11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Sessions
Room 413/Ballroom | Community Engagement Track
“Bystander Intervention and Violence Prevention”
Participants will understand the impact of the bystander effect and how it influences young people. Participants will also learn best practices in teaching the bystander effect and intervention skills. Participants will learn activities they can replicate and will understand the evidence for and against specific practices in youth violence prevention.
Room 406 | Legal Track
“Mediation in Matters Involving Intimate Partner Violence”
Although the appropriateness of mediation in matters involving domestic (or intimate partner) violence (hereinafter IPV) is strongly debated, mediation has become more common in family and civil court systems. Those responsible for managing mediation referrals in IPV-related matters have worked diligently to design screening tools to detect IPV in relevant cases and to determine whether a matter in which IPV has been detected is suitable for mediation. For those matters involving IPV, mediation processes have been carefully selected to adequately protect the participants’ safety and their ability to exercise self-determination. This presentation will consider the various perspectives regarding the mediation of cases involving IPV; the various screening tools currently in use to detect and assess IPV; various court exemption models; and the approaches most often used to keep the mediation process safe before, during, and after the sessions. Using a hypothetical example, attendees will break into small groups to engage in an exercise designed to introduce attendees to screening interviews. Each attendee will leave the workshop with samples of screening tools and information about how to become a "Specially Trained in Domestic Violence Issues" listed Rule 31 Family Mediator in Tennessee.
Room 400A | Social Advocacy Track
“The Intersection of Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking and Tennessee’s Coordinated Response to HT”
This training will address common misconceptions surrounding the issue of human trafficking and discuss what human trafficking actually looks like in our community, the prevalence of the problem and the similarities and differences between the victimization of domestic violence and human trafficking. The training will also review the evolution of the human trafficking victim service providers in Tennessee and how Tennessee is coordinating a statewide response to this crime through the Tennessee Anti-Slavery Alliance.
Room 403 | Social Advocacy Track
“Voices to Be Heard”
Voices to be Heard will define the process of advocacy for victims of crime by determining what it means to the advocate, the community, and the individual being served. We will discuss the importance of the interaction between the victim of a crime and the first person to whom they share their story. Additionally, we want to highlight how community agencies can provide empowerment to a victim by shifting their perspective to being a survivor. As a survivor, they have a voice to be heard, and we can support them on their path to hope and healing.
