COLLATERAL DAMAGE: Elder Abuse and the
Opioid Epidemic in Rural Virginia

Friday, June 11, 2021 via Zoom Meeting

Elderly Woman


Presented by
Southwest Virginia Legal Aid
in collaboration with the
Southwest Virginia Elder Justice Task Force

Sponsored by
Virginia Law Foundation
Virginia Coalition for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (VCPEA)
Anthem Healthkeepers Plus

8:45 amWelcome & Introductions, Joseph R. Carico, Esq., Executive Director, Southwest Virginia Legal Aid
9:00 amOpening Plenary: Keynote
The Role of the Opioid Crisis in Elder Abuse: Lessons from Maine APS Investigations
Kimberly Snow, Research Associate, Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME
As the opioid crisis has deepened over the past twenty years, its impact on individuals and families, including older adults, has grown. News stories across the country have described instances of older adults who have been abused or exploited by family members and others with opioid use disorder– and older adults are not immune from opioid use disorder themselves. This presentation describes how the opioid crisis has impacted older adults through looking at Maine Adult Protective Services investigations. Through quantifying and analyzing opioid-related investigations, we have baseline information on how they have increased over time, how they differ from non-opioid-related investigations, and common themes around APS client and perpetrator use and abuse of opioids. Elder abuse advocates, law enforcement, substance abuse professionals, policymakers, and others can use this information to help strategize potential responses that mitigate the effects of the opioid crisis on all of us as we age.
10:05 amBreak *10-MINUTE SESSION CHANGE
10:15 amBreakout Sessions (choose one)

Protecting Our Seniors from Financial Abuse
DeMarion Johnston, Esq., General Counsel, Virginia Bankers Association
The Virginia Bankers Association has served as the organized voice for the Commonwealth’s banking industry since 1893. In this presentation, VBA General Counsel DeMarion Johnston examines federal and state laws to combat elder financial abuse, and the role played by financial institutions in helping safeguard seniors and their assets.

Grandparents and Other Non-Parent Kinship Families: Legal Rights
Gerard Wallace, Esq., Program Director Retired, New York State Kinship Navigator
The number of grandparent and relative caregivers raising children is increasing each year, and our understanding of how to support these caregivers continues to evolve. Legal services can play an important role in connecting non-parent caregivers to support and providing legal assistance. Issues include: what is the caregiver’s authority regarding schooling, medical care, access to documents; what are the “rights” of caregivers in third party custody and guardianship actions, in access to foster care, when “diverting” from foster care, etc. This Legal Basics training will provide law and aging network professionals with an overview of legal issues surrounding non-parent caregivers, including tools and initiatives to support families.

Elder Abuse Guide for Law Enforcement (EAGLE) – Part One, National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA), Alhambra, CA
Julie Schoen, Deputy Director, NCEA, and Alexis Calleros, Administrative Assistant, NCEA
Introduction to the National Center on Elder Abuse and why there is a resource center dedicated to the social justice issue of elder abuse. This segment will also explore the prevalence, risk factors, types of abuse and related resources utilized in the prevention and eradication of elder abuse. This will lead into the discussion of multi-disciplinary teams and why there was a need for the Elder Abuse Guide for Law Enforcement (EAGLE), as part of the U.S. Department of Justice Elder Justice Initiative.
11:30 amBreak *45 MINUTES FOR LUNCH
12:15 pmBreakout Sessions (choose one)

Medicaid Fraud
Janine Myatt, Esq., Assistant Attorney General, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia
Although the vast majority of health care providers are honest and dedicated to providing high quality health care to their patients, Medicaid provider fraud costs American taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars annually and threatens the integrity of the Medicaid program. The Virginia Medicaid Fraud Control Unit investigates and prosecutes Medicaid fraud across the Commonwealth, and also investigates allegations of abuse or neglect of elderly and incapacitated adults receiving benefits through the Medicaid program.

Elder Justice Efforts in a Restorative Justice Framework
Sarah M. Morton, Esq., Elderly Services Attorney, Blue Ridge Legal Services, Harrisonburg, VA
In this session, elder law attorney Sarah Morton will provide an introduction to the concept of restorative justice and will discuss its potential to provide an alternative, less adversarial, framework for senior victims, particularly those exploited by family members. Morton will examine the roots of restorative justice systems in both Native American tribes and their Canadian equivalent, First Nations tribes. She will also discuss issues related to mediation and power, and will provide a brief overview of current efforts to use restorative justice principles to address elder abuse and financial exploitation.

