Examine the origins and the strong need for the Indian Child Welfare Act formally known as ICWA and the true spirit and nature. Presented by Dereck Stonefish, Training Coordinator, Native American Institute and CEO, Indigenous Forward Consulting.

This session will cover reporting suspected child abuse/neglect, screening of child abuse/neglect reports, present danger and impending danger, and initial family assessment safety model. Presented by JoLynn Bostrom, SD Department of Social Services, Division of Child Protection Services.

This training is designed for SANEs, advocates, prosecutors and others handling sexual assault cases and working with sexual assault victims.

Learn how to be cultural sensitive in your care delivery, recognize cultural differences and address any barriers to care, and identify tools and ways to deliver care in a culturally sensitive manner. Training provided through the WIC CIAO Project by Tami Hogie-Lorenzen, SD Urban Indian Health.

Using empathy and person-first language when working directly with families of young children. Participants will learn to define what empathy is and is not; identify the factors that influence empathetic behavior; and explore techniques that enhance empathy skills. Training provided through the WIC CIAO Project by Lora Hayes.

Training series for service providers working with families with young children. Topics include cultural awareness, refugee resettlement, and working with interpreters. Training provided through the WIC CIAO Project in partnership with LSS.

Define and explain the concept of social determinants of health (SDH) and identify and categorize the key social determinants of health affecting children, including but not limited to access to healthcare, nutrition, housing stability, parental education level, and community safety. Training provided through the WIC CIAO Project by Jennifer Weber, MPH, RD.

A series of trainings to inform medical providers in providing quality care to sexual assault victims. Various topics and trainers were included in the series.

Focus on the psychobiology and psychopharmacology of PTSD, relating this to commercially sexually exploited youth and inroads for trauma informed care in the medical setting in order to develop a patient centered, trauma informed collaborative approach to human trafficking in minors. Trainers: Dr. Dana Kaplan, Department of Pediatrics at Staten Island University Hospital and Dr. Natasha Jouk, Department of Pediatrics at Maimonides Medical Center/Infants and Children’s Hospital of Brooklyn

Illustrates trauma-informed approaches to delivering care and collecting evidence in the aftermath of sexual abuse. Trainers: Cynthia Totten, Deputy Executive Director, Just Detention International and Angelita Olowu, Forensic Nursing Director, International Association of Forensic Nurses

Review some everyday cross-cultural scenarios and discuss qualities and approaches that would yield positive outcomes. Trainer: Valeria Wicker, Program Supervisor, LSS Multi-Cultural Center

Have greater understanding of AAPI (and NH and MENA) cultural dynamics that contribute to and impact experiences of gender-based violence, consider approaches and best practices for culturally responsive services and support, and consider approaches and opportunities for increased outreach and engagement of local AAPI communities and resources. Trainer: Shirley Luo, Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence

Participants in this course will gain an understanding of the role of the interpreter, the difference between interpretation and translation, and best practices for working through interpreters. Training provided through the WIC CIAO Project in partnership with LSS, presented by Valeria Wicker.

Explore an important topic in serving non-native English speakers – effectively working with interpreters. Trainer: Valeria Wicker, Program Supervisor, LSS Multi-Cultural Center

Recognize the differences between cultural competence and cultural humility and identify tools to support increasing self-awareness in order to increase capacity for cultural humility. Training provided through the WIC CIAO Project by Erika Iverson, SD Urban Indian Health

Engage in a language immersion experience and discuss challenges of language acquisition. Training provided through the WIC CIAO Project in partnership with LSS, presented by Laura Smith-Hill.

Gender-based violence often involves physical violence targeted at the head, neck, and face–through blows to the head or strangulation. Though this has been common knowledge for decades, brain injuries caused by violence are unacknowledged, rarely identified and almost never immediately treated. Trainer: Rachel Ramirez, The Center on Partner-Inflicted Brain Injury at the Ohio Domestic Violence Network

This session will cover research around the risks and vulnerabilities of children accessing the internet, online grooming and exploitation, impacts of children viewing pornography online, what we can do as professionals, parents, and policymakers. Presented by Chrissie Young, Director, CPCM and Heather Knox, Assistant United States Attorney, U.S Attorney’s Office

Participants will come away with a visual representation showing where they and someone they know would fall on cultural continuums including Time Orientation, Individualism and Collectivism, Direct and Indirect Communication and more. Trainers: Laura Smith-Hill and Valeria Wicker, LSS

Gain a basic understanding of family-based immigration law, employment-based immigration law, and humanitarian based immigration law.. Trainer: Taneeza Islam, SD Voices for Peace

Listen to voices of immigrant and refugee residents as they speak to their backgrounds, what brought them to the US, some key points regarding life in their homeland, the main challenges in adjusting to life in the US and perspectives on how to support success for our culturally diverse clients. Training provided through the WIC CIAO Project in partnership with LSS.

Understand legal and ethical confidentiality and privacy obligations governing service professionals, develop information-sharing norms, identify other select victims’ rights moments that arise in collaborations. Trainers: Amy Liu and Rebecca Khalil, National Crime Victim Law Institute

Explore what it means to become a refugee and the process of resettlement from country of origin, to refugee camp, to the interview process, arrival and adjustment to life in a new country. Training provided through the WIC CIAO Project in partnership with LSS, presented by Laura Smith-Hill and Valeria Wicker.

Increase understanding of differences of trauma responses of individuals with disabilities versus typically developing individuals and identify screening, treatment needs, and intervention options for individuals with disabilities that have experienced trauma. Trainers: Aimee Deliramich, Ph.D. and Nikki Eining, MSW, CSW-PIP, QMHP from USD Center for Disabilities

Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of specific cultural norms and values. Training provided through the WIC CIAO Project in partnership with LSS, presented by Laura Smith-Hill and Valeria Wicker.

Overview of immigration law, access to services, and SD organizations who assist with immigration status. Trainer: Taneeza Islam, CEO, Immigration Lawyer & Co-Founder at SD Voices for Peace and SD Voices for Justice

Overview of victims’ rights and why they matter to survivors and understand how advocates, medical personnel, law enforcement, attorneys and other allied professionals can help protect those rights. Trainers: Amy Liu and Rebecca Khalil, National Crime Victim Law Institute

Training series on fatherhood. Topics include the impact of involved fathers, co-parenting techniques and strategies, father involvement in maternal and infant health, family resilience, diversity of fatherhood experiences across cultures, and impact of policies on father engagement. Presenters vary.

Explore and discuss key aspects of culture. Using descriptive cultural continuums and examples from lived experience we will identify and discuss cultural norms. Training provided through the WIC CIAO Project in partnership with LSS, presented by Valeria Wicker.

Understand the impact of policies on father engagement and family dynamics. Presented by Dan Wuori, Early Childhood Policy Solutions.

Domestic abuse including power and coercive control dynamics will be defined and explained specifically in the context of separation, divorce, and child custody matters when domestic abuse is alleged. Trainers: Tracey Decker, JD & Krista Heeren-Graber, BSW, MS, LBSW, SD Network Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault

This training will help provers better understand the role that substance use plays for survivors of violence and provide real tools for policy, practice, and organizational culture. Trainer: Christina Love (she/her) – Indigenous Storyteller, Survivor, Multi-Level Advocate

Understand cultural competency and how it can enhance father engagement and support. Presented by Jillian Baker, The Center for Parent and Teen Communication.

Understand the role of fathers play in promoting resilience within the family unit. Presented by D. L. Pos Ryant, Apprentice of Peace Youth Organization

This session will delve into the intertwined history of genocide, colonization, assimilation, and the anti-violence movement. Participants will gain insights into how gender-based and race-based oppression intersect, contributing to heightened levels of victimization and lethality within marginalized communities. Trainer: Christina Love (she/her) – Indigenous Storyteller, Survivor, Multi-Level Advocate

The discussion will focus on CPCM policy initiatives, the CDC ACEs prevention framework, and 2024 legislative wins related to child welfare including but not limited to the 4% cost of living increase, policing the internet, artificial intelligence, children accessing pornography, as well as big changes in school funding and prioritizing teacher salaries. Presented by Senator Helene Duhamel, CPCM Advisory Board Member and Chrissie Young, Director, CPCM

Learn the Importance of fathers’ involvement in maternal health issues. Presented by Joel Austin, Daddy University.

Define co-parenting and learn effective communication strategies between parents. Presented by Dr. Brad Sachs, The Father Center

Define fatherhood roles and responsibilities within the family and understand the impact of involved fathers on family well-being. Presented by J. Michael Hall, Strong Fathers Strong Families

After the training, participants will have a better understanding of: intersection between MMIP, human trafficking, sexual assault, and domestic violence; South Dakota human trafficking and MMIP trends; new human trafficking and MMIP training initiatives available in South Dakota; how to report suspected traffickers and what information to report.

An in depth look of the way that traffickers groom victims, the types of trafficking we are seeing, and the work we are doing to improve and support the prevention and response to Human Trafficking in South Dakota. Presented by Mary Beth Holzwarth, SD Division of Criminal Investigation.

To help educate social workers, behavioral health providers, educators, foster-care providers, advocates, community members, and others on how to specifically understand and work with children, adults, and elders who may identify as Two-Spirit or Native LGBTQ. Trainer: Lenny Hayes, Tate Topa Consulting

Presented by Tracey Decker and Krista Hereen-Graber, The SD Network in partnership with SD State Bar Association.

Presented by Valeriah Big Eagle, Friends of the Children.

This training will include guidelines for creating and maintaining a CV will be provided so nurses can be prepared to showcase their expertise in the event they are called into court. Examples of how to format a CV will be shown. Presented by Tracy Decker, SD Network Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault.

