The NOVA Conference (September 15-18, 2013) commonly includes over 100 skill-based workshops for new, intermediate, and advanced victim advocates and crisis responders. Educational topics include: counseling & advocacy; restorative justice; program management; identity theft/cyber crimes spiritual and mental health services; homicide issues; domestic violence and sexual assault; special concerns for children, elderly, and victims with disabilities; public policy; law enforcement and prosecution models; Native American Justice; crisis response; trauma mitigation; self care and burnout; interdisciplinary services and collaboration; and much more.
Workshop Topics (Subject to Change)
21st Century Challenges and Solutions to Prostitution and Human Trafficking, Paul Herbert
A Complex and Compassionate Response: The Role of Victim/Witness Assistance in Responding to Violence Against Women in California, Heather Warnken
Adult Manifestations of Childhood Abuse, Frances Pelliccia, MD
Advocacy and Sexual Assault: Where Do I Begin? Sandy Huntzinger & Nancy Radcliffe
Advocating for Your Victim When the Case is on the Front Page, Mark Weaver
After Newton: What Victims Need to Know About Guns and Gun Violence in America, Bill Jenkins, Jennifer Bishop Jenkins & Nicholas Bright
Amending State and Federal Constitutions for Victims Rights Enforcement, Jennifer Bishop Jenkins
An Intensive Look at Rape Crisis, Libby Cutshall
Autism: Your Piece to the Autism Puzzle, Mark Farrar
BLOOM for Healthy Relationships: A Domestic Abuse and Dating Violence Primary Prevention Project, Donna Bartos, Alesha Durfee & Melissa Brickhouse Thomas
CAC 101: What is a Children’s Advocacy Center and How Can it Benefit Your Community? Amy Deverson Roberts, Teresa Wiles & Christie Jenkins
Canine Comfort in Child Advocacy, Jeannette Adkins, Cynthia Gevedon and Nanook
Child Advocacy Team in Action: Understanding the Multidisciplinary Process for Evaluation of Child Sexual Abuse, Megan Letson, Andrea Richey & Robert Letson
Children of Chaos: Navigating Systems for Compassionate Justice, Kathy King
Coaching Boys into Men: Engaging Young Men and Boys Through Athletics, Brian Porch & Andre Tyler
Compensation and Beyond, Kelli Grace
Courthouse Dogs: Justice with Compassion (Part I), Celeste Walsen & Ellen O’Neill-Stephens
Courthouse Dogs: Justice with Compassion (Part II), Celeste Walsen & Ellen O’Neill-Stephens
Creating and Sustaining a Local Crisis Response Team, Roger Roberts, Mary Dietz & Peg Johnson
Critical Incident Stress Management: It is not Just for Shootings Anymore! Michael Haley
Cross Cultural Interactions: Choices and Challenges, Stefanie Day & Roberta Eaton
Defending Childhood in Cuyahoga County: Creating a Service System for Children Exposed to Violence, Jakolya Gordon, Jeff Kretschmar & Rachelle Milner
Do You See Us? The Role of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Persistent Psychosis in Identifying and Working with Trauma in the Schizophrenic Spectrum, Justice Involved Population, Rebecca Roberts Martin & Harry Sivec
“Double Crap!” Abuse and Harmed Identity in Fifty Shades of Grey, Amy Bonomi, Lauren Altenburger & Nicole Walton
Education, Microenterprise Development and Domestic Violence, Joyce Louise Parkinson
Emotional Impact of Childhood Abuse on Adult Behavior, Frances Pelliccia, MD
Empowering Victims by Answering their Questions: Defense Initiated Victim Outreach, LaVarr McBride & Cacey Yeates
Engaging the Disengaged: Working with the Symptoms of Attachment Disorder, Jacki Booth
Ethical Issues in Relief Work: Identifying Our Responsibilities, Marjorie Kukor
Everyone’s SIRF(ing) NOW-SIRF(ing) USA, Jessica Knight, Jeff Laber & Barbara Vanarsdall
Experiential Education: An Adaptable Model for Helping Victims Heal, Julie Evans
Final Execution: A Mother’s Story of Loss, Despair and Her Journey Back to Hope, Lorraine Whoberry
Finding Your Cocoon: Stress Management and Vicarious Trauma, Cindy Kuhr
Firearms, Violence Assessment and Risk Management, John Tilley
Heart Art Tools for Comfort: Journaling, Delores Gulledge & Van Gulledge
Help Yourself so that You Can Help Others: Secondary Traumatization Implications and Interventions, Tammy Moore & Lisa Hayes
How Teamwork Works, Will Marling
How to Identify, Recommend, Develop and Implement Strategies, Policies, Procedures and Best Practices for a Victim Assistance Program, Darcie James
Humor, Stress and Victim Services, Ronald Dolon
Immigration Remedies Available to Victims of Crime, Maggie Fibbe & Liz Abdnour
Implementing Animal Assisted Therapy in Crisis Response and Counseling, Lori Morgan
Interdiction of Child Sex Trafficking, Michael Sullivan & Carol Shutnik
It’s a Matter of Nickeling and Dimming : How Small CACs Can Maintain and Grow in these Difficult Financial Times, Rhonda Wurgler & MaryAnn Donnelly
Justice for Victims: Why Every State Needs to Pass Marsy’s Law, Nina Salarno Ashford & Laura Strasser
Justice is More than Jail: Civil Legal Remedies for Sexual Assault Survivors, Kate Lawson & Nancy Grigsby
Kaity’s Story: The Warning Signs of Teen Dating Violence, Bobbi Sudberry, Susan Guinn-Lahm & Andrea Peterson
Keeping Criminals in Prison: How to Oppose Parole or Clemency, Bilenda Harris-Ritter
Kids and Teens in Court: A Comprehensive Child-Witness Court Preparation Program, Leslie Peterson
Make Love Not Porn, Darcie Bentz & Rhonda Hendrickson
Measuring Quality and Outcomes in Victim Services, David Voth
Meet the Ohio Parole Board, Cynthia Mausser, Andre Imbrogno, Rich Cholar, Ron Nelson, Marc Houk, Mike Jackson, Alicia Handwerk, Fritz Rauschenberg, Trayce Thalheimer, Ellen Venters & Kathleen Kovach
Meeting Complex Needs: Victim Assistance within a Human Trafficking Task Force, Michelle Hannan, Erin Meyer & Trisha Smouse
Mental Health Evaluation for Incompetence and Guardianship, John Tilley
Mimics of Child Abuse, Frances Pelliccia, MD
Mitigating Disaster Worker Risk: Force Health Protection Strategies, Marjorie Kukor & Mark LePore
Multi-Disciplinary Collaboration to Increase Access to Leagal Services for Deaf Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence, Nancy Grigsby & Stephanie Smith Bowman
Murderabilia/Notoriety for Profit and So-Called Son-of-Sam Laws, Andy Kahan
Muskingum County Exotic Animal Incident, Matthew Lutz
Ohio Attorney General’s Crimes Against Children Initiative, Nicoloe Dehner & Eva Hall
Ohio Unsolved Homicides Initiative: Building Bridges with Crime Victims, Ben Suver, Roger Davis & Jennifer Dillon
Operation Street Smart for a New A.G.E. (Adult Gang Education), Shawn Boyd & Charley Brown
Passion, Pitfalls, Perserverance and Practicality: How to Start a Non-Profit from Scratch, Catherine Harper Lee & Martha Sweterlitsch
Pediatric SANE, Kaitlin Riffle
Pediatric SANE: Partnering to Provide Comprehensive Care, Gail Hornor & Terri Warnimont
Preparing to Serve: An Introduction to the NOVA Crisis Response Protocol and Training, Joe Nail
Protecting Children: How to Help Keep Kids Safe, Julie Evans
Providing Assistance to Victims with Developmental Disabilities: Responding with Care,Comfort and Expertise, Peg Grignon & Susan Craycraft
Responding to K-12 Schools–What You Need to Know, Roger Roberts, Mary Dietz & Peg Johnson
ReTrain Your Brain: Changing the Way We See Older Crime Victims, Shannon Gadd & Kathy Gray
Roberta’s Law, S.B.160: An Overview of this New Legislation and It’s Effects on Victim Notification in Ohio, Cynthia Mausser, Andre Imbrogno, Debra Hearns & Leontyne Pounds-Alexander
Safety and Security for U.S. Citizens Abroad, Margery Gehan
