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The Sexual Assault Testing & Evidence Collection Act: Anonymous Reporting Updates

Date: 
Monday, February 27, 2023 - 1:00pm to 2:30pm

The Sexual Assault Testing & Evidence Collection Act: Anonymous Reporting Updates
Feb 27, 2023  1- 2:30 pm
Zoom

This webinar will provide an overview of the Sexual Assault Testing and Evidence Collection Act and focus on the anonymous reporting and testing options within the Act. It will also include the latest updates to the Act.

At the completion of this webinar, participants should be able to:

  1. List reasons why a survivor may choose to report anonymously;
  2. Explain anonymous reporting and testing options to a victim; and
  3. Accurately complete the form and carry out the anonymous reporting and testing processes. 

Audience:Advocates, law enforcement, prosecution, SANEs, healthcare, victim witness, social service workers.

Presenters:

  • Karin Wickwire, DNP, CRNP, SANE-A, SANE-P
  • Jennifer Badger, ABC-CC
  • Barbara Sheaffer, MA

Karin Wickwire, DNP, CRNP, SANE-A, SANE-P, is a nurse practitioner with the UPMC Health System.  She works with critical care medicine at UPMC Hamot, in Erie, Pennsylvania and is the forensic nursing coordinator at UPMC Hamot.  She is also the nurse practitioner at the UPMC Children’s Hospital Erie CARE Clinic, a satellite office of the Children’s Advocacy Clinic at UPMC Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh.  She has been a forensic examiner for 11 years, is the immediate past president of the PA Chapter of the IAFN and is on the research committee of the IAFN. In addition, she is adjunct faculty at Gannon University and an instructor with Duquesne University.

Jennifer Badger, ABC-CC, is the Forensic Laboratory Manager for the Pennsylvania State Police Greensburg Regional Laboratory. Certified by the American Board of Criminalistics in Comprehensive Criminalistics. Member of the PA Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Advisory Committee for Pennsylvania, the Forensic Nursing Subcommittee of the Organization of Scientific Area Committees Forensic Medicine SAC, and the OSAC Quality Task Group.

Barbara Sheaffer, MA, is the Medical Advocacy Coordinator for the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape and is an associate member of the PA IAFN Chapter and IAFN. She provides technical assistance and training to advocates, SANEs, and allied professionals and serves on a variety of state and national committees and boards to improve responses to sexual assault and abuse survivors.

Contact Person for event: Barbara Sheaffer  Bsheaffer@pcar.org

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La Ley de Recoleccion de Pruebas y Evidencia de Agresion Sexual: actualizaciones sobre denuncia anonima
27 de febrero de 2023 1- 2:30 p. m.
Zoom

Este seminario web brindara informacion general sobre la Ley de Recoleccion de Pruebas y Evidencia de Agresion Sexual y se centrara en las opciones de denuncia y pruebas anonimas contempladas por la Ley. Tambien incluira las ultimas actualizaciones de la Ley.

Al finalizar este seminario web, los participantes deberian ser capaces de:

  1. Enumerar los motivos por los que un sobreviviente puede optar por denunciar de manera anonima;
  2. Explicar las opciones de realizacion de pruebas y denuncias anonimas a una victima, y
  3. Completar con exactitud el formulario y llevar a cabo los procesos de denuncia y pruebas anonimas. 

Publico:Defensores, fuerzas del orden publico, fiscalia, enfermeras examinadoras de agresion sexual (SANE), atencion medica, testigos de victimas, trabajadores de servicios sociales.

Presentadoras:

  • Karin Wickwire, DNP, CRNP, SANE-A, SANE-P
  • Jennifer Badger, ABC-CC
  • Barbara Sheaffer, MA

Karin Wickwire, DNP, CRNP, SANE-A, SANE-P, es enfermera profesional en el Sistema de Salud de UPMC.  Trabaja en medicina de cuidados intensivos en UPMC Hamot en Erie, Pennsylvania, y es la coordinadora de Enfermeria Forense en UPMC Hamot.  Tambien es enfermera profesional en UPMC Children's Hospital Erie CARE Clinic, un consultorio satelite de Children's Advocacy Clinic (Clinica de Defensa de los Ninos) en UPMC Children's Hospital en Pittsburgh.  Ha sido examinadora forense durante 1 anos, es la ex presidenta de la Division de PA de la IAFN y del comite de investigacion de la IAFN.

Jennifer Badger, ABC-CC, es la directora del Laboratorio Forense del Laboratorio Regional de Greensburg de la Policia Estatal de Pennsylvania. Certificada por la Junta Estadounidense de Criminalistica en Criminalistica Integral. Miembro del Comite Asesor de Recoleccion de Evidencia de Agresiones Sexuales de PA para Pennsylvania, del Subcomite de Enfermeria Forense de la Organizacion de Comites del Area Cientifica de Medicina Forense SAC, y del Grupo de Trabajo de Calidad de OSAC.

Barbara Sheaffer, MA, es la coordinadora de Defensa Medica de la Coalicion de Pennsylvania contra la Violencia Sexual y es miembro asociado de la Division de la IAFN de PA y de la IAFN. Brinda asistencia tecnica y capacitacion a defensores, enfermeras examinadoras de agresion sexual (SANE) y profesionales afines, e integra una variedad de comites y juntas estatales y nacionales para mejorar las respuestas a los sobrevivientes de agresion y abuso sexual.

Persona de contacto para el evento: Barbara Sheaffer  Bsheaffer@pcar.org

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Date: 
Monday, February 27, 2023 - 1:00pm to 2:30pm