HUDDLE 2025 Session 5

Case of Multigenerational CSA: Follow Up & Resilience.

This session focused on the ongoing support to children who underwent CSA. Participants explored strategies for building resilience and promoting a sense of safety and stability. Multigenerational child sexual abuse, in the context of culture, family and systems of care were explored. Practical strategies for how the medical, mental health, and justice systems must interact to protect and heal the child were deeply examined. The session was accompanied by Mr. Sasha Joseph Neulinger, the film maker of REWIND*.

This documentary REWIND will serve as a case study throughout the training and provide an essential foundation for discussions in the following sessions. What we would have, could have, should have done-- so we can improve on each sectors response, and the multidisciplinary, collaborative response. This innovative online training is designed for mid-career practitioners from various disciplines involved in child protection. It will provide an in-depth exploration of multigenerational child sexual abuse (CSA) within the context of culture, family, and systems of care. Participants will explore how social work, education, medical, mental health, and justice systems interact to protect and respond to children who underwent CSA, gaining a deeper understanding of their roles and impact. This practice-based, case study-driven, and multidisciplinary training will equip participants with practical tools, best practices, and a comprehensive approach to enhance their professional responses

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Huddle Date:

May 29, 2025

Region:

Global

Topics:

Child Sexual Abuse

Collaborative Care Models

Public Health Approach

Multi-generational CSA

Downloadable Resources

ISPCAN HUDDLE Session 5 - Pablo and Sasha Presentation Slides

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ISPCAN HUDDLE 2025 Take-home messages - Session 5

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Huddle session 5 Pragathi Tummala OPENING Slides

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Huddle Session 5 Mentimeter Poll Results

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A Vision To Zero: A Roadmap to Ending Childhood Sexual Violence

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Getting To Zero: The Evidence to End Childhood Sexual Violence

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ISPCAN Collaborative Framework Tool

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Safe Futures Hub

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“The information presented today directly supports my work in child protection”

Key Learning Objectives:

Overview of Interventions for Multigenerational CSA:
Gain an overview of potential clinical interventions for addressing the impacts of multigenerational child sexual abuse (CSA), with a focus on strategies for promoting healing and breaking the cycle of trauma.
Public Health Approach to CSA:
Understand how a public health model can inform the prevention and intervention of CSA, focusing on risk and protective factors.
Resilience and Recovery:
Explore practical strategies to foster resilience in children and families affected by CSA.
Strengthening Child Protection Systems:
Identify key actions to strengthen child protection systems and integrate community-based services for better support.
Takeaways for Policy and Practice:
Discuss practical insights and takeaways that participants can apply to their region’s policies and practices in child protection.

Each training session will include

Cutting-edge knowledge
Best practices
Context informed paradigm
Addressing resources of each region
Public health approach
For each session, key themes and take-home messages will be framed and disseminated to the participants.

Training Format

Each session will be structured as follows:
🔹 30 min. Initial presentation by experts in the field leading the session
🔹 30 min. Small-group discussions in multidisciplinary breakout rooms
🔹 30 min. Joint discussion to identify key takeaways in policy & practice

Expected Outcomes

Encouraging participants to think differently and adopt new ideas for their region
Identifying gaps and opportunities for improvement in policy and practice
Framing key insights and take-home messages, which will be documented and disseminated

Participants will gain insights into:

How the public health model can broaden our understanding of the risk and protective environments that impact children
How assessments and interventions can be positioned to leverage new and emerging findings on risk exposure and resilience
How services within child protection systems can be strengthened to support families in need
How services in the community can complement services within the child protection system to support vulnerable children
How individual actions of the practitioner can embolden a system and lead to better outcomes for children

Session Leaders:

Sasha Joseph Neulinger

Filmmaker of REWIND Founder of Voice For The Kids

Sasha Joseph Neulinger is the Founder and President of Voice For The Kids, and Co-Founder and Head of Production at Step 1 Films. In 2015, Sasha presented at TEDxBozeman with his first public speech, "Trauma Is Irreversible. How It Shapes Us Is Our Choice.” Since his TED Talk, Sasha has presented over 100 plenary and keynote speeches around the world, helping raise over $8 Million for the fight against child abuse. He has presented plenary speeches at some of the largest international child abuse prevention and intervention conferences, including the Dallas Crimes Against Children Conference (2016), National Children’s Alliance Leadership Conference (2018), and the San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment (2023). Sasha made his directorial debut at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival with his autobiographical, feature length documentary, REWIND. REWIND had its US Television Premiere on May 11, 2020 as a part of PBS’ Independent Lens lineup, and has since been streaming for audiences internationally. REWIND was nominated for a 2020 Critics Choice Award for Best First Feature Documentary and received three Emmy Nominations in 2021, including Outstanding Social Issue Documentary, Outstanding Direction, and Outstanding Editing

Pablo Munoz D.Psy

Associated Professor at the Department of Psychology, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Dr. Pablo Muñoz Specht is a distinguished psychologist with extensive experience in clinical practice, research, and academia. He holds a Doctorate in Psychology (D.Psy) from Université Laval in Quebec and is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. With over 18 years in clinical psychology, Dr. Muñoz Specht specializes in treating complex psychopathologies, particularly in children and adolescents who have experienced severe maltreatment. His research focuses on the impact of complex trauma in maltreated and institutionalized youth, and he is currently leading a project on this within the Colombian child protection system. Dr. Muñoz Specht has international experience, having worked and studied in Colombia, Switzerland, India, Vietnam, and Canada. He is passionate about education and clinical supervision, as demonstrated by his highly rated teaching performance and ongoing work implementing attachment-based relational interventions in the Colombian child protection systems.