BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//cacidaho.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.30.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:0744150f-152e-49bd-9bdc-14c6c58bb7a3 X-WR-CALDESC:Presented by Amelia Siders\, Ph.D. from Western Region Childre n's Advocacy Center\n\nAmelia Siders\, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psycho logist who has worked to support children and adolescents who have experie nced trauma for over 25 years. She gained experience providing direct serv ice as well as being a clinical supervisor and program director at a child ren’s advocacy center in Traverse City\, Michigan. Following her time at t he CAC\, she had the opportunity to serve as the Clinical Director at the state chapter level for Children’s Advocacy Centers of Michigan. Her curre nt role as a Chapter Specialist for the Western Regional Children’s Advoca cy Center allows her to draw from her previous experience to support state chapters in the areas of mental health and telemental health delivery. S he has been trained in several evidenced-based trauma informed treatment p ractices including Trauma-Informed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) a nd Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy. She has p rovided consultation in the areas of trauma-informed assessment and substa nce use treatment as well as serving as an expert witness related to traum a and sexual abuse.\n\nSession description: \n\nCAC Advocates and clinicia ns have a critical role when working with families in the aftermath of an abuse disclosure. Understanding the barriers\, family/cultural factors\, and stages of change related to a caregiver's processing of abuse is impor tant when trying to understand caregiver response\, especially when the te am members perceive the caregiver as 'difficult\, resistant\, or unsupport ive.' How CAC staff advocates for and presents them in a trauma-informed p erspective to the team can determine if they pursue supports for their chi ld and engage in meaningful ways in the investigative process. The argume nt can be made that understanding\, engaging\, and supporting these caregi vers is some of the most important work CACs can do to serve child victims . This presentation will review research\, interventions\, and team engage ment strategies related to understanding and building compassion for these often misunderstood and maligned caregivers. \n \n1. Participants will le arn current research related to caregiver perceptions of child abuse discl osures\n2. Coercive control and domestic violence factors will be reviewed in the context of caregiver response to abuse\n3. Dynamics of abuse will be explored to explain the nature of 'unsupportive responses' from caregiv er\n4. Interventions for caregiver engagement and advocacy in the team wil l be reviewed.\n\n X-WR-RELCALID:3d644e3101a0b0810497e99b17795501 X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Denver BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RDATE:20241103T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RDATE:20250309T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:18c5a951-236d-4f17-988b-2c7dd76a576a DTSTAMP:20260423T094420Z DESCRIPTION:Presented by Amelia Siders\, Ph.D. from Western Region Children 's Advocacy Center\n\nAmelia Siders\, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychol ogist who has worked to support children and adolescents who have experien ced trauma for over 25 years. She gained experience providing direct servi ce as well as being a clinical supervisor and program director at a childr en’s advocacy center in Traverse City\, Michigan. Following her time at th e CAC\, she had the opportunity to serve as the Clinical Director at the s tate chapter level for Children’s Advocacy Centers of Michigan. Her curren t role as a Chapter Specialist for the Western Regional Children’s Advocac y Center allows her to draw from her previous experience to support state chapters in the areas of mental health and telemental health delivery. Sh e has been trained in several evidenced-based trauma informed treatment pr actices including Trauma-Informed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) an d Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy. She has pr ovided consultation in the areas of trauma-informed assessment and substan ce use treatment as well as serving as an expert witness related to trauma and sexual abuse.\n\nSession description: \n\nCAC Advocates and clinician s have a critical role when working with families in the aftermath of an a buse disclosure. Understanding the barriers\, family/cultural factors\, a nd stages of change related to a caregiver's processing of abuse is import ant when trying to understand caregiver response\, especially when the tea m members perceive the caregiver as 'difficult\, resistant\, or unsupporti ve.' How CAC staff advocates for and presents them in a trauma-informed pe rspective to the team can determine if they pursue supports for their chil d and engage in meaningful ways in the investigative process. The argumen t can be made that understanding\, engaging\, and supporting these caregiv ers is some of the most important work CACs can do to serve child victims. This presentation will review research\, interventions\, and team engagem ent strategies related to understanding and building compassion for these often misunderstood and maligned caregivers. \n \n1. Participants will lea rn current research related to caregiver perceptions of child abuse disclo sures\n2. Coercive control and domestic violence factors will be reviewed in the context of caregiver response to abuse\n3. Dynamics of abuse will b e explored to explain the nature of 'unsupportive responses' from caregive r\n4. Interventions for caregiver engagement and advocacy in the team will be reviewed.\n\n DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20240430T040000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20240430T040001 LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lTQGXxm6R6qOp_uZZGRNiw SUMMARY:Building Understanding and Connections with Resistant and Non-Suppo rtive Caregivers END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR