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In our 10th podcast series, “Intersections in Health Care and Human Trafficking”, NAPNAP uses a multidisciplinary lens to explore the impact of human trafficking on children and adolescents. Human trafficking is a complex and pervasive issue which is best addressed by tapping into the skills and expertise across many disciplines and people. Forensics, police, legal, social work, research, and survivors of human trafficking all have a place in addressing human trafficking.

Our host for this series is Jason Spees, MSN, MaOM, APRN, L.Ac., FNP-C, Dipl. Ac. & C.H. Jason is a human trafficking educator and the chair of NAPNAP Partners Alliance for Children in Trafficking (ACT).

This week’s episode will discuss police work regarding human trafficking with our guests Katie Herbers, LCSW and Marcy Alonzo. Katie is a licensed clinical social worker currently working as a Victim Services Supervisor at the Austin Police Department. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin with her undergraduate degree in psychology and history and graduated from University of Texas in Austin with a master’s in social work. Katie worked at Child Protective Services for three years, specializing in adolescents in care and aging out of care. Katie has been working in Victim Services for the past five years and was previously the counselor assisting with human trafficking and sexual assault cases. In her current position, she supervises counselors in the Human Trafficking, Child Abuse, Financial Crimes Division and still assists with survivors of human trafficking.

Marcy Alonzo is a bilingual community leader with 20 years of advocacy experience. Marcy is a passionate advocate for survivors of sexual assault, human trafficking and domestic violence. She brings 20 years of experience to the Central Texas Coalition Against Human Trafficking Steering Committee. Currently, Marcy serves as the coordinator for both the Austin/Travis County Sexual Assault Response and Resource Team (SARRT) and the Central Texas Coalition Against Human Trafficking. In these roles, she champions collaboration, equity and inclusion, ensuring survivor needs are centered in every aspect of the response. A native "Austinite", Marcy is deeply invested in the well-being of her community. She believes in the power of collective action to create a safer and more just world for all.

In our 10th podcast series, “Intersections in Health Care and Human Trafficking”, NAPNAP uses a multidisciplinary lens to explore the impact of human trafficking on children and adolescents. Human trafficking is a complex and pervasive issue which is best addressed by tapping into the skills and expertise across many disciplines and people. Forensics, police, legal, social work, research, and survivors of human trafficking all have a place in addressing human trafficking.

Our host for this series is Jason Spees, MSN, MaOM, APRN, L.Ac., FNP-C, Dipl. Ac. & C.H. Jason is a human trafficking educator and the chair of NAPNAP Partners Alliance for Children in Trafficking (ACT).

This week’s episode will discuss the NAPNAP Partners Alliance for Children in Trafficking with our guests Shenoa Rose Jamieson, CRNP, SANE-A, SANE-P, and Jennifer Livingston, MNSc, APRN, CPNP-PC, SANE-P. Shenoa is a nurse practitioner in a dual role with the Child Advocacy Center and Adolescent Medicine at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. She is a certified pediatric nurse practitioner in primary care and nationally certified as a sexual assault nurse examiner for pediatrics and adults/adolescents. In her position, she provides abuse evaluations, primary care and urgent care for young people with complex social situations, and adolescent and young adult gynecological care and gender-affirming care. In addition to the Child Advocacy Center hospital-based clinic and the Center for Adolescent and Young Adult Health outpatient clinic, Shenoa provides care in unique community-based settings, including a clinic in the county courthouse, a young adult drop-in center, youth shelters, and a youth detention center.

Jennifer Livingston is a certified pediatric nurse practitioner and pediatric sexual assault nurse examiner affiliated with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ Team for Children at Risk and Penn State University’s Sexual Assault Forensic Examination and Training Center. She earned her Bachelor of Nursing from Arkansas Tech University and her Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

With 21 years of nursing experience, Jennifer spent 15 years in inpatient pediatric hematology-oncology before transitioning to her role as an APRN, where she has dedicated the last six years to addressing child maltreatment. During this time, she provided evaluations for children and teens in both a hospital-based outpatient child maltreatment clinic and at a local child advocacy center, The Children’s Protection Center. Jennifer is an advocate for the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners' Alliance for Children in Trafficking and serves on the board of Arkansas's Human Trafficking Council.

