Detailed Agenda

Our conference programming offers sessions and workshops designed to highlight promising practices, emerging issues, and collaborative efforts in addressing family violence across five key sectors in our communities – Business, Legal Services, Victim Services, Health Care, and Faith. While we have indicated the intended target audiences for each session, all participants are welcome to register for whichever sessions interest them.

Legend:

Business Track

Legal Track

Victim Services Track

Health Care Track

Faith Track

Day One

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

7:30AM – 9:00AM
Check-in • Breakfast • Exhibits

9:00AM – 9:30AM
Welcome • Abigail Wexner

9:30AM – 10:30AM
Keynote Address • Blair Underwood

10:30AM – 10:45AM
Break • Exhibits

10:45AM – 12:15PM
Concurrent Session A

A1: Domestic Violence In The Workplace: Promising Practices To Decrease Liability

Domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking have a dramatic impact on today’s workplaces. In a nationwide survey in 2005, one fifth of today’s adult workforce self-identified as victims of intimate partner violence.  Moreover, studies indicate that the majority of perpetrators of these crimes were employed at the time that they committed these crimes against their intimate partners, many employed by the same workplaces as their victims.  Even when the victim and the perpetrator are not working for the same employer, the perpetrator frequently seeks and gains access to the workplace, raising safety and liability concerns.  In this presentation, we will explore the range of liability concerns for employers raised by domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking, and explore best practices for minimizing liability by providing safe and supportive environments for employees.

Robin Runge, Esq., Director, American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence, Washington, DC

A2: A Technology Giveaway: Using Web-based Training To Address Domestic Violence & The Workplace (Repeated in Session G1)

JPMorgan Chase and the Columbus Coalition Against Family Violence have developed and tested a web-based training program to address domestic violence and the workplace. The program – What Every Manager Should Know: The Impact of Domestic Violence on the Workplace – outlines the business case for attending to this issue, trains managers and supervisors to recognize the signs of possible domestic violence, and teaches them how to discuss the issue with an employee. This session will provide a live demonstration of the manager training module, as well as a companion course for employees. The session also will offer the chance to obtain a free, customizable copy of the training program to use in your business setting.

David Hayes, PhD, Clinical Psychologist, JPMorgan Chase, Columbus, OH

A3: Effective Criminal Justice Interventions

Innovative practices can result in increased victim safety and effective intervention in the judicial system.  Understanding the context of relationships in family violence and on-going lethality assessment are useful tools for a coordinated community response where judges, prosecutors, defense lawyers and advocates share a common goal to respond to family violence.

The Honorable Michael Denton, Travis County (Austin), Texas
Dana Nelson, JD, Assistant District Attorney, Travis County (Austin), Texas

A4: Law Enforcement As Leaders  - Building A Community Coordinated Response To Family Violence

This session will use several case studies to introduce participants to best practice examples of community responses to domestic violence. Additionally, it will explore the roll of the law enforcement community as a leader in building coordinated community response to the issue of family violence. Examples of obstacles, resources and benefits to the government-community partnerships will be explored.

Lt. (Ret.) Mark Wynn, Retired from Nashville Metropolitan Police Department; and National Trainer to Law Enforcement, Judges, Prosecutors, Legislators, Social Service Providers, Healthcare Professionals and Victim Advocates, Wynn Consulting, Nashville, TN

A5: It’s Real, It’s Wrong, “It’s Abuse”: Raising Awareness About Relationship Abuse On College Campuses

Across the nation, 21% of college students report abuse by a current dating partner, and young women ages 16-24 experience the highest per capita rates of intimate violence.  In an effort to address the issue of dating violence and relationship abuse among young adults, the Columbus Coalition Against Family Violence partnered with The Ohio State University in 2006 to pilot It’s Abuse, a relationship abuse awareness campaign designed specifically for college students.  Today, the model has spread to 7 colleges and universities in central Ohio.  This session will use the It’s Abuse campaign model as a lens to explore key elements of a college awareness campaign, and provide participants with a tool-kit of communication strategies and event ideas.

Moderator:
Kate Marckworth, Health Care Task Force Director, Columbus Coalition Against Family Violence, Columbus, OH

Panelists:
Constance Boehm, MA, Director, Student Wellness, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Louise Douce, PhD, Assistance Vice-President, Student Affairs and Director, Counseling and Consultation Service, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Karen Patterson, Senior Director, Internal Communications, Office of University Relations, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

A6: Family Violence & Animal Cruelty: Making The Connection For The Safety Of Families

Research has repeatedly demonstrated a connection between animal cruelty and interpersonal violence. To keep families safe it is crucial that this link be recognized and understood by professionals working within social services, law enforcement, criminal justice system and animal welfare. In this session we will explore the nature of animal cruelty, examine the relationship between animal cruelty and family violence as supported by research and describe programs developed in response to community recognition of this complex issue. 

Jodi Lytle Buckman, CAWA, Executive Director, Capital Area Humane Society, Hilliard, OH    

A7: Don’t Forget To Ask – Project S.A.F.E:  A Two-Part Screening Program That Works

Spanning six local hospitals and clinics here in central Ohio, Project S.A.F.E. is a coordinated effort to identify pregnant women at risk for abuse through the use of a comprehensive screening program, and to educate healthcare providers about family violence. This session will explore the impetus for creating Project S.A.F.E., describe the rationale for developing the two part screening process and demonstrate how it works. Additionally, we will review and discuss samples of the two screening methods and actual responses from patients.

Mark Landon, MD, Professor/Vice-Chairman, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Director, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Beverly Roseman-Shapiro, MSW, LISW-S, Project S.A.F.E Coordinator and Medical Social Worker, High Risk Perinatal Project, The Ohio State University Hospitals, Columbus, OH

A8: Through The Victim’s Eyes:  How Health Care Providers Can Help End & Prevent Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)

Victims and survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) are frequent consumers of health care services. As health care consumers, victims and survivors have given input to providers about their needs, and how to best help them. This session will describe and discuss evidence-based strategies and interpersonal approaches that health care providers can implement when asking about and helping IPV victims. Interpersonal communication strategies, as well as different screening instruments will be addressed.

L. Kevin Hamberger, PhD, Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Racine, WI

A9: A Toolkit For Faith Leaders

This session will focus on equipping faith leaders and communities with the tools to create a supportive environment for victims and remove barriers in working with victims of family violence. We will highlight various ways in which the faith community can assist victims of family violence with both theoretical and practical focus.  Participants will also learn different models of working with family violence victims that faith communities can use. Additionally, the session will highlight ways in which faith communities can work together to create a community culture that does not tolerate family violence.

Julia Bingman, Domestic Violence Victim Advocate, Columbus, OH
The Reverend Charles Booth, Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, Columbus, OH
Frieda Gilyard, MA, Faith Community Task Force Director, Columbus Coalition Against Family Violence, Columbus, OH

A10: Questions Of Faith: Domestic Violence 101 For Faith Communities (Repeated in Session B9)

When working with victims (and abusers) for whom faith is an integral part of life, it is inevitable that questions of faith play an important role and can influence their perceptions of their relationship and their decision making processes. This session will explore three basic themes frequently presented by religious victims/survivors or abusers in dealing with domestic violence: suffering, divorce and forgiveness. We will suggest methods to approach these issues (for both clergy and advocates) that may help remove roadblocks and encourage resources.

The Reverend Dr. Aleese Moore-Orbih, Director of Training and Consulting, FaithTrust Institute, Durham, NC

12:15PM – 1:30PM
Lunch (Provided)

1:30PM – 2:00PM
Plenary Session

Collaborative Responses To Family Violence
Karen Days, MBA, President, Columbus Coalition Against Family Violence, Columbus, OH

2:00PM – 2:15PM
Break • Exhibits

2:15PM – 3:45PM
Concurrent Session B

B1: Second Chance Employment: How Financial Independence Can Facilitate Freedom From Abusive Relationships

Financial dependence is a powerful means by which perpetrators of abuse can achieve power and control in their relationships. Often, this financial dependence upon the abuser plays a major role in victims’ decisions to stay in abusive situations. Second Chance’s model proves that helping victims and survivors achieve financial independence is a key component to breaking the cycle of domestic violence.  This session will explore the strategies we use to achieve our mission to provide meaningful careers through comprehensive employment placement services.  Additionally, we will review our web-based, organizational management system and identify how it can be used to measure outcomes of your program.

Ludy Green, PhD, President and Founder, Second Chances Employment Services, Washington, DC

B2: Dare To Talk: Conversations Across Diversity

In this session, managers and other professionals will learn about the frameworks, principles and key practices to having successful difficult conversations across such dimensions as race, culture, gender, age, etc. Certain conversations are difficult to have without dimensions of difference. One such example is a conversation around suspected family violence, a taboo subject in many cultures. Come to learn frameworks and tools to increase your success at communicating and dare to talk across the differences. 

Judy Tso, MAA, President, Aha Solutions Unlimited, Bethesda, MD

B3: Beyond The Obvious - Dual Arrest

Lt. Wynn will guide the investigator/officer through the difficulties presented by cases of dual assualt. It will provide a clear definition and understanding of probable cause, self-defense, interpretation of injuries and dominant/primary aggressor. The goal will be to reduce the inappropriate dual arrests that frequently occur at the scene of domestic violence crimes.

Lt. (Ret.) Mark Wynn, Retired from Nashville Metropolitan Police Department; and National Trainer to Law Enforcement, Judges, Prosecutors, Legislators, Social Service Providers, Healthcare Professionals and Victim Advocates, Wynn Consulting, Nashville, TN

B4: Responding To The Legal Needs Of Victims Of Domestic Violence:  An Overview Of The American Bar Association’s Standards Of Practice For Civil Protection Order Cases

Studies indicate that 80-90% of victims of domestic violence seek assistance from the justice system without an attorney.  At the same time, it is recognized that access to legal assistance is one of the most effective measures toward ending domestic violence. To publicize this need for attorneys to represent survivors of domestic violence, to increase the number of attorneys providing services, and to improve the quality of representation provided to victims, the ABA adopted Standards of Practice for Lawyers Representing Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking in Civil Protection Order Cases in August 2007. In this presentation, Ms. Runge will describe the importance of these standards, how they came about, their content and their impact in improving the legal response to domestic violence.

Robin Runge, Esq., Director, American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence, Washington, DC

B5: We Are A Team: Empowering Mothers & Their Children

Through a series of snapshots, this mother/daughter team recounts and reflects on their experience as survivors of domestic violence.  Casey shares diary entries and written memoir excerpts that illustrate her experience as a child exposed to domestic violence.  Kathlene draws on the stories to describe the parenting challenges and important lessons learned as a former battered mother of three.  Together, their poignant story captures feelings of fear and powerlessness, balanced with the strength of survival through partnership.  Highlighting the importance of the mother/child bond, this team draws on their combined experience of 21 years in the movement to end domestic violence to describe helpful interventions and a framework for promoting resiliency in children exposed.

Casey Keene, MSW, LSW, Project Coordinator, VAWnet, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, Harrisburg, PA
Kathlene Russell, MA, Executive Director, The Women’s Center, Inc. of Columbia/Montour, Bloomsburg, PA

B6: What Are Those Guys Up To? How Batterer Programs Fit Within A Coordinated Response To Domestic Violence

Many people wonder what goes on in batterer intervention groups, and while that is important, even more important is how these programs are connected to systems and the community. Drawing on experience in New Zealand and Duluth, this session shows how batterers programs can be embedded in a network of accountability, and how that can work to improve the program and the outcomes for battered women and their families.

Graham Barnes, Resource Specialist, Battered Women’s Justice Project, Minneapolis, MN

B7: Health Care Can Change From Within: A Sustainable Model For Addressing & Preventing Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)

Numerous efforts have been made to increase responsiveness of health care providers and systems to the problem of intimate partner violence (IPV). This session will discuss the role of numerous systemic components important in such change. These include education about IPV, development of policies, procedures and protocols for addressing IPV as a health care issue. Barriers to systemic change will be described. Recent system change efforts, based on lessons learned, will be discussed and illustrated.

L. Kevin Hamberger, PhD, Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Racine, WI

B8: Health & Social Service Providers Link Arms, & Walk The Talk: What We MUST HAVE From Each Other To Protect Older Adults

For many victims of violence, health care providers may be the first and only service they come in contact with that can deliver key prevention messages and provide early intervention services. Social Service Agencies must respond with diligence when a health care provider seeks assistance.

With the goal of improving the health care communities' capacity to engage in violence prevention and response activities related to domestic violence, this cutting edge initiative also works with communities to bolster their capacity to help prevent elder abuse and sexual violence.

"Illinois Health Cares" is guided by a strong commitment to collaboration among a wide range of partners. On the local level, IHC draws on the strengths of partners that include community-based domestic violence, elder abuse or sexual assault victim service programs; public health departments; Illinois Family Violence Coordinating Councils, and hospitals and clinics or other group practices. Illinois Health Cares is collaboratively administered by the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority.

Amy Marchant, MEd, CEO, CRIS Senior Services, Danville, IL

B9: Questions Of Faith: Domestic Violence 101 For Faith Communities (Repeat of Session A10)

When working with victims (and abusers) for whom faith is an integral part of life, it is inevitable that questions of faith play an important role and can influence their perceptions of their relationship and their decision making processes. This session will explore three basic themes frequently presented by religious victims/survivors or abusers in dealing with domestic violence: suffering, divorce and forgiveness. We will suggest methods to approach these issues (for both clergy and advocates) that may help remove roadblocks and encourage resources.

The Reverend Dr. Aleese Moore-Orbih, Director of Training and Consulting, FaithTrust Institute, Durham, NC

B10: Second Step: A Violence Prevention Curriculum

Social and emotional skills are important to healthy child development. Research confirms that school and family are the two most important social and emotional learning environments for children. The Second Step curriculum teaches students skills in empathy, impulse control, problem solving, and anger management. This program is research based and taught primarily in schools pre-school thru middle school. However, it is also effective for use with youth groups and after school programs.

Lisa Carroll, RN, BSN, Violence Prevention Specialist, Certified Second Step Trainer and Outreach Worker, Jewish Family Services, Columbus, OH

6:00PM – 8:00PM
Jazz Reception • Exhibits

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Day Two

Thursday, April 30, 2009

7:30AM – 9:00AM
Check-in • Breakfast • Exhibits

9:00AM – 10:30AM
Concurrent Session C

C1: How Family Violence Affects The Workplace & How The Workplace Can Affect Family Violence

Family violence affects thousands of working people every day.  It impacts their ability to care for themselves and their families, work safely and effectively, and it impacts the financial strength and success of the companies for which they work. In this economy, it is in an employer's enlightened self-interest to address family violence. There are steps that employers can take to proactively and effectively address the impact of family violence on the workplace.  This keynote will explain discuss how dealing with family violence at work is a "win-win" for employers and victims of family violence.

