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Profile
20 Years Experience in:
- Forensic Interviewing of victims and witnesses: children, teens and adults of abuse, assault, crime & other traumatic events.
~Over 3,000+ forensic interviews provided~
- Qualified Expert Witness and Case-Fact Court Testimony provision in numerous and extensive criminal, family law, dependency & civil court proceedings
- Case Provision and Coordination with local, district, out-of-district, state, out of state & federal level coordinating agencies
- Background in criminal, child welfare, family law, dependency, civil & related judicial proceedings
- Training & Lecture provision to and in coordination with: judicial/legal system, attorneys, law enforcement, child protective/child welfare, social services, medical and educational community-at-large on local, district and state levels.
- Assessment and Adherence to Best Practice Standards, Policy and Procedure, and Quality Assurance Issues.
- Crisis Response
- Case Management & Coordination
- Risk Management & Peer Review
- Audit, Monitoring & Accreditation Processes: local, district and state levels
- Program Management & Staff Development
Affiliations:
- Full Professional Member of FEWA (Forensic Expert Witness Association)
- Florida Chapter Member
- Florida Chapter: Board Member & Secretary (2015, 2016 & 2017)
- Member of APSAC (American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children)
Florida Chapter: Board Member & Training & Program Development Committee
- Fully Credentialed Child Welfare Case Manager via Florida Certification Board
- Prior Member of CART (Child Abduction Response Team/Orlando Region) via FDLE (Florida Department of Law Enforcement)
Highlighted Professional Training Received:
- The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC):
- Victor Veith – Executive Director Emeritus of Gundersen National Child Protection Training Center (NCPTC) / National Association to Prevent Sexual Abuse of Children (NAPSAC)
- Thomas D. Lyon, J.D., Ph.D. – (University of Southern California Law; former member of the Board of Directors of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC); past-president of the American Psychological Association’s Section on Child Maltreatment (Division 37)
- Patricia A. Toth, J.D. - Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission
- Kathleen Coulborn Faller, PhD - Marion Elizabeth Blue Endowed Professor Emerita of Children and Families in the School of Social Work at the University of Michigan; Director, Family Assessment Clinic. - Principal Investigator on the University of Michigan site of National Child Welfare Workforce Institute
- Nancy Lamb, JD – Assistant District Attorney, North Carolina
- Paul Stern, JD – Trial Attorney – U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
- National Center of Missing and Exploited Children
- National Children’s Advocacy Center (NCAC Training Center)
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) / Michelle Thorne - Victim Services Specialist and accompanying FBI Agents
- Office of the Attorney General / State of Florida
- Office of the State Attorney / Circuit 7 / State of Florida
- Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE)
- Institute of Child Advocacy – Al Danna, Special Agent and Terry Thomas, Special Agent / Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE)
- Stephen J. Ceci, Ph.D.- Cornell University
- State of Florida / Department of Children and Families / Office of Family Safety
- Florida Coalition Against Human Trafficking – Giselle Rodriguez
Publication:
Originally published in the FEWA (Forensic Expert Witness Association) 2015 Q3 Newsletter
