Sexual Assault Awareness Symposium: Trauma Informed Care for Health Care Providers and Responders

Live Symposium Information

2024 Sexual Assault Awareness Symposium: 
Trauma-Informed Prosecution: Explaining a Victim's Counterintuitive Behavior in Sexual Assault Cases

April 16, 2024 | 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. EST | Virtual Only | On-demand Registration Coming Soon

Symposium Schedule:

Please join our moderator Katie Mai, MSW, LMSW, Sexual Assault Clinician/Coordinator with the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center at MUSC and our speaker Sharla D. Jackson, J.D., Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Resource Prosecutor, Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia and as she presents on Trauma-informed Prosecution: Explaining a Victim's Counterintuitive Behavior in Sexual Assault Cases. The body’s protective response to trauma can impact the behavior of a survivor of sexual assault in ways that may seem counterintuitive to those who handle sexual assault cases. This presentation will explore the impact of trauma and provide strategies to support survivors and hold offenders accountable.

Symposium Credits:

The 2024 Sexual Assault Awareness Symposium: Trauma-Informed Prosecution: Explaining a Victim's Counterintuitive Behavior in Sexual Assault Cases has been approved for 1.5 Social Work Contact Hours pre-approved sponsor of South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners

The 2024 Sexual Assault Awareness Symposium: Trauma-Informed Prosecution: Explaining a Victim's Counterintuitive Behavior in Sexual Assault Cases is a certified VSP program. All those requiring VSP credits are able to submit a non-accredited certification request within 30 days of the training & attach their certificate of completion as well as a complete agenda for credit

Symposium Location:

The 2024 Conference will only be offered virtually. You will be able to join from the comfort of your own space. Registered attendees participating virtually will receive instructions to access the online platform approximately one week in advance of the conference date.

Please email psych-events@musc.edu with any questions

Speaker Bio:

Sharla D. Jackson directs the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Resource Program for the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia. In this role, she oversees domestic violence and sexual assault training for prosecutors, law enforcement officers, and victim advocates throughout the state of Georgia, Basic Mandate Training for the Georgia State Patrol, and all prosecution-delivered training funded under the Violence Against Women's Act. She is the founder and chair of the Georgia Anti-Stalking Workgroup.

Sharla honed her training skills through decades of prosecution experience and providing training for the Atlanta Police, the National Retail Federation, the Atlanta Hawks, and other organizations. As an expert trainer in domestic violence, trial advocacy, law enforcement response, and victims' rights, she provides training for prosecutors, victims advocates, and law enforcement nationwide. She has increased these opportunities for underserved and rural areas of the state of Georgia through her collaborative Family Violence training program.

Sharla is actively engaged with her community as a member of the Board of Directors of End Violence Against Women International, Leadership Atlanta Class of 2019, Chapter President of the Camellia Rose (GA) Chapter of the Links Incorporated, and previously served on the Board of Directors of the Atlanta Police Athletic League.

The City of Atlanta and Fulton County designated June 24, 2010, “Sharla Jackson Day” in recognition of her service to the community. She was honored with the “Shining Light Award” for the innovative program Court School for Victims Advocates by the Partnership Against Domestic Violence.

More information on MUSC events surrounding Sexual Assault Month

On-Demand Conference Information

2023 Sexual Assault Awareness Symposium

Originally recorded April 6, 2023 | 5.75 CEs | On-Demand Coming Soon

On-Demand Registration Coming Soon

2023 On-Demand Agenda & Speakers (PDF coming soon)

On-Demand Credits:

The South Carolina Board of Examiners in Psychology will approve 5.75 Category A credits.

The South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners will approve approximately 5.75 hours of general credit.

The South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists and Psycho-Educational Specialists will approve 5.75 hours of continuing education credit.

The Medical University of South Carolina’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Office of Continuing Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.75 APA continuing education credit. The Medical University of South Carolina’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Office of Continuing Education is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.

The Medical University of South Carolina’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Office of Continuing Education maintains responsibility for this program and its content

For members of the MUSC community only, this conference is approved a total of 6.5 DEI hours

Contact

Email: psych-events@musc.edu

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