Kimberly Wells, MA, Executive Director, Corporate Alliance To End Partner Violence, Bloomington, IL

C2: The Role Of Judges In Improving Access To Justice Relatd To Family Violence

In many jurisdictions, the judiciary is looked upon as part of the problem rather than part of the solution when it comes to effective family violence intervention. This situation prevails primarily because courts are reluctant to take an activist role in this substantive area of the law, for fear of being viewed as less than impartial. This session will explore the issue of judicial activism in family violence cases. It will attempt to define the appropriate boundaries of judicial intervention. In addition, the session will also attempt to highlight specific judicial activities that enhance victim safety, protect the rights of those accused and assure offender accountability.

The Honorable Ronald Adrine, Administrative and Presiding Judge, Cleveland Municipal Court, Cleveland, OH

C3: Understanding The Post-Separation Needs Of Women & Their Children

Mr. Bancroft will cover the post-separation opportunities, risks, and challenges in the lives of battered women and their children. We will prepare participants to support healing and recovery for mothers and children, while also planning properly for their ongoing safety needs. We will begin by looking at children’s typical reactions, both positive and negative, to their parents’ separation in a domestic violence case. Next we will look at the post-separation behaviors of men who batter with respect to children, identifying the most common risks. We will look at helpful versus destructive responses from family law courts, and the ongoing sabotaging of children’s healing that can come through the batterer’s use of the legal system as a form of abuse. Mr. Bancroft will conclude by reviewing ways to redesign services with post-separation cases in mind.

Lundy Bancroft, Nationally Recognized Authority on Domestic Violence and Abuser Intervention Specialist, Northampton, MA

C4: Safety Planning In A Hi-Tech World

Like many criminals, perpetrators of stalking and other forms of violence against women are often ahead of the curve on the use of technology. This session will detail how offenders are misusing technology to terrorize their victims, and how survivors can use technology to access safety and support. The presenter will draw from many survivor experiences to illustrate the safety risks and benefits of phone, imaging, mapping, Internet, and computer technologies including webcams, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), email, TTY, computer histories, wireless networks, PDAs and SpyWare.

Sarah Tucker, Technology Safety Specialist, National Network To End Domestic Violence, Washington, DC

C5: Building Academic Capacity & Expertise In Addressing Family Violence

The Academy on Violence and Abuse (AVA) advances health education and research on the prevention, recognition, treatment and health effects of violence and abuse.  Its vision is to integrate knowledge about violence and abuse into the training of health professionals; promote the health of all people; protect the most vulnerable; and advance health policy that promotes safe families, safe workplaces and safe communities. In an effort to bring the discussion of advancing health education and research of family violence into a public discussion, in 2007, the AVA partnered with the Family Violence Prevention Fund and developed a blueprint for advancing health professional education to address the training gap regarding competencies in evaluation, treatment and prevention of family violence. This presentation will provide the participants with an overview of the AVAblueprint to foster communities and their academic environments to integrate education and training in the area of family violence in their health care communities.  Practical strategies to address this curriculum challenge in academic health centers will be discussed and shared. 

David McCollum, MD, Emergency Room Attending Physician and President, Academy on Violence and Abuse, Eden Prairie, MN 
Philip Scribano, DO, MSCE, Medical Director, Center for Child and Family Advocacy, Nationwide Children’s Hospital; Chief, Division of Child and Family Advocacy and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

C6: Self-Care For The Helper: Increasing Resilience In The Context Of Never-Ending Dysregulation

The treatment of unresolved trauma requires the helper to enter into another’s chaotic and overwhelming mental states in order to help the individual establish safe relationships in the present, reflect on past experiences, and eventually create a coherent sense of self. Research has demonstrated that repeated exposure to our clients’ emotional dysregulation  can lead to vicarious traumatization in the helper. Helper training and self-care practices that focus on increasing helper resilience include emotional processing exercises, self-reflection journals and development of meaningful and emotionally secure colleague and personal relationships.

Alice Brand Bartlett, PhD, Training and Supervising Psychoanalyst, Greater Kansas City Psychoanalytic Institute, Topeka, KS

C7: Lighting The Way: Using Religious Teachings As Resources, Not Roadblocks, For Victims

Our faith can be a safe haven, our anchor and our strength in times of need.  Unfortunately, for victims of family violence, abusers often manipulate religious teachings to keep the victim in the relationship and justify their behavior.  As faith leaders we are able to take a stand against abuse and help victims in a way that is unique among community leaders.  This session will use an interfaith approach to look closely at how faith, religion, spirituality and doctrinal teachings can ease, or add to, the burdens faced by victims of domestic violence.  It will also discuss the co-occurrence of cultural teachings that excuse, ignore, justify, and support power and control dynamics in abusive relationships.