Define domestic abuse while providing an overview of coercive control and other tactics of power and control utilized by the person causing harm to the family. Presented by Krista Hereen-Graber, SD Network Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault

Presented by Ashley Asmus, SD Department of Social Services, Division of Child Protection Services

Discuss the process from start to finish from the clinicians point of view, discuss common components/procedures, and how the evaluation guides treatment post-sentencing. Presented by Shane Larson, Watertown Compass Center

This training opportunity will provide SANEs an overview of the courtroom process and roles and strategies for effective testimony. Attorneys will gain insight into the role of SANEs and the information they can provide in the testimony process. Presented by Tracy Decker, SD Network Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault; Lara Roetzel, Pennington County State's Attorney's Office; Michael Moore, Beadle County State's Attorney's Office; Crystal Johnson, Minnehaha County State's Attorney's Office; and Jen Canton, Avera Health.

A brief overview of adolescent psychosexual and psychological evaluations covering testing instruments used, biopsychosocial/sexual information gathered through collateral information and first-hand accounts, and a discussion of recommendations provided. Presented by Gary Hoffman, Counseling Café.

Presented by Rochelle Holloway, Karissa Perez, Darbi Hunt, and Darla Biel.

This training will focus on enhancing practices in supporting victims of sexual assault associated with the untested rape kit initiative. Presented by Marya L. Simmons, Founder and CEO of Shift in Notion Consulting, LLC

Training covers community and professional responsibilities, impacts of ACEs on health and well-being, state child abuse/neglect and mandatory reporting statute, differences between civil and criminal cases, handling a disclosure, and value of multidisciplinary team response.

Presented by Senator Tim Reed and Representative Taylor Rehfeldt.

Presented by Colleen Moran in conjunction with SD State Bar.

Presented by Scott Sheldon, SD Unified Judicial System.

Presented by Eric Grover, SD Department of Social Services.

Presented by Lara Roetzel, SD Network Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault.

Presented by Sheldon Spotted Elk and Jack Trope, Casey Family Programs.

Multidiscplinary Teams Presenters: Brittany Novotny, Children’s Advocacy Centers of SD; Amanda Liebl, Child’s Voice at Sanford Health; Angelsa Lisburg, Avera St. Mary’s Central South Dakota Child Assessment Center; and Tifanie Petro, Children’s Home Child Advocacy Center. [...]

SD ECCS Behavioral/Mental Health Melanie Boetel, Director with Department of Social Services, Division of Behavioral Health Jodi Williams, Behavioral Health with Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Tribe Dione Krush, Women’s Advocate with Bethany Christian Services, Rapid City Betsy Schuster, Vice [...]

Dental Carissa Regnerus, RDH MA, Lead Clinical Director, University of South Dakota, Department of Dental Hygiene Connie Halverson, Vice President, Delta Dental of South Dakota, Public Benefit John Zimmer, DDS, Pediatric Dentist, Great Plains Area of the Indian [...]

Presented by Dawn Johnson, Regional Manager for Child Protection Services, Department of Social Services and Winter Hendrickson, Foster Parent.

SD ECCS Childcare Rachel Busmann, Outreach Coordinator with SDSU Child and Family Resource Network Terra Johnson, Manager with Sanford Children’s CHILD Services Carmen Stewart, Head Start Director with University of South Dakota Janessa Bixel, MEd, President with South [...]

SD ECCS Prenatal/Parenting Engagement & Education Darbi Hunt, SD SFEC Learning Specialist with Community, Family & Special Services, Statewide Family Engagement Center Lisa Sanderson, Family to Family Project Coordinator with South Dakota Parent Connection Dr. Marcy Drew, Director [...]

SD ECCS Legal/Safety Panel Carrie Sanderson, JD MPA, Director, Center for the Prevention of Child Maltreatment Chelsie Ogaard, Program Director, Children’s Home Society Pam Bennett, Division Director, South Dakota Department of Social Services, South Dakota Child Protection Services [...]

SD ECCS Medical/Disabilities Panel Aimee Deliramich, PhD, Clinical Psychologist, Center for Disabilities USD Amber Finnesand, Parent Kevin DeWald, Executive Director, South Dakota Health Link Lisa Fox, Implementation Analyst, South Dakota Health Link Sara DeCoteau, Tribal Health Director, Sisseton [...]

Presented by Carrie Sanderson, Director, Center for the Prevention of Child Maltreatment.

Presented by Nicole Laughlin, Laughlin Law.

Presented by Wendy Kloeppner, Lake County State’s Attorney and Roxie Erickson, Pennington County Deputy State’s Attorney.

Presented by Lori Schaeffer, Foster Parent; Andrea Hemeyer, SD Department of Social Services; and Jennifer Mueller, SD Department of Social Services.

Presented by Sara Sheppick, SD Department of Social Services, Division of Child Protection Services.

Presented by Taneeza Islam, SD Voices for Peace.

Presented by Judge Carmen Means.

Presented by Nikki Eining, Avera Behavioral Brookings.

Presented by Betsy Schuster, Helpline Center.

Presented by Wayne Weston, Center for Disabilities.

Presented by Tifanie Petro, Children's Home Society.

Presented by Pamela Bennett, SD Department of Social Services.