Target audience: This educational activity is designed for Mental Health Counselors, Social Workers, Psychologists, Law Enforcement, Victim Advocates, Lawyers, Child Welfare Workers.

For questions, contact Jennifer McCaffrey via email at jennifer.mccaffrey@baystatehealth.org

Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1|Incorporate trauma informed practices when working with children and families during child abuse investigations.
2|Identify attainable goals for their MDT and individual practices in an effort to incorporate a more trauma informed response. 
3|Demonstrate improved trauma informed experiential reasoning skills.
4|Identify reasons mental health treatment is important in the CAC model.
5|Identify the symptoms of secondary traumatic stress, vicarious trauma, and burnout.

Faculty

Kerri Bergendahl, LICSW
Project Specialist, CATS Center
 

Deidre Hussey, Psy.D.
Behavioral Health Clinical Supervisor, Baystate Family Advocacy Center

Nelson Colon, LCSW
Supervisor, MA Department of Children & Families

Jessica Griffin, Psy.D.
Co-Investigator, CATS Center; Executive Director
UMass Chan Medical School Lifeline for Kids

Molly Louison-Semrow
Associate Director, Pinetree Institute; Child Forensic Interviewer, Cumberland County Children's Advocacy Center

Sasha Svendsen, MD
Child Abuse Pediatrician and Division Chief of Child Protection Program at UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education (CE) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Any relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the educational activity.

None of the planners or faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.                                   

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Baystate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Psychologists
Baystate Health is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.  Baystate Health maintains responsibility for this program and its content. 15 CE credit(s) for psychologists have been granted for this educational activity.

Social Workers (ASWB)
Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE Program)
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Baystate Health is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program.  Organization, not individual courses are approved under this program. 
Baystate maintains responsibility for this course.  Social workers completing this course receive 15 continuing education credit(s).

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team and learners will receive 15 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.