CFIT Pre-Requisites
Instructions
A. Bookmark or write down this page's address to return to it when needed.
B. Please start with the Pre-Test:
C. Finish the readings and videos.
D. Fill-out this brief confirmation to complete the pre-requisites:
Readings
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Narrative Practice (What is it and Why is it Important?). A Research-to-Practice Summary, June 2010 by Linda Cordisco Steele, M.Ed, LPC for the National Children's Advocacy Center
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Forty Years of Forensic Interviewing of Children Suspected of Sexual Abuse, 1974-2014: Historical Benchmarks, October 2014 by Kathleen Coulborn Faller
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A structured forensic interview protocol improves the quality and informativeness of investigative interviews with children: A review of research using the NICHD Investigative Interview Protocol, March 2007 by Michael E. Lamb, Yael Orbach, Irit Hershkowitz, Phillip W. Esplin, and Dvora Horowitz
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Do we need to rethink guidance on repeated interviews?, November 2010 by David La Rooy, Carmit Katz, Lindsay C. Malloy, & Michael E. Lamb
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Interviewing Children, May 2014 by Thomas D. Lyon
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Disclosure of Child Sexual Abuse: Implications for Interviewing, 2011, by Thomas D. Lyon and Elizabeth C. Ahern
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The State of the Debate About Children's Disclosure Patterns in Child Sexual Abuse Cases, 2006 by Erna Olafson and Judge Cindy S. Lederman
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Child Forensic Interviewing: Best Practices, September 2015 by Chris Newlin, Linda Cordisco Steele, Andra Chamberlin, Jennifer Anderson, Julie Kenniston, Amy Russell, Heather Stewart, and Viola Vaughan-Eden
Videos
Introduction - 12 min.
Dynamics of Sexual Abuse - 1 hr. 12 min.
CPS Investigations - 56 min.
Medical Evaluation of CSA - 45 min.
Effective Investigation and Prosecution of CSA Cases - 50 min.
How Trauma Impacts A Child - 1 hr.
Fill out this brief confirmation to complete the pre-requisites
https://cirinc.wufoo.com/forms/cfit-prerequisites-confirmation/
Following receipt of this confirmation (we will be notified automatically) you will be contacted with the next steps needed to register for any up-coming CFITs.
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