The Responding to Crime Victims with Disabilities National Training Conference was held on December 13-15, 2011, at the JW Marriott Orlando Grand Lakes in Orlando, Florida. The conference served to enhance the knowledge, skills, and abilities of providers to effectively serve people with disabilities who are victims of crime. The conference facilitated partnerships among the fields of victim assistance, advocacy for persons with disabilities, and all allied professions (e.g., adult and child protective service workers, faith-based practitioners, medical practitioners/forensic examiners, mental health practitioners, educators).
The conference, funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime, was organized by the National Center for Victims of Crime in partnership with the Joint Center on Violence and Victim Studies, the National Council on Independent Living, the National Sheriffs' Association, the Institute on Disabilities at Temple University, Davis Innovations, Inc., and Sharon D'Eusanio.
Conference Materials
This Conference featured 52
workshops and five general sessions on a variety of issues designed to improve
our national response to victims with disabilities. Most speakers
submitted electronic copies of their presentations, and those are posted below.
Tuesday, December 13,
2011
| FOUNDATIONS |
Cultural Accessibility: Considerations for
Serving Victims who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Keri Darling
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Beyond Labels: Ensuring Access to Crime
Victims with Mental Illness Symptoms
Cema
Mastroleo
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| INDIVIDUAL RESPONSES |
Law Enforcement Training on Effective
Communication with People who are Deaf and Individuals with
Disabilities
Marilyn Hammond, Stephanie
Mathis, Nonie Lancaster and Debbie Dilley
|
Forensic
Interviewing
Nora Baladerian and Lori
Brown
|
| SYSTEMS AND COMMUNITY RESPONSES |
Lessons in Accountability: The Case of
Danieal Kelly
Ed McCann
|
You've Changed, Now What About Everyone Else?
Changing the System for Improved Response
Vernie Bruehler, Teresa Tudor and Shirley Paceley
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Building Collaborative
Partnerships
Marcie Davis
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What You Need To Know: Responding To American
Indian/Alaskan Native Crime Victims With Disabilities
Gayle Thom and Stanley Pryor
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Investigating Abuse, Neglect & Crimes
against Persons with Disabilities who are
Incarcerate
David Viens and Lisa
Washington-Brown
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| INNOVATIVE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS |
Collaborating and Training Across the
Spectrum: To Effectively Respond to Abuse Committed against Persons with
Disabilities using a Multidisciplinary Approach
Jennifer Edwards-Hawkins, Nancy Alterio and Elizabeth
Scheibel
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When Worlds Collide: Co-Locating Victim Assistance in a Center for Independent Living
Brandy Macaluso and Sharon D'Eusanio
- CSR Demographics Personal Information - PDF
- Brochure: Florida Crime Victim Compensation Program - PDF
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The CIT Launchpad: Fostering a
Multidisciplinary Response to Crime Victims with
Disabilities
Andrew Aninsman, Sharon Curan, Carol Meholic,
Nicole Wolf and Steve Kinsdorf
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| VOICES FROM PRACTICE AND POLICY |
Awareness and Action Educating Persons with
Disabilities on Recognizing, Reporting, and Responding to
Abuse
Tamara Huntley and Karen Mowry
|
Illinois Imagines: Collaboration in Action,
Focus on Results
Teresa Tudor, Julie
Boland and Mary Suggs
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Community Disability Awareness Workgroup:
Working to Make It a Wonderful Life for Everyone
Barbara Telthorster, Thomas Bianco, Robert Fyock, Heather
Telthorster and Lou Ann Williams
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| RESOURCES AND TEAM BUILDING |
Tools, Terms and Tips for Successful
Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Lisa
DeGeeter and Mary Kay Banville
|
Critical Analysis of Victim Assistance: A
Resource to Effect Change
Tom Underwood,
Bernadette MsCatt and Dan Petersen
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How to Conduct an Accessible
Meeting
Marcie Davis and Katie Bridgewater
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| INDIVIDUAL, SYSTEMS, AND
COLLABORATIONS |
An Empowerment Model for Victims with
Disabilities
Paul Feuerstein and Theresa
McIntosh
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Partnering on Safety: Addressing the Safety
Needs of Domestic Violence Survivors who have
Disabilities
Myra Richard, LCSW and Katie
Webb, LMS
|
Wednesday, December 14,
2011
| FOUNDATIONS |
Autism and Sexual Assault: the Hidden Life on
the Spectrum
Nora J. Baladerian, Carolyn and Andrew
Gammicchia
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The Victimization and the Strength of People
with Disabilities
Sheila Radziewicz
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| INDIVIDUAL RESPONSES |
Communication and Behavior: Its Impact on
Responding to Crime Victims with Disabilities
Scott
Modell
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Advocating for Crime Victims with
Disabilities From Crime Scene to Sentencing Parts
Linda Fridell Paul
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| SYSTEMS
AND COMMUNITY RESPONSES |
Building Collaborative
Partnerships
Marcie Davis
|
| SANE: Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners &
Victims with Developmental Disabilities
Nora Baladerian, Ecoee Rooney and Janean Fossum
|
Multidisciplinary Team Work: SANEs and Law
Enforcement
Nora Baladerian, Ecoee Rooney and Janean Fossum
|
Project Shield - Criminal Justice and
Community Response to Sexual Assault
Sara
Lynn Vehling, Bobra Fyne, LCSW and Olatokunbo Olaniyan
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| INNOVATIVE
COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS |
Exploring Justice
Innovations
Martha Lamb, Lorraine Snyder and Pam Dickens
|
Step by Step: Investigating Sexual Assaults
against Person with Disabilities
Timothy
Grant, Mary Walz-Watson and Michael Bogosia
|
| VOICES
FROM PRACTICE AND POLICY |
When Victim Advocacy Meets Self-Advocacy:
People with Intellectual Disabilities Find Their Voice
Leigh Ann Davis
|
Deaf Survivors of Sexual Violence, DV, and
CyberStalking
Stephanie Smith Bowman, CC
Dobronyi, David Fox and Jeremy Stokes
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| INDIVIDUAL, SYSTEMS, AND
COLLABORATIONS |
Improving Attitudes with Action: Moving
Beyond the Myths About People with Disabilities
Shirley
Paceley and Mary Suggs
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Thursday, December 15,
2011
| SYSTEMS
AND COMMUNITY RESPONSES |
Civil Justice for Crime Victims with
Disabilities
Jeff Dion and Marty Cirkiel
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| INNOVATIVE
COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS |
What? Please Repeat That: The Importance and
Consequences of Non-Typical Communication in the Criminal Justice System
Beverly Frantz, Sian Schafle and Amy
Goldman
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| VOICES
FROM PRACTICE AND POLICY |
Building Deaf Allied Services: Vera House and
the Syracuse Deaf Community
Jennifer Shaw
and Lindsay Ryan Anthony
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