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Into the Light: Domestic Violence,
Families in Crisis
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Registration Information
- Hood College
- October 9, 2009
- 8 a.m.–3 p.m.
- Rosenstock Auditorium
- Registration Deadline: October 2, 2009
- To register complete the Into the Light registration form and fax completed copy to:
SueAnn Straley at the Frederick County State's Attorney Office
Fax: (301) 600-2195
Who Should Attend? Individuals who are concerned about the escalating problems associated with domestic violence and who are committed to stopping violence in their communities.
Lunch and Refreshments: Lunch will be provided. Please note any special dietary needs on the registration form. Light refreshments will be available during registration and morning breaks.
Conference Cost: *Free
*Disclaimer: A $20 fee will be assessed for cancellation notices of less than 48 hours.
Continuing Education Units: General Continuing Education Units will be given to full-day participants only at a rate of 4.5. Cost is $10 (checks made payable to Hood College).
Schedule
| 8-8:30 a.m. | Registration and Networking |
| 8:30-8:45 a.m. | Welcome and Introductions |
| 8:45-10:15 a.m. | Morning Speaker Address "Patriarchy and Domestic Violence: Familicide, Trauma and Beyond" David Thomas, Division of Public Safety Leadership, Johns Hopkins University |
| 10:15-10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30 a.m.-noon | “Help is on the Way” A panel discussion with the experts Moderator: Barbara Martin, CEO, Heartly House Panelists: Dr. Timothy Gibian, Kathleen Dumais, Judy Hallman, Susan Little |
| noon-1 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1-2:30 p.m. | Afternoon Keynote Address "A Survivor’s Story" Lisa Spicknall, survivor and victim advocate |
| 2:30-3 p.m. | Closing |
Session Descriptions
Morning Keynote Address
"Patriarchy and Domestic Violence: Familicide, Trauma and Beyond" In Maryland, there have been five high profile cases of familicide in less than two years. Excuses and explanations abound. Find out the truth behind familicide. Dave Thomas, a full-time faculty member in the Division of Public Safety Leadership at JHU, will use his expertise from more than 15 years of field experience as a police officer working on domestic violence cases supplemented by his current research on prevention and effective response for violence against women, to help us gain an understanding as to how patriarchy played a role in the nation’s recent familicide cases (especially considering our own tragedy here in Frederick County), the familicide phenomenon, and how the patriarchal cultural value system plays a role in domestic violence.Panel Discussion
Help is on the Way: A Panel Discussion with the ExpertsThis diverse panel of experts, which includes victim advocates, legislators, attorneys and mental health providers, will address how to recognize, intervene and provide services for families in crisis.
Afternoon Keynote Address
"A survivor's Story"Lisa Spicknall was a mother of two beautiful small children, Richie, 2, and Destiny, 3, who were murdered bytheir biological father. In September 1999, Richard W. Spicknall II picked up his two children to take them on a trip to Ocean City. Instead, Richard shot his two children in the car not far the Choptank River on Maryland's Eastern Shore with a gun he purchased at a pawn shop. One child died at the scene and the other passed away in the hospital. Although there was a protective order against Richard, a clerical error allowed him to buy the gun used in the familicide. Lisa Spicknall is a survivor who has used her personal experience to help other victims of domestic violence. Although she has recently changed careers, Lisa continues to use her advocacy skills to help others in the grieving process in her new role as a victim advocate for Mothers Against Drunk Driving.Speakers
Dave Thomas, M.S.
Dave Thomas is a full-time faculty member in the Division of Public Safety Leadership at the School of Education at The Johns Hopkins University. Prior to his retirement, Dave served as corporal of the Domestic Violence Unit (which he helped found) with the Montgomery County police department. In his 15-year career with the MCPD, Dave's primary duties involved training, as well as policy and curriculum development.Dave is the past president of the Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence and served as a consultant to the Office on Violence Against Women, the International Association of Chief's of Police, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, the Governor's Office on Crime Control and Prevention, and the Battered Women’s Justice Project. He teaches law enforcement and community-related curricula in the Public Safety Executive Leadership Program at JHU and continues to provide training and technical assistance at the state, local, national and international levels.
Lisa Spicknall
Lisa Spicknall, a victim advocate for Mothers Against Drunk Driving, was a stay-at-home mom until circumstances in 1999 changed her life.From 2001-2003 Lisa worked as a victim advocate for the Stephanie Roper Foundation, assisting victims of violent crimes in the court process.
She left the foundation in 2003 to pursue other interest, and currently is working for Mothers Against Drunk Driving as a Victim Advocate.
Lisa worked with Judge Martha Raisin to enact peace orders in the state of Maryland. She has also spoken before legislators to assist former Del. David Boschert in passing the Domestic Violence Unit Fund for hiring additional clerks and sheriff’s officers to maintain peace and protective orders. Lisa has also spoken before the Anne Arundel County police cadets during their domestic violence training; for the YWCA of Anne Arundel County; and the House of Ruth Maryland for public education on domestic violence.
