Training & Education
Focus Area and Project:
Co-Leads:
Dr. Vinod Rao – Board Certified Child Abuse Pediatrician, Children’s Health of Orange County Medical Group
Dr. Daphne Wong – Board Certified Child Abuse Pediatrician, Children’s Health of Orange County Medical Group
Noelle Ainslie – Sr. Social Services Supervisor, County of Orange Social Services Agency
Alex Cowdell – Detective, Tustin Police Department
Dr. Van Nguyen Greco – Associate Clinical Professor and Board Certified Child Abuse Pediatrician, University of California, Irvine
Sarah Hoang – Sr. Public Health Nurse Supervisor, Health Care Agency
Dr. Altaf Kazi – Board Certified Pediatrician, Kaiser Permanente
Dr. Sara Marchese – Medical Director, County of Orange Social Services Agency
Arlene Miranda – Administrative Manager, County of Orange Social Services Agency
Joey Ramirez – Retired City of Orange Police Detective
Dr. Corey Rood – Division Chief and Board Certified Child Abuse Pediatrician, University of California, Irvine
Dr. Adrienne Schlatter – Board Certified Child Abuse Pediatrician, University of California, Irvine
Nasario Solis – Retired, Orange County Investigator
Nicole Strattman – Human Services Manager Senior, County of Orange Social Services Agency
Rose Valdez – Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Children’s Health of Orange County
Dr. Connie Lin Yao – Board Certified Pediatrician, Kaiser Permanente
Developed a multidisciplinary team with representatives from the various Orange County Police Departments, County of Orange Social Services Agency (SSA), Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC), Kaiser Permanente, and the University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine to perform community and partner presentations on child abuse assessment, diagnosis and referral.
Organized and conducted the Annual Child Abuse & Maltreatment Conference which provides continuing education to 200+ local professionals. Each annual conference features a variety of brand-new trending topics, speakers and scenarios that provide training and allow inter-disciplinary discussions that are relevant and useful to the attendees.
For information about this task force, contact Noelle Ainslie at (714) 935-7599 or Noelle.Ainslie@ssa.ocgov.com.
Contact the WE CAN Coalition at wecan@ssa.ocgov.com to join our coalition or to find out more.
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