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Conducting and Defending a Pandemic-Era Forensic Interview

May 4, 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic produces quarantines, school closures, and limited interactions between children and mandated reporters, prosecutors and other members of a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) will likely be confronted with two challenges.

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Responding to Child Abuse During a Pandemic: 25 Tips for MDTs

April 6, 2020

Many child protection professionals believe child abuse is likely to increase during the COVID-19 pandemic because most abusers are parents or siblings who now have more complete access to the child victim.

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When Faith Hurts: The Spiritual Impact of Child Abuse

June 15, 2017

The little girl was weeping as she recounted to the police officer her history of sexual abuse at the hands of her father.

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April is Child Abuse Prevention Month

April 1, 2017

More than five million children are exposed to physical domestic violence each year. We know from the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) study that for 95% of children exposed to domestic violence there is also substance abuse, mental illness, neglect, abuse or incarceration within their home.

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USA Swimming Report

February 22, 2017

In late August, 2013, USA Swimming contracted with the National Child Protection Training Center, a program of Gundersen Health System, to conduct an independent assessment of USA Swimming’s Safe Sport program.

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When an Athlete is a Child: USA Swimming Report

February 20, 2017

In late August, 2013, USA Swimming contracted with the National Child Protection Training Center, a program of Gundersen Health System, to conduct an independent assessment of USA Swimming’s Safe Sport program

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Stalking: Real Crime, Real Fear

February 20, 2017

1 in 6 women and 1 in 19 men have experienced stalking victimization at some point during their lifetime in which they felt very fearful or believed that they or someone close to them would be harmed or killed.

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Multidisciplinary Response to Youth with Sexual Behavior Problems

February 18, 2017

Youth advocates lament the facts that a “seven-year-old child could never return home again after two incidents of genital fondling of a five-year-old sibling”

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From Sticks to Flowers: Guidelines for Child Protection Professionals Working with Parents Using Scripture to Justify Corporal Punishment

February 18, 2017

There is a large and growing body of research documenting that corporal punishment is not an effective form of discipline,2with numerous medical and mental health bodies discouraging the practice.

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Abuse In Plain View

February 17, 2017

Right now in an average U.S. city, a narcotics detective is executing a search warrant based on a tip that he will find methamphetamine in the home.

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ZAP Faculty Respond to the Child Abuse & Neglect Article

February 16, 2017

Most adults don’t consider the potential life-long impact of spanking as a form of discipline when responding to a child’s difficult behavior, but they should.

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Spanking and Adult Mental Health Impairment

February 15, 2017
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Faculty response to the The Girl Scouts of America blog post, Reminder: She Doesn’t Owe Anyone a Hug. Not Even at the Holidays

February 15, 2017

A recent blog by the Girl Scouts of the USA entitled Reminder: She Doesn’t Owe Anyone a Hug. Not Even at the Holidays.

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Creating Positive Online Footprints

February 15, 2017

We are always reshaping and tweaking our online safety presentations based on youth input. We take their opinions and feedback seriously, and we take their questions to heart.

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So, how are the children?

February 15, 2017

This is something I am often asked when I am teaching. As a new school year approaches, this question is very timely. If we lived in a world where all children grew up safe and free from harm, we would answer “Wonderful!”

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Equipping Youth Serving Organizations

February 15, 2017

Alison Feigh Director, Jacob Wetterling Resource Center I had a friend this week take a screen shot of his youth protection training certificate and send it to me with a positive note about how comprehensive it was and how he feels he is better equipped to coach. A different friend reached out to me this week with concerns about boundary

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Family Safety Night

February 14, 2017

One model is to have a family safety night at least twice each year. We suggest having an intentional time when school starts and again as school wraps up to talk personal safety together as a family

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What happened to you? —Stephanie Morris

November 16, 2015

Mrs. Jones teaches tenth grade English and she has had enough of Hollis Robertson. Hollis is late every day; he disrupts class with his constant movement; he often falls asleep.

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Considerations: When Interviewing Reluctant Children

February 18, 2015

The field of forensic interviewing is constantly evolving and so mustthe skills of those who conduct these interviews.

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Volume 1, Issue 7: Creating a Constructive Practice: Family and Professional Partnership in High-risk Child Protection Case Conferences

February 26, 2009

Olmsted County Child & Family Services in Rochester, Minnesota, developed a family case conferencing approach in the juvenile court system involving children determined to be a thigh risk of maltreatment

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Volume 1, Issue 10: In the Shadow of Defense Counsel: Conducting Peer Review of Forensic Interview in an Age of Discovery

February 26, 2009

Simply put, whatever the MDT does or does not do as part of the forensic interviewing process, including peer review, will be attacked by defense counsel.

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Volume 1, Issue 3: Testifying in Court as a Forensic Interviewer: Defending an Investigative Interview from the Witness Stand

February 26, 2008

The field of forensic interviewing is a relatively new profession.The concept of a “forensic interview” was necessitated by high profile child sexual abuse cases from the 1980’s

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