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Congregate Care, Collective Trauma

December 11, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am MST

$45.00

This webinar will cover high-level policy information and descriptions of the newly passed ABA Resolution 605 aimed at challenging Troubled Teen Industry/Congregate Care placements, while delivering real-world trial skills and practice tips from dependency attorneys and lived experience experts. Learners will gain a better understanding of the policies that drive children into congregate care, the harms of such placements, and how attorneys for youth can advocate on behalf of our most vulnerable children. Attendees will also see how congregate care placements perpetuate the institutionalization of people of color in the child welfare-to-prison pipeline and further exacerbate generational trauma of historically excluded populations.

Presenters:

Chelsea Maldonado

Chelsea MaldonadoChelsea Maldonado is a survivor of the “troubled teen industry” and accomplished lived experience advocate working to eliminate Institutional child abuse and neglect in youth residential programs. Chelsea currently works as a consultant for Paris Hilton’s nonprofit, 11:11 Media Impact, as well as the Lead Researcher for the podcast Trapped in Treatment. Chelsea has been writing and researching abuse in residential programs for youth for over 15+ years. She currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Kayla Muzquiz

Kayla MuzquizKayla Muzquiz is a survivor of the “troubled teen industry.” Born in Brownsville, Texas, foster alumni and current college student that has defied common statistical outcomes; as they join the lesson 3% of foster youth that obtain a college degree with an associates of science in psychology. They are one of Bexar county’s precinct coordinators to encourage voting in their local area.They decided to become a professional student. One that is focused on getting degrees correlated with advocacy, to further foster youth justice initiatives. They have advocated on both the federal and local levels of government to improve these demographics, and their access to education in our country. All with the help of our 11:11 media organization as well as Paris Hilton herself. They currently live in San Antonio, Texas.

Amanda Simmons

Amanda SimmonsAmanda Simmons is a compassionate and highly effective lawyer, specializing in children’s rights and special education law. As the founder of Ambika Law PC, she provides comprehensive legal services for families with special needs children. Her expertise includes advocacy at IEP meetings, representation in due process hearings, and addressing school injury cases. Amanda’s leadership extends to her roles as an ABA Presidential Fellow, and as a member of the executive boards of the Utah State Bar Young Lawyers Division and the Los Angeles County Bar Association New Barristers Division. She is also a prominent public speaker, featured in national conferences and webinars on juvenile justice and institutional child abuse.

Annette Smith

Annette SmithAnnette Smith is a family defender in Oregon appointed to represent children and parents in child welfare proceedings.  For more than a decade, Annette has advocated for the safety of children in the custody of the state, including those forced into congregate care settings. Annette is a national advocate against institutional child abuse and promotes State and Federal legislation aimed at bringing accountability to the troubled teen industry.  She also teaches Children and the Law at the University of Oregon.

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