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ForwardOhio Network of Children's Advocacy Centers (October 2-3, 2025)
To register for this course please contact Jennifer McCaffrey - [email protected]
Target Audience
Mental Health Counselors, Social Workers, Psychologists, Law Enforcement, Victim Advocates, Lawyers, Child Welfare Workers, Pediatricians, Nuses, and Medical Staff
Learning 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.
CATS Multidisciplinary Team Training Agenda
Ohio Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers
October 2-3, 2025 ~ Cleveland, OH
Day One: Thursday, October 2nd
| 9:15 | Registration |
| 9:30 | Welcome Kerri Bergendahl, LICSW |
| 9:40 | Intro to 12 Core Concepts of Child Traumatic Stress Nelson Colon & Tyrena Lester, LICSW |
| 11:10 | 12 Core Concepts: CATS Mindful Multidisciplinary Response Kerri Bergendahl, LICSW |
| 11:20 | Break |
| 11:30 | Caring for Ourselves and Our Teams Kerri Bergendahl, LICSW & Zlatina Kostova, PhD. |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30 | Intro to Trauma-Informed Experiential and Reasoning Skills, Problem Based Learning & Foundations for Outreach through Experiential Child Advocacy Studies Training Kerri Bergendahl, LICSW & Nelson Colon |
| 2:00 | FORECAST Modules 1 & 2 CATS Team Kerri Bergendahl, LICSW, Nelson Colon, Zlatina Kostova, PhD., Tyrena Lester, LICSW, Molly Louison-Semrow, Sasha Svendsen, MD |
Day Two: Friday, October 3rd
| 8:45 | Registration |
| 9:00 | FORECAST Module 3 & 4 CATS Team |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30 | From Simulation to Practice: Becoming a Trauma Responsive Team Kerri Bergendahl, LICSW |
| 2:00 | Sustainability: Integration of Core Concepts & TIERS in a CAC MDT Model Kerri Bergendahl, LICSW |
| 2:15 | Applying Core Concepts & TIERS to MDT Roles: Discipline Specific Groups Facilitated by: CATS Team |
| 2:45 | Break |
| 3:00 | Core Concepts & TIERS: Creating an Implementation Plan for your MDT Facilitated by: CATS Team |
| 3:45 | Core Concepts & TIERS: Sharing MDT Goals Facilitated by: Kerri Bergendahl, LICSW |
| 4:15 | Closing Kerri Bergendahl, LICSW |
Faculty
Kerri Bergendahl, MSW/LICSW
Grants Project Coordinator 1
Baystate Department of Psychiatry
Baystate Medical Center
Nelson Colon
Consultant for Child Advocacy Training and Support
Supervisor, Department of Children and Families
Zlatina Kostova, PhD
Instructor of Psychiatry
UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Training Director, Lifeline for Kids
Tyrena Lester, MSW
Director of Customer Success
Mirah
Adjunct Faculty/MSW Program
Westfield State University
Molly Louison-Semrow
Forensic Interviewer Specialist
Cumberland County Children's Advocacy Center
Children's Advocacy Center Training & Support Center
Baystate Health
Sasha Svendsen, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Child Abuse Pediatrician, Division Chief of Child Protection
UMass Memorial Children's Medical Center
Name of Individual | Individual's Role in Activity | Financial Relationship Disclosure | Discussion of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kerri Bergendahl, MSW,/LICSW | Planner, Faculty | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Jennifer McCaffrey | Planner | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Jessica Wozniak, PsyD | Planner | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Nelson Colon | Faculty | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Zlatina Kostova, PhD | Faculty | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Tyrena Lester, MSW | Faculty | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Molly Louison-Semrow | Faculty | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Sasha Svendsen, MD | Faculty | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
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.
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. A maximum of 12.00 CE credit(s) for psychologists have been granted for this educational activity.
Social Workers (ASWB)
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 Health maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive a maximum of 12.00 continuing education credit(s).
Mental Health Counselors
Baystate Health is an NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider, (ACEPTM) and may offer NBCC approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. The ACEP is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. (ACEP #5684)
Mental Health Counselors completing this course receives a maximum of 12.00 clock hours.
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team and learners will receive 12.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
Available Credit
- 12.00 APA American Psychological AssociationBaystate Health is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Baystate Health maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
- 12.00 ASWB Continuing Education Credit(s)
- 12.00 IPCE Credit Hour(s)
- 12.00 NBCCBaystate Health is an NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP™) and may offer NBCC approved clock hours for events that meet NBC requirements. The ACEP solely responsible for all aspects of the program.