Training

Access the following links for further training opportunities and resources.

National training opportunities

Medical professionals

• Mississippi Coalition Against Sexual Assault
• International Association of Forensic Nurses

Prosecutors

• National District Attorneys Assocation - Child Abuse Training
• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

Law enforcement

• Fox Valley Technical College
• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

Social workers

• The National Children's Advocacy Center
• National Children's Alliance

All disciplines

• Chadwick Center for Children and Families - San Diego Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment
• Office of Justice Programs

Training materials

• Investigating Asphyxial Deaths
• Family Preservation and Reunification: How Effective a Social Policy
• Fracture Evaluation in the Pediatric Autopsy: Basic Pathology with Radiologic Correlation
• Guardian Ad Litem handouts
• The Heat of the Moment: Burