Meeting/Event Information

Join us for a Webinar:

Improved Responses to Child Maltreatment Disclosures: Guidance for Pupil Services and Administrators 

February 24th: 9:00 am - 10:30 am

Lynn Cook, MSW, APSW - Children's Justice Act Administrator, WI DOJ OCVS

This presentation will outline how early questioning of children can impact the course of a child maltreatment investigation.  Using case examples, research, and exercises, participants will learn about the value of schools as a part of a healthy multi-disciplinary response to child maltreatment.  Practical guidance will be provided about how to appropriately gather information from children when there is a concern about whether there is reasonable cause to make a report of child maltreatment.  Participants will learn about questioning strategies that minimize contamination and support improved systemic responses to child abuse and neglect. 

Learning Objectives:

1) Participants will be able to understand the importance of the role of school staff in the initial response to child maltreatment concerns.
2) Participants will learn practical techniques that assist in gathering information from children without causing interview fatigue or contaminating investigations.
3)Learners will gain confidence in their ability to support children through the process of disclosure and reporting when they are experiencing maltreatment.

Event Details:

Credits: 1.5 CEH for completion 

Registration costs: 

• WSSWA Member: $25
• WSSWA Student Member: FREE
• Non-Member: $45

Registration closes: Friday, February 20th at 5pm, no refunds will be given after registration closes.

Deadline to request ADA accommodations: Wednesday, February 18th at 5pm. 

About the Presenter:

Lynn Cook, MSW, CAPSW received her MSW and Certificate in Trauma Counseling at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee in 2008. Lynn is the Children’s Justice Act Program and Policy Analyst with the Department of Justice, Office of Crime Victim Services where she is responsible for implementing statewide initiatives that improve the investigation, prosecution, and judicial handling of child abuse.  Prior to this position, Lynn worked as a Forensic Interviewer at the Milwaukee Child Advocacy Center of Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.  She began her work in that capacity in July of 2015 and has conducted well over 2,300 forensic interviews of children and teens who have experienced or witnessed violence and child maltreatment.  She continues to conduct forensic interviews at Safe Harbor Child Advocacy Center in Madison. 
 
In addition to her role as a contributor to the Wisconsin Forensic Interview Guidelines curriculum and faculty member for statewide training, Lynn conducts many other statewide and national trainings in areas specific to child abuse dynamics.  She is often called to testify as an expert witness in criminal trials in Milwaukee County and across the state.  

Prior to her work with Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Lynn worked for over seven years as a Sensitive Crimes Victim Advocate in the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office.  There she worked on hundreds of child sexual abuse from charging through sentencing.  She has also worked in the areas of child welfare and primary prevention education, and has instructed a course at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee on Criminal Violence. 

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