Together We Can
10th Annual Conference
The Jefferson Children’s Advocacy
Center (JCAC) team is back in Jefferson
Parish after attending the “Together We Can 10th Annual Conference” in
Lafayette ! The
three-day, information-packed event included various workshops and
presentations concerning the prevention and treatment of child victimization.
Nearly 500 child advocates were in
attendance at this great event.
JCAC’s Executive Director and Forensic Interviewer attended the Forensic Interviewer Peer Review while at the conference.
Peer Review gave Forensic Interviewers from Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs) across the state of
Louisiana the
opportunity to exchange ideas and learn from the work practiced by other CACs.
Through collaboration, CACs across the state can continually improve their efforts
to provide legally sound best practice interviews.
Victor Vieth’s remarkable keynote address, “Unto a Third
Generation: A Call to End Child Abuse within 120 Years,” was a definite highlight
of the conference. Through his address, Mr.Vieth detailed the work he is executing
as the Executive Director of the National Child Protection Training Center
(NCPTC). NCPTC implements the Child Advocacy Studies (CAST) minor-- a multi-disciplinary
curriculum currently offered to child protection workers. Twenty universities
offer the CAST minor and 40,000 child protection workers have been trained so
far. For more information about Victor Vieth and NCPTC’s efforts, please visit
their website at http://www.ncptc.org/.
Jefferson Children’s Advocacy Center
