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AVH raises awareness of child abuse-related issues

by The AV Times Staff • April 7, 2017

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LANCASTER — More than 250 professionals and community members packed  Antelope Valley Hospital’s Community Resource Center on Wednesday for a daylong conference on issues related to child abuse. The event was sponsored by the Assistance League of Antelope Valley in collaboration with the hospital.

Speakers included Mary Reina, MSN, RN, director of the forensic services unit at AVH; retired Lt. Joseph E. Laramie, program manager for the National Criminal Justice Training Center of Fox Valley Technical College; Sgt. Dan Scott, a law enforcement consultant who specializes in the dynamics of mandated child abuse reporting laws and sexual assault; and Cei Kratz, president of Assistance League of Antelope Valley.

“Child abuse is one of the adverse childhood experiences that contributes negatively to the mental and physical health of our community, and it is important that we educate ourselves in order to increase awareness to address this issue,” Reina stated. “This conference provided us the opportunity to not only share what we have learned about these specific topics but to provide others with the tools and the collaboration needed to help prevent and address child abuse in our community.”

As head of AVH’s forensic services unit (FSU), Reina and her team help patients report not only child abuse but sexual assault, elder abuse/neglect, domestic violence, trauma and suspicious injuries. The FSU also collaborates with law enforcement agencies, the district attorney’s office and other community partners to ensure justice and the healing of a victim.

The only program of its kind in the state of California, thousands of patients have benefited from the FSU since the program began in 2010.

[Information via news release from Antelope Valley Hospital.]

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Filed Under: Crime/ Safety, Health, Lancaster

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