Publications

• Made In the USA: The Sex Trafficking of America's Children
• The Failure of the John Jay Reports to Address the Impact on Church Culture of Dr. Kinsey and the Sexual Revolution; Chapter 1 of Clerical Sexual Misconduct - An Interdisciplinary Analysis (Chapter 1)
• CHILD TRAFFICKING & CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL (CSAM) IS AN IDEOLOGY: “CHILDREN ARE SEXUAL FROM BIRTH”

Child Abuse & Neuroscience of Trauma

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

Additional Information

I bring 15 years of specialized experience in the child abuse field, serving as a child forensic interviewer, family advocate, consultant, trainer, educator, and conference speaker. In addition to authoring multiple publications, I have designed and managed government programs for child survivors of abuse and have conducted more than 100 direct engagements with child survivors. I provide specialized expertise on child sexual abuse and trafficking dynamics across multidisciplinary systems. With a master’s degree in forensic psychology and completing a MEd certification in the neuroscience of trauma, my expertise is anchored in both hands-on field experience and research-based education. Having delivered more than 200 presentations and trainings, 39 of them specifically on child abuse, I am highly proficient at communicating the complexities of child sexual abuse dynamics in ways that the general population can clearly understand. My areas of expertise include: Child Abuse Dynamics • Disclosure Process (denial, tentative disclosure, active disclosure, recantation, reaffirmation) • Child witness’s counterintuitive behaviors • Child sexual abuse accommodation • Children’s sexual behavior - problematic sexual behaviors • Child trafficking • Grooming • Long-term impacts of child abuse • Child victims becoming perpetrators Neuroscience of trauma • Impact of trauma on memory • Key brain processes during trauma Forensic Interview Process Education: M.A., 2025 Forensic Psychology University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND Invited Presentations: 1. Keynote Speaker: Child Abuse & Exploitation, IdaHope Families Gala, December 13, 2025 2. Protecting Poland’s Children: Child Sex Trafficking, Culture Pour Tous, June 20, 2019 3. Human Trafficking: A Border Issue Presentation, Liberty University School of Law, February 11, 2019 4. Child Sexual Abuse Presentation, Irving Women’s Network, Irving, TX, Feb 27, 2018 (See full list on CV) Invited Trainings: 1. Working with High-Risk Populations and At-Risk Youth Presentation, IdaHope Families, July 7, 2025 2. Child Forensic Interviewing Process Training, Canopy Village: Youth & Family Services, 2024 3. Child Trafficking Training, M3 Transformations Training, Roseville, CA, Aug 7-10, 2018 4. Child Trafficking Training, M3 Transformations Training, National City, CA, Jun 19-23, 2018 5. Child Trafficking Training, M3 Transformations Training, Redding, CA, Apr 10-15, 2018 6. Child Trafficking Training, M3 Transformations Training, Stockton, CA, Mar 13-17, 2018 (See full list on CV) Training & Certifications 1. 1. Using Forensic Interviewers as Expert or Skilled Witness, Zero Abuse Project, October 24, 2025 2. Countering Myths: Victim Response to Child Abuse, Raleigh, NC, August 14-15, 2025 3. MicroExpressions Profile/Subtle Expressions, Paul Eckman Group, April 29, 2025 4. MicroExpressions Intensive, Paul Eckman Group, February 10, 2025 5. MicroExpressions, Paul Eckman Group, December 12, 2024 6. Sex Offenders: What Every MDT Member Should Know, Safe Passage Children’s Advocacy Center, Coeur D’Alene, ID, September 4, 2024 (See full list on CV) Publications: Jordheim, A. (2014). Made In the USA: The Sex Trafficking of America’s Children. Reisman, J., McAllister, M., & Jordheim, A. (2020). Child trafficking & child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is an ideology: Children are sexual from birth. Reisman, J., McAllister, M., & Jordheim, A. (2020). The failure of the John Jay reports to address the impact of church culture of Dr. Kinsey and the sexual revolution. Clerical Sexual Misconduct (pp. 7-28). Media Interviews: 1. Radio Interview: Child Sexual Abuse, Jan 19, 2017 2. Radio Interview: Child Sexual Abuse, The Answer, KSKY, May 17, 2015 (See full list on CV) Professional Memberships: American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC), 2025-Present The International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN), 2026-Present (See full list on CV)