Monday Keynote, 8:30AM
Test and Consequence: Health Professional Complicity and Alternatives to Family Separation
Presenter: Mishka Terplan, MD, MPH, FACOG, DFASAM
Summary: In this keynote presentation, Dr. Terplan will critically review the history and practice of
mandatory reporting for substance exposed newborns. Particular attention will be paid to drug testing and interpretation, professional society recommendations, and racial inequities along the child welfare pipeline. Alternatives to the current model of surveillance and resources for community building will be provided.
Objectives: Participants will be able to discuss professional society recommendations for substance use assessment at time of birth; identify racial inequities along the child welfare pipeline; and name an alternative to reflex child welfare report for substance exposure.
Monday, 10:15AM
Meeting Belonging Needs
Presenter: Gaelin Elmore
Summary: Belonging is a crucial, innate need that influences our daily decisions, motivation, problem- solving, and overall well-being. Genuine belonging fosters resilience and positive health outcomes in us, and those that we serve. This workshop addresses the fundamental need to belong as it pertains to young people navigating trauma. Attendees will be empowered to embrace belonging and bridge the gap for others while offering a fresh perspective and intention for impactful work
Objectives: Participants will be able to explain why belonging is a fundamental need for everyone; describe how belonging impacts development; and identify what adults can do to support the belonging needs of youth.
Monday, 11:45AM
Sextortion Concerns and Modern Trends
Presenter: Detective Sergeant Thomas Gladney III
Summary: Detective Sergeant Gladney will discuss how sextortion, one of the fastest growing types of cyber crime, looks in today’s world. This presentation will cover current trends related to sextortion, including common victims, red flags, and possible courses of action for victims.
Objectives: Participants will be able to define what sextortion is; explain what a “typical” sextortion event looks like; cite examples of red flags to look out for to identify potential sextortion; and provide tips on how to protect yourselves and others.
Tuesday Keynote, 8:30AM
Supporting Families to Promote Early Relational Health: 100 Little Conversations in Primary Care
Presenter: R. J. Gillespie, MD, MHPE, FAAP
Summary: Parents and caregivers experience real-world challenges in promoting early relational health in their children. Primary care pediatrics is poised to address these barriers and to promote supportive relational health in day-to-day interactions using interventions that are readily available to any professional who works with families and children. Understanding the common barriers to safe, stable, nurturing relationships (SSNRs); promoting supportive relationships; and transforming traditional safety- based anticipatory guidance into 100 little conversations is an opportunity to transform and improve the lives of the families we care for. Attending to relational health is one of the most important preventive measures that professionals who care for kids can embark upon.
This keynote presentation will provide a connection between trauma-informed care and relational health care by addressing the three key steps described by the Harvard Center for the Developing Child to improve outcomes for children and families: reduce sources of stress, promote supportive relationships, and enhance core life skills. Practical interventions for achieving these steps will be reviewed.
Objectives: Participants will be able to discuss the connections between trauma-informed care and relational health in general pediatrics; describe common barriers to safe, stable, nurturing relationships (SSNRs) that can be addressed to mitigate the effects of toxic stress; and recognize interventions that can be done to support relational health in early childhood.
Tuesday, 10:15AM
Trauma Bonding
Presenter: Sommer Howser, DSW, LMSW, BSW, E-RYT, YACEP
Summary: Trauma bonding can make it challenging for persons impacted by trafficking and intimate partner violence in seeking long term safety. This presentation will help providers in understanding trauma bonding, interventions, and pathways to empower victims in their path to recovery.
Objectives: Participants will be able to define trauma bonding; discuss the role of trauma bonding in trafficking and intimate partner violence; and interrupt the cycle of trauma bonding.
Tuesday, 11:45AM
Myths versus Facts: Children and Teens with Problematic Sexual Behavior
Presenter: Jimmy Widdifield, Jr., LPC
Summary: Children and teens engage in sexual behaviors that range from developmentally expected to problematic and harmful. However, professionals often misinterpret normative behaviors and are also unequipped to effectively address genuine problematic sexual behaviors (PSB). As a result, many children and teens with PSB do not receive the types of services that support a helpful multidisciplinary coordinated response nor healthy behavioral functioning and family healing. This workshop will provide information to help professionals distinguish normative from problematic sexual behavior in children and teens, identify potential contributing factors to the behavior, dispel common misconceptions about these behaviors and children and teens, and have a more robust and evidence- informed response to these cases.
Objectives: Participants will be able to summarize characteristics of children and teens with problematic sexual behaviors; apply research findings to dispel four persistent and adverse myths about children and teens with problematic sexual behaviors; and formulate strategies to enhance professional response to cases of children with problematic sexual behavior.