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Idaho Summit on Domestic Violence & Health
Event Title: Idaho Summit on Domestic Violence and Health: Making the Connection
Date(s): Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Time: 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Event Description:
Who Should Participate?
Location Boise Centre on the Grove
Parking www.boisescentre.com
Cancellation Policy There is no cost for the Summit. If you register and find that you are unable to attend, please contact Kimberly Matulonis at kimberlym@idvsa.org by October 13th so we do not incur unnecessary costs.
Where to Stay A block of rooms are reserved at Springhill Suites at 424 E. Parkcenter Blvd, Boise, ID. To make a reservation at the Springhill Suites please call 208-342-1044 and mention Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence. Rooms must be reserved by September 24, 2010.
Registration Registration starts at 7:15 a.m.
Lunch on your own
Questions? kimberlym@idvsa.org or call 208-384-0419.
Agenda
8:15 – 9:30 Plenary – Making the Connection: Domestic Violence and Public Health
Description: Domestic violence is connected to leading public health indicators and has major implications for public health practices ranging from injury prevention to perinatal services to behavior health. Dr. Chamberlain is the author of the Family Violence Prevention Fund’s Public Health Toolkit, a training resource that makes the connection between domestic violence and public health. Using prevalence and cost data from the toolkit, she begins by making the case for addressing domestic violence as a public health priority. Using selected chapters from the Toolkit, Dr. Chamberlain describes the epidemiology, implications for service delivery, and promising practices for several core public health topics to demonstrate this free resource which includes speaker notes and an extensive bibliography.
9:30 – 10:45 Plenary – Domestic Violence Risk Assessment: An Integrated Community Approach
Jacquelyn Campbell, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, President of the Board of Directors, Family Violence Prevention Fund, National Program Director, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholars, Anna D. Wolf Chair, Professor, Joint Appointment Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Hygiene and Public Health, Department of Health Policy & Management, and Injury Control Center
Description: The plenary will present a community model for risk assessment using different strategies, approaches and instruments in different parts of the system (criminal justice, advocacy, health care, fatality reviews, and coordinated community response teams) as well as the pathways of communication needed among the different systems and agencies regarding risk assessment. The session will cover: the most frequently used instruments as well as the Idaho Risk Assessment and how to choose among them; the differences in risk of lethality and risk of re-assault; protocols, challenges, and solutions;, data on what keeps domestic violence victims safe depending on level of risk/danger; and a description of the Lethality Assessment Protocol (LAP), a research based brief lethality assessment for use by first responders.
10:45 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 12:15 PM SKILL BUILDING RESPONSE WORKSHOPS
Reproductive Health and Violence
Description: Reproductive health and violence is an emerging topic within the field of domestic violence that has major implications for family planning, perinatal programs, STI/HIV programs, and other reproductive health services. Dr. Chamberlain will present the latest research on different forms and patterns of reproductive coercion and its impact on women’s and teen’s reproductive health and sexual risk behaviors. New strategies to integrate assessment and harms reduction counseling into specific types of reproductive health visits, scripted assessment tools, and promising practices will be discussed.
Danger Assessment (DA) Training
Jacquelyn Campbell, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, President of the Board of Directors, Family Violence Prevention Fund, National Program Director, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholars, Anna D. Wolf Chair, Professor, Joint Appointment Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Hygiene and Public Health, Department of Health Policy & Management, and Injury Control Center
Description: This workshop will provide participants with the information needed to become certified in the use of the danger assessment including: how and when to use the danger assessment; validation of the danger assessment; weighted scoring; and data on women’s experiences using the danger assessment.
Creating Welcoming, Accessible, Culture, Domestic Violence & Trauma-Informed Services
Carole Warshaw, M.D., Director, National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health
Description: This presentation will discuss the adaptation of principles of trauma-informed care to working with survivors of ongoing domestic violence where legal, safety, and custody issues abound. Although trauma models are not a substitute for advocacy-based approaches that help survivors achieve freedom and safety and work to end domestic violence, trauma theory can enhance our work by increasing understanding of the psychological consequences of abuse and how trauma affects both domestic violence survivors (and their children) and the providers and programs that serve them.
Trauma-Informed Services from the Survivor’s/Patient’s Perspective
Terri Pease, Ph.D., Adult Trauma Specialist, National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health
Description: Domestic violence occurs in the context of an intimate or family relationship, violating the victim’s expectation of love, care, and concern. Responding to the trauma of domestic violence also occurs in the context of a relationship. Advocates and heath care providers alike are most effective when we attend both to the behavioral and the relational aspects of our work with survivors. This workshop will focus on the relational aspects of meeting the advocacy and mental health needs of survivors of domestic violence, and on integrating trauma-informed practices into our day to day work.
An Introduction to Strangulation Investigations
Corporal Angela Weekes, Nampa Police Department
Description: In this presentation the participants will increase their awareness of the lethality of strangulation. Corporal Weekes will cover the signs and symptoms of strangulation in domestic violence cases, as well as how to identify and document the evidence.
Intimate Partner Violence: Real Life Consequences and Real Life Tools for Children and Teens
Scott Armentrout, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist, Armentrout & Associates, PLLC
Description: This workshop will proceed on a developmental timeline of the physical and emotional consequences of exposure to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) for children through adolescence. There is strong evidence that a child’s brain development is altered by exposure to IPV, which sets up a chain reaction of risk factors for the rest of the child’s development. This workshop will help parents and caretakers identify behaviors, tendencies, and emotional responses that may be related to exposure to IPV, using examples from clinical practice. Adolescents exposed to IPV have similar symptom patterns to many other mental health disorders. This workshop will help caretakers make distinctions in similar behaviors to uncover exposure to IPV, as well as recognize teens that are experiencing teen dating violence. Finally, through discussion of the research on resilience, the workshop will identify protective factors for children, adolescents, and their families.