SASSI A Specialized Support Group for Victims of Sexual Assault with Cognitive Impairments, Peg Grignon & Susan Craycraft
Strangulation -What Every Victim Advocate, Law Enforcement Agent and Prosecutor Needs to Know, Karin Ho, Ruth Downing & Marianne Hemmeter
Serving the Needs of Victims of Juvenile Offenders, Jennifer Bishop Jenkins, David Labahn & Dan Levey
Setting up a Survivors of Homicide Support Group, Easter LaRoche & Alyssa Rheingold
Sexting, Mark Clark
Stalking: Prevelance, Lethality and Impact, Hema Khan
State of Ohio vs. Matthew Hoffman, David Barber & David Light
Substance Abuse and Older Adults, John Tilley
Surviving a Capital Crime and the Criminal Justice System: Therapeutic Jurisprudence, Melodee Smith
Survivor Participation in Victim -Centered Offender Programming, Roxanne Swogger & Lori King
Sweatshops in Paradise: A Cautionary Tale, Virginia Sudbury
Teacher of the Year Arrested for Allegedly Sexually Assaulting Teen: When Sexual Violence Cases are Tried in the Media, Julie Broadwell & Alicia Boreman-Menke
The Art of Listening: Techniques on Interviewing Sexual Offenders, Richard Rose
The CSI Effect: Undoing Juror Bias, Jennifer Westgate & Emily Combes
The First Fruits Crisis Response Hurricane Sandy Survey, Paul VanValin & Libby Cutshall
The First Fruits Responder Training, Paul VanValin & Libby Cutshall
The Practicing Clinician’s Guide to Developing a Trauma Support Group, Lisa Phelps, Melody Pewitt, Kerry Wheeler & April Fetty
The Step-by-Step Burial and Resource Guide: A Tool Created by Survivors to Navigate the Violent Death of a Loved One, Rachel Fazzino & Chery Clementina
The Use of Technology to Stalk, Hema Khan
Tools for Relief for Crime Victims in the Civil Justice System, Kevin Madison
Tragedy at School: What Happens When the Crisis Team Responds? Lacy Hensley & Malaina Hickey
Traumas of Law Enforcement, Jennifer Thacker
Tribal Traffic Safety Justice Liaison Project, Joseph Myers & Raquelle Myers
Trumping Trauma: Pulling Out All the Cards, Linda Cobb-McClain & Angela Wathel
Understanding the Traumatized Child: Reducing the Emotional Impact of the Legal System on Sexually Abused Children and Their Caretakers, Leslie Peterson
Using the Legal System to Terminate Convicted Felons Parental Rights, Kim Ogg & Andy Kahan
Utilization of the NOVA Crisis Response Protocol within a School District, Joe Nail
Victim Advocates: What’s on the INSIDE? Will Marling
Victim Assistance In the Juvenile Justice System: Working with Victims of Felony-Level Juvenile Offenders, Bruce Adams, Kate Foulke & Trisha Yoxtheimer
Victim Safety from Arrest to Sentencing, Gregory Donat
Victim to Survivor: Rebuilding Your Life After the Murder of A Loved One, Sharon Sherry Nolan, Michele Fanning, Darlene Rader & Debbie Scott
Victim-Sensitive Death Notifications, Bill Jenkins
Victims Speaking to Offenders: Using Restorative Justice Principles for Transitional Programming, LaVarr McBride
Violence Prevention, Intervention and Recover: Tools for Better, Safer Advocates, Stuart Haskin
What Did She Say?: The Interpreter’s Role in Serving Crime And Crisis Victims, Adriana Fonseca
What Happened to You? Understanding Trauma, Rachel Ramirez
What Victims Wish Victim Advocates Knew about Victim Services, Bill Jenkins
What’s Up with VOCA?- How the Crime Victim Fund Works and Ideas for Change, Steve Derene & Michael Sheline
Why Do Victims Do That? Understanding the Neurobiology of Trauma, Julie Evans
Why Kids Cut, Paul VanValin
Wisconsin’s Enforcement of Victim Rights – Our Bifurcated System, Jennifer Rhodes & Trisha Anderson
Working with Survivors of Homicide, Alyssa Rheingold & Easter LaRoche
Working with Victims of Stalking, Hema Khan
Youth Violence, Tracy Jordan & Sheryl Flanagan