Elder Abuse Guide for Law Enforcement (EAGLE) – Part Two, National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA), Alhambra, CA
Julie Schoen, Deputy Director, NCEA, and Alexis Calleros, Administrative Assistant, NCEA
The second segment of the presentation will begin with a comprehensive tour of the EAGLE tool with instructions on access and pinning to mobile devises. This will lead to the viewing of roll call videos that set the stage for scenarios and group discussions. This will culminate in the exploration of a case involving physical abuse.
1:30 pmBreak *10-MINUTE SESSION CHANGE
1:40 pmBreakout Sessions (choose one)

Virginia’s Family First Initiative: Prioritizing Prevention Services and Family-Based Placements
Lauren Weidner, Family First Change Management Specialist, VA Department of Social Services
Nancy Boyd, Kinship Navigator, Dickenson County Department of Social Services
Amanda Romans, Kinship Navigator, Smyth County Department of Social Services

Participants will learn about Virginia’s Family First Initiative, including the role of the Kinship Navigator program and resources available to assist grandfamilies and other non-parent families across the Commonwealth. Of the six programs established statewide, two serve Southwest Virginia. Each program serves a multi-county area. In part two of this session, participants will learn firsthand from regional navigators what services are available, who is eligible, and how to access assistance for these vulnerable families.

Seniors, Pain Relief, and Opioid Abuse: A History Lesson Taught Through Time
Deborah H. Bell, Community Outreach Coordinator, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia
This session will take you through history, beginning from 3400 B.C. Mesopotamia and bringing you to present day. By catapulting back in time, we will discuss how as a society, we have been taught to manage pain through various methods originally perceived as safe. Through song lyrics, propaganda, and common misconceptions, we will examine how we have gotten so lost inside the world of pain management, that it has become difficult to find our way out – especially as we encounter the aging process.

Battered, Broken, and Burned: Recognizing Injuries in Suspected Older Adult Abuse
Melissa Ratcliff Harper, MSN, APRN, SANE-A, SANE-P
Elder physical abuse is often undetected and unreported. Physical examination findings are often mistaken for normal sequelae of aging, medications or underlying disease processes. Evaluation of findings requires evaluating the history of the reported event, knowledge of the normal aging process, understanding injury pathophysiology, recognizing abnormal findings, and assessing the patient’s functional status. After attending the presentation, the participant will be able to discuss considerations in the evaluation of suspected elder abuse, identify injuries concerning abuse, and describe characteristics of burns and fractures in the suspected abuse case.

Elder Abuse Guide for Law Enforcement (EAGLE) – Part Three, National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA), Alhambra, CA
Julie Schoen, Deputy Director, NCEA, and Alexis Calleros, Administrative Assistant, NCEA

The third and final segment of this presentation will continue our investigation into cases involving neglect and as time allows, financial abuse perpetrated by a family member and astranger. We then hope to have a wrap-up and Q and A session to insure that participants have experienced the EAGLE site and are confident in future use. We will also leave participants with additional resources.
2:45 pmBreak *15-MINUTE SESSION CHANGE
3:00 pmClosing Plenary
Methamphetamine: The “Alpha Drug”
First Sergeant Charles L. Parsons, Drug Enforcement Section, Virginia State Police, Wytheville, VA
In this session, Sergeant Chuck Parsons will share how drug use has evolved from opioids to methamphetamine, the current drug of choice, with equally devastating consequences for older adults. He will discuss methamphetamine identification and the effects of methamphetamine on the human body and mind. Sources of methamphetamine and how methamphetamine enters and affects our communities will also be examined. Participants will learn why methamphetamine is the “Alpha Drug” and why it has such a destructive impact on family units and the community at large.
4:15 pmClosing Remarks, Daveena Sexton, Director of Advancement, Southwest Virginia Legal Aid
4:30 pmAdjourn

Deborah H. Bell
Deborah H. Bell joined the Office of the Attorney General in 2014 as the Roanoke-based Community Outreach Coordinator. Her region covers 21 counties in the Commonwealth, and she serves as a member of various associations, such as the Drug Abuse Prevention Task Force, Virginia Coalition for the Prevention of Elder Abuse, FBI Intelligence Sharing group, and the Roanoke Valley Violence Prevention Council. Debbie is a state-certified Crime Prevention Specialist, and serves as the president of the Southwest Region Crime Prevention Association. She has been recognized for her outstanding work as a managing panel member of the United States Department of Justice Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council for the Western District of Virginia.

