Presentations

by Amy Neustein, Ph.D.

Family Court and Child Welfare System

• April 6, 1988: “Family Courts' Failure to Protect the Sexually Abused Child,” Rape and Assault Conference, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY

• April 17, 1988: “The Trauma of Child Abuse,” forum on Childhood Sexual Abuse held at the Goddard Riverside Community Center, New York, NY

• March 9, 1989: Testimony given at Public Hearing on Family Courts' Failure to Protect the Sexually Abused Child, New York State Senate and New York State Assembly Judiciary Committee Joint Hearing, New York, NY

• July 13, 1989: Testimony given at Public Hearing on Mental Health Abuses in Child Abuse Proceedings in the Family Courts, New York State Mental Health Committee chaired by Senator David A. Paterson, New York, NY

• September 6, 1990: “When the Child Protection System Becomes Abusive and Threatening to Civil Liberties,” Session 54 at the Eighth International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect, Hamburg, Germany

• November 6, 1990: “Reform of the Family Court System,” Women's Law Forum at the Rutgers State University School of Law, New Brunswick, NJ

• February 16, 1991: “Suggested Legislation for Family Court Reform,” workshop titled, “Women in Leadership and Empowerment,” held at the Black and Puerto Rican Legislative Caucus, Albany, NY

• April 23, 1991: “Fiscal Abuses in the New York City Foster Care System,” presentation to 25 child welfare case workers at The Lamb's Church of the Nazarene, New York, NY

• September 24, 1991: Testimony given at Public Hearing on the failure of Family Courts to protect the rights of natural parents who lose children to foster care, Assembly Committee on Children and Families, New York, NY

• April 20, 1992: Testimony given at Public Hearing on the Family Courts' failure to protect abused children from recurrent abuse, Congressional Committee on Education and Labor, field hearing held in New York, NY

• May 28, 1992: “Biases in the Family Court System,” North Shore Rotary, Staten Island, NY

• December 9, 1992: “Judicial Conflicts with Medical and Psychiatric Treatment of Sexually Abused Children,” Continuing Medical Education Lecture, Medical Grand Rounds Department of Pediatrics, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY

• May 14, 1993: Testimony at Public Hearing on the failure of the child welfare system to protect children from abuse, chaired by New York State Minority Leader, Senator David A. Paterson (see also entry below for May 21, 2016)

• April 26, 1995: Presentation to members of the U.S. Department of Justice, Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Eastern District of New York

• July 17, 1996: “How Courts Treat the Non-offending Parent in Cases of Intrafamilial Sexual Abuse?” The Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL

• June 17, 1997: Presentation to the Violence Against Women Office at the United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC: “How Expert Witnesses Ascribe False and Unsubstantiated Diagnoses to Domestic Violence Victims and Mothers of Abused Children”

• April 7, 1998: Presentation to Justice Jacqueline Silbermann, Statewide Administrative Judge for Matrimonial Matters, New York, NY

• June 7, 1998: “Never Again,” eulogy presented at Memorial Service for Nathan Scott, a victim of child abuse, at Saint John The Divine, New York, NY

• April 13, 1999: “Senior Citizens and Automation,” Stanley H. Kaplan Senior Cultural Center of Sutton Place Synagogue, New York, NY

• May 31, 2000: “A Socio-Legal Analysis of a Malfunctioning Family Court System,” National Institute of Justice, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC

• November 29, 2004: Joint presentation with Professor Mo Hannah (Department of Psychology, Siena College) to Justice Jacqueline Silbermann, Statewide Administrative Judge for Matrimonial Matters, New York, NY

• March 18, 2005: Faculty member of Tri-State Conference (Bretton Woods, NH), The National Judicial College, University of Nevada

• May 15, 2005: Signing of From Madness to Mutiny, at Edgewater Commons Barnes and Noble, Edgewater, NJ

• May 31, 2005: Elevator pitch of From Madness to Mutiny with co-author Michael Lesher at Jewish Book Network of the Jewish Book Council at the Kraft Center for Jewish Life, Columbia University, NY

• June 3, 2005: Signing of From Madness to Mutiny with co-author Michael Lesher, at the Book Expo of America, Javits Center, New York, NY

• June 23, 2005: Signing of From Madness to Mutiny with co-author Michael Lesher, at Clifton Commons Barnes and Noble, Clifton, NJ

• January 8, 2006: “The History of the Activist Mothers’ Movement,” Luncheon Keynote at the Battered Mothers Custody Conference III, Siena College, Loudenville, NY

• March 26, 2006: “Educating Women to the Perils of American Family Courts,” featured speaker at New Jersey ORT brunch, Fort Lee Recreation Center, Fort Lee, NJ

• May 12, 2006: Pre-Mothers Day Press Conference on the Steps of New York City Hall, with Jeanine Pirro (candidate for New York State Attorney General), Chris Owens (candidate for Congress), City Councilwoman Letitia James, and representatives of NOW NYS and Voices of Women, New York, NY (Neustein and Lesher speaking as experts on the problems of mothers in family courts)

• October 19, 2006: “Sex, Scandal, Shanda -- and the Abuse of Children in the Jewish Community Today,” Northern NJ Region of Hadassah, Palisades Chapter, Luncheon at Villa Amalfi, Cliffside Park, NJ. Invited by Chloris F. Herr, lifetime member of Hadassah.

• November 2, 2006: “Betraying the Trust: Rabbis and Child Sex Abuse,” a teleconference for therapists, advocates, lawyers and other professionals hosted by Jewish Women International, with Michael Lesher, Rabbi Mark Dratch and Mark Weiss, speaking as an expert on child sexual abuse within Jewish communities (from Washington, DC)

• November 16, 2007: Press conference (at Manhattan office of Englewood, NJ mayor Michael Wildes) to announce the arrest of Avrohom Mondrowitz in Jerusalem for sex crimes against children, with Michael Lesher, Esq., Rabbi Mark Dratch, Rabbi Isaac Mann and Susan Rosenbluth, New York, NY (Neustein speaks of her daughter’s abuse and her two decades pursuing justice for other sex abuse victims, specifically in the Orthodox Jewish community)

• May 17, 2015: Battered Mothers Custody Conference XI, Secaucus, NJ (Neustein delivered a keynote address describing her contributions to protective mothers and her struggle to protect her own daughter)

• May 21, 2016: Taken by award-winning New York Post photographer Louis Liotta, this photo of Amy Neustein from May 1993 was entered into the Getty Images New York Post Archives. It shows Dr. Neustein appearing at a special legislative hearing, convened by Senate Minority Leader David A. Paterson, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Assemblywoman Nettie Mayersohn and Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein, May 14, 1993, Albany, NY. Legislators took testimony from agency whistleblowers, doctors, rabbis and lay witnesses about the cover-up of the alleged sexual abuse of Dr. Neustein’s daughter, who was 12 years old at the time, by actors including Ohel Children’s Home and Family Services and the New York Legal Aid Society, after efforts by Assemblyman Dov Hikind failed to prevent the inquiry into Ohel Children's Home and Family Services' egregious misdeeds and malfeasance in this case (including disturbing evidence of the child having allegedly been groomed for child erotica).

• May 31, 2017: Amy Neustein delivered a Special Keynote Address at the Shavuot 5777 Conference, Hudson Valley Resort and Spa, Kerhonkson, New York, titled “From Family Court Reformer to Visionary Entrepreneur: Making Lives Better for the Everyday User”

• January 25, 2019: “Sex Abuse Within Religious Institutions: Cover Ups and Obstruction of Justice,” given to the board of APSAC (American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children) as part of the Chadwick International Conference on Child maltreatment, San Diego, California

• June 23, 2021: “The Plight of Women in the Family Courts – How the System Works Against Good Mothers” — An Emergency Community Meeting held in the Fieldston Section of Riverdale, Hosted by Lauren Lieberman, Chair of the Riverdale Community Service Committee, and her husband David Lieberman, Founding Partner of Global Trading Systems. Among the forty attendees were Rabbi Mordechai Willig, Rabbi of Young Israel of Riverdale and Head Rabbi and Spiritual leader at Yeshiva University Rabbinical School (RIETS); Rabbi Dovid Zirkind, Senior Rabbi at the Riverdale Jewish Center; and Rabbi Joshua Wald, Associate Principal of the Frisch School, Paramus, NJ. Dr. Neustein was the keynote speaker at this community event. It was also attended by Ted Gesing, senior producer of “Children of the Underground,” a 5-part FX docuseries (now on Hulu) which featured Dr. Neustein as an expert on the family court system.

Public Health Issues

• May 21, 2007: “Public Hazards Ignored by Condo Board,” testimony delivered at public hearing co-sponsored by C-IHC (Common-Interest Homeowners Coalition) and Rutgers University (Professor Fred Askin), May 21, 2007, Trenton, NJ; quoted in full in Rutgers Journal of Law & Public Policy, Spring 2008 (5:4) “Homeowner Associations: Problems and Solutions,” pp. 669-671

Speech Technology and Sociology

• February 18, 1978 “A Sociological Analysis of Hospice Care in the United States,” Eighth Annual Alpha Kappa Delta Sociological Research Symposium (Awardee for Best Student Paper), Richmond, Virginia

• December 14, 1981 “Techniques of Direct and Cross Examination,” Continuing Legal Education Lecture, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, New York, NY

• March 18, 1982 “Cross Examining the Physician in Medical Malpractice and Product Liability Cases,” workshop on trial techniques given by the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, New York, NY

• April 21, 1982 “The Conversation Analytic Approach to the study of Courtroom Examination,” guest lecturer for a sociolinguistic graduate level class (Professor Lindsey Churchill) at the City University of New York Graduate Center, New York, NY

• June 7, 1982 “Linguistic Solutions to Patient Compliance Problems,” Rounds and Conferences at the Department of Internal Medicine, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY

