This essential course focuses on the mental health and long-term well-being of professionals who regularly engage in infant or child death cases. Learning outcomes for personal and institutional resilience include the ability to:
1. Recognize signs of vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue in self and others.
2. Implement personal wellness practices and institutional supports.
3. Build peer and organizational structures for emotional resilience.
Presenter: Dr. Tyler Counsil, Zero Abuse Project
Dr. Tyler Counsil brings two decades of experience across the public and private laboratory sector, having served as a Microbiologist, DNA Specialist, Quality Assurance/Quality Control Manager, and Forensic Scientist throughout his career. His most recent laboratory role was as a Forensic Scientist with the Indiana State Police Laboratory Division, where his training spanned DNA and body fluid analysis, drug analysis, questioned document examination, firearms, fingerprinting, photography, trace evidence, crime scene investigation, and child forensic interviewing.