She received the Governors Victim Assistance Award in 2002 and the STARR Award for Victims Services from the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. She has since remarried and has two sons, Zachary Dylan, 6 and Liam Christian, 4.
Panelists
Moderator: Barbara R. Martin, M.S., Chief Executive Officer for Heartly House
Barbara Reed Martin was appointed as the chief executive officer of Heartly House in February 2006, a move that continues her lifelong commitment to working to affect the quality of peoples’ lives. For more than 25 years Heartly House has provided a wide range of services to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault and abuse to Frederick County residents.Barbara has had more than 20 years of experience working with non profit organizations. Her professional experiences in Maryland include serving as executive director at the Baltimore-based Community Housing Associates, providing housing to individuals with psychiatric disabilities, serving in the interim executive Director Program of the Maryland Association of Non-profit Organizations (MANO), which places experienced leadership in agencies during periods of transition, and as executive director of Citizens Planning and Housing Association. Among her positions in her native Pennsylvania, she served as the executive director of Big Brothers Big Sisters.
Barbara earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a master's degree in public administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (where she also earned a love of ACC basketball). She is a resident of New Market.
Beth Chaney
Beth Chaney, MS, LCPC, received her BA from Hood College, in Frederick, MD, and her Masters in Community Counseling from Shippensburg University, in Shippensburg, PA. Ms. Chaney is known as a Mental Health therapist and educator providing insight, information, and validation for domestic violence survivors. She also has 10 years experience facilitating domestic violence groups for perpetrators. Ms. Chaney’s trainings are interspersed with lessons from her personal domestic violence experiences, clinical interactions, and the effect of violence on families and society. Ms. Chaney continues to help others heal, but is retired as a full-time therapist. She is busy teaching the next generation (children/grandchildren), gardening, chasing chickens, and creating messes in her shop!Panelist: Susan Little, J.D.
Susan Little is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Law and a Frederick County chief assistant state’s attorney in the Child Support Division. She has litigated paternity and child support issues and prosecuted contempt cases in Frederick County for more than 10 years. On behalf of the Maryland Department of Human Resources, she drafted, supported and implemented welfare reform and child support legislation.Susan spent 15 years in private practice in Baltimore, litigating domestic violence and child custody cases. In addition, she taught legal writing and constitutional law at Goucher College and served as a court-appointed mediator for the Baltimore circuit courts, specializing in family conflict.
Panelist: Timothy A. Gibian, Psy.D.
Dr. Timothy Gibian practices clinical psychology and forensic psychology with children, teenagers and adults. He provides individual therapy, couples counseling and family therapy that is tailored to meet the unique needs of each situation in a way that supports positive life change.Dr. Gibian is often consulted because of his experience providing psychological evaluations and therapy to individuals, couples and families dealing with identity issues, child and teenage developmental difficulties, life transitions and loss. He has extensive experience providing psychological evaluations and counseling for depression, anxiety, trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, ADHD and marriage conflict.
Dr. Gibian also consults extensively with courts in Frederick County and elsewhere because of his expertise in matters of custody and parenting. He has nearly two decades of experience helping families deal with separation and divorce in a way that promotes positive relationships and supports children's interests. Dr. Gibian brings an informed, professional and caring approach when he provides psychological testing and psychotherapy to his patients.
Dr. Gibian earned a bachelor's degree from Tufts University in 1979 with a double major in psychology and German. He began working as a kindergarten teacher before taking a position at an in-patient unit of a state mental hospital in Boston, Mass. From there he moved to Texas, where he received his Psy.D. in clinical psychology from Baylor University in 1986. Dr. Gibian completed a pre-doctoral internship at Virginia Treatment Center for Children in Richmond, Va. He was also awarded the first-ever post-doctoral fellowship in clinical psychology at Virginia Treatment Center for Children.
After completing his advanced psychology training, Dr. Gibian began his career as a professional psychologist at Dallas Child Guidance Clinic, where he served as a staff psychologist. He eventually assumed the duties of training director for the psychology internship program as well as assistant to the chief of psychology. Dr. Gibian began private practice in out-patient psychology in Dallas, Texas. He moved to Frederick in 1994 and joined Frederick Psychology Center, where he continues to provide psychological evaluations, therapy and consultations.
Panelist: Kathleen M. Dumais, J.D.
Member of House of Delegates since January 8, 2003. Parliamentarian, 2007-. Member, Judiciary Committee, 2003- (estates & trusts subcommittee, 2003-06; juvenile services work group, 2005; chair, family law subcommittee, 2007-, member, 2003-); Special Committee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 2003-; Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, 2007-. Chair, Bi-County Agency Committee, Montgomery County Delegation, 2008- (member, bi-county committee, 2003-07, chair, 2007; chair, washington suburban sanitary commission matters committee, 2007-08). Member, Maryland Green Caucus, 2003-; Women Legislators of Maryland, 2003- (legislative committee, 2006); Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2005-. Member, National Conference of State Legislatures (redistricting & elections committee, 2005-).Member, Task Force on Missing Vulnerable Adults, 2004-05. Legislative representative, Montgomery County Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee, 2004-. Member, Task Force to Combat Driving under the Influence of Drugs and Alcohol, 2007-08; Foster Care Court-Improvement Implementation Committee, 2007-; Maryland Access to Justice Commission, 2008-.
