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Publication Date: 2011
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Trauma-Informed Forensic Child Maltreatment Investigations
Pence, Donna M.
Child Welfare, v90 n6 p49-68 2011
Trauma-informed child welfare systems (CWSs) are the focus of several recent national and state initiatives. Since 2005 social work publications have focused on systemic and practice changes within CW which seek to identify and reduce trauma to children and families experiencing child maltreatment or other distressing events, as well as to the agency personnel working with these clients. Within the body of trauma-informed literature, little attention has been devoted specifically to the initial investigative response and its role in controlling for system induced trauma to the child, family, and caseworker. Training child protection services (CPS) workers on the impact of trauma in child maltreatment forensic investigations and the worker's role in anticipating and mitigating the effects of trauma during the investigative process is rarely addressed in the trauma-informed literature. This article reports on a training strategy to infuse trauma information into an existing forensic child maltreatment investigation curriculum with the goal of enhancing CPS caseworker's knowledge, skills, and values concerning the importance of viewing investigations and their associated tasks through a trauma lens. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Investigations, Persuasive Discourse, Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Caseworkers, Social Work, Children, Family (Sociological Unit), Trauma, Reaction Time, Feedback (Response), Training, Parents, Caregivers
Child Welfare League of America. P.O. Box 932831, Atlanta, GA 31193-2831. Tel: 800-407-6273; Tel: 770-280-4164; e-mail: order@cwla.org; Web site: http://www.cwla.org
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Language: English
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