Multi-Disciplinary teams (MDTs) have often been presented as the key to dealing with a
number of intractable problems associated with responding to allegations of physical and …

Background Identification, substantiation, prosecution, and treatment of child sexual abuse
often rely heavily on a disclosure from the victim in the absence of corroborating evidence …

Abstract Background The Children's Advocacy Center (CAC) model is the predominant
multidisciplinary model that responds to child sexual abuse (CSA) in the United States (US) …

The physical and sexual abuse of children is a complex social issue that often requires a
multi-disciplinary response; an alliance between police, child welfare authorities, mental …

Abstract Background Children's Advocacy Centers (CACs) use a multidisciplinary team
(MDT) approach to initiate, coordinate, and provide essential multisector services for …

Background/Purpose Identifying child abuse is sometimes challenging due to its various
presentations. To facilitate timely identification of critical or complex cases of physical abuse …

The introductory chapter starts with a reflection from the author's personal experience of
social work practice and working with a family where the children are neglected and on the …

Objective Combined paediatric and forensic medical expertise to interpret physical findings
is not available in Dutch healthcare facilities. The Dutch Expertise Centre for Child Abuse …

Over the past two decades law enforcement has been given new mandates to identify and
respond to the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC). While CSEC has been …

Caregivers consider child abuse disclosures stressful life events, but research has not
investigated whether this stress affects caregiver ratings of child trauma symptomatology …