With Courage - Adams County Children's Advocacy Center

Conference SPEAKERS
Jen McNew | SANE-A, SANE-P, Gettysburg Hospital, Adams County Children’s Advocacy Center
Jennifer received an Associate’s Degree in Nursing at Shepherd University in 2004 and is currently working toward a Bachelors Degree in Nursing at Penn State
University. Jennifer has been a registered nurse for 8 years and a SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner) for 7 years. She is certified as a pediatric SANE and
adult/adolescent SANE. She currently works at the Adams County Children’s Advocacy Center conducting medical evaluations on children. She also works in the
Emergency Department and is the Team leader for the Forensic Nurse Team at Gettysburg Hospital.
Joddie Walker | Executive Director, Adams County Children’s Advocacy Center
Joddie Walker, Adams County Children’s Advocacy Center Executive Director, holds a Masters of Science in Forensic Psychology as well as a Bachelor of Arts in
Psychology, from York University in Canada, where she is from originally. Joddie is a Certified Trauma Specialist and Diplomate status with the American Academy
of Traumatic Stress. Joddie has gained a considerable amount of experience in the area of trauma and critical incident stress management. She has been trained in
the Mitchell Model (ICISF), NOVA and by Dr. William Steele, National Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children, Trauma Debriefing for schools and community. Her
direct experience includes volunteerism with Critical Incident Stress Management teams that is comprised of police, fire, EMS and mental health professionals. Her
response with CISM has included responding to survivors of September 11th terrorist attack on two occasions and two populations: survivors of the South Tower
and New York City Police Department. Joddie is a Nationally Accredited Advocate-Advanced level has years of experience with domestic violence, rape, assault,
adult survivors of child abuse and families of homicide and child abuse. In addition to her work with the multi-disciplinary team and CAC of Adams County, PA she
works on contractual basis for the National Fallen Fire Fighter Foundation, educating Fire Chiefs about death notification procedures, trauma, grief and loss.
Louis Morlier III | Sr. Special Agent, Office of Investigations, Immigrations & Custom Enforcement,
Department of Homeland Security
Mr. Morlier otherwise known as “Chip” is a criminal investigator (special agent) with the Office of Investigations, Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
Department of Homeland Security. He is also an adjunct professor of criminal justice at Penn State Harrisburg. Agent Morlier has been in law enforcement for 20
years, and investigates human trafficking and internet child exploitation for the Department of Homeland Security.
Rebecca Voss | Clinical Case Coordinator/Prevention Specialist, Adams County Children’s Advocacy Center
Becky received her Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from Shippensburg University. Her professional career began with an internship at Adams County Children
and Youth Services which then turned into a six year career as a caseworker. Becky began working at the Adams County Children’s Advocacy Center (ACCAC) in
May of 2010 as the Clinical Case Coordinator/Prevention Specialist. Her responsibilities include scheduling interviews and medical examinations, making mental
health referrals, providing support to the non-offending caregiver, coordinating case review, promoting the prevention program, and maintaining case statistics.
Becky is a trained facilitator for Darkness to Light Stewards of Children and the ACCAC’s non-offending caregiver psycho-educational program. Becky is also
trained as a back-up forensic interviewer.
Shelly Duckworth-Sheaffer | Child & Adolescent Counselor, Trauma Counseling Centers, LLC
Shelly L. Duckworth-Sheaffer, LPC, CTS. Ms. Duckworth-Sheaffer is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Trauma Specialist in the state of Pennsylvania
and is the contract child and adolescent counselor at the Adams County Children’s Advocacy Center, having been employed by the agency in some capacity
since 2007. Shelly graduated with a Bachelors degree in Human Development and Family Science from Messiah College in Grantham, PA and completed
graduate studies in Family Therapy at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA. Shelly has a Master’s of Science degree in Mental Health Counseling and is pursuing
her doctorate in psychology and working on her dissertation ‘Effectiveness of Neurofeedback Training as a Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Child
Abuse Survivors’. Shelly has been involved in the field of victim advocacy for over 10 years. Under the guise of her private practice, Trauma Counseling Centers,
LLC Shelly’s current responsibilities at the Adams County Children’s Advocacy Center include trauma assessments, trauma specific therapy services, play therapy,
structured sensory interventions and cognitive behavioral therapy with children and their families that have been referred through the Center. She also provides
group therapy services, prevention programming, community education through trainings and consults with Multidisciplinary Team members regarding clinical
components of referred cases, and supervision of the Center’s family clinician.