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Box 484 Winnsboro, TX 75494, By Friday June 10<sup>th</sup>!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Goals and Objectives: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To equip and train multidisciplinary team members and community professionals to best serve, help and assist child and adult victims of sexual abuse/assault, physical abuse, witnesses of violent crime, severe neglect and victims of bullying and self-harm.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The NETCAC is an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Professional Counselor’s by the LPC Board of Examiners for the State of Texas (provider #464) and for Social Workers by the Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners (provider #3663) TCLEOSE hours provided through Wood County Constable.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Schedule:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>8:00AM – 8:30AM: Sign In/Register<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>TRAC 1<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>8:30 – 10:00AM: Janice Sager & Kristi Heiman with the Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice Victim Services Division – Program Overview, Confidential Notification, Victim Participation in Parole Review.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>10:15 – 11:45AM: Ms. Sager & Heiman will continue with Victim Impact Statements, Statutory Victim Impact Statement Access & Mandates for Key Decision Makers, Collaborative County Victim Impact Protocols & Guidelines.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>11:45-1:30: Lunch on your own<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1:30 – 3:00PM: Diana Ramirez Gansle – Dallas Regional Coordinator Crime Victim Services Division Office of the Attorney General – The Crime Victims’ Compensation Program uses the PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY process to better serve victims & families. Upon completion of this workshop, individuals are certified to submit Crime Victim Compensation applications (cont.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>3:15 – 4:45PM: Continued Presumptive Eligibility – Allows advocates to work directly with victims to gather the necessary documentation for the application. Having a complete application speed the response to victims and streamlines the process.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>TRAC 2<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>8:30 – 10:00AM: Detective Sheila Greene with Dallas Police Department will train on Understanding Dynamics of Victim, Batterer, and Children and will take an in-depth look at what is included as family violence under the law, domestic violence, the dynamics of family violence calls, causes, Dominance Theory, Equality Theory, batterer tactics, Batterer’s Intervention/Prevention and victim dynamics. These dynamics must be understood prior to arriving at the scene so arrests can be made and victim safety ensured.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>10:15AM – 11:45AM: Detective Sheila Greene with Dallas Police Department will present on Predominant Aggressor to increase officers’ knowledge and skills in handling domestic violence calls in which violence occurred to both individuals. The topic will review the problems created by dual arrests and improper arrest of the victim. Both compliant and suspect perspectives will be discussed along with self-defense issues, offensive and defensive injuries, probable cause and alternatives to arrest.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>11:45AM – 1:30PM: Lunch on your own<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1:30PM – 3:00PM: Detective Sheila Greene with the Dallas Police Department will train on Investigation of Strangulation Cases to increase awareness of the lethality of strangulation and will cover identification of the subtle signs and symptoms of strangulation, documenting evidence and steps for successful prosecution of strangulation along with steps for successfully interviewing the victim.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>3:15PM – 4:45PM: Mary Lynn Palmer – Nurse Practitioner – will train on Signs and Symptoms of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Sexual Assault Exams.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>TRAC III<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>8:30 – 10:00AM: Private Practice Licensed Professional Counselors Deborah Chelette-Wilson and Carmen Conley will train on EFT a simple meridian-based energy therapy to provide rapid relief from physical-emotional issues such as fear, anger, sadness, worry, cravings, nightmares, physical pain, traumatized children and more. It’s premise is that negative emotions are a result of a disruption in the body’s energy system. Practitioners report remarkable results.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>10:15AM – 11:45AM: Dr. Chris Simpson, LPC and Professor from Texas A&M will train on Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) which has perplexed professionals for decades. This behavior challenges “common sense” approaches to working with clientele. This presentation will introduce a means to conceptualize the self-injuring client. Also, some myths about the behavior will be challenged. Additionally some techniques for working with the self-injuring individual will be introduced.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>11:45AM – 1:30PM – Lunch on your own.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1:30PM – 3:00PM: Mr. Lee Gill, Education Specialist with Region 8, will speak on Bullying – the definition and impact of bullying. He will also discuss the New Frontier in Bullying – Cyberbullying. He will train on how to recognize and respond to all types of bullying and give Strategies for Action.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>3:15PM – 4:45PM: Kathy Smedley, LPC-S, LMFT, LSOTP, NCC NETCAC Program Director will speak on Children Who Sexually Abuse Other Children, sexually harmful behaviors, signs of sexual behavior problems, discuss what is natural and healthy development, intervention with an introduction on appropriate tools and techniques.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Bell MT","serif"'>_____________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Amy Toole <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>BSW Program Secretary <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Project RESPECT Secretary <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Department of Social Work<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Henderson 311<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>(903) 886-5893<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><a href="mailto:Amy_Toole@tamu-commerce.edu"><span style='color:blue'>Amy_Toole@tamu-commerce.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Bell MT","serif"'>_____________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Bell MT","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Bell MT","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Bell MT","serif"'>The measure of success is not whether you have tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year.<br>- John Foster Dulles<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>