Stephanie V. Blank Center Webinar Registration

This workshop will discuss cutaneous and genital medical pathologies or normal variants that can be mistaken for child physical or sexual abuse. The distinction and identification of these "mimickers" are important to ensure proper medical management and to prevent unnecessary burdens to a family and the healthcare system. By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to identify cutaneous pathologies mimicking child physical abuse, identify genital pathologies mimicking child sexual abuse, and discuss the differences and distinguishing attributes separating the mimickers from abuse. 

Know Before You Go: This presentation contains images of child abuse. Please use personal discretion when registering for medically based trainings.  

Abuse often occurs in a multi-generational cycle; parents have themselves been abused and have not been provided interventions to help break the cycle. In this webinar, Dr. Angie Boy will discuss the research as it pertains to the intergenerational cycle of abuse and will highlight how community organizations can work with families to break the cycle of abuse.  

Join this webinar to learn about strategies adults can use when discussing hard topics with youth, such as child sexual abuse, body safety, and consent. Participants will learn how strategies like active listening, reframing, using open-ended questions, or reading can help adults cultivate a meaningful and productive conversations. 

This module focuses on the role of medical providers in the evaluation and treatment of victims of child sex trafficking.  Participants will learn about victim identification, how to properly gather information from the victim, how to conduct the medical exam, how to provide appropriate testing and treatment, and what referrals can made on behalf of the victim. 

This webinar will focus on how to recognize risk factors or signs that physical and sexual abuse, neglect, child endangerment, and sexual exploitation may be occurring. You will also learn about the basics of the mandated reporting laws relating to child abuse in Georgia, including changes to the mandated reporting statue that took place in 2022. We will also discuss policies and procedures related to making a report of suspected child abuse. 

The purpose of this presentation is to discuss the types of technology children use, how they use them, and simple ways to make them safer. By the end of this session, participants will be able to recognize at least four social media apps frequented by kids and teens, define online harassment and digital citizenship, and identify steps adults can take to protect children from online risks. 

Technology can be a wonderful thing, but sometimes the benefits come at a cost. The internet can expose youth to some scary stuff, including inappropriate content and online predators. Keeping youth safe online is critical, and this presentation will help take out some of the guesswork. The goal of this presentation is to equip adults with the appropriate tools to help support youth and keep them safe while online. By the end of this webinar participants will be able to define the stages of online grooming and exploitation, identify at least two vulnerabilities unique to youth using technology, and list four resources adults can use to educate caregivers and youth. 

This presentation aims to emphasize the severity of the problem of children being exposed to caregiver drug use, to improve understanding of how to interpret results of different drug tests, and to expand on when to consider neglect, as well as the consequences of neglect for those who are confronted with drug-endangered children. 

While it is important for Mandated Reporters to understand their role in recognizing and reporting abuse, expanding their scope to that of Mandated Supporter empowers them to be proactive in their response against child abuse and neglect. The concept of Mandated Supporters replaces family surveillance with a variety of supportive responses to bolster and nurture family well-being. This presentation will help participants better understand strategies to connect families to resources and support to reduce 'family overwhelm' and prevent child abuse and neglect. 

Identifying opportunities to prevent medical neglect and supporting caregivers when there are risk factors for medical neglect can be one of the most important interventions in caring for all aspects of a child's health. This lecture will delve into how to assess cases in which medical neglect is being considered and how to identify patient, medical, caregiver, and environmental risk factors for medical neglect. The information will be delivered through various cases that highlight the complexities often encountered in medical neglect assessments, and how early detection can keep families together. 

Video games may be toys and Chromebooks may be tools, but both require safety. This year we want to give the gift of protection to those who are looking to give a digital gift to children. In this webinar we will discuss the importance of keeping children safe in a digital world and how to prevent dangerous encounters online.