Child sexual abuse is any interaction between a child and an adult (or another child) in which the child is used for the sexual stimulation of the perpetrator or an observer. Sexual abuse can include both touching and non-touching [...]

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. [...]

Take Note Community Response to Child Abuse Conference Virgena Wieseler Recognized Court Improvement Program October Training SANE Training Opportunities SD ECCS Strategic Planning Session Held Hundreds Trained on Child Abuse Prevention More than 550 professionals in the child advocacy [...]

Understanding the Role of SANE Courtroom Testimony Lara R. Roetzel, Interim State’s Attorney at Pennington County Jennifer Canton, SANE Supervisor at Avera Health Michael R. Moore, State’s Attorney at Beadle County Crystal Johnson, Deputy State’s Attorney at Minnehaha County [...]

More than 550 professionals in the child advocacy field attended the 22nd annual Community Response to Child Abuse Conference, held October 6-7 at the Sioux Falls Convention Center. The conference provided professional training and educational opportunities for teachers, medical [...]

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 [...]

Take Note Community Response to Child Abuse Conference SD ECCS Series Continues SANE Trainings Available Community Response to Child Abuse Keynote Highlights Join South Dakota’s fight to end child maltreatment. With in-person and on-demand registration options, anyone can be [...]

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 [...]