

Russell W. Strand is currently the Chief of the U.S. Army Military Police School Family Advocacy Law Enforcement Training Division. Mr. Strand is a retired U.S. Army CID Federal Special Agent with over 34 years law enforcement and investigative, and consultation experience. Mr. Strand has experience and training in the areas of domestic violence intervention, critical incident peer support, sexual assault, trafficking in persons and child abuse investigations. Mr. Strand has developed and conducted the U.S. Army Sexual Assault Investigations; Domestic Violence Intervention Training; Sexual Assault Investigations and Child Abuse Prevention and Investigation Techniques courses. Recognized by a U.S. Army and Department of Defense (DOD) as expert in his subject and as consultant in the area of spouse and child abuse, critical incident peer support and sexual violence, he assisted in the development of the DODs training standards, programs of instruction, and lesson plans for Sexual Assault Response Coordinators (SARC). He is a member of the Defense Family Advocacy Command Assistance Team and Department of the Army Fatality Review Board. Mr. Strand was also a member of the Department of the Army Unit Victim Advocate and Deployable SARC training team as well as a trainer for the DOD Joint Task Force Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (JTF-SAPR). Mr. Strand also developed the DOD Trafficking in Persons Law Enforcement First Responders and Investigators training modules. Mr. Strand continues to work extensively in his fields of expertise.