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A Video Series on Training for Child
Protective Service Workers, Forensic Evaluators, and Prosecutors,
in 3 parts
2008 APSAC Media Award Winner !
(Award to be presented to Fran Waters, DSCW, LMFT, and Cavalcade
Productions, June 2008)
Also Endorsed by:
National
Child Protection Training Center
National Association to Prevent Sexual Abuse of Children
Watch a segment of the Behavioral Impacts DVD below:
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In this new video series, presented by the International
Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation,
leaders in the trauma field come together with experts
on interviewing children and prosecuting abuse cases to
give child protection professionals a grounding in the
psychological impacts of abuse, and provide them with better
tools for working with traumatized children. The series
includes recent research on children’s recantation
and inconsistent accounts. The presenters include Bessel
van der Kolk, Christine Courtois, Kathy Steele, Fran Waters,
Richard Kluft, Victor Vieth, John E.B. Myers, and
Thomas Lyon.
Abuse and neglect can have profound effects on children’s
neurological development, and on their behaviors. The often
devastating impacts of trauma – on children’s
sense of self, on their ability to regulate their emotions,
and on their capacity to talk about what has happened to
them – can pose major challenges for child protective
services workers, law enforcement investigators, forensic
interviewers, and prosecutors.
"In order to investigate a case of suspected child abuse
or litigate that case, you have to not only understand
the legal issues, which are complex enough, but one really
has to understand something about child development, about
the impact of traumatic experiences on children, in order
to understand how they react to it and to understand how
we react to them."
– John E.B. Myers, JD |
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"[Traumatized children] have problems with their body
where they can’t understand signals from their body
and have a lot of somatic symptoms. They can’t integrate
their memories. They have difficulty, of course, relating
with other people. So there’s a whole array of biological
and social and psychological disregulation that happens
because secure attachment never gave them the foundation
to learn those things."
– Kathy Steele, MN CS |
1. Behavioral Impacts
( 42 min.)
This video explains the internal effects of trauma on children,
and the behaviors that abused and neglected children may display.
It provides the framework for rest of the series.
Topics
Children’s Response to Trauma
Triggers
Behavioral Impacts
The Power of Parents
The Dissociative Defense
Beyond Normal Forgetting
Parental Trauma History
2. Issues for Interviewers
(#283, 44 min.)
While interviewing an abused child is never easy, using the
right approach can make the process less stressful and produce
better results.
Topics
Before the Interview
Instructions and Rapport-Building
Open-Ended Questioning
Working with Dissociation
The Extended Forensic Evaluation
Interviewer Self-Care
3. Guidelines for Prosecutors
( 43 min.)
This program delves into the difficult issues prosecutors may
face when pursuing child abuse cases.
Topics
Need for Psychological Training
Dissociation
Hearsay Evidence and Crawford
Preparing the Child for Court
Supporting the Child in Court
Expert Testimony
Vicarious Trauma
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"It is very important for the interviewer or evaluator
to stay attuned to the child’s psychological state
during the interview. Because the last thing we would want
to do is retraumatize the child by the way that we interview
them or evaluate them, and add more trauma. So paying attention
to either hyperarousal or dissociation, those are clues
to the child’s emotional state. "
– Connie Carnes,
MS LPC |
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Presenters
Margaret E. Blaustein, PhD is Director of
Training and Education at The Trauma Center in Boston, specializing
in the assessment and treatment of complex childhood trauma.
She is co-developer of the Attachment, Self-Regulation, and
Competency treatment framework, and has provided numerous trainings
on the impact of and intervention for childhood-onset trauma.
Connie Carnes, MS LPC is Director of The
Renewal Center, a professional counseling practice, and formerly
directed the Clinical Research Program for the National Children’s
Advocacy Center. Her clinical program models and manuals have
been researched, published, and replicated internationally.
Christine A. Courtois, PhD is Founder and
Clinical and Training Consultant of The Center at the Psychiatric
Institute of Washington, and in private practice in Washington,
DC. She has authored three books, most recently Recollections
of Sexual Abuse: Treatment Principles and Guidelines.
Laurie Fortin, LCSW has specialized in the
child sexual abuse field for 16 years, and conducts forensic
interviews with children at the Chadwick Center, Rady Children’s
Hospital, San Diego. She trains on the topic of child sexual
abuse, and has been an expert witness in military
and civilian court proceedings.
Philip J. Kinsler, PhD is Adjunct Assistant
Professor of Psychiatry at Dartmouth Medical School, where
he supervises psychiatry residents’ diagnostic and therapy
work. Dr. Kinsler is an experienced expert witness, and is
extensively published in the fields of psychological trauma,
suggestibility in interviews of children and adults, and ethical
forensic practice.
Richard P. Kluft, MD is Clinical Professor
of Psychiatry at Temple University School of Medicine and member
of the faculty of the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia.
He has published over 235 scientific papers and book chapters,
and was Editor-in-Chief of the journal Dissociation for
ten years.
Thomas Lyon, PhD JD was an attorney for the
Children’s Services Division of the Los Angeles County
Counsel, and joined the USC Law faculty in 1995. His research
interests include child witnesses, child abuse and neglect,
and domestic violence. He is is past-president of the American
Psychological Association’s Section on Child Maltreatment.
Lisa McCulloch, LCSW worked for the County
of San Diego’s Child Protective Services, and is currently
a forensic interviewer at the Chadwick Center at Rady Children’s
Hospital in San Diego. She is co-author of “A Model
for Conducting Forensic Interviews With Child Victims of Abuse,” in Child
Maltreatment, August, 1996.
John E.B. Myers, JD is Professor of Law at
the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento.
He has written numerous books and articles discussing evidentiary
and constitutional issues in child abuse litigation, and is
a regular speaker at conferences for judges, attorneys, and
mental health professionals.
Renee Potgieter, PhD has worked in the field
of child therapy for the past 24 years, and is currently working
as a consultant therapist in England, where she is involved
in forensic work in family and private law. She also
trains therapists and social workers on assessment, attachment,
trauma and dissociation in children.
Kathy Steele, MN CS is a psychotherapist
with 25 years of experience. She is Clinical Director and Supervisor
at Metropolitan Counseling Services, and in private practice
specializes in chronic traumatization, dissociative disorders,
and attachment issues. She has presented nationally and internationally
on these topics for the past 15 years.
Linda Cordisco Steele, MEd LPC is Curriculum
Chair and Senior Trainer for the National Children’s
Advocacy Center’s Child Forensic Interviewing Programs.
She has twenty years of experience in therapy and advocacy
work with victims, and is a regional and national trainer in
forensic interviewing.
Bessel van der Kolk, MD is Medical Director
of The Trauma Center, which specializes in the study and treatment
of survivors of severe psychological trauma, and Professor
of Psychiatry at Boston University. He is co-author of Traumatic
Stress: The Effect of Overwhelming Experiences on Mind, Body
and Society.
Victor Vieth, JD is Director of the National
Center for the Prosecution of Child Abuse. He worked as a prosecutor
in rural Minnesota, where he gained national recognition for
his work to address child abuse in small communities. He is
an international trainer on child abuse investigations, prosecutions,
trial strategies, and prevention methods.
Frances Saad Waters, DCSW LMFT, in private
practice in Marquette, MI, has specialized in the field of
child abuse for 35 years. She works as an educator,
trainer, consultant, forensic evaluator, and clinician
in the area of childhood trauma and dissociation. She
is past president of the International Society for the Study
of Dissociation and has published extensively on trauma and
dissociation in children. Ms. Waters was executive producer
of this video.
The Trainer's Guide
The 65 page Trainer’s Guide is a comprehensive
manual which includes the following:
- Training objectives
- Training schedule samples for half and whole day workshops
with follow-up group topics
- Reproducible viewer handouts
- Review and discussion questions
- Extensive resource list on child development, trauma,
working with children, forensic interviewing, children
in the courtroom, child abuse prevention, vicarious traumatization
and self-care
- Pertinent web sites
- Appendices include articles on child trauma and
forensic interviewing, two dissociation scales, investigative
interviewing steps and legal considerations to prepare
children for court
Cook, A., Spinazzola, J., Ford, J., Lanktree, C., Blaustein,
M., et al. (2005). Complex trauma in children
and adolescents. Psychiatric Annals, 35(5),
390 - 398. This article describes a new theoretical
framework for understanding complex trauma in children, explains
how to apply this framework to assessment of traumatized
children and families, and discusses intervention models
designed specifically for traumatized children and their
families.
Stolbach, Bradley C. (1986) Children’s Dissociative
Experiences Scale and Posttraumatic Symptom Inventory. Provides
37-item scales for both girls and boys, with instructions
for administration.
Armstrong, Judith, Carlson, Eve Bernstein, and Putnam, Frank. Adolescent
Dissociative Experiences Scale-II (A-DES). Provides
a 30-item self-administered scale for adolescents, with directions.
Waters, F. Forensic Evaluations of Children,
ISSD News, Jan/Feb. 2004, p. 4-6. Discusses the forensic
interviewing protocol, the extended forensic evaluation,
building trust, attunement, gathering detailed information,
and the need for child protection and safety.
Lyon, Thomas D. (2005) Ten step investigative interview. Gives
a detailed description of interviewer instructions and child
narrative practice, designed to promote full and truthful disclosure
and minimize leading questions.
Finnegan, Martha, and Rogers, Laura. (2001) Preparing
Kids for Court. Discusses children’s misconceptions
about court, court-related stress, and the goals of court
preparation.
Lyon, T.D., & Saywitz, K.J. (2000) Qualifying
Children to Take the Oath: Materials for Interviewing Professionals. Provides
materials to assist in determining whether a child witness
understands the difference between the truth and lies, and
appreciates the importance of telling the truth.
Myers, John E. B. Children’s Statements Describing
Abuse Are Hearsay. Discusses three hearsay exceptions
commonly used in child abuse and neglect litigation: the
excited utterance exception, the medical diagnosis or treatment
exception, and the residual and child hearsay exception.
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