Calling all Multidisciplinary Team members!
Join us for our 2025 Virtual MDT Lunch and Learn Series!
The Nebraska Alliance of Child Advocacy Centers is dedicated to offering unique training content that not only educates our partners but empowers them with the latest insight on emerging issues. Our commitment extends to addressing the diverse and dynamic topics that resonate with our CAC and their MDT members while providing information on best practices in the field for continuous improvement of responding to the needs of children and families in our communities.
All trainings will be offered on the Nebraska Alliance Training Network (LMS).
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 - 12PM-1PM CT: Domestic Abuse Death Review Team (DADRT)
Learning Objectives:
1. Participants will be able to describe the mission, purpose, and multidisciplinary approach of the Nebraska Domestic Abuse Death Review Team in analyzing domestic abuse-related fatalities.
2. Participants will be able to identify common risk factors, perpetrator behaviors, and systemic challenges that contribute to domestic violence-related deaths.
3. Participants will be able to discuss ongoing DADRT initiatives and explore ways to enhance policies, community safety, and support systems for individuals at risk of domestic abuse.
4. Participants will gain insight on how CACs and all MDT partners can collaborate with the Nebraska Domestic Abuse Death Review Team.
Presented by:
Amy Cirian, LMHP
Domestic Abuse Death Review Team Coordinator | Nebraska Attorney General
Amy Cirian is Licensed Mental Health Practitioner in Nebraska and Iowa and is the current Nebraska Domestic Abuse Death Review Team Coordinator in the Office of the Nebraska Attorney General. She has been instrumental in the implementation of the Nebraska Domestic Abuse Death Review team, by leading the multidisciplinary team of professionals and survivors to advocate for domestic and family violence victims and work to prevent future domestic violence deaths in Nebraska. Cirian has more than 8 years of child welfare experience, primarily in child advocacy, and 3 years of experience in providing mental health therapy for patients across the lifespan. Previously a forensic interviewer, Cirian conducted over 3,000 forensic interviews with children regarding allegations of abuse or neglect, also supervised staff, and conducted training for child protection workers, law enforcement officers and attorneys in the areas of forensic interviewing, sexual abuse dynamics, and children and language. She has provided expert testimony in Nebraska and Iowa in criminal and juvenile cases. Cirian has a master’s degree in community mental health counseling from Chadron State College and was an adjunct professor in the social work and psychology department at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
Jamie Vetter
Executive Director | Family Advocacy Network
Jamie Vetter, Executive Director of the Family Advocacy Network. In the past 21 years with FAN, she has served as a Forensic Interview Specialist, Advocate, Team Coordinator and currently serves as the Executive Director. She has conducted over 1,400 forensic interviews of child abuse victims and been involved in thousands of child abuse investigations.
She has served as a member, Secretary, Vice Chair and Chair of the Nebraska Alliance of Child Advocacy Centers Board of Directors, and two terms on the Governor’s Commission on the Protection of Children. She is currently serving on the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team, Central and Western Nebraska Human Trafficking Task Forces.
Jamie resides in Kearney with her husband Travis. They have four children and two grandsons.
Interested in joining? Contact Elizabeth Alt, Forensic Interview, Medical, and MDT Engagement Coordinator, to receive further information on how to register through our Learning Management System.
This series can meet statutory training requirements for MDT partners, continuing education contact hours and the 2023 CAC Accreditation Standards.
