Timothy Ellenberger, Teri Hyman, Kenneth Shultz, and Jennifer Wells
This workshop will continue the presentation and discussions from the keynote on creating a community response to hold
offenders accountable and providing services for victims. Partners from the High Point North Carolina Collaborative will
explore best practices and who needs to be involved in a comprehensive response to intimate partner violence in your
community.
Olympia 2
Linking Concussions and Domestic Violence/Intimate Partner Violence
Maria Chininis and Kristin Crea
This workshop will clearly define the signs and symptoms of a concussion and link how these signs and symptoms often
mimic what happens to victims of domestic and intimate partner violence. Presenters will discuss research currently being
done and how this clearly shows the link and the need for more education and awareness. The workshop will include
discussion of the Concussion Institute of Gwinnett Medical Center in Duluth’s patient care via telemedicine appointments
and in office appointments, and their development of patient medical care plans designed to support survivors as they
navigate the justice system for support. The workshop will equip all stakeholders with the knowledge to assist survivors as
they recover from this injury and navigate their path to recovery from a concussion.
Parthenon 1
Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence Clemency Project
Angela Grant, Crystal L. Moon, Shenna Morris
The Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence’s Clemency Project is a collaboration between several organizations to
provide post-conviction relief to battered women incarcerated in Georgia’s prisons. Offenders who are serving a sentence
for committing a crime against an intimate partner or who are serving a sentence for committing a crime under the direction
of their intimate partner, and who are also parole eligible are candidates for the Clemency Project. The initial work has been
focused on influencing the decisions of the parole board when considering these women for parole by bringing forth
evidence of their abuse that may not have been revealed during their trials. This includes surveying and interviewing
incarcerated females at two of Georgia’s prisons.
Parthenon 2
Children's Camps for Child Survivors of Domestic Violence Panel
Michelle Goodloe,Terri Powe, Lane Pease, Hope Rosenlund, Deana Porter
This workshop will provide attendees with guidance on how to develop helpful solutions to support the child and familial
survivors of domestic violence homicide/murder-suicide in their respective communities. Experiencing the loss of a parent to
domestic violence homicide, suicide and/or incarceration in childhood is a traumatic, confusing and complicated process for
the surviving children and families. As panel participants, Michelle Goodloe, Child & Youth Project Manager with The
Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Terri Powe, the Support for Survivors of Murder-Suicide Coordinator for
the Georgia Commission on Family Violence, will discuss what supports child survivors need during their time of grief from
surviving this traumatic loss.
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