She has collaborated with the FBI, state police, and Crimes Against Children Division on numerous trafficking cases over the past six years. Jennifer's professional interests include human trafficking prevention, children in the foster care system, and providing care for the LGBTQIA+ community.  She has presented locally and nationally on human trafficking initiatives as well as medical focused presentations.  Additionally, Jennifer works as a pediatric sexual assault nurse examiner with the Children’s Advocacy Center, another child advocacy center located in Arkansas.

Welcome to Protected: Adolescents & Contraception a TeamPeds Talks podcast series brought to you by the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP).

Access to contraception and reproductive care is an essential aspect of adolescent-friendly health care services and to preventing teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, and more — yet many teens face significant barriers. This podcast series is a call to action for pediatric focused clinicians who can contribute significantly to increasing access for this important aspect of adolescent health care. The focus of this series is to address multiple aspects of contraceptive care — from confidentiality to various available methods and provide clinical pearls to help improve access for adolescents regardless of setting.

Each guest is most knowledgeable about the laws and policies of their own state and has brought this viewpoint into their conversation. It is important to maintain knowledge of your own local, state, and federal laws that relate to the provision of reproductive health services.

Our host for this series is Alison Moriarty Daley, PHD, APRN, PPCNP-BC, FAAN, an adolescent clinician who has spent nearly 30 years providing reproductive care to teens within primary care settings and educating nurse practitioner students to care for this population. 

The idea for this podcast series came from recent work on a collaborative project for NAPNAP that addressed reproductive access for adolescents.  We felt that this series could help provide education to other nurse practitioners to help remove existing barriers and improve clinical care in this area. 

In this episode our guest Ashley we will share her perspective on contraception as a new clinician.

This has been an exciting journey.

Let’s talk about it!

TeamPeds Talks will focus on Mental Health in our second Conversations on Child Health series.

Each conversation episode is hosted by National Association of Pediatric Nurse Pediatric Executive Board President Jessica Peck, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE, CNL, FAANP. This episode's guest is Anna Goddard PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC, discussing Adverse Childhood Events.

Dr. Goddard works as an Assistant Professor at Sacred Heart University, Davis & Henley College of Nursing where she teaches Quality Improvement, Epidemiology, Evidence Based Practice. With a variety of roles in School-Based Health Center practice including past-Director of Medical Services at Child and Family Agency in Southeastern Connecticut, she continues to work as a SBHC and Early Education Nurse Consultant.
Dr. Goddard has served as the project manager and team-lead for multiple internal, regional, state, and national initiatives.
Dr. Goddard has directed multiple quality improvement processes at Child Family Agency in conjunction with the Alliance, Connecticut Department of Public Health, and the Connecticut Association of School-Based Health Centers (CASBHC), where she is now a Board of Directors representative, providing state. She regularly serves as a peer-reviewer for several high-impact journals, holding multiple publications in the peer-reviewed literature, book chapters, and sought for contribution to consumer publications. Dr. Goddard has conducted workshops and educational sessions of late on adverse childhood experiences and trauma-informed care with accompanying publications in the Journal of Pediatric Health Care and Nurse Education Today.
Dr. Goddard received her PhD from Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (2016), a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) from Yale University (2005) as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Dr. Goddard was most recently selected for the 2020 Kelly-Reed Community Impact Award from the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board and the 2020 Rising Star Award from the National School-based Health Alliance.

In this episode, pediatric nurse practitioner and mental health expert Dr. Anna Goddard explores the long-term health impacts of adverse childhood events. Learn to recognize behavioral and physical symptoms of trauma and how to respond in a trauma-informed way to promote resilience and healthy coping skills.

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TeamPeds Talks will focus on Mental Health in our second Conversations on Child Health series.

Each conversation episode is hosted by National Association of Pediatric Nurse Pediatric Executive Board President Jessica Peck, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE, CNL, FAANP.
This episode's guest is Laura Searcy MSN, PPCNP-BC, discussing Substance Use.

In this episode, pediatric nurse practitioner and nationally recognized expert Laura Searcy shares the current risks for teens using alcohol, marijuana, nicotine, and other substances. Join us for effective strategies to help keep developing teen brains chemical free.

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TeamPeds Talks will focus on Mental Health in our second Conversations on Child Health series.

Each conversation episode is hosted by National Association of Pediatric Nurse Pediatric Executive Board President Jessica Peck, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE, CNL, FAANP.
This episode's guest is Melvina Brandau PhD, RN, discussing Electronic Aggression.

