SART Conference 2009 Seattle WA May 27 -29 Detailed Agenda
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Tuesday, May 26 2009
5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Registration Opens
View Spyglass Icon 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Visit our Conference Bookseller
Wednesday, May 27 2009
7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
View Spyglass Icon 7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Exhibit Viewing
View Spyglass Icon 8:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

Opening Session

Welcome and Keynote: Congressman Dave Reichert
U.S. House of Representatives, Washington State 8th Congressional District
Former King County Sheriff and Author of "Chasing the Devil; My Twenty-Year Quest to Capture the Green River Killer"
Never Give Up: A 20-year Quest for Justice

Keynote Speaker: Sharon W. Cooper, MD, FAAP
Developmental & Forensic Pediatrics, P.A.
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
School of Medicine
Sexually Explicit Music Videos –
A Road Map to Compliant Victims and Self-Exploitation

  10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Break / Exhibit Viewing
  10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Breakout Session I
View Spyglass Icon General A

Implementing the SART Toolkit (3 Hours)
Part I -

View Spyglass Icon Specialized B Life and Death of a Sexual Assault (3 hours)
Part I
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Documenting Sexual Assault: Using the Language of Non-consensual Sex
Also recommended: Surviving Cross Examination Techniques, See Session 2C

View Spyglass Icon Specialized D Expanding DNA Capabilities
View Spyglass Icon General E Online Provision of Services for Sexual Assault Survivors
View Spyglass Icon Specific Populations F The Maze of Injustice and Emerging Issues in Indian Country
View Spyglass Icon Specific Populations G Commercial Sexual Exploitation
View Spyglass Icon Interactive Scenario H Opening Scenario
(Part 1 of 8 - SART Team Registration only)
View Spyglass Icon 12:15 p.m. -1:45 p.m.

Lunch / Keynote Speaker: John Clune, Esquire
Co-founder, Victim Justice Initiative
Massive Media Makeovers:
Lessons Learned from National High Profile Cases

  2:00 p.m. -3:30 p.m. Break-out Session II
View Spyglass Icon General A Implementing the SART Toolkit (3 Hours)
Part II -
View Spyglass Icon Specialized B Life and Death of a Sexual Assault
Part II
View Spyglass Icon Specialized C

Surviving Cross Examination Techniques
Also recommended: Documenting Sexual Assault: Using the Language of Non-consensual Sex See Session 1C

View Spyglass Icon Specialized D Using CODIS for Familial Searches
View Spyglass Icon General E Incorporating Prevention Efforts into SARTs' Work
View Spyglass Icon Specialized F The Justice Gap
View Spyglass Icon Specialized G Sexual Assault DNA Databank Cold Case Prosecutions
View Spyglass Icon Interactive Scenario H Victim Interview by Law Enforcement
(Part 2 of 8 - SART Team Registration only)
  3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Break/Exhibit Viewing
  4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Break-out Session III
View Spyglass Icon General A Sexual Assault: Clinical and Forensic Management - A Virtual Practicum to Train Sexual Assault Forensic / Nurse Examiners (3 Hours) Part I
View Spyglass Icon Specialized B Considerations for Adding Pediatrics to Your SART Response (3 Hours) Part I
View Spyglass Icon Specialized C Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault
(Repeated in Session 5B )
View Spyglass Icon General D

Strengthening Partnerships Among SART Members: Advocacy and SANEs: Making the Relationship Work
Also recommended: Enhancing Law Enforcement Response to Victims - See Session 4D

View Spyglass Icon General E Victimization and Trauma
View Spyglass Icon Specific Populations F Making the Connection: Working and Collaborating with your Local Colleges and Universities
View Spyglass Icon Specialized G Research on Unconscious Victims of Sexual Assault
View Spyglass Icon Interactive Scenario H Crime Scene Investigation
(Part 3 of 8 - SART Team Registration only)
View Spyglass Icon 6:15 p.m. -7:45 p.m. Harborview Center for Sexual Assault and Traumatic Stress Tour
Thursday, May 28 2009
7:00a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
View Spyglass Icon 7:00 a.m. - 3:15 p.m. Exhibit Viewing
View Spyglass Icon 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Keynote Speaker: Anne K. Ream
Writer and Founder, The Voices and Faces Project,
Founding Co-chair of CounterQuo.org
From the Inside:
Listening to Rape Survivors, Learning How to Better Respond

  9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Break / Exhibit Viewing
  10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Break-out Session IV
View Spyglass Icon General A Sexual Assault: Clinical and Forensic Management - A Virtual Practicum to Train Sexual Assault Forensic / Nurse Examiners (3 Hours) Part II
View Spyglass Icon Specialized B Considerations for Adding Pediatrics to Your SART Response (3 Hours) Part II
View Spyglass Icon Specific Populations C

Responding to Victims with Disabilities: Exploring Cases Involving Victims with Disabilities

Also recommended: PTSD: Changes in Diagnosis and Treatment of Intellectually Disabled Survivors and Offenders See Session 5C

View Spyglass Icon General D

Strengthening Partnerships Among SART Members: Enhancing Law Enforcement Response to Victims
Also recommended: Advocacy and SANEs: Making the Relationship Work. See Session 3D

View Spyglass Icon Specialized E Intersection of Sexual Assault and Stalking
View Spyglass Icon Specialized F New Developments: Crawford vs. Washington
View Spyglass Icon Specialized G

Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force / Protecting Children from Sexual Predators in the Digital Age

View Spyglass Icon Interactive Scenario H

Medical-Legal Evidentiary Exam
(Part 4 of 8 - SART Team Registration only)

View Spyglass Icon 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Lunch / Keynote Speaker: David Lisak, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Clinical Psychology,
University of Massachusetts Boston
False Allegations of Sexual Assault: Research not Rhetoric

  1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Breakout Session V
View Spyglass Icon Specialized A Sexual Assault Cases and the Impact of Judge and Jury Perspectives (3 Hours) Part I
View Spyglass Icon Specialized B Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault
(Repeated once – See Session 3 C)

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Specific Populations C Responding to Victims with Disabilities: PTSD - Changes in Diagnosis and Treatment of Intellectually Disabled Survivors and Offenders

Also recommended: Exploring Cases Involving Victims with Disabilities See Session 4C
View Spyglass Icon Specialized D Forensic Evidence besides DNA: Thinking Out of the Box
View Spyglass Icon Specialized E Injury Documentation and Analysis
View Spyglass Icon Specific Populations F New Methodology in Criminal Justice Response: Examining Rape of Native Women in a Small City
View Spyglass Icon General G What SARTs Need to Know About Sex Offenders
View Spyglass Icon Interactive Scenario H Suspect Interview
(Part 5 of 8 - SART Team Registration only)
  2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m Break/Exhibit Viewing
  3:15 p.m. -4:45 p.m. Breakout Session VI
View Spyglass Icon Specialized A Sexual Assault Cases and the Impact of Judge and Jury Perspectives (3 Hours) Part II
View Spyglass Icon Specialized B When your Case is the Highlight of the Local 6 O’clock News
View Spyglass Icon General C Value of Victim Input - the other SART member
(Team SOAR Panel)
View Spyglass Icon Specific Populations D A SART's Role in Working with Military Sexual Assault Survivors: Another Type of Wounded Warrior
View Spyglass Icon Specific Populations E

Líderes Campesinas and the Power of the Collective with the Lideres Campesinas Theater Group

View Spyglass Icon Specialized F Setting up a Sexual Assault Disaster Protocol
View Spyglass Icon Specific Populations G Incorporating Cultural Sensitivity into SART Work
View Spyglass Icon Interactive Scenario H Laboratory Evidence Analysis Results, DFSA
(Part 6 of 8 - SART Team Registration only)
View Spyglass Icon 6:30 p.m. -10:00 p.m. Optional Argosy Cruises Dinner Cruise
Friday, May 29, 2009
  7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
View Spyglass Icon 7:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Exhibit Viewing
  8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Breakout Session VII
View Spyglass Icon Specialized A Increasing Access to Forensic Exams: The Impact of VAWA 2005 Forensic Compliance Mandates Within Local Communities (3 Hours) Part I
View Spyglass Icon Specific Populations B Strategies for Responding to Victims Coping with Mental Illness and Chemical Dependency Issues (3 Hours) Part I
View Spyglass Icon Specific Populations C SART Response to Human Trafficking Cases: Human Trafficking in the U.S .
Also recommended: Investigating and Assisting in Trafficking Cases – See Session 8C
View Spyglass Icon Specific Populations D Sexual Violence in the Military: The Dynamics of Cultural and Institutional Change
View Spyglass Icon Specialized E Post-Coital Interval For DNA Testing
View Spyglass Icon Specialized F The Impact of SANE Programs on Adult Sexual Assault Case Prosecution: New Research Findings on How and Why SANE Programs Affect Case Outcomes
View Spyglass Icon General G Making it Work in Rural Communities: Developing and Sustaining a Coordinated Community Response
View Spyglass Icon Interactive Scenario H Trial Preparation / Charging Decisions
(Part 7 of 8 - SART Team Registration only)
  10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Break / Exhibit Viewing
  10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Breakout Session VIII
View Spyglass Icon Specialized A Increasing Access to Forensic Exams: The Impact of VAWA 2005 Forensic Compliance Mandates Within Local Communities (3 Hour.) Part II
View Spyglass Icon Specific Populations B Strategies for Responding to Victims Coping with Mental Illness and Chemical Dependency Issues (3 Hours) Part II
View Spyglass Icon Specific Populations C SART Response to Human Trafficking Cases: Investigating and Assisting in Trafficking Cases
Also recommended: Human Trafficking in the U.S. See Session 7C
View Spyglass Icon Specialized D Holistic Services for Victims: Should Attorneys be a Part of a SART?
View Spyglass Icon General E SART Sustainability (SART Scholarship Team)
View Spyglass Icon Specialized F Sexual Assault: False Reports, Case Unfounding and Victim Recantations
View Spyglass Icon General G Evidence Identification, Collection and Preservation
View Spyglass Icon Interactive Scenario H Mock Trial
(Part 8 of 8 - SART Team Registration only)
View Spyglass Icon 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch / Keynote Speaker: Dorothy J. Edwards, Ph.D.
Director, Violence Intervention and Prevention Center,
University of Kentucky
Bystander Intervention and Prevention of Sexual Violence

  1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Break / Exhibit Viewing
View Spyglass Icon 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Closing Session: Living Out Loud
rejuvenating, laughter-filled, interactive improv

Shawn Westfall, Improvisational Wizard
Andrea Howe, Founder of Living Out Loud
Kellie Greene, Founder of SOAR®

  3:00 p.m. End of Conference

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