Specializing in the field of Communication Studies, Debbie received her first Bachelor’s degree from Radford University, and a second from Virginia Tech. At the Office of the Attorney General, Debbie serves to provide education and link agencies and individuals with the appropriate resources specific to the office. Such matters may include: Medicaid provider fraud, elder abuse and neglect, opiate and heroin abuse issues, gang activity awareness, human sex and labor trafficking awareness, cultural competency educations, forming and providing support for TRIAD groups, social media dangers and computer crimes, domestic violence issues, animal cruelty concerns, and consumer protection.

Nancy Boyd
Nancy Boyd serves as Kinship Navigator for the Dickenson County program which in addition to Dickenson serves the counties of Lee, Scott, Wise, Russell, Tazewell, Buchanan and the city of Norton.

Nancy has a BSN from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing and worked in Community Health Services in City of Richmond, Chesterfield, New Kent, and Charles City, Hanover in a variety of programs with families and children of all ages. She also served as Assistant Director at Beth Shalom Nursing Home and opened the Home Health Unit at Retreat Hospital providing hospice care to the tri-city area.

Before her retirement in 2013, she served as the Coordinator of The Healthy Families program in Chesterfield for eight years. After retirement she moved back to her hometown in Dickenson County.

In 2019 she began work at Dickenson County Social Services in the Kinship Navigator program. This is an especially good fit for her since she herself is a kinship caregiver who has cared for her grandson for the past ten years and can easily identify with this population.

Alexis Calleros
Alexis Calleros was initially brought on board as a volunteer at the National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA) after obtaining her Bachelor’s degree in Sociology with an emphasis on social inequality at the University of California, Santa Cruz. As the current NCEA Administrative Assistant, she provides logistical and administrative support for various projects in addition to meetings and conferences. Currently, Alexis is assisting the Elder Abuse Guide for Law Enforcement (EAGLE) in producing training materials for law enforcement.

Melissa Ratcliff Harper, MSN, APRN, SANE-A, SANE-P
Melissa Ratcliff Harper has been a Registered Nurse since 1990, working as both an emergency and forensic nurse. After working 30+ years as a healthcare provider within the hospital sector, she is now employed in a clinic setting as a Forensic Nurse with both Ultra Health and the SAFE Center of SWVA. She previously served as faculty for the nursing and paramedic programs at the Jefferson College of Health Sciences. She is a Visiting Professor at St. George’s University in Grenada. She holds an MSN degree with an advanced practice Clinical Nurse Specialist focus in forensic nursing from the University of Colorado. She is certified as both a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner-Adult/ Adolescent (SANE-A) and Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner-Pediatric (SANE-P). Melissa has led or served on numerous task forces and advisory boards and is currently a member of the Commonwealth of Virginia Attorney General’s Sexual Assault Kit Initiative Steering Committee and the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services SART Advisory Council. She has presented greater than 300 lectures/courses on a variety of forensic-related topics, including intimate partner violence, strangulation, sexual assault, child abuse, elder abuse, human trafficking and adult SANE and pediatric SANE courses at the local, state, national and international level. She received the 2017 Virginia Attorney General’s Unsung Heroes award for her work as a forensic nurse and community leader.

DeMarion Johnston, Esq.
DeMarion Johnston is currently the General Counsel of the Virginia Bankers Association where she provides legal representation to the Association and its subsidiaries. Prior to joining the VBA, she served as Associate General Counsel in the Office of General Counsel of the Virginia State Corporation Commission advising and representing the Commission and its divisions, primarily the Bureau of Financial Institutions and Bureau of Insurance. She has also worked for a federal banking regulator and in the private practice of law. DeMarion possesses expertise in banking, non-depository financial institutions and services, and insurance, as well as state and federal regulation of those industries.

