The opinions, statements, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this session are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the conference hosts.

Children who are sexually victimized often demonstrate a variety of negative outcomes including: compromised ability to trust adults, shame and stigmatization, guilt from not preventing the abuse or because they perceive they benefited from the abuse, and guilt because their disclosure results in family stress and negative consequences to the offender with whom they might have had a valued relationship. This workshop will be a multidisciplinary presentation provided by a lawyer, who specializes in civil and criminal litigation on behalf of victims of child pornography and a mental health professional actively involved in forensic assessment, support, research, and treatment of victims of child pornography. The goal is to share insights about a type of maltreatment with minimal research and to sensitize the audience to issues and challenges in these cases. Participants will be able to: Describe the scope and characteristics of child porn on the internet, recognize the impact of child porn on victims and families, and identify legal interventions and treatment models.

Presented by Toby Russel and Clint Sperle
Community Response to Child Abuse Conference 2022

Toby Russell, South Dakota ICAC Task Force Commander, South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation Toby has been a law enforcement officer in South Dakota for the past 24 years and is currently a Special Assistant Attorney General with the South Dakota DCI. Toby is the supervisor of the DCI Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) and Predatory Crimes Unit and he is the Commander of the statewide South Dakota ICAC Task Force. Toby has been a member of the South Dakota ICAC Task Force since 2007 and has specialized in investigations involving Internet crimes against children and other investigations that involve the Internet and digital evidence. Toby has spent the majority of his law enforcement career conducting investigations involving technology facilitated incidents of sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of minors.

Clint Sperle, Child/Adolescent Therapist, Licensed Professional Counselor, Mental Health, & Qualified Mental Health Professional, Siouxland Child & Adolescent Therapy Services, LLC Clint received his degree in Counseling and Psychology in Education and is a Licensed Professional Counselor-MH. He has worked with children and adolescents in individual, group and family settings for the past 24 years. Special areas of interest include working with children and adolescents in areas related to: abuse issues, trauma, evaluations and therapy for children with sexualized behaviors, grief and loss, depression, anxiety, divorce issues, behavioral issues and adjustment issues. Clint also works with children, adolescents and adults with developmental disabilities. Clint is excited to announce that he will be starting a new practice in the fall of 2022 with fellow therapist Tara Olson-Larson called Siouxland Child & Adolescent Therapy Services.