Training & Education
Focus Area and Project:
Co-Leads:
Vinod Rao, MD, FAAP – Board Certified Child Abuse Pediatrician, Children’s Health of Orange County Medical Group
Daphne Wong, MD, FAAP – Board Certified Child Abuse Pediatrician, Children’s Health of Orange County Medical Group
County of Orange Police Departments
County of Orange Social Services Agency
Kaiser Permanente
Law Enforcement
Orange County District Attorney’s Office
Orange County Health Care Agency
Orange County Office of County Counsel
Rady Children’s Hospital/CHOC
University of California, Irvine
Developed a multidisciplinary team with representatives from the various Orange County Police Departments, County of Orange Social Services Agency (SSA), Rady 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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