In this episode, expert Dr. Mel Brandau explains electronic aggression including cyberbullying, catfishing, outing, flaming, trickery, cyberstalking and trolling. Learn how to recognize these behaviors and how to empower a safe and healthy online presence.

The article discussed in this episode- JPHC CE: Caring for The Digital Generation: Understanding Electronic Aggression 

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TeamPeds Talks will focus on Mental Health in our second Conversations on Child Health series.

Each conversation episode is hosted by National Association of Pediatric Nurse Pediatric Executive Board President Jessica Peck, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE, CNL, FAANP.
This episode's guest is Christina Cwynar DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, discussing Disordered Eating.

In this episode, Dr. Cwynar shares her experience caring for children with life-threatening eating disorders. Likening fear of food to a “tiger in the room,” she shares an overview of treatment strategies including inpatient therapy, mental health support, and practical behavioral management strategies.

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TeamPeds Talks will focus on Mental Health in our second Conversations on Child Health series.

Each conversation episode is hosted by National Association of Pediatric Nurse Pediatric Executive Board President Jessica Peck, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE, CNL, FAANP. This episode's guest is Donna Hallas PhD, CPNP, PMHS, PPCNP-BC, FAANP, discussing School Health.

In this episode, Nursing Professor and Pediatric Mental Health Specialist Dr. Hallas speaks with Dr. Peck about how to equip children at their developmental level to effectively respond to pandemic-related school anxiety. Dr. Hallas offers encouragement to providers, parents, and teachers alike with practical guidance on in-person and virtual school, sports, and vaccine safety.

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TeamPeds Talks will focus on Mental Health in our second Conversations on Child Health series.

Each conversation episode is hosted by National Association of Pediatric Nurse Pediatric Executive Board President Jessica Peck, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE, CNL, FAANP.
This episode's guest is Tracy Halasz MSN, APRN, CPNP, PMHS, discussing Telehealth.
Tracy W. Halasz is a Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (CPNP) at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) with certification as a Primary Mental Health Specialist (PMHS). She graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Clemson University and with a Master of Science in Nursing from MUSC. Tracy has served as the primary care provider for children in foster care at the MUSC Foster Care Support Clinic (FCSC) since January 2013. Prior to that Tracy worked for six years as a CPNP for MUSC Child Abuse Pediatrics (CAP) providing child abuse and neglect assessments, as well as expert child abuse testimony in criminal and family court settings.
Tracy W. Halasz has been an invited speaker on topics related to foster care, adolescent health, and mental health for the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) Annual Conference, South Carolina NAPNAP, MUSC Frontiers in Pediatrics Conference, The Charleston Trauma Conference, Sara Schuh Child Abuse Conference, MUSC Foster Care Conference, MUSC Schwartz Rounds, The University of Colorado College of Nursing, and the MUSC College of Nursing. She has also published a review on trauma-informed care for children in foster care in Contemporary Pediatrics.
Tracy has been a member of the South Carolina State Foster Care Advisory Committee since 2013 and served on the South Carolina Foster Care Advisory Committee Psychotropic Advisory Panel. Tracy has been an active member of the South Carolina NAPNAP Executive Board since 2016, and she is currently serving as president since July 2020.

In this   episode, Pediatric Mental Health Specialist and foster care advocate Tracy Halasz shares the innovative ways her practice has adapted to meet the needs of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Warm and encouraging, Tracy addresses families struggling to foster school success.

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TeamPeds Talks will focus on Mental Health in our second Conversations on Child Health series.

Each conversation episode is hosted by National Association of Pediatric Nurse Pediatric Executive Board President Jessica Peck, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE, CNL, FAANP.
This episode's guest is Bernadette Melnyk PhD, APRN-CNP, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN discussing CBT and Coping.

In this episode, the renowned & visionary nurse leader Dr. Bernadette Melnyk shares how her own personal tragedy led to a passion for impacting mental health. Listen as she demystifies cognitive behavioral therapy through her COPE program for teachers, students, and health professionals. She also shares inspiring simple steps to enhance wellness and health.

On March 18 NAPNAP member and nursing leader Bernadette Melnyk, PhD, RN, APRN-CNP, FNAP, FAAN will present in our upcoming TeamPeds Town Halls on innovation and entrepreneurship in nursing and health care. Register in advance to reserve your virtual seat!

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