Sarah M. Morton, Esq.
Sarah M. Morton is an elderly services attorney in the Harrisonburg office of Blue Ridge Legal Services. Sarah received her B.A. in Government and Psychology from the University of Virginia in 2003. Sarah is a 2006 graduate of the University of Notre Dame Law School. While in law school, Sarah studied the restorative justice systems used in international truth commissions, as well as the traditional restorative justice practices of Native American tribes and the Canadian equivalent, First Nations. She completed mediator training at the Center for Community Justice in Elkhart, Indiana. Her mediation training is in the Victim-Offender Reconciliation Process (VORP) method.

Sarah joined Blue Ridge Legal Services as a staff attorney in October of 2006. Blue Ridge Legal Services is the legal aid office serving the Shenandoah Valley. She has a varied practice serving those 60 years old and older. Approximately 60% of her clients are survivors of elder abuse and financial exploitation. Sarah has been exploring civil remedies and recovery for survivors of elder financial exploitation.

Janine M. Myatt, Esq.
Janine Myatt is an Assistant Attorney General/Prosecutor for the Virginia Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, and is also a Special Assistant Attorney United States Attorney in the Western District of Virginia. She has held this position since 2010, and has prosecuted Medicaid provider fraud and elder abuse cases. Prior to joining the Attorney General’s Office, she worked as a prosecutor in Bristol, Virginia, Washington County, Virginia and Sullivan County, Tennessee. She started her legal career as a staff attorney for Southwest Virginia Legal Aid Society from 1994-1997.

Charles L. Parsons
First Sergeant Charles L. Parsons is a drug unit supervisor for the Virginia State Police (VSP) and has worked in law enforcement for 25 years. He has been directly involved in the investigation, seizure, and processing of over 500 meth labs in the last 18 years. He is the former head of VSP’s Clandestine Lab Response Program and co-authored the agency’s policy manual for handling clan lab incidents. Additionally, he assisted in the development of the meth lab Best Practices Protocols that were approved by the General Assembly in 2005, which detail policies and procedures for police and law enforcement agencies throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Sergeant Parsons has presented Meth and Drug Awareness training programs to hundreds of first responders across the Commonwealth. In his previous position as a Special Agent, he led a multi-agency drug taskforce and coordinated the operational planning of enforcement actions with various Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies.

Sergeant Parsons holds a B.S. degree in Criminal Justice from Radford University and is a graduate of the Virginia State Police Academy. He is a DCJS certified general instructor and regularly provides law enforcement training at local criminal justice academies and the Virginia State Police Academy. He also provides expert testimony and consultation for prosecutors throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia for Methamphetamine and other drug related prosecutions.

Amanda Romans
Amanda Romans serves as Kinship Navigator for the Smyth County (VA) Department of Social Services. Her service area includes not only Smyth County, but also Bland, Carroll, Giles, Grayson, Montgomery, Pulaski, Washington, and Wythe Counties, as well as the cities of Bristol, Galax, and Radford. Amanda is a graduate of Old Dominion University with over 15 years of experience working with families in crisis. She began her career in homeless services and supportive housing. Prior to beginning her work with Kinship families, Amanda served as a CPS investigator in Smyth County.

Julie Schoen, JD
Julie Schoen, JD brings her passion for all aspects of aging issues to her role as Deputy Director of the National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA) at the Keck School of Medicine at USC. She is an attorney with a strong background in Medicare Advocacy who is now having impact in the area of Elder Abuse. Like you, she hopes to build public awareness by collaborating with experts in the field. She is an active board member for the Organization of Victim Assistance (NOVA) and the GSA’s Reframing Aging Advisory Board. Before joining the NCEA team at USC, Julie devoted the first 20 years of her career as the director of the Health Insurance Counseling Advocacy Program and the CA Senior Medicare Patrol. Julie is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin Madison and has lived in Orange County for the past 30 years with her husband Jim and daughter Emily.

Kimberly Snow
Kimberly Snow is a Research Associate in the Disability and Aging program area at the Cutler Institute, Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine. Ms. Snow’s primary interests are in elder abuse and Medicaid policy and operations, especially related to utilization and cost of care. She recently collaborated on a published research study linking Medicaid, Medicare, and Maine APS data to determine the health care services use and cost among victims of elder financial exploitation. Most recently she was the principal investigator on a study of the impact of the opioid crisis on Maine APS investigations. Ms. Snow has a Master’s degree in Health Services Administration from the University of Michigan School of Public Health and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and English from Oberlin College. Prior to joining the Muskie School, Ms. Snow worked at the National Academy for State Health Policy.

Gerard Wallace, Esq.
Gerard Wallace, Esq. is Public Service Professor, at the State University at Albany, School of Social Welfare and the legal/education advisor for the NYS Kinship Navigator. In 2006, he founded the NYS Kinship Navigator and was Director from 2006-2020. He retired in December 2020. From 2005 to 2010 he was project consultant for the AARP Kincare Project and from 2005 to 2014 he was co-chair of the NYS KinCare Coalition. He is a member of the Child Welfare League of America’s Policy Commission and past director of Hunter College’s Grandparent Caregiver Law Center and of the National Committee of Grandparents for Children’s Rights. He is a senior fellow at the Child Welfare League of America. Since 1997, he has published numerous articles and white papers on kinship law and policy. In 1999, he authored an amicus curia brief in the United States Supreme Court grandparent visitation case, Troxel v. Granville, that was featured in the Congressional Digest’s Supreme Court Debate. His writings have been published in Elder Law Attorney, the Journal of Gerontological Social Work, West Law’s Elder Adviser, and the Washington Post, among others. Since 2000, he has presented continuing legal education trainings on kinship law and advised on the drafting of both federal and state legislation related to kinship care. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Albany Law School in 1997.

Lauren Weidner
Lauren Weidner joined the Family First Team in January 2020 and serves as the Change Management Specialist. She has over 12 years experience in the child welfare system. Her experience includes working in both the private and public settings, working with youth in foster care, training families who would like to foster, working with adult adoptees and has served on several community work groups. Lauren has received both her Bachelors and Masters degree in Social Work from Virginia Commonwealth University and is excited to participate in macro level social work assisting with the implementation of Family First.

Opening Plenary: Keynote
The Role of the Opioid Crisis in Elder Abuse: Lessons from Maine APS Investigations
Kimberly Snow, Research Associate, Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME
COURSE MATERIALS:

The Role of the Opioid Crisis in Elder Abuse: Lessons from Maine APS Investigations

Protecting Our Seniors from Financial Abuse
DeMarion Johnston, Esq., General Counsel, Virginia Bankers Association
COURSE MATERIALS:

Protecting Our Seniors From Financial Abuse

Medicaid Fraud
Janine Myatt, Esq., Assistant Attorney General, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia
COURSE MATERIALS:

Medicaid Fraud

Elder Abuse Guide for Law Enforcement (EAGLE) – Part One, Part Two, and Part Three
National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA), Alhambra, CA
Julie Schoen, Deputy Director, NCEA, and Alexis Calleros, Administrative Assistant, NCEA
COURSE MATERIALS:

Elder Abuse Guide for Law Enforcement (EAGLE)
Course Outline

Grandparents and Other Non-Parent Kinship Families: Legal Rights
Gerard Wallace, Esq., Program Director Retired, New York State Kinship Navigator
COURSE MATERIALS:

Grandparents and Other Non-Parent Kinship Families: Legal Rights

Elder Justice Efforts in a Restorative Justice Framework
Sarah M. Morton, Esq., Elderly Services Attorney, Blue Ridge Legal Services, Harrisonburg, VA
COURSE MATERIALS:

Elder Justice Efforts in a Restorative Justice Framework
Course Outline
Restorative justice practices in Native American tribal law
Preliminary Findings from an Evaluation of Eldercaring Coordination

Virginia’s Family First Initiative: Prioritizing Prevention Services and Family-Based Placements
Lauren Weidner, Family First Change Management Specialist, VA Department of Social Services
Nancy Boyd, Kinship Navigator, Dickenson County Department of Social Services
Amanda Romans, Kinship Navigator, Smyth County Department of Social Services

COURSE MATERIALS:

Virginia’s Family First Initiative: Prioritizing Prevention Services and Family-Based Placement
Navigating the Seas of Relative Childcare

Seniors, Pain Relief, and Opioid Abuse: A History Lesson Taught Through Time
Deborah H. Bell, Community Outreach Coordinator, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia
COURSE MATERIALS:

Seniors, Pain Relief, and Opioid Abuse: A History Lesson Taught Through Time

Battered, Broken, and Burned: Recognizing Injuries in Suspected Older Adult Abuse
Melissa Ratcliff Harper, MSN, APRN, SANE-A, SANE-P
COURSE MATERIALS:

Battered, Broken, and Burned: Recognizing Injuries in Suspected Older Adult Abuse
PLEASE NOTE: Presentation updated 5.20.21

Methamphetamine: The “Alpha Drug”
First Sergeant Charles L. Parsons, Drug Enforcement Section, Virginia State Police, Wytheville, VA
COURSE MATERIALS:
Methamphetamine: The “Alpha Drug”

REGISTRATION/COST

The training is free, but advance registration is required.

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CONTINUING EDUCATION CERTIFICATE

Continuing education certifications are being sought for attorneys, magistrates, clerks, guardians ad litem, and law enforcement professionals. Check back here for updates on course approvals.


Updates on Continuing Education Certification: 

This course has been approved for 6.0 CLE credits for Magistrates and Clerks.

​This course has been approved for 6.0 credit hours including (0.0) credit hours for attorneys.

​This course has been approved for 6.0 hours continuing education credit for qualified Guardians ad Litem for Incapacitated Persons, with the following sessions eligible for credit:

____ Keynote: The Role of the Opioid Crisis in Elder Abuse: Lessons from Maine APS Investigations (Opening Plenary Session, 9:00-10:05 a.m.)

____ Protecting Our Seniors from Financial Abuse (Breakout Session, 10:15-11:30 a.m.)

____ Medicaid Fraud (Breakout Session, 12:15-1:30 p.m.)

____ Elder Justice Efforts in a Restorative Justice Framework (Breakout Session, 12:15-1:30 p.m.)

____ Seniors, Pain Relief, and Opioid Abuse: A History Lesson Taught Through Time (Breakout Session, 1:40-2:45 p.m.)

____ Battered, Broken, and Burned: Recognizing Injuries in Suspected Older Adult Abuse (Breakout Session, 1:40-2:45 p.m.)

____ Methamphetamine: The “Alpha Drug” (Closing Plenary Session, 3:00-4:15 p.m.)

This course been approved for 3.5 hours continuing education credit for qualified Guardians ad Litem for Children, with the following sessions eligible for credit:

____ Grandparents and Other Non-Parent Kinship Families: Legal Rights (Breakout Session, 10:15-11:30 a.m.) 

____ Virginia’s Family First Initiative: Prioritizing Prevention Services and Family-Based Placements (Breakout Session, 1:40-2:45 p.m.) 

____ Methamphetamine: The “Alpha Drug” (Plenary Session, 3:00-4:15 p.m.) 

This course has been approved for partial in-service (PIC-3) credit for law enforcement with the following sessions eligible for credit:

____ Opening Plenary:  The Role of the Opioid Crisis in Elder Abuse:  Lessons from Maine APS Investigations – 1 hour Career Development

____ Breakout Session:  Protecting Our Seniors from Financial Abuse – 1 hour Career Development

____ Breakout Session:  Grandparents and Other Non-Parent Kinship Families:  Legal Rights – 1 hour Legal

____ Breakout Session:  Elder Abuse Guide for Law Enforcement (EAGLE) Part One –   1 hour Career Development

____ Breakout Session:  Medicaid Fraud – 1 hour Legal

____ Breakout Session:  Elder Justice Efforts in a Restorative Justice Framework – 1 hour Cultural Diversity

____ Breakout Session:  Elder Abuse Guide for Law Enforcement (EAGLE) Part Two –   1 hour Career Development

____ Breakout Session:  Virginia’s Family First Initiative:  Prioritizing Prevention Services and Family-Based Placements –   1 hour Career Development

____ Breakout Session:  Seniors, Pain Relief, and Opioid Abuse:  A History Lesson Taught Through Time – 1 hour Career Development

____ Breakout Session:  Battered, Broken, and Burned:  Recognizing Injuries in Suspected Older Adult Abuse – 1 hour Career Development

____ Breakout Session:  Elder Abuse Guide for Law Enforcement (EAGLE) Part Three –   1 hour Career Development   

____ Methamphetamine:  The “Alpha Drug” – 1 hour Career Development

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