Presented by: WRCAC, MRCAC and NDAA

June 24 - 26, 2010  in Portland, Oregon September 24 - 25, 2010 in St. Paul, Minnesota  See http://www.childrensmn.org/Services/MRCAC/

This training is designed to cross train medical and legal professional at the same time allowing them to understand each other’s roles and to effectively team.

Medical Topics to be covered include:
• Role of the Child Abuse Medical Provider
• Abusive Head Trauma
• Abdominal and cutaneous traumas
• Guidelines and standards of care for possible SA victims
• Genital findings
• Testifying as a medical expert
• Hearsay
• Memory and suggestibility
• Mock trial for the medical professional

Legal Topics to be covered include:
• Trial tactics
• Ethical considerations
• Direct and cross examination of witnesses
• Preparing children for court
• Role of the Medical Provider
• Abusive head, abdominal and cutaneous trauma
• Child sexual abuse
• Hearsay
• Mock trial

Faculty for this training are Members of the staff of NDAA/APRI including Mary E. Sawicki, J.D., Project Consultation for NCPCA and Nancy E. O'Malley, Chief Assistant Alameda County District Attorney, will provide faculty to present the legal aspects of the training while medical experts such as Rich Kaplan, MD, Clinical Associate Professor at the University Of Minnesota School Of Medicine and Mark Hudson, MD., from Midwest Regional Children’s Advocacy Center a Project of the Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, will be provided by the Midwest Regional Children's Advocacy Center a Project of the Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota. Judge Rosa Mroz, Superior Court Maricopa County, Phoenix, Arizona will preside over the mock trial.

Tuition: $700.00 Includes tuition, lodging, breakfast and lunch.  Financial assistance may be available if you register as a team.  Please contact your regional CAC for scholarship information.Click here for a brochure
Click here to register

Application Deadline: June 1, 2010
CME and CLE credits will be awarded.

For questions or more information contact Nancy Engel by phone at 866-592-4272 or by click here.