HOW TO PREVENT AND PROTECT OUR CHILDREN FROM SEXUAL ABUSE
July 14, 2008
8:30am-4:30pm
Upper Columbia Conference
Assembly Room
3715 Grove Road
Spokane, WA 99224
Polly’s Place Network & Family Life Department of Upper Columbia Conference
Training for social services, schools, churches, parents, accountability partners; and discusses safety planning issues regarding sex offenders.
Who should attend?
- Teachers & Parents
- School Board Members
- Principals, Ministers, Judges
- Law Enforcement Officers
- Child Care Providers
- Social Workers
- Counselors
- Youth Activity Volunteers
- Bible School Teachers
- Anyone who works with and cares for our children
The responsibility for protecting our children from sex offenders rests with us, not with children alone. Until we join forces publicly, our society will continue to miscalculate offender violence, persist in enabling offenders by doubting children, and fail to report offenders to law enforcement. This conference is for individuals who wants to reduce the incidences and toleration for child victimization.
REGISTER TODAY!
Terry Randall, Time Magazine, October 21, 1991.
“I believe that there is a devil, and here’s Satan’s agenda. First, he doesn’t want anyone having kids. Secondly, if they do conceive, he wants them killed. If they’re not killed through abortion, he want them neglected and abused physically, emotionally, sexually. One way or another the legions of hell want to destroy children because children become the future adults and leaders. If they can warp or wound a child, he or she becomes a warped or wounded adult who passes on this affliction to the next generation. ”
Morning Session:
“Selection, Engagement & Seduction of Children”
Go to the heart of the problem. See with your own eyes multiple videotaped interviews with offenders, hear their specific strategies used to seduce and manipulate child victims and the “grooming” tactics they employ within their own families and the community at large. These behaviors, which make offending easier, gets in the way of families, churches and schools identifying and reporting crimes. Discuss the impact on prevention, investigation, prosecution and containment, especially as they relate to families, schools and the faith community.
Afternoon Session:
“Prevention: Advice from Child Molesters”
Explore the benefits of expanding prevention efforts to include community education for adults, especially parents and adult caretakers of young children, educators, the faith community, social services and law enforcement professionals. Learn practical risk management and prevention techniques, how to respond to disclosures about abuse and sexual behavior problems among children, and available resources for developing community prevention programs.
Corey Jewell-Jensen is currently the co-director for Behavioral Intervention in Beaverton, Oregon. A featured guest on the Oprah Winfrey Show, Ms. Jensen has worked with adult sex offenders and their families for over 21 years. She has provided training and consultation to the National Center for the Prosecutions of Child Abuse, the United States Navy, the Mark McGwire Children’s Foundation, the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers and a number of local and national law enforcement and child advocacy organizations. Ms. Jensen has testified as an expert witness in local and federal courts, led professional training workshops all over the country, and published a number of articles on the evaluation, and treatment of sex offenders. Ms. Jensen is highly recommended as an educator for all those who work with or come in contact with children.
Directions to Upper Columbia Conference
From West bound I-90, take exit 276, turn left at ramp, drive over freeway and turn left at first driveway. From Eastbound I-90 take exit 276, make right turn at ramp, and take first driveway on the left.
Education Workshop: How to Prevent and Procect Our Children From Sexual Abuse Brochure
