Virtual Trainings

Date: March 27, 2023
Title: Guidance for Judges Issuing Relief for Teen Victims of Dating Violence
Presenters: Sarah Hur, Attorney Advisor, provides training, legal analysis and policy review on local, state, tribal and national issues related to protection orders. She also conducts research and develops materials for allied professionals. Before assuming her current position, Sarah represented survivors of domestic and sexual violence in protection order proceedings in N.J. She was also a prosecutor for the New York City Law Department. She is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and is licensed in New Jersey and New York.

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Date: February 24, 2023
Title: Assessment and Effective Outcomes for Youth in Teen Dating Violence Cases
Presenters: Claire Crooks, Ph.D., University of Western Ontario and Hon. Victor Reyes, Judge in Residence, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges

Description: This training series is a result of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and the Office on Violence Against Women understanding that communities and their stakeholders would benefit from training developed in sound partnership with various teen serving agencies and professionals across the country. This 4-part webinar training series is led by a team of experienced judges and professionals from throughout the country who have pioneered work on teen dating violence in the courtroom and beyond. This interactive webinar series will provide communities and their stakeholders with the tools they need to develop and enhance their ability to handle these complex and challenging cases.

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Date: February 17, 2023
Title: Culture and Bias
Presenters: Kinda Abdis-Saboor, Esq.

Description: This training series is a result of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and the Office on Violence Against Women understanding that communities and their stakeholders would benefit from training developed in sound partnership with various teen serving agencies and professionals across the country. This 4-part webinar training series is led by a team of experienced judges and professionals from throughout the country who have pioneered work on teen dating violence in the courtroom and beyond. This interactive webinar series will provide communities and their stakeholders with the tools they need to develop and enhance their ability to handle these complex and challenging cases.

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Date: February 10, 2023
Title: Bridging Teen and Courtroom Culture
Presenters: Andrew Sta. Ana, Esq., Director of Legal Services, Day One and Hon. Victor Reyes, Ret. 10th Judicial, Colorado

Description: This training series is a result of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and the Office on Violence Against Women understanding that communities and their stakeholders would benefit from training developed in sound partnership with various teen serving agencies and professionals across the country. This 4-part webinar training series is led by a team of experienced judges and professionals from throughout the country who have pioneered work on teen dating violence in the courtroom and beyond. This interactive webinar series will provide communities and their stakeholders with the tools they need to develop and enhance their ability to handle these complex and challenging cases.

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Date: February 3, 2023
Title: Dynamics of Teen Dating Violence
Presenters: Maureen Reid, MSW and D Dagondon Tiegs, Bilingual Social Change Associate, Idaho Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence

Description: This training series is a result of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and the Office on Violence Against Women understanding that communities and their stakeholders would benefit from training developed in sound partnership with various teen serving agencies and professionals across the country. This 4-part webinar training series is led by a team of experienced judges and professionals from throughout the country who have pioneered work on teen dating violence in the courtroom and beyond. This interactive webinar series will provide communities and their stakeholders with the tools they need to develop and enhance their ability to handle these complex and challenging cases.

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Date: September 27, 2022
Title: Teen Dating Violence and LGBTQIA+ Youth: Information to Support Judges and Other Professionals Interacting with Teen Victims and Offenders
Presenters: Honorable Judge Stuart Katz, (ret.), Jasmine Uribe, CEO, Leaders Ending Violence

Description: Teen dating violence, commonly known as dating violence, dating abuse, or relationship violence affects a wide range of young people from multiple backgrounds. This webinar explores some of the experiences and impacts of dating violence amongst LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning (one’s sexual or gender identity), intersex, asexual/aromantic/agender, and two-spirit) youth.

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Title: Understanding Adolescent Brain Development in Teen Dating Violence Cases
Presenters: Claire Crooks, Ph.D., Psychologist, and Director of the Centre for School Mental Health and Jessica Pearce, Senior Site Manager, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges

Description: This 90-minute webinar presentation provides participants with a brief overview of brain development to help address adolescent dating violence more effectively and will discuss the promising practices being developed for effective intervention in teen dating violence cases.

This technical assistance brief was developed to provide judges with an overview of brain development during adolescence and to provide an overview of the following:

– Typical adolescent brain development;

– How brain development may be impeded by toxic stress and adversity;

– Implications of brain development in how we understand and address teen dating violence; and

– Recommendations and promising practices for effective intervention in cases of teen dating violence.

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