Moderator:
The Reverend Dr. Marie Fortune, Founder and Senior Analyst, FaithTrust Institute, Seattle, WA

Panelists:
Imam Johari Abdul-Malik, MS, Imam and Counselor; Founder, Muslim Men Against Domestic Violence – FAITH; Outreach Director, Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center, Falls Church, VA
Rabbi Mark Dratch, CEO, JSafe, West Hempstead, NY
The Reverend Al Miles, Senior Chaplain, Pacific Health Ministry, Serving at The Queen’s Medical Center, Honolulu, HI

10:30AM – 10:45AM
Break • Exhibits

10:45AM – 12:15PM
Concurrent Session D

D1: Creating A Secure Work Environment

This session will provide participants with plans and procedures for the overall development of a safe and secure workplace. Participants will first gain an understanding of the dynamics of domestic violence and its relations to the employment setting. It will describe the roster of representatives of a good Threat Management Team who will assess the general security of any organization. Among the assessment steps, we will look at how to conduct an audit of previous incidents and where to find these records. Additionally, this session will review how to  "take the pulse" of the workforce through focus groups and surveys. Policy and procedures will then be examined to find potential vulnerabilities and liability concerns. Finally, we will identify how to conduct a physical review of the facility and ways to partner with community resources.

Johnny Lee, Director, Peace at Work, Raleigh, NC

D2: Responding To Family Violence: Practical Tips

Domestic violence does not simply stay at home, it follows its victims to work. It impacts the lives of thousands of working women and men everyday and affects the financial strength and success of the companies for which they work.  SafeWork is an innovative training program that provides a unique understanding of the issue through group discussions and case studies. This session will use (Un)Safe, a compelling short film which depicts a senior manager impacted by domestic violence in her home and at work, as a springboard for a facilitated training session. Attendees will learn to recognize warning signs, respond appropriately, and refer victims to available resources. 

Kristen Illes, MA, Associate Vice-President, Training and Development, Safe Horizon, Brooklyn, NY
Kimberly Wells, MA, Executive Director, Corporate Alliance To End Partner Violence, Bloomington, IL

D3: Bridging The Gap: Law Enforcement/Victim Advocates

Law enforcement officers and victim advocates come to the criminal justice system with different expectations, roles, and objectives – differences that may cause friction and mistrust. Law enforcement and advocates also bring distinct perspectives and styles to their work with victims. Such differences can be explained, in part, by deeply held and often unexamined beliefs about gender and sex-role stereotypes. This session will explore the culture and perspective of law enforcement and advocates and will also examine the central role of gender at the individual, organizational, and professional levels in both disciplines. We will also discuss promising practices regarding developing collaborative relationships between these two entities.

Chief (Ret.) Randall Carroll, Bellingham (Washington) Police Department; President, Profectus, LLC, Bellingham, WA
Shannon Meyer, PhD, Victim Specialist, FBI, Seattle, WA

D4: The Capital University Law School Family Advocacy Clinic: Collaborating To Increase Victims’ Access to Legal Services

When low-income victims in Central Ohio need legal help, they have few places to turn. Through funding from the Columbus Coalition Against Family Violence, the Capital University Law School launched its Family Advocacy Clinic in October 2000 to provide free and reduced cost legal services to indigent victims of domestic violence. Since its inception, clinic attorneys have helped over 6,000 victims with protection orders and contested custody divorce proceedings. This session will review the concept and model of the collaborative relationship, and attendees will learn how and why this model works and will understand the benefits to both collaborators and the community. Specifics covered will include program design, start-up processes, operations, collaborative efforts and evaluation methods.

Danny Bank, JD, Professor of Clinical Studies, Capital University Law School and Senior Attorney, Family Advocacy Clinic, Columbus, OH
Lorie McCaughan, BSN, RN, JD, Professor of Clinical Studies, Capital University Law School and Senior Attorney,  Family Advocacy Clinic, Columbus, OH

D5: The Center For Child And Family Advocacy: Creating Community Change

A joint initiative of the Columbus Coalition Against Family Violence and Nationwide Children’s Hospital, The Center for Child and Family Advocacy (CCFA) represents an a powerful statement that ending child abuse and family violence is a community-wide priority. Through an impressive combination of public and private resources, CCFA is the first facility in the country to fully integrate child abuse and domestic violence services by offering a continuum of support for victims from prevention through long-term therapy and support. This session will explore the Center’s multidisciplinary model for creating a coordinated community response through treatment, intervention, and prevention.  We will also discuss the link between domestic violence and child abuse and why it’s important to address the issues in a coordinated approach.

Yvette McGee Brown, JD, President, Center for Child and Family Advocacy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH

D6: A Call To Men: Ending Violence Against Women

We will focus on the responsibility of those of us who identify as “well meaning men” to begin acknowledging the significant role male privilege and socialization has in violence against women. This session is designed to assist men in understanding and owning their responsibility as the major component in the solution to ending violence against women. The presence and participation of women in this session is greatly appreciated.

Anthony (Tony) Porter, MPH, Co-Founder, A Call To Men (The National Association of Men and Women Committed to Ending Violence Against Women), New York, NY

D7: Collaborative Risk Assessment: Community Models

This session will present the collaborative (among criminal justice, domestic violence advocacy and researchers) process employed to develop the Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence (MNADV) Lethality Assessment Program (LAP). The LAP is a brief lethality assessment based on research and conducted by first responders that is accompanied by a protocol by which victims of DV at high risk are immediately put in touch with local advocacy services by phone at the scene.

