When the Child Trusts You: Understanding and Responding to Child Abuse Disclosures
Course Description
A child just disclosed sexual abuse to you. What do you tell the child? Do you know your legal obligations? How can you respond without jeopardizing criminal investigations and the child’s safety? This workshop, presented by a former prosecutor, addresses several hypotheticals, discusses trauma-informed best practices for interacting with abused and neglected children, and reviews mandatory reporting law.
Learning Objectives
1. Articulate the effects of adverse childhood experiences.
2. Describe best practices for working with abused and neglected children.
3. Summarize appropriate and inappropriate responses to a child’s disclosure of abuse.
Instructors
Robert Peters