Domestic Violence and Confidentiality
Sarah Scott, JD, Project Director, Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence, and LaDessa Foster, MA, Clinical Services Manager, Women & Children’s Alliance
Description: For domestic violence advocates, health care professionals, and other service providers to be effective, they need to understand the role of confidentiality in the emotional and physical safety of survivors, know what to do with a domestic violence or sexual assault survivor’s personal information, and when to share it, how to share it, and with whom to share it. This presentation describes a range of information-related issues providers face when working with others to assist a survivor of domestic violence or sexual assault. Protecting the privacy of a survivor, supporting a survivor’s right to control information about her family, asserting confidentiality and other legal protections, and meeting mandated reporting requirements are all part of the broad category of “information sharing” issues this presentation will address.
1:30 – 2:45 Plenary – In the First Place: Comprehensive Strategy to Reduce Domestic Violence – Critical Importance and Strategies for Action
Larry Cohen, MSW, Executive Director, Prevention Institute
Description: Violence against women results in physical and emotional harm, and women who have been victimized need appropriate services and responses. Equally important is preventing violence in the first place. This presentation will introduce a primary prevention framework for multifaceted action to address the environmental factors and behavioral norms that contribute to violence against women and children. There will also be discussion and identification of example strategies in use across the nation that are moving the prevention agenda forward. A focus on key norms reveals the importance of societal influences on an individual. By understanding and then transforming environments, violence against women can be prevented from occurring.
3:00 – 4:30 SKILL BUILDING PREVENTION WORKSHOPS (In order to accommodate room space for the workshops, please select one workshop to attend.)
Traveling Upstream: Innovations in Public Health Response and Prevention of Domestic Violence
Jacquelyn Campbell, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, President of the Board of Directors, Family Violence Prevention Fund, National Program Director, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholars, Anna D. Wolf Chair, Professor, Joint Appointment, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Hygiene and Public Health, Department of Health Policy & Management, and Injury Control Center
Description: This breakout will describe new innovative strategies for primary and secondary prevention of domestic violence including incorporating systematic domestic violence assessment and both prevention and interventions in home visitation of pregnant women, as well as validated primary and secondary prevention interventions in prenatal care, and innovations in teen dating violence prevention and healthy relationship development.
Tools for Designing Effective Prevention Strategy (The Spectrum of Prevention, Collaboration Multiplier, Making the Case)
Larry Cohen, MSW, Executive Director, Prevention Institute, and Anna Realini, Prevention Institute
Description: This workshop offers a framework for catalyzing effective and sustainable primary prevention initiatives. It has been used to shape national training for advocates on prevention of violence against women and to guide the prevention strategies of health departments across the country. This workshop will cover the utility and importance of the Spectrum followed by an interactive training on effective coalition building and interdisciplinary partnerships, using the Collaboration Multiplier tool. This tool offers multi-disciplinary coalitions an interactive framework for evaluating each partner's skills and helps them more effectively target their individual and joint needs to achieve collective accomplishments. Workshop participants can then use the Spectrum and the Collaboration Multiplier to develop and implement comprehensive strategies in their organizations and communities and make the case for prevention.
Engaging Bystanders as a Primary Prevention Approach to Intimate Partner Violence
Kaili McCray, Ph.D., MPH, MHE, and Jeff Matsushita, Project Director, MT2, Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic ViolenceDescription: This workshop discusses the principles of bystander engagement as a primary prevention strategy of violence against women. Participants will be provided an overview of available research on the bystander approach and the essential elements of promising bystander programs that lead to promoting bystander action and advancing community change. Additional resources on bystander approaches to violence against women prevention will be shared.
Domestic Violence and Health Care Providers Working Together
Sarah Leeds, MPH, Executive Director, Family Services Alliances, and Colin Watt, Family Services Alliances
Description: Domestic violence advocates have historically connected to victims through law enforcement. Connecting to victims through partnerships with health care professionals is another avenue to provide assistance to victims of abuse. This presentation will include a review of the current literature about domestic violence and health care professionals working together to improve outcomes for patients/clients. The efforts of one Idaho domestic violence advocate program will be presented to illustrate methods that can be duplicated by other programs. The evaluation of this project will also be discussed. Participants can expect to leave this session with concrete tools for increasing the connections and communications between domestic violence and health care professionals so that outcomes for patients/victims are improved. Participants will also understand the challenges involved in these efforts and ways to address these challenges.
The Idaho Risk Assessment of Dangerousness in Domestic Violence: Expanding Beyond the Criminal Justice System to Promote Early Intervention
Lisa Bostaph, Ph.D., Professor, Boise State University, and Jennifer Landhuis, Advocacy & Education Administrator, Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence
Description: This presentation will utilize the Idaho Risk Assessment of Dangerousness to assist providers in identifying Idaho’s seven risk factors, providing a touchstone for victims on their own risk, and identifying early intervention strategies which promote victim safety.
Building the Bridge to Healthy Relationships Among Adolescents: Innovations in Promoting Healthy Teen Relationships
Sherry Iverson, RN, Director of Women’s & Children’s Education, St. Luke’s Health Systems, and Kelly Miller, Executive Director, Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence
Description: This workshop will provide an overview on engaging and educating youth on healthy teen relationships as primary prevention strategy of adolescent dating abuse. Participants will learn an overview of a range of primary prevention activities, including those using popular teen culture to promote a primary prevention message; review successes and challenges; and, finally, provide recommendations to others who are seeking to engage young people in primary prevention of adolescent dating abuse and sexual violence.
Location: Boise Centre on the Grove
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