Born in La Jolla, Calif., July 5, 1958. Attended St. Vincent Pallotti High School, Laurel, Maryland; Mount Vernon College, B.A. (public affairs & government; communications), cum laude, 1980; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1983. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1987; District of Columbia Bar, 1993. Attorney. Principal, Paley, Rothman, Goldstein, Rosenberg & Cooper, 1996-. Attorney, Quinn, McAuliffe & Dumais, 1989-96. High school teacher (U.S. history & government), Montgomery County Public Schools, 1986-87. Acting administrative assistant, Office of Superintendent, Montgomery County Public Schools, 1987-88. Assistant to Dean, Graduate School, University of Maryland University College, 1988-89. Member, Maryland State Bar Association (section of family & juvenile law); Montgomery County Bar Association (treasurer, 1997-98; co-chair, family law section, 1997-98; co-chair, new practitioners' section, 1990-92); Women's Bar Association of Maryland (president, montgomery county chapter, 1999-2000; executive committee, 1995-). Fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation, 1999-. Board of Directors, Montgomery County Bar Foundation, 1998- (treasurer, 1998-99). Montgomery County Chapter, American Inn of Court (pupil, 1990-92; barrister, 1993-96, 1999-); Alan J. Goldstein Chapter, American Inn of Court, 1997-. Board of Directors, Summer Ridge Condominiums, 1991-99. Board of Directors, St. Vincent Pallotti High School, Laurel, 1998- (vice-president). Board of Trustees, Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Violence, 2003-; Citizenship for Law-related Education Program, 2003-. Member, District 15 Democratic Club; Women's Suburban Democratic Club. Recognized as one of top 50 divorce lawyers in metropolitan area, Washingtonian magazine, 2000, 2004. Recognized for outstanding pro bono services, Catholic Charities Legal Services Network, 2001, 2004. Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 2005, 2007, 2009 (Circle of Excellence).
Panelist: Judy P. Hallman
Judy Hallman is a victim advocate and former director of the Senior Victim Assistance Unite and Trial/SALT (Seniors And Law Enforcement Together) coordinator for the Frederick Police Department. In her position, Mrs. Hallman works with seniors who are affected by all crimes that include abuse and fraud. From 1991-1998, Mrs. Hallman served as volunteer coordinator for the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office. As volunteer coordinator and Triad/SALT coordinator, Mrs. Hallman formed the first Triad in the state of Maryland in 1993. Through Mrs. Hallman’s assistance and guidance, all 23 counties in the state of Maryland and Baltimore City now have a Triad Program.Mrs. Hallman was awarded the Governor's Crime Prevention Award in 1993, 1994 and 1995. In 1997, Mrs. Hallman received the Governor's Award for her Victim Assistance Program. Mrs. Hallman volunteered more than 900 hours to the Sheriff’s Office in 1997 and more than 1,000 hours to the Frederick Police Department in 1998. Since December 1997, Mrs. Hallman served as president of the Maryland Triad/SALT Network Group. In August 1999, Mrs. Hallman testified on Capitol Hill before a senate sub-committee chaired by Sen. John Ashcroft about elder abuse and financial exploitation. Mrs. Hallman was honored as the 2000 Employee of the Year by Frederick police department.
Panelist: Beth Chaney, M.S., NCC
Beth Chaney her master’s degree in counseling from Shippensburg University and is employed as a therapist and Special programs developer for Catholic Charities. She developed and facilitated two groups for batterers in domestic violence cases: ADAM (Alternatives to Domestic Abuse for Men) and EVE (Ending Violence through Education), a group for women who use abusive tactics. She also works as a counselor for Catoctin Counseling.Beth is a frequent presenter and guest lecturer throughout Maryland and Pennsylvania on all issues surrounding domestic violence including the cycle of violence; why victims stay in abusive relationships; safety planning and lethality assessment; why batterers resort to violence; and the effects of domestic violence on children (ways to treat and heal). Beth’s presentations leave you laughing and crying as you hear how this extraordinary woman suffered at the hands of her abusive husband until she broke the cycle of violence. She’s a true expert on domestic violence as are the millions of other women who suffer at the hands of their abusers.
Additional Opportunity to learn more about domestic violence:
| What: | Exuviae A Maryland Ensemble Theatre original production The MET Ensemble explores domestic violence through compelling movement and text, celebrating the survivors who struggle to shed layers of fear, humiliation, and isolation. |
| Where: | Hood College Rosenstock Auditorium |
| When: | Saturday, October 17th |
| Cost: | Free and open to the public |