• June 8, 1982 “Linguistic Solutions to Patient Compliance Problems,” Department of Medicine, Brookdale Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

• October 14, 1982 “Linguistic Solutions for Patient Compliance Problems,” house staff conference, Department of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY

• November 24, 1982 “Improving Communication with the Surgical Patient,” house staff conference, Department of Surgery, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY

• January 17, 1983 Testimony at Public Hearing on Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) and the future of Medicare. Hearing conducted by The Advisory Council on Social Security, Washington, DC

• January 19, 1983 “Linguistics in Medicine,” house staff conference, Department of Medicine, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC

• February 24, 1983 “Linguistic Solutions to Problems in History-Taking,” house staff lecture, Department of Medicine, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY

• April 25, 1983 “Linguistic Technology in Computerized Medical Interviewing,” Continuing Medical Education Seminar (1 CME credit), Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine - New England Medical Center, Boston, MA

• July 8, 1983 “History-Taking,” special lecture, Department of Medicine, Brookdale Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

• August 8, 1983 “Medical Interviewing as a Collaborative Event,” Eighth International Institute for Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis, Boston, MA

• December 27, 1983 “Discourse Patterns of Patients and Physicians in the Rheumatology Out-patient Clinic,” Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Downstate Medical Center of the State University of New York, Brooklyn, NY

• February 9, 1984 “Linguistic Technology,” Continuing Medical Education Seminar for Primary Care faculty members, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

• August 6, 1984 “Improving the Quality of Health Care,” WELV 1370 AM, Ellenville, NY (Ulster County)

• October 16, 1984 “Discourse Analysis: An Overview” The Nashville Linguistic Circle and University Lectures Committee, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

• October 17, 1984 “Kinesiology and Verbal Communication,” International Seminar on Cross Cultural Communication, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

• October 18, 1984 “Linguistic Solutions to Problems in History-Taking,” Continuing Medical Education Lecture, Medical Grand Rounds, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

• October 26, 1984 “Conversation Analytic Approach to Medical History-Taking,” Continuing Medical Education Lecture, Grand Rounds, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

• November 18, 1984 “How to Get Your Doctor to Listen to You?” Canyon Ranch Spa, Tucson, AZ

• November 19, 1984 “Improving Medical History-Taking Skills,” Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO

• February 14, 1985 “How to Give a Better Medical History,” TV6 Talk Show (local cable channel 47), Ellenville, NY (Ulster County)

• March 27, 1985 “Linguistic Screening for Radiology Dictation,” Department of Radiology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO

• May 8, 1985 “Bridging the Communication Gap between Doctors and Patients,” Pawling Health Manor, New Hyde Park, NY

• May 10, 1985 “How to Describe Medical Symptoms to Your Physician?” Pawling Health Manor, New Hyde Park, NY

• June 1, 1985 “Cross Examining the Medical Witness,” Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Idaho Trial Lawyers Association, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

• June 21, 1985 “The Special Problems of Interviewing for Broadcast Investigations,” panel discussion with John Stossel (ABC News 20/20) and Mark Nykanen, (NBC Nightly News), Investigative Reporters and Editors, 10th Annual National Conference, Chicago, IL

• July 22, 1985 “Linguistic Techniques for the Courtroom,” Continuing Legal Education Lecture, General Jurisdiction Course, The National Judicial College, Reno, NV

• July 25, 1985 “Questioning the Expert Witness,” Continuing Legal Education Lecture, The National Judicial College, Reno, NV

• August 17, 1985 “Linguistic Techniques for the Courtroom,” Trial Advocacy Training Course for 2nd year law students, University of Idaho College of Law, Moscow, Idaho

• August 18, 1985 “Eliciting Expert Testimony,” Trial Advocacy Training Course for 2nd year law students, University of Idaho College of Law, Moscow, Idaho

• October 13, 1985 “Doctor-Patient Communication,” Part I, New Age Health Farm, Neversink, NY

• October 14, 1985 “Doctor-Patient Communication,” Part II, New Age Health Farm, Neversink, NY

• November 19, 1985 “How to Cross Examine the Medical Expert Witness?” guest lecturer at a trial techniques course (Professor Ivan Schneider) at Cardozo School of Law, New York, NY

• December 9, 1985 “Using Linguistic Techniques for More Effective Interviewing,” guest lecturer at Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism (Prof. Melvin Mencher’s class)

• January 27, 1986 Presentation on the use of linguistic analysis to prepare questions for cross examination to litigation attorneys at Weil, Gottschal, and Manges, New York, NY

• June 16, 1986 “Interviewing the Orthopedic Patient,” house staff lecture, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA

• March 2, 1987 “Developing a Linguistic Instrument for Lie Detection,” Office of Research and Development, Central Intelligence Agency, Langley, VA

• March 27, 2024 “Combatting Antisemitism in Medicine” American Jewish Medical Association, Chicago, IL

 

For the rest of the Speech Technology presentations through 2016,
please go to the Linguistic Technology Systems presentations page.

 

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