Forensic
Interview
Interview
Name 3 of the individuals who might be present to observe a forensic interview
Advocates, law enforcement, prosecutors, mental health providers, case workers/social workers, other forensic interviewers
The number of mental health agencies that sit on MDT (daily double if you can name them)
What is 4? (Compass Counseling, Green Country, Integrity Pathways, and Restoration Behavioral Health)
When a referral is accepted by the hotline it can be accepted as an investigation or this alternative:
assessment
Advocates serve as resource connectors, assisting families to receive the services we need. What are two services that an advocate may refer a family to?
Therapy, legal services, parenting education, housing, domestic violence services, human services programs (food stamps, CHBS, etc)
Who makes the decision of whether or not to prosecute an abuse case?
The District Attorney's office
Name 3 or more circumstances where a child might be forensically interviewed.
Sexual Abuse, physical abuse, exposure to domestic violence, witnessing a crime, neglect, exosure to substance abuse
What is the “gold standard” of treatment for children with trauma exposure?
TF CBT
criteria or a list of conditions for safety that includes: specific, severe, observable, occurring now or likely to occur in the future, and is applicable to a vulnerable child.
Safety Threshold
An assessment that advocates give to every family when they come for an interview
Needs Assessmnent
When law enforcement, on a call, becomes aware of a child who is unsafe, they can begin the process for this collaborative protocol.
A Joint Response
If an individual or provider suspects that a crime has occurred involving a child, what two parties should the reporting person make reports to in order to reduce the number of times a child is interviewed?
DHS, law enforcement
The average number of sessions for TF CBT completion.
What is 12-15
The evidence based parent training program that was developed for families where abuse or neglect has occurred, with the goal of reducing risk by teaching skills.
Comprehensive Home Based Services (CHBS)
An assessment given by advocates or mental health providers to check for the presence of post trauma symptoms in children.
Child and Adolescent Trauma Screening (CATS)
The cellphone application that is the most problematic to investigate when law enforcement officers are attempting to collect evidence.
Snap chat
Questions that are not allowed in forensic interviews that may introduce information that would skew the content of the interview. Forensic Interviewers are trained to avoid this type of questioning.
Leading Questions
Name 2 of the 3 treatments for ADULT ptsd that are approved by the APA.
EMDR, Cognitive Processing Therapy, or Prolonged Exposure Therapy
If a referral is accepted by the DHS hotline for investigation, this is the amount of time in which DHS must respond.
5 calendar days or less
Individuals who are not allowed in the child advocacy Center
Known perpetrators or suspected perpetrators of child abuse
A court hearing where designated to decide whether or not a suspects interview will be allowed to be heard by the Jury.
Jackson Deno hearing
List at least two reasons a forensic interview would not be conducted.
child is nonverbal, child is not developmentally capable of answering questions, a child is too emotionally vulnerable or dysregulated to answer questions, a child refuses the interview, A child has already been interviewed as to these specific allegations
The steps of TFCBT create an acronym “PRACTICE”. What The “E” in this acronym stands for as the final step of TFCBT and the first step for PBS cases.
Enhancing safety
A home based, short term, therapeutic service focused on preventing the removal of children offered by DHS to families. Intensive therapeutic services are offered 3-4 times per week and a safety monitor is assigned to the home.
Intensive Safety Services (ISS)
Information about this state program is given to every non-offending caregiver upon initiation of services by the advocate.
Victims of Crime Compensation
The national network of 61 coordinated task forces dedicated to investigating, prosecuting, and developing effective responses to internet crimes against children.
Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC)