Violence and Abuse: How Can We Respond?
| June 13 |
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| 7:00-10:00pm |
Illusion Theater of Minneapolis presents a musical drama,
"Family," along with a workshop/discussion. Free and open
to the public.
"Family" encourages us to examine the links between various
types of violence (verbal or emotional as well as physical) and to
separate feelings of anger from violent behavior. |
| June 14 |
|
| 9:00-10:15 |
Violence and the Domestic Agenda. Overview of Issues.
Dr. Joel Dalquist, Associate Professor of Sociology, MSU. |
| 10:15-10:30 |
Break |
| 10:30-11:45 |
Keynote Speaker. Violence and Abuse in
Minnesota: The Public Role.
Minnesota Attorney General Hubert H. Humphrey III |
| 11:45-1:00 |
Lunch Break |
1:00-2:15 and
2:30-3:45 |
Exploring Victim Issues.
Features: short and long term effects of violence and abuse on victims,
special issues regarding children and adults, and helpers' reactions to
working with victims and victimization.
Speakers:
 | Mary Ann Donaldson, Clinical Social Worker |
| Bonnie Norgren, Adult Protection Worker |
| Myla Korbel, Counselor (Child Specialist), Rape and Abuse Crisis
Center
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| 2:15-2:30 |
Break |
| 1:00-2:15 and 2:30-3:45 |
Exploring Offender Issues: Three
Perspectives on Perpetrators of Violent Crime
Rick Young, Clay County Probation, Moderator.
The three perspectives presented are based on experiences with violent
offenders. Includes investigations, supervision of convicted
offenders, and court-ordered programming. Speakers will comment on
trends, methods and their perceptions of the dynamics of these cases.
Speakers:
| Lt. Michael G. McCarthy, Juvenile Investigations, Moorhead Police
Department. |
| Michael L. Stoltman, Senior Corrections Agent, Minnesota Department
of Corrections and Director, Family Court Services, Clay County, MN. |
| Albinus Heidt, Therapist, Center for Parents and Children. |
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| June 15 |
|
| 9:00-11:45 with 15 minute coffee
break |
Origins and Maintenance of Social
Inequality: Gender, Race and Class.
Dr. Joel Charon, Professor of Sociology, MSU. |
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Implications of Inequality for Violence and Abuse:
| Gender - Ellen O'Neill, Manager, Minnesota Women's Fund |
| Race - To Be Announced |
| Class - Collen Morken, Sherry Short and Lysa Ringquist, People
Escaping Poverty Project and Women's Network of the Red River Valley
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|
| 11:45-1:00 |
Lunch Break |
| 1:00-2:30 |
Dynamics of Racial and Ethnic Relations in the Community.
Maria Garcia, Intervention Coordinator, Battered Women's Program, Migrants
Health Services, Moderator.
Multicultural perspectives on racial and ethnic relations and the effects
of violence within this community.
Panel:
| Bea Castillo, Home-School Liaison for Hispanic Students |
| Donna Longie, Home-School Liaison for Native American Students |
| Naomi Rice, Coordinator, Unaccompanied Minors Refugee Program |
| Hispanic, Native American, and Southeast Asian High School Students |
|
| 2:30-2:45 |
Break |
| 2:45-3:45 |
Mediation: Conflict Resolution with Honor
John Tittle, Minnesota Human Rights Enforcement Officer. Focuses on
inherent characteristics of the mediation process and how conflict
resolution is promoted while protecting the dignity of the individuals
involved. |
| June 16 |
|
| 9:00-11:45 with 15 minute coffee
break |
Are Educational, Medical and Criminal Justice
Institutions Part of the Violence Problem, or Part of its Solution?
Dr. Mark Hansel, Professor of Sociology, MSU, Moderator. Do schools,
hospitals, nursing homes and the criminal justice system unintentionally
allow or even engender abuse and violence toward clients?
Panel:
| William (Bill) Johnson, Advocate for Minnesota Mental Health
Association, on mental hospitals. |
| Michael Kirk, District Judge, on how victims (especially female
victims of sexual assault) may be further victimized in criminal
justice institutions. |
| Jo Hildebrant, Long Term Care Ombudsman, on nursing homes and other
long stay institutions. |
| Ron Schneider, Student Assistance Counselor, on schools. |
|
| 11:45-1:00 |
Lunch Break |
| 1:00-2:30 |
Papering Over the Cracks: How to Keep Clients from Falling
Through.
Sharon Olson, Career Probation Agent, Moderator.
A hypothetical case, starting with a child making a report to a teacher,
will be followed through various systems: education, county social
services, law enforcement, medical courts, and therapy.
Representatives of these systems will describe their duties and
responsibilities, including examples of paperwork,/ forms required
at each stage:
| Lynn Sipe (education) |
| Dave Miller (law enforcement) |
| Susan Buchholz Heinze (medical) |
| Melanie Cole (courts) |
| Myla Korbel (therapy) |
|
| 2:30-2:45 |
Break |
| 2:45-3:45 |
Professional Responsibility: Stress Assessment. |
|
Debra J. DeWitz, Assistant Professor of Social Work, MSU.
A look at the importance of caring for ourselves as we care for
others. Discusses factors leading us to "overdo", such as
characteristics of our professions, our culture, and our own individual
messages. What can we do to create a better balance in our lives? |
| June 17 |
|
| 9:00-10:15 |
Identifying, Responding to, and Preventing Violence:
Individual and Community Efforts and Ideas.
Jim Knutson, Family Therapist, Lakeland Mental Health.
1. How to Recognize Children in Crisis.
Ron Bedard, Regional Supervisor, Child Protection. Looks at physical
abuse and neglect and emotional abuse. Useful for people working
with families.
2. Peer Mediation with Children.
Lynn Sipe, School Social Worker. How children can be trained to
resolve their own disputes peacefully. Presenter will demonstrate
this technique with schoolchildren.
3. Cooperative Play: Let's Do It Together!
Dr. Steven Grineski, Associate Professor of Physical Education, MSU.
how to use cooperative play as a means to encourage positive social
behaviors. Cooperative play will be defined as play activities based
on inclusion (all are needed), acceptance (all are valuable) and
contribution (all contribute). Participants will engage in a variety
of activities that require cooperative interactions.
4. Cultivation "Response-Ability" in Conflict
Situations.
Dr. Robert E. Pratt, Associate Professor of Counseling, MSU. Explore
the impact of reacting vs. responding and begin to cultivate a repertoire
of behaviors that may help to de-escalate conflict in potentially volatile
situations.
5. Handling Anger: Your Own and Your Clients'.
Jim Knutson and Miggs Anderson, Counselors at Lakeland Mental Health and
Rape and Abuse Crisis Center. Learn how to understand and control
anger using exercises developed in an Anger Control group.
Participants will have a unique opportunity to experience what people in
Anger Control classes do.
6. Meditation and Conflict Resolution: Basic Principles,
Methods and Skills.
Dr. Tom Williams, Professor of Counseling, MSU. How to use conflict
resolution and meditation approaches to prevent destructive
conflict. Draws on presenter's experiences as supervisor of MSU's
Student Negotiation Service.
7. How Can I Get Involved?
Reports from Moorhead's Healthy Community Task Force, Clay County
Cornerstone Project, Pine to Prairie Violence Prevention
Coalition and other community responses to violence and abuse.
Presents opportunities for ongoing involvement in community efforts to
prevent and reduce violence and abuse. |
| 10:15-10:30 |
Break |
| 10:30-11:45 |
Sessions are repeated. Please indicate two choices
among sessions 1-7 on registration form. |
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