Program Chair and Presenter:
Lindsey M. Anderson
DeWitt LLP
Brookfield
Presenters:
Tori Dunn, M.S., LPC
New Life Resources, Inc.
Waukesha
Hon. Michael J. Dwyer
Hansen & Hildebrand, S.C.
Milwaukee
Hon. Barbara W. McCrory
Rock County Circuit Court
Janesville
Jennifer Ament Moeller
Door County Circuit Court
Sturgeon Bay
Amber M. Peterson
Wisconsin Supreme Court Office of Court Operations
Madison
Hon. Richard J. Sankovitz
Resolute Systems, Inc.
Milwaukee
8:30 a.m. : How to Identify Domestic Abuse
- Legal and behavioral definitions of domestic abuse
- Screening for domestic abuse
Define the Nature and Context of Abuse
- Different types of abuse (coercive control, resistant/reactive, situational)
Lindsey M. Anderson, Tori Dunn, Amber M. Peterson
9:30 a.m. : Break
9:45 a.m. : Evaluate the Implications of the Abuse
- Effects of abuse on the victim, perpetrator, and children
- Why children may not disclose abuse to a GAL
Make Recommendations that Account for the Abuse
- Statutory requirements for GALs and Chapter 767 provisions addressing domestic abuse
- Complex situations with overlapping court cases
- Safe at Home Address Confidentiality Program
Lindsey M. Anderson, Tori Dunn, Amber M. Peterson
10:45 a.m. : Perspectives from the Bench
Moderator: Hon. Richard J. Sankovitz
Panelists: Hon. Michael J. Dwyer, Hon. Barbara W. McCrory, Jennifer Ament Moeller
12:00 p.m. : Program Concludes
Following program start times, webcast replay schedule will vary slightly from above listed times.
- Complete 3.5 credit hours of training on family violence
- Comply with new education requirements to accept GAL appointments
- Receive tools and techniques for handling domestic abuse cases
- Detect signs of abuse/violence in disputed custody cases
- Understand the effects of abuse on victims, perpetrators, and children
- Determine whether a parent poses a risk to another family member’s safety/well-being
- Advance the best interests of children in vulnerable and precarious situations
- GALs (minor and family)
- Family lawyers
- Lawyers representing children
- Lawyers representing victims of family violence
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