MDT Training Opportunities
Ralston House utilizes a multidisciplinary team response to child abuse allegations and includes representation from law enforcement, child protective service, district attorneys, medical team, mental health navigator, and victim advocacy support. We offer several free trainings every year.
2025 Training Schedule
​​​Jeffco Human Trafficking Summit
Date: July 23 - 24 from 8:30am - 4:30pm
Location: Mission Hills Church, 620 Southpark Dr., Littleton 80120
Details: Click Here to Register
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Beyond Physical Abuse
Date: Thursday, August 14 from 11am - 1pm
Topic: Reports of children that are severely abused or even killed by a caregiver are tragic enough, but often the victim has been scapegoated in the family. This training will explain some of the experiences and abuse these scapegoated victims have endured and explain the ways they were treated differently. Unknowingly, siblings may even play a role in the abuse. This training will focus on important questions to ask the siblings; the type of environment these abused children lived in, along with other investigative techniques for these cases. Two cases will be profiled during this presentation.
Presenter: Rhoda Pilmer, Assistant District Attorney at 17th Judicial District Attorney's Office and Linda Mikow, M.A., L.P.C., Clinical Director and Forensic Interviewer at Ralston House
Location: 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, 1000 Judicial Center Dr., Brighton, 80601
Sean May Conference Room
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Offender Training by Cory Jewell Jensen
Date: Thursday, October 16th from 8:00am - 5:00pm
Topic: ​​This training has graciously been provided to our MDT members by the Commerce City Police Department and Ralston House. Join us for a FULL DAY FREE training on Understanding Offender Dynamics in Child Sexual Abuse Cases.
Presenter: Cory Jewell Jensen is a national trainer and has spent over 35 years providing evaluation and treatment services to adult sex offenders and their families in the Portland, Oregon.
Location: Westminster City Park Recreation Center, 10455 Sheridan Blvd. Westminster, CO 80020
Space is limited, please register early.
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Medical Neglect
Date: Thursday, November 20 from 11am - 1pm
Presenter: Dr. Coral L. Steffey, MD, Medical Director, Denver Health Family Crisis Center & Child Protection Team, Medical Provider, Ralston House Children’s Advocacy Center, CHCO, Kempe Child Protection Team
Location: Westminster Police Department, 2nd Floor, 9110 Yates St., Westminster 80031
Registration Coming Soon
CASE REVIEW
Case review takes place on the second Wednesday at each month at the Jefferson County District Attorney Office. This training is closed to the public. For more information or to be added to the communication list - please email jkemps@ralstonhouse.org
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SART
The Sex Assualt Task Force meets the third Tuesday of the month in the 17th Judicial District. Locations may vary. This meeting is closed to the public.
For more information contact: Ami McCarthy, Sexual Assault Response Team Coordinator, Brighton Police Department | Phone: 303.655.2361 | amccarthy@brightonco.gov
Medical Referral Form
Click here to request a medical referral form for your case.
​Vicarious Trauma Resources
Secondary traumatic stress is the emotional duress that results when an individual hears about the first hand trauma experiences of another. Its symptoms mimic those of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Accordingly, individuals affected by secondary stress may find themselves re-experiencing personal trauma or notice an increase in arousal and avoidance reactions related to the indirect trauma exposure.
Click here for more resources.​