Jacquelyn Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN, Anna D. Wolf Chair and Professor of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

D8: Trauma Informed Health Care For Victims Of Family Violence: A Personal Perspective

Olga Trujillo is a survivor who has undertaken a journey of healing and recovery.  From the domestic violence she witnessed, to the sexual abuse she endured as a child to the rapes she suffered as an adolescent and adult, her story is tragic and yet hopeful.  Her journey of healing took her through years of work to understand the impact violence has had on her life and health.  In this workshop, Olga will take us through that journey and provide us a unique view about trauma and health.  She will help participants better understand how to work with survivors of family violence to better care for their health needs.

Olga Trujillo, JD, President, O.R.T. Solutions, Inc., River Falls, WI

D9: Why Does He Do That?: The Profile and Tactics Of Men Who Abuse Women

This session examines the characteristics and behaviors of men who batter, with some surprising corrections to widely-held myths and misconceptions about this group of violent offenders. Mr. Bancroft will explain how an abuser is made, not born, and how communities and societies enable abusers to continue abusing. Finally, the key issue to be  addressed is how we need to change so that abusers will change, by renouncing the culture of domination and violence and creating systems that hold abusers accountable for their actions.

Lundy Bancroft, Nationally Recognized Authority on Domestic Violence and Abuser Intervention Specialist, Northampton, MA

12:15PM – 1:30PM
Lunch (Provided)

1:30PM – 2:00PM
Buses Load for Center Tour 1 •  Break  •  Exhibits

2:00PM – 3:30PM
Center Tour 1
Concurrent Session E - Master Class

E1: Tour Of The Center For Child And Family Advocacy

Participants are invited to board shuttle buses for a short ride to the Center for Child and Family Advocacy where they will be given a tour of the self-contained facility and an overview of the program and services offered. With 11 co-located partner agencies, the Center offers medical intake services, treatment, support services, research, training, education, advocacy and prevention. It is the first of its kind in the country to fully integrate child abuse and domestic violence services. Participants will return in time to participate in Session F which starts at 4:00PM.

E2: Creating A Coordinated Community Response: One Community’s Example

The objectives of this session are based on the premise that the only way to eliminate family violence is by creating a coordinated community response. An overview of one community’s response is provided.

Karen Days, MBA, President, Columbus Coalition Against Family Violence, Columbus, OH

E3: Forensic Medical Evidence Of Elder Abuse, Neglect, & Domestic Violence In Later Life

Domestic violence is a root problem for family violence and maltreatment.  Abuse, neglect and murder of elders and dependent adults arises in a background of long standing or inter-generational domestic violence.  Injuries of elder maltreatment and abuse will be demonstrated. Caution: content is graphic.

Dean Hawley, MD, Forensic Pathologist and Tenured Professor of Pathology, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN

E4: Best Practices For Assessing And Responding To Domestic Violence Related Emergency Situations In The Workplace

This session will focus on recognizing and responding to specific incidents or concerns of domestic violence in the workplace; basically, what to do when a situation arises. Participants will learn how to identify potential victims employees, approach appropriately and offer effective management support. Participants will then learn threat assessment skills as well as how to implement effective security measures at work. Additionally, they will understand the impact of abuser employees on the workplace and how to address such issues.

Johnny Lee, Director, Peace at Work, Raleigh, NC

3:30PM – 4:00PM
Buses Load for Center Tour 2 • Break • Exhibits

4:00PM – 5:30PM
Center Tour 2
Concurrent Session F - Master Class

F1: Tour Of The Center For Child And Family Advocacy

Participants are invited to board shuttle buses for a short ride to the Center for Child and Family Advocacy where they will be given a tour of the self-contained facility and an overview of the programs and services offered.  With 11 co-located partner agencies, the Center offers medical intake services, treatment, support services, research, training, education, advocacy and prevention. It is the first of its kind in the country to fully integrate child abuse and domestic violence services.

F2: Truth Telling In Preaching: Sexual & Domestic Violence

Since the dawn of the spoken and written word, people have used sacred texts and divine beings to give license to inequalities, and also to offer justification for abuse and violence. This session will highlight this reality and lay a theological foundation for appropriately addressing the sins of sexual and domestic violence from the pulpit. Come to learn specific approaches for preaching and teaching in your faith community.

The Reverend Dr. Marie Fortune, Founder and Senior Analyst, FaithTrust Institute, Seattle, WA
The Reverend Al Miles, Senior Chaplain, Pacific Health Ministry, Serving at The Queen’s Medical Center, Honolulu, HI

F3: Danger Assessment Training

This session will provide basic training in the use of the Danger Assessment Tool.  Components will include: weighted scoring and practice scoring; suggestions for advocacy and clinical use; background on accuracy; and validity statistics in order to qualify as an expert in court.  In addition Dr. Campbell will provide: an overview of the use of lethality assessment and risk assessment in domestic violence cases; how they can both be used in a coordinated systemic approach; and information about a short first responder version and protocol being used in 37 jurisdictions in the state of Maryland.

