McKay Training & Consulting, LLC

08/30/2022

Financial abuse is among the most prevalent forms of domestic abuse—but cancelling student debt would make it harder for abusers to exert long-term control.

07/26/2022

Additional details can be found on our website.
https://www.respondagainstviolence.org/illinois-event

For questions specific to this conference contact Lynn Reed or Dave Reed at email: [email protected]
phone: 217-433-0540 or 217-433-0488

11/17/2021

FREE Training in Houston, December 7th. I'll be speaking on the role of strangulation in human trafficking cases!

Register at : https://levice.eventsmart.com/events/
Password: hcdao

10/19/2021

Join us tomorrow for this free virtual conference!

- Warning: Some may find content in these presentations triggering- For information about continuing education credits and other questions, please visit our FAQs page- All sessions will be held online via Zoom. Please note all session times are listed in local Seattle (PT) timezone.

10/14/2021

Do you know what would be awesome to do this weekend? A little self-care. Get your girlfriends together or get in bed and find some space to be inspired! Give yourself the uplift you need on your own time, on-demand through the weekend. And buy a ticket for a woman who needs a moment to remember how powerful she is!

Tickets here: https://www.lunafest.org/screenings/virtual-screening-respond-against-violence-101621?fbclid=IwAR35n3_IVYnAGG5_2s5aF38PFT1WiiIZHJnhq_1WlmDb60OjPuxeu_v7wlo

09/28/2021

Enjoyed presenting to a multi-disciplinary group in Harris County on one of my favorite topics. .

09/21/2021

Join us today for Part 2!

Part 1 can be viewed from this link: Understanding the Law https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=398-Lo7nnhk&feature=youtu.be

Click here to watch PART 2, episode live today, at 4pm CST/5pm EST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm69EcSQh3w

Mark your calendar for next Tuesday, Sept. 28 at 5pm EST, 4pm Central when we'll air episode 3: Meaningful Solutions — The Impact of Restrictive Abortion Law, and what we can do about it!

09/20/2021

Public
Join us for this virtual event that benefits RESPOND and get ready to be empowered, inspired and hear the beautiful stories from women about motherhood, sports, science and adventure. These films are all made by women, about women.

Link to purchase tickets (which will be accessible for 48 hours) here: https://www.lunafest.org/screenings/virtual-screening-respond-against-violence-101621

Join us for this virtual event that benefits RESPOND and get ready to be empowered, inspired and hear the beautiful stories from women about motherhood, sports, science and adventure. These films are all made by women, about women.

Link to purchase tickets (which will be accessible for 48 hours) here: https://www.lunafest.org/screenings/virtual-screening-respond-against-violence-101621

08/28/2021

Innovation!!

The Columbia Police Department says they’ve gotten 12 reports of people being unknowingly drugged in the past three years, but say they know these types of crimes often go unreported.

07/14/2021

Join us tomorrow as we take the journey of respiration, through the system and identify opportunities to improve the identification and investigation of these important cases!

Link to register: https://dcac.org/training/lecture-series/

06/25/2021

A few remaining spots! Texas CLE & TCOLE Approved.

06/18/2021

We spent the day going to all the stores to find the best variety of objects for survivors to use during their interviews with law enforcement, advocates, forensic nurses and prosecutors at APD, TCSO and Travis County DA's office (and hopefully a few other places). Here is the inspiration for this: About 7 years ago, I was prepping a victim for trial. As I was running around getting 100 things in order I was flying through my list of things I needed done: have her listen to the 911 call so she could authenticate it, watch a surveillance video to ID the defendant, this, that, all the things. It didn't occur to me that I was traumatizing her. I was. I walked in the office and she was shaking, in tears and I realized what I had done. About 6 months before, a colleague had given out stress balls for Christmas. All I could think of was to hand it to her. She immediately began to squeeze it. As we left to walk up to court she went to hand it to me and I told her to keep it. As she testified for hours, staring at her abuser, she squeezed it the entire time. It was a small solution to my huge mistake--but it was something. As survivors tell their painful, personal, difficult stories to strangers--the deserve a little humanity. At least a tiny recognition that we see and hear their struggle and recognize what we are putting them through as we ask them to do the impossible. These are where these are going. For each of these stress balls, we will serve one survivor. Our hope is they take it with them on their journey and that it provides some relief as they sacrifice their body, soul, story and self to keep our communities safe. If you wish to contribute, you can do so by donating to my venmo -hohensee or go to RESPOND Against Violence www.respondagainstviolence.org. Take a moment to read about the story of Molly Jane, who inspired so many soft interview rooms at Project Beloved: The Molly Jane Mission and the incredible work of Texas Forensic Nurse Examiners - Txfne: Forensic Center of Excellence
to soften the experience of survivors who sacrifice themselves.
Here is our YouTube channel if you want to check it out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ6Me8PSmcw

We are so excited to have already raised over $500 for tactile objects that can be distributed to help victims of trauma during what can be a difficult proce...