Organizations
Missing
and Exploited Children's Training Programs
Fox Valley Technical College
Criminal Justice Department
P.O. Box 2277
1825 North Bluemound Drive
Appleton, WI 54913-2277
800-648-4966
920-735-4757 (fax)
Internet: www.foxvalley.tec.wi.us/ojjdp
Participants are trained in child abuse and exploitation investigative techniques, covering the following areas:
- Recognition of
signs of abuse.
- Collection and
preservation of evidence.
- Preparation of
cases for prosecution.
- Techniques for
interviewing victims and offenders.
- Liability issues.
Fox Valley also offers intensive special training for local child investigative teams. Teams must include representatives from law enforcement, prosecution, social services, and (optionally) the medical field. Participants take part in hands-on team activity involving:
- Development of
interagency processes and protocols for enhanced enforcement, prevention,
and intervention in child abuse cases.
- Case preparation
and prosecution.
- Development of the team's own interagency implementation plan for improved investigation of child abuse.
National Center for Prosecution
of Child Abuse
American Prosecutors Research Institute (APRI)
99 Canal Center Plaza, Suite 510
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-739-0321
703-549-6259 (fax)
The National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse is a nonprofit and technical assistance affiliate of APRI. In addition to research and technical assistance, the Center provides extensive training on the investigation and prosecution of child abuse and child deaths. The national trainings include timely information presented by a variety of professionals experienced in the medical, legal, and investigative aspects of child abuse.
National Children's Alliance
1319 F Street NW., Suite 1001
Washington, DC 20004-1106
800-239-9950 or
202-639-0597
202-639-0511 (fax)
Internet: www.nca-online.org
Regional Children's Advocacy Centers (CAC's):
- Midwest Regional
Children's Advocacy Center, St. Paul, MN, 888-422-2955, 651-220-6750
www.nca-online.org/mrcac.
- Northeast Regional
Children's Advocacy Center, Philadelphia, PA, 215-387-9500, www.nca-online.org/nrcac.
- Southern Regional
Children's Advocacy Center, Rainbow City, AL, 256-413-3158, www.nca-online.org/srcac.
- Western Regional Children's Advocacy Center, Pueblo, CO, 719-543-0380, www.nca-online.org/wrcac.
OJJDP funds the National Children's Alliance and the four regional CAC's to help communities establish and strengthen CAC and multidisciplinary team programs. The Alliance conducts national training events and provides grants for CAC program development and support. The four regional CAC's provide information, onsite consultation, and intensive training and technical assistance to help establish and strengthen CAC's and facilitate and support coordination among agencies responding to child abuse. The Alliance also publishes a number of manuals and handbooks of use to MDT's.
Parents Against Child Abuse
(PACA)
Cheri Robertson
P.O. Box 890095
Temecula, CA 92589
909-699-4800
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Other Titles in This Series Currently there are 12 other Portable Guides to Investigating Child Abuse. To obtain a copy of any of the guides listed below (in order of publication), contact the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse by telephone at 800-638-8736 or e-mail at puborder@ncjrs.org. Recognizing When a Child's Injury or Illness Is Caused by Abuse, NCJ 160938 Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Child Sexual Abuse, NCJ 160940 Photodocumentation in the Investigation of Child Abuse, NCJ 160939 Battered Child Syndrome: Investigating Physical Abuse and Homicide, NCJ 161406 Interviewing Child Witnesses and Victims of Sexual Abuse, NCJ 161623 Child Neglect and Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, NCJ 161841 Criminal Investigation of Child Sexual Abuse, NCJ 162426 Burn Injuries in Child Abuse, NCJ 162424 Law Enforcement Response to Child Abuse, NCJ 162425 Understanding and Investigating Child Sexual Exploitation, NCJ 162427 Forming a Multidisciplinary Team To Investigate Child Abuse, NCJ 170020 Use of Computers in the Sexual Exploitation of Children, NCJ 170021 |