Lynn M. Davis, President & CEO Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center PRESENTERS Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center 2 Dallas Police Department 3 Welcome to Dallas! Thank you for joining us at the 25th Annual Crimes Against Children Conference. CONTENTS In anniversary terms, we are celebrating our silver! During this time of dramatic General Information 4 cuts to the federal budget, causing other conferences to shut down, we are Maps 6 honored and grateful for the support of our partners and corporate sponsors, allowing us to be non-reliant on federal government dollars for our ongoing 25th Anniversary 10 success. And without our attendees, this would not be possible. Thank you for Opening Plenary 11 choosing this Conference for your professional training experience. We hope you Sponsors 12 enjoy your week here and take full advantage of this year’s many outstanding Monday 18 learning and networking opportunities. Here are a few of the highlights: Tuesday 24 Wednesday 32 • We are honored to have Aaron Fisher as our Keynote Speaker this year! Aaron became nationally recognized as “Victim 1,” the face Thursday 40 of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. In addition to Computer Labs 44 Aaron’s keynote, he, along with other child abuse survivors will be Speaker Biographies 54 presenting workshops throughout the week. Exhibitor Information 71 Make Your Own Agenda 80 • This year’s exhibitors will offer more than 75 booths of informational resources for all child abuse professionals. Some exhibitors are also providing product demonstrations on Tuesday and Wednesday in the City View rooms. Attendees who participate in a product demonstration will be entered into a drawing for a new iPad. The drawing will be held during the Silver Spur Supper In January 2013, the Dallas on Wednesday evening at 7:45 p.m. Children’s Advocacy Center • We are proud to host the Technology Coalition, where AOL Inc., moved into a brand new, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, PayPal, Time Warner Cable, Yahoo! 56,000 square foot state- Inc., and others will gather to share information about combating of-the-art facility following Internet crimes against children. The Technology Coalition will a successful $11 million have open forums for all Conference attendees on Tuesday capital campaign. We hope afternoon. you will tour the Center while • We will take you behind the scenes of many notable cases, such attending the Crimes Against as the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, detailing what Children Conference. happened in Newtown, Connecticut on the day 20 children and six adults were murdered by Adam Lanza. Look for the asterisk (*) that designates all the case studies offered this week. Thank you for all that you do in our collective effort to protect and serve children around the world. Have an excellent conference experience! Lynn M. Davis See DCAC Tour booth for President & CEO more information. Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center The Crimes Against Children Conference is presented by DALLAS CHILDREN’S ADVOCACY CENTER The mission of the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center (DCAC), one of the largest, most comprehensive Centers in the country, is to improve the lives of abused children in Dallas County and to provide national leadership on child abuse issues. DCAC provides a child-sensitive environment for our unique collaborative effort with other public and private agencies in Dallas County charged with investigating child abuse cases, treating abused children and their non-offending caregivers, and bringing their offenders to justice. DCAC facilitates an MDT approach to the investigation of we expanded this outreach by launching a DCAC Lecture child sexual abuse, child physical abuse, and child deaths Series, Opportunities for Empowerment, a monthly event at in Dallas County. DCAC served 2,493 children in 2012, and the new DCAC Training Facility where community members more than 30,000 children and families since the agency’s and professionals alike can gather for expert training about inception in 1991. protecting children, effective parenting, healthy families, and preventing abuse. We have developed training packages of THE FORENSIC INTERVIEW PROGRAM provides objective, our Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse and Keeping Your child-sensitive, and legally-defendable interviews of children Children Safe curricula for organizations to purchase and alleged to be the victims of abuse, and child witnesses to utilize in their communities. Additionally, we offer free online violent crimes. In 2012, DCAC provided 1,749 forensic training at dcactraining.org. interviews. This is a 75% increase from 8 years ago. VOLUNTEERS are essential to DCAC’s mission and to the THE FAMILY ADVOCATE PROGRAM provides supportive success of the Crimes Against Children’s Conference. The case management services to families during their healing 2013 conference will involve more than 100 volunteers process. Clients receive referrals to community resources, providing 1,875 hours of service. Without the dedication of and assistance completing applications for Crime Victims our volunteer groups, this conference would not be possible. Compensation. Families have access to clothing, toiletries, Thank you! and financial assistance on an as-needed basis. Families Assistance LEAGUE OF DALLAS also receive support through school supply assistance, DALLAS JUNIOR Forum holiday programs, and other family events. DALLAS CHILDREN’S Advocacy CENTER LEAGUE THERAPY is provided for child abuse victims and JUNIOR LEAGUE OF DALLAS non-offending caregivers. Children benefit from individual AND THE MANY DALLAS COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS and group counseling designed to help them cope with their WHO support THE DALLAS CHILDREN’S trauma. In 2012, DCAC provided 11,282 therapy sessions. Advocacy CENTER This is a 135% increase from 8 years ago. Special thanks are extended to the DCAC Board OF Trustees In addition to the Crimes Against Children Conference, our for their ongoing commitment to the protection of children EDUCATION PROGRAM provides significant community outreach to increase awareness of our cause. In 2013, and their support in making this conference possible. COLLABORATING AGENCIES INCLUDE Municipal and county law enforcement agencies of Dallas County Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Child Protective Services Division Dallas County District Attorney’s Office Children’s Medical Center of Dallas Department of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas 2 August 12-15, 2013 | Dallas, Texas | cacconference.org The Crimes Against Children Conference is presented by DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT The Dallas Police Department is one of the original contact over the Internet or other electronic means. partner agencies supporting the work of the The Dallas ICAC is one of sixty-one special Task Forces Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center (DCAC). Since the in operation across the United States supported by the Center was established in 1991, the Department’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Child Abuse Squad has been housed there, helping ensure a close, cooperative working relationship In 2003, the Dallas Police Department became part among detectives, Center staff, of the FBI National Innocence Lost Task medical experts, and Child Force to combat domestic trafficking of Protective Services (CPS) children. As a result of this task force professionals. The Child Abuse involvement, in November 2004, the Squad has a variety of High Risk Victims and Trafficking Team responsibilities including investi- (HRVT) was formed within the Child gation of complaints of physical Exploitation Squad to more effectively and sexual abuse that occur within deal with child victims of sex trafficking. the family and cases of fatal child Detectives assigned to the HRVT team abuse and neglect. The Squad also specialize in investigations involving the investigates incidents of suspected sexual abuse and exploitation of high abuse and neglect referred to risk multiple runaways, child victims police by CPS. Dallas Child Abuse of sex trafficking and repeat victims detectives work very closely with of sexual abuse. The Dallas HRVT team their colleagues from CPS and has developed an investigative and conduct joint inquiries in those cases where both intervention protocol and an interview agencies have an investigative responsibility. model specific to child victims of sex trafficking. The Dallas Police Department’s HRVT The Child Exploitation Squad investigates offenses team has become a national model for identifying of non-familial child sexual abuse and exploitation, and locating child victims of sex trafficking, diverting juvenile prostitution, non-Internet child pornography, them from future victimization or delinquent conduct and child abductions. Though their offices are and aggressively pursuing their exploiters. located at the main police headquarters building, Child Exploitation Squad detectives use Center facilities on All of the units of the Dallas Police Department a routine basis for conducting interviews of their child described above enjoy close working relationships victims. Detectives also refer child victims to the DCAC with the Dallas office of the FBI. A Crimes Against for therapy. The Sex Offender Compliance Squad’s Children Task Force was formed in 1995, which central responsibility is enforcement of Texas sex combines the resources and expertise of both offender registration laws. This squad comprises agencies. This Task Force works cooperatively on all two