Jennifer Sanders, LCSW, Senior Consultant

Jennifer Sanders joins our firm with an extensive background in child abuse issues; from prevention to detection and from assessment to treatment. She has spent the last six years working with a Southern California Social Services agency. During her time there, she teamed with local law enforcement to investigate hundreds of child abuse allegations, including domestic violence, physical abuse, general neglect and sexual abuse. She also spent three and half years as a Forensic Interviewer with this agency, where she interviewed approximately 600 victims of alleged abuse and/or witnesses to violent crimes. Ms. Sanders also worked as a case manager for dependent children in long-term care with the child welfare system. She has testified in the family, juvenile and criminal courts.

For several years, Ms. Sanders served as a field instructor for the University of Southern California, where she supervised graduate students studying the field of social work. She has also provided numerous hours of training on child abuse, multi-disciplinary teams, forensic and field interviewing techniques and working with victims of child abuse. Ms. Sanders has conducted workshops at local professional conferences and in 2004, was awarded "Social Worker of the Year".

Ms. Sanders is a graduate of the Advanced Threat Assessment and Management Academy, a world renowned training provided by the Gavin de Becker Firm. This firm is the leading threat assessment and management group in the United States.

Ms. Sanders previously worked as a Program Coordinator in the field of child abuse prevention with a local non-profit agency and also served as a school social work intern within an Orange County school district.

She completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology at the University of California, Irvine and then received her Master's degree in Social Work from the University of Southern California, with a concentration in families and children. Ms. Sanders is also a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of California and is qualified to perform Child Custody Evaluations. Ms. Sanders brings to the firm ten years of experience working with children and families.