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Community Outreach & Speaking/Training Engagements

I provide non-clinical consultations, speaking engagements, and training opportunities related to child abuse and neglect, clinical decision-making, parenting & trauma, minor sexual exploitation/trafficking, mandated reporting, and collaboration among teams.

These engagements may be tailored for organizations, schools, healthcare professionals, community groups, and other audiences seeking education, insight, or support.

Minor Sexual Exploitation/Trafficking

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Foster Youth

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Mandated Reporting

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Effective Collaboration

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Clinical Decision-Making

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Parenting & Trauma

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Minor Sexual Exploitation/Trafficking ✳︎ Foster Youth ✳︎ Mandated Reporting ✳︎ Effective Collaboration ✳︎ Clinical Decision-Making ✳︎ Parenting & Trauma ✳︎

Selected Trainings

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01.
2026 Children's Services Conference

Greenville, NC

August 2026

Minor Sexual Exploitation/Trafficking: What Is It and What Do I Do About It?

Objectives included:

  • Define MSE/T in the context of NC law
  • Describe helping professionals' legal and ethical responsibility to intervene
  • Identify strategies for reducing the risk of sexual exploitation/trafficking
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42ND International Symposium on Child Abuse

Huntsville, AL

March 2026

'You Can't Whistle a Symphony': The Role of Teams in Sexual Exploitation/Trafficking Cases

Objectives included:

  • Understand the importance of partnerships and multidisciplinary collaborations in MSE/T cases
  • Identify barriers that hinder collaboration
  • Describe practical strategies to strengthen collaborations and imporve outcomes for clients
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03.
Southeastern Social Work Conference

Pembroke, NC

March 2025

'Valuing People More Than We Value Money': The Role of Turnover and Supportive Work Environment in Minor Sexual Exploitation/Trafficking Cases

Objectives included:

  • Describe the role of turnover in effective decision-making to intervene in suspected or confirmed cases of MSE/T
  • Identify strategies that agencies can implement to foster a supportive work environment
  • Describe coping strategies utilized by helping professionals to help mitigate the consequences of workin in an emotionally and psychologically complex environment
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04.
Child Health & Welfare Summit: The Well-Being of Alabama's Older Foster Youth

Online

July 2024

Healthcare Access Among Alabama Youth Transitioning from Foster Care with Disabilities

Objectives included:

  • Describe unique challenges facing young adults"aging out"of foster care with disabilities in accessing needed healthcare
  • Explore stakeholder perceptions in the state of Alabama to promote healthcare access
  • Identify state- and federal-level policies and practices aimed to promote healthcare access
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05.
Baptist Church of the Covenant

Birmingham, AL

Fall 2019

Parenting Children with Trauma: Strategies for Kinship, Adoptive, and Foster Caregivers

Objectives included:

  • Discuss the role of trauma in a child's development
  • Describe the importance of parenting in a trauma-informed way
  • Identify strategies for parenting children with trauma in kinship, adoptive, and foster family dynamics
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06.
The Boyd School, Inc.

Woodstock, AL

Spring 2018

Understanding Trauma Among Children and Youth in Foster Care: Training for Residential Staff

Objectives included:

  • Describe the type and magnitude of trauma in children and youth in foster care
  • Discuss the impact of trauma on a child's behavior and development
  • Address the differences between parenting children in and outside of foster care
  • Identify strategies for therapeutic interaction and trauma-informed discipline
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Examples of training and educational sessions I have developed and delivered for professional, organizational, and community audiences.

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