California State Think Tank –IV
on Child Abuse & Disability
Improving California’s Response to
Child Abuse involving Children with
Disabilities
A gathering of policy makers within the agencies with
responsibility and authority over children and child abuse
issues, to continue their commitment to make children with
disabilities a priority in responding to child abuse.
Convened by the CAN DO! Project
Child
Child Abuse &
NeglectAbuse
Disabilityand
Outreach Project
A Grant Project of Arc Riverside
Neglect/Disability
Outreach
Sponsored by the Governor’s Office
Of Criminal Justice Planning
Children’s Justice Act
THINK TANK IV
August 22, 2003
Goals of Think Tank IV Meeting
Child Abuse and
Neglect/Disability Outreach
Create an atmosphere of excitement and continued
commitment to making California’s response to child
abuse involving children with disabilities a model for the
nation.
Share information from selected presenters on their
achievements since June 2002.
Provide an update on the accomplishments of the CAN
DO Project of Arc Riverside.
Review and revise the California State Action Plan on
Child Abuse & Disability
Review Commitments from last year for progress &
barriers to completing those commitments
Endorse commitments for 2003-2004.
Presentation
Elliott Schulman, M.D.
Statewide Web Based Reporting
System
Presentations:
Statistics on Child Abuse &
Disabilities
Bud Wilford, Dept. of Justice, Child Abuse Div.
Jeff Johnson, Walter R. MacDonald & Associates
BREAK
BREAK
Action Plan Review
History
Action Plan Review
1st Think Tank 1997
2nd Think Tank 2001, 3rd 2002
Inter Agency Collaboration
Training
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Clients Training
Criminal Justice
Service Providers
Prevention
Policy
Commitment Cards
• Review Commitment Cards from Think
Tank III
– Celebrate and Acknowledge achievements
– Identify Barriers & Solutions
CAN DO Project – Status Report
CAN DO Project Goals
1. Convene annual Think Tank & foster
InterDisciplinary Collaboration
2. Improve data collection system & create
reports from available data
3. Create a Training program & conduct
training, offer dissemination capability
4. Program Evaluation with OCJP
5. Build and implement Web-based and
Internet resources in support of project
objectives
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Think Tank
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CAN/DO!
Project
Objective
Convened the Think Tanks in each year of
grant
• Developed annual Proceedings Report
which was uploaded to project’s WebSite
library
• Ratification of ’97 Action Plan
• Committed to Priorities from Action Plan
list
• Developed Commitment Cards to specify
activities, support for implementation offered
and provided to Think Tank members.
Provide Inter-Agency support and
CAN/DO!
Project
Objectives
technical assistance to state
departments and agencies
• Created Web Site library to provide agencies
with core documents on both child abuse and
on disabilities
• Consultation to DOJ and Attorney General’s
Task Force on Child Abuse & Neglect
Reporting Act (CANRA) on disability issues
• Provided on-site and off-site consultation to
OVC in the development of two video tapes
on abuse & disability. (SHOW CLIPS)
Improve Data Collection System
• Developed and published the data report on abuse
CAN/DO!
Project
Objectives
of children
with disabilities
county
by county each
year.
• Developed a detailed report for Los Angeles county.
• Continued to identify barriers to effective data
collection in spite of improvements.
- Recognition of additional disabilities
- Barriers in current regulations
• Identified opportunity for possible epidemiological
study, comparing major California data bases.
• Identified data source for California
& national child abuse data
Provide support for the development
CAN/DO!
Project
Objectives
and dissemination of training
• Conducted initial and ongoing literature
searches, placing findings on the Web.
• Provided training programs to various law
enforcement, sexual assault and child abuse
related audiences.
• Conducted training with evaluation piece in
concert with LESU training through OCJP
• Took pilot training program to other states
including New Jersey, Florida, Massachusetts,
New York, Missouri, S. Carolina, among others.
Conference Outcomes
CAN/DO!
• Convened 8th & 9th National/International
Conferences on
Project Objectives
Abuse & Disability (2002, 2003) at each:
• Approximately 400 attendants representing 31 states and
several countries
• 77 presenters from throughout the country and Canada &
Australia
• Major support from OCJP through Wayne Strumpfer,
Gillsa Miller, Lisa Fey-Williams and Kirby Everhart
• Major support in 2003 from DOJ through Joye Whately &
John Gillis
• Growing national network of participants and presenters is
opening new collaborations in support of California’s
efforts
…more Conference outcomes
• Audio and videotaping of proceedings for
later learning and training opportunities, &
development of 9th Conference Highlights
DVD (SHOW CLIPS) A Treat!!
• Dissemination of OVC training videos x2 for
each participant
• Award program to acknowledge pioneers
creating real change for child abuse victims
with disabilities
Build and Implement Web-based and
InternetProject
Resources
CAN/DO!
Objectives
Tom Hanna will present our activities
and achievements on the Web
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Developed
Developed
Developed
Developed
system
and built Website
Listserve
active library
on-line Conference management
CAN DO-Arc Riverside Future Plans
•First Responders Curriculum to provide excellence in
INTERNET
&involving
WEBSITE
responding
to child abuse calls
children with
disabilities and their families - OCJP
•Forensic Interviewing Model Training Video for InDepth Interviews with Individuals with Cognitive and/or
Communication Impairments (with Training Guide) OVC
(pending)
•First On Line Professional Conference on Abuse &
Disability May 2004 (OVC with LifeNet & PCNY, grant to
Arc Riverside) (pending)
More plans….
• Training program for Service Providers throughout
California (2005) following Certification from Safe Place
OVC Training program. (Individuals with cognitive &
other developmental disabilities.)
• 10th National/3rd International Conference on Abuse of
Children & Adults with Disabilities, Riverside Convention
Center, March 2005.
• CAN DO Community Building through establishing
community
Child
Abuse
and
Roundtable
Neglect/Disability Outreach
State Coordinating Committee – Kirby Everhart
Office of the Attorney General – Craig Pierini
Department of Mental Health – Michael Borunda
State Council on Developmental Disabilities – Tony Anderson
California District Attorney’s Association – Kate Killeen
CALCASA Project Access – Kecia Bailey
Open discussion – Everyone in!!
Update
&
Ratify
the California Action Plan
Next Steps: Plans and Ideas for Think
Tank Members
Future Think Tank meetings?
Find a way to use the internet and CAN DO project
website to further your agency’s goals on child abuse
and disability issues
Identify one or more activities you can do within your
agency to help kids with disabilities who become
child abuse victims (index idea cards)
Acquire the products that have been developed to date
and use them in your own agency conferences and
training programs.
CAN DO-Arc Riverside Future Plans
•First Responders Curriculum to provide excellence in
INTERNET
&involving
WEBSITE
responding
to child abuse calls
children with
disabilities and their families - OCJP
•Forensic Interviewing Model Training Video for InDepth Interviews with Individuals with Cognitive and/or
Communication Impairments (with Training Guide) OVC
(pending)
•First On Line Professional Conference on Abuse &
Disability May 2004 (OVC with LifeNet & PCNY, grant to
Arc Riverside) (pending)
More plans….
• Training program for Service Providers throughout
California (2005) following Certification from Safe Place
OVC Training program. (Individuals with cognitive &
other developmental disabilities.)
• 10th National/3rd International Conference on Abuse of
Children & Adults with Disabilities, Riverside Convention
Center, March 2005.
• CAN DO Community Building through establishing
community
Let’s stay in contact!!!
Website:
www.disability-abuse.com/cando
Visit the site to get core & updated information, check
recent news items
Join the listserv to give & get consultation and
information, submit your information for possible
inclusion on the site
Email:
Jstream287@aol.com
Tom@child-abuse.com
Nora@disability-abuse.com
Together we CAN DO it!
Thank you for joining the growing community
of individuals and agencies advocating for
children with disabilities who become victims of
child abuse and/or neglect. The contributions of
each individual, when joined together, create a
better world for children with disabilities.