Course in Child Maltreatment

Instructor: Jessica Greenwald O’Brien, PhD

Child Maltreatment is designed for professionals engaged in providing services to youth, families, and the courts who seek to provide or understand best practices of investigation, evaluation, and testimony in matters of child abuse or neglect including sexual abuse in the context of divorce. Participants will distinguish between forensic and clinical evaluations, enhance reliability of interviews of children, apply a systematic approach to providing a sound evidence-based report and opinion, and identify ethical issues inherent in evaluations and testimony. This training provides 28 Continuing Education Credits. The course is a blended learning format and spans 4 weeks of online coursework for 13 hours and 15 hours of on-site instruction over a weekend-in-residence. 

• General: law, policy, systems overview, consultation and testimony 
• Evaluations: parenting, family 
• Specialty evaluations: domestic violence, sexual abuse, physical maltreatment 
• Empirically-based treatments and best practices 

Applicants will demonstrate an interest in family forensics and may include mental health professionals, lawyers, judges, probation officers, juvenile justice professionals, child welfare professionals, and court service workers. Prerequisites include an advanced degree in law, mental health, human services or criminal justice and certification or licensure in law, mental health or mediation. A formal transcript and a writing sample will be required for all applicants taking these courses for academic credi

Online Course begins March 4, 2019
Weekend in Residence: April 5-6, 2019, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
28 CE Credits
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