Jacquelyn Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN, Anna D. Wolf Chair and Professor of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

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Day Three

Friday, May 1, 2009

7:00AM – 8:15AM
Check-in • Breakfast

8:15AM – 9:15AM
Plenary Session

Protecting Children from Domestic Violence: Strategies For Collaborative Community Intervention
Lundy Bancroft, Nationally Recognized Authority on Domestic Violence and Abuser Intervention Specialist, Northampton, MA

9:15AM – 9:30AM
Break

9:30AM – 11:00AM
Concurrent Session G

G1: A Technology Giveaway: Using Web-based Training To Address Domestic Violence & The Workplace (Repeat of Session A2)

JPMorgan Chase and the Columbus Coalition Against Family Violence have developed and tested a web-based training program to address domestic violence and the workplace. The program – What Every Manager Should Know: The Impact of Domestic Violence on the Workplace – outlines the business case for attending to this issue, trains managers and supervisors to recognize the signs of possible domestic violence, and teaches them how to discuss the issue with an employee. This session will provide a live demonstration of the manager training module, as well as a companion course for employees. The session also will offer the chance to obtain a free, customizable copy of the training program to use in your business setting.

David Hayes, PhD, Clinical Psychologist, JPMorgan Chase, Columbus, OH

G2: Workplace Policies: Development & Implementation

With 75% of employed victims harassed by their abuser at work, it is vital for employers to have a policy in place, and to understand the legal/liability concerns for their organization. This session will explore key elements of successful workplace domestic violence policies, and provide participants with examples of policies that can be adapted for their organization. Participants will also come away with an understanding of what it takes to successfully implement an awareness campaign. By creating a work environment where victims feel comfortable coming forward, and managers and co-workers know how to "Recognize, Respond, and Refer," businesses can prevent violence in the workplace, decrease liability, and improve their bottom line.

Sheryl Clinger, Task Force Director, Columbus Coalition Against Family Violence, Columbus, OH
Jean Frazier, JD, Columbus, OH

G3: Working With Immigrant Victims In Today’s Economic & Legal Challenges

The presenter, Olga Trujillo, is the Director of Programs at Casa de Esperanza and a former Department of Justice attorney. Over the past few years there have been changes in the way we view immigration. We are also in the midst of an historic economic downturn. These changes have had a unique effect on immigrant victims of family violence. In this session we will explore these challenges as well as practical strategies for addressing them so that we may continue to reach and engage immigrant victims of family violence in the most effective manner.

Olga Trujillo, JD, President, O.R.T. Solutions, Inc., River Falls, WI

G4: Battered Witnesses: Revictimization vs. Empowerment in Custody & Visitation Litigation

This session explains how – and why – family law courts are so badly serving the safety and recovery needs of abused women and their children. Topics examined include the role of the attorney, common errors made by custody and psychological evaluators, destructive myths and discriminatory attitudes that influence judicial behavior, and public misconceptions about custody. We then move into examining how to right these wrongs, through strategies for empowering battered women, training attorneys and courts personnel, and building a powerful grassroots movement for family court reform.

Lundy Bancroft, Nationally Recognized Authority on Domestic Violence and Abuser Intervention Specialist, Northampton, MA

G5: Lessons From The Greenbook Initiative: Working Together Effectively To Help Families Experiencing Violence

Prof. Edleson will briefly review the basic research on children’s exposure to adult domestic violence, their involvement in these events and the level of known co-occurring child maltreatment and domestic violence in families. He will also review recent trends in legislation and programs responding to these children and their families. Prof. Edleson will then devote most of the workshop session to the lessons learned from the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges’ guidelines published in Effective Intervention in Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment Cases: Guidelines for Policy & Practice (commonly called the Greenbook) and the federally funded “Greenbook Initiative” demonstration sites. 

Jeffrey Edleson, PhD, Professor and Director of the Minnesota Center Against Violence & Abuse, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

G6: The Family Justice Center – A Co-Location Model For Multi-Disciplinary Professionals

This session will focus on the groundbreaking work of the San Diego Family Justice Center, the National Family Justice Center Alliance and the innovative programs developing in communities around the globe. Building on the success of the child advocacy centers, sexual assault response teams, community based domestic violence programs and community oriented policing, the Family Justice Center model is setting new standards for for providing co-located, wrap around services to victims of family violence and their children by partnering with public and private organizations. From one location, victims and family violence can seek help from police, prosecutors, advocates, civil attorneys, medical professionals, trauma therapists, counselors, volunteers, chaplains, employment experts and a host of other professionals. 

Gael Strack, JD, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, National Family Justice Center Alliance, San Diego, CA

G7: Initiatives In Reproductive Healthcare For Victims Of Violence

Previous work has found a correlation between intimate partner violence (IPV) and negative reproductive health outcomes (lower rates of contraceptive use, higher rates of unintended pregnancy and abortions). Ms Levenson will discuss the results from these key studies as well as share new data (in press) from a 2007 research collaboration between the Family Violence Prevention Fund and Guttmacher Institute, qualitative interviews with women about their exposure to violence and their reproductive health.  Reproductive health professionals should be aware of the possibility that partners are interfering/influencing women’s pregnancy-related decisions including contraceptive use and pregnancy termination/continuation. If they are aware, they can help women choose the best contraceptive method and increase the probability that these women will be able to exercise greater reproductive autonomy.

Rebecca Levenson, MA, Senior Policy Analyst, Family Violence Prevention Fund, San Francisco, CA

G8: Collaborative Model For The Integrative Treatment Of Unresolved Trauma

Survivors of family violence must negotiate a maze of well-intended but often not coordinated interventions from the legal, mental health and educational systems.  The presenter will introduce a collaborative model that serves as a foundation for these multi-systemic approaches. The session will present the ingredients of effective intervention, based on attachment theory, insights from cognitive neuroscience, and the non-specific factors found in all good psychotherapy.

Alice Brand Bartlett, PhD, Training and Supervising Psychoanalyst, Greater Kansas City Psychoanalytic Institute, Topeka, KS

G9: Teens & Technology: Victims Of Violence In A Virtual World

Teens and young adults are accessing online counseling websites and tools, posting on blogs to share stories and support each other, and using gaming, photo sharing and other social networking sites to keep in touch with friends and family.This session will address how teens and young adults are using the Internet and what we all need to know about the newest cyberworlds.  Do you know how to safety plan around social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook, Second Life, or online dating or alumni sites?  Are you prepared with safety tips about using email, posting to a blog, instant messaging, or sharing music or photos online?  Learn about all this and more as we dive into the virtual world.

Sarah Tucker, Technology Safety Specialist, National Network To End Domestic Violence, Washington, DC

G10: Discussing Intimate Partner Violence In Pre-Martial Counseling

This session will offer participants various approaches and styles to appropriately discuss intimate partner violence with couples during pre-martial counseling.  We will also explore ways to address and not to address couples and individuals when intimate partner violence is suspected or disclosed.

The Reverend Al Miles, Senior Chaplain, Pacific Health Ministry, Serving at The Queen’s Medical Center, Honolulu, HI

11:00AM – 11:15AM
Break

11:15AM – 12:45PM
Closing Sessions by Track [Concurrent Session H]

H1: The Workplace Responds To Family Violence: Case Studies & Best Practices

The health-related costs of rape, physical assault, stalking and homicide committed by intimate partners exceed $5.8 billion each year. Of that amount, nearly $4.1 billion dollars are for direct medical and mental health care services, and nearly $1.8 billion dollars are for the indirect costs of lost productivity or wages. Clearly, addressing family violence in the workplace is not only a socially responsible policy, but it can improve economic productivity and workplace safety as well. This session, moderated by Kim Wells, Executive Director of the Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence, will highlight promising practices and workplace initiatives from a range of employers, including The Ohio State University, JPMorgan Chase, and Liz Claiborne, Inc.

Moderator:
Kimberly Wells, MA, Executive Director, Corporate Alliance To End Partner Violence, Bloomington, IL

Panelists:
Dennis Butler, SPHR, Vice President, Workplace Solutions, Liz Claiborne, Inc., North Bergen, NJ
Melissa Ingwersen, President, Central Ohio Market, JPMorgan Chase, Columbus, OH

H2: Collaborating Across Cultures: Raising Awareness, Improving Services, & Creating Collaborative Community Responses

Family violence knows no boundaries of race, ethnicity, culture or religion – anyone can be a victim, and perpetrators exist in all communities. However, in engaging, educating and providing services to diverse populations, there can be unique challenges. This session will help participants: to understand effective communication strategies for raising awareness across diverse populations; to understand promising practices for improving the delivery of services across diverse populations; and to identify key elements in forging successful partnerships across diverse populations towards realizing a collaborative community response.

Moderator:
Marvin Clayton, Vice President, Diversity and Inclusion, Limited Brands, Columbus, OH

Panelists:
Salma Elkadi Abugideiri, LPC, Co-Director, Peaceful Families Project, Reston, VA
Olga Trujillo, JD, President, O.R.T. Solutions, Inc., River Falls, WI
Sujata Warrier, PhD, Director – NYC Program , NYS Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence, New York, NY
Oliver Williams, PhD, Executive Director, Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community; Professor, School of Social Work, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN

H3: Adolescent Relationship Violence & Health: Implications For Prevention & Intervention

We will review the current research on adolescent relationship violence, the prevalence as well as associations with poor health outcomes. The focus will be on examining existing research on the characteristics of adolescent relationship violence to guide prevention and intervention in clinical, school, and community-based settings.

Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA

H4: Called To Make Justice

As we work to break the cycle of family violence, it is valuable to understand what in our faith traditions gives us direction and encouragement. This session will focus on emerging issues facing faith communities as they strive to address family violence, and will highlight the reasons why the faith community should respond. 

The Reverend Dr. Marie Fortune, Founder and Senior Analyst, FaithTrust Institute, Seattle, WA

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