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Ms. Derrelynn Perryman

Position: Victim Services Coordinator
Organization: Arlington Police Department

Biography

Derrelynn Perryman, LCSW, has been the Victim Services Coordinator for the Arlington Police Department since 1994. She is also adjunct faculty at The University of Texas at Arlington. She is a licensed TCLEOSE instructor and regularly trains peace officers throughout the region. She is the Mental Health Consultant to the police department CISM Team. She was a therapist in private practice for 10 years in Fort Worth and developed a Batterer’s Intervention Program for court ordered offenders and a Life Skills curriculum for Federal parolees. She graduated from UT Arlington with a Masters of Science in Social Work in 1992 and is an LCSW. Her Master’s Thesis was titled “The Relationship Between Policy and Arrest Rates in Domestic Violence Incidents”. Previously, she worked for Women’s Haven of Tarrant County and as a therapist for Charter Hospital. She is a member of the North Central Texas Council of Government’s Criminal Justice Policy Development Committee, the Tarrant County Council on Family Violence, the Coalition for Crime Victim Services, the National Association of Social Workers, is past president of the Texas Victim Services Association, current Chair of the Tarrant County Community Criminal Justice Planning Committee, and is co-founder of LEVA (Law Enforcement Victim Assistance).

Speech Titles

Family Violence

Family Violence and Homicide

Victims Rights and Victim Services

Speech Description

Can tailor presentation about family violence, including local statistices and issues, to audience experience and needs, from professionals to community groups.

Texas Victims Rights and Victim Services specific to Arlington for all types of victims of violent crime.

References

à Family Violence in Context, UTASSW Professional Development seminar, August ‘06à Victims of Juvenile Crime, JJAT Conference, Arlington, TX April 2006à Beyond Television Police Drama: How the Criminal Justice System Really Works, NASWTX Conference, Galveston, November ’05à Understanding the Criminal Justice System, Professional Development Seminar, UTA School of Social Work, June ’05, February ‘06

à Law Enforcement’s Role in Victim Services (6 hour workshop), TVSA Conference, Austin, Sept. 2004

à “The Role of the Crime Victim Liaison”, regional training for law enforcement based Crime Victim Liaisons, Arlington, 12-03, Grand Prairie 06-06à “Presentation Magic” Texas Victim Services Association Conference, San Antonio, TX 5/03à “Don’t Run With Scissors: Dealing with Turf Wars and Interagency Conflict”, Texas Victim Services Association Conference, San Antonio, TX 5/03, Office of the Attorney General’s Texas Crime Victim Assistance Conference, Austin 1-04, TDCJ Crime Victims Clearinghouse Conference, Dallas, 5-04à “Community Crisis Response for Victim Services Providers”, 25 hour training sponsored by NIVS 11-02 in Columbus, OH, and 3/03 in Chicago, IL à “New Directions for the Field”, TVSA Conference, South Padre Island TX 5/02à “Family Violence and Murder”, POMC National Conference, Ft. Worth, August 2001/ Family Preservation Conference, Arlington, September 2001 and San Antonio, September 2002à “Batterers and Hostage Negotiation Strategies in Domestic Violence Scenarios”, NCTCOG Regional Academy, March 2001à Police In-Service Training: “High Risk Victims of Domestic Violence: What You Need to Know” APD, January-April 2001 à “The Effect of Domestic Violence on Children”, 2 hour workshop presented to the Arlington Public Health Council/ Arlington ISD Nurses’ Inservice/ Staff of The Bridge Emergency Youth Shelter, 2000à “Crime Victims: A Social Work Response. Building Skills to Strengthen Survivors”. Local NASW Chapters, 90 min. presentation developed by NASW/Texas Chapter March 1999/Texas NASW Conference, Ft. Worth, November 2000à Office of the Attorney General’s “Building Victim Services Together” regional training: Law Enforcement based Victim Services, 1998 and 1999à “Victim Assistance in Schools”-Tarrant County College Police Academy’s SRO School, June/August 1999/June 2000à “Dealing With Difficult People” Texas Victim Services Association conference, Austin, May 1999/ Ft. Worth May 2001

Minimum Speaking Time: 20 minutes
Maximum Speaking Time: 6 hours