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Medical Director:	Katherine Keeley, M.D.	xx
Team Coordinator:	Dough Staley	xx
Case Coordinator:	Sarah Crane	xx
Case Coordinator:	Whitney Griffin	xx
Case Coordinator:	Maureen Gaffney	xx
Case Coordinator:	Mandy O'Malley	xx
Consultants:	Ted L. Meyer, M.D., David Denkin, Attorney at Law, John E. Sullivan Jr., M.D., Alan D. King, D.O., Robert J. Shamsey, M.D., Gregory Declue, Ph.D., Raleigh J. Huizinga, Ph.D.,L.M.H.C., Ana Hernandez, M.D.	[ Top ]

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Chris Robie	Graci McGillicuddy	Greg Courter
Joe Flannery	Pat Garrison	Helen Lingle & Dot Haney
Ken Alexander	Sharon Carrol	Les McCurdy
Judith Lindauer	Judy Clark	Liz Bumpus
Marilyn Rhein-Kollar	Anita Hocker	Melissa Small
Pat Mudgett	Michael Klauber	Chris Card
Dan Cappie

PROGRAMS
Family-Friend Program: This Program's goal is to recruit volunteers and place them on a one-to-one basis with parents who are experiencing stress and wish for help.

Parenting Program: This program offers a twelve week class for parents and children aged five to twelve that focuses on building a positive respect for self and others.

Personal Safety Program for Children:

• The Victim Prevention Component is designed to help protect children against sexual abuse by giving them information on touching safety, recognizing unsafe situations and identifying people who can help them with touching problems.
• The Offender Prevention Component is designed to reduce impulsive and aggressive behavior in children, teach pro-social skills and build self-esteem.

Personal Safety Program for Preschoolers and Parents: Workshops are conducted in preschools, daycare's and Head start programs for adults or any other group of adults interested in the abuse of children.

Children & Families Supervised Visitation Program: This program consists of trained volunteer facilitators who supervise and monitor court-ordered contact between parents and children.

Alliance for Safe Kids: Individual, family and group treatment for Manatee County children who are victims of sexual abuse or are youthful sex offenders.

Child Sex-Offender Treatment Outpatient Program: C. S.T.O.P. provides comprehensive assessment and therapy for child sex offenders. This program provides individual, family and group treatment.

The Sexual Abuse Treatment Program: SATP is a therapeutic program for children and families who have reported and documented interfamilial sexual abuse. The program provides a support system for non-offending parents and children committed to healing the wounds of sexual abuse.

South County Partners for Children and Families: This is a collaboration between the Child Protection Center, Family Counseling Center and The Child Development Center which provides services such as Early Intervention and Education, Mental Health Counseling, Parenting Education, Professional Training, Sexual Abuse Intervention and Treatment, Parent/Child Supervised Visitation, Emotional and Developmental Screenings, Personal Safety Programs and In-Home and School-Based Counseling.

Teen Parent Program: The Child Protection Center provides a registered nurse and social worker on the campus of Cyesis, the Teen Parenting Program of Sarasota County Schools, for guidance in health and child care issues.

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TRAINING
The Case Coordinators of the Child Protection Team, along with our medical director Dr. Katherine Keeley, Detective Lynn Thompson with the Sarasota Police Department and Debra Johns with the State Attorneys office will be presenting a training on April 8, 1999 about Shaken Baby Syndrome. Our Program has recently expanded due to the hiring of an additional Case Coordinator whose primary role will be to manage non-familiar cases. Making our program unique is our extensive resource collection, which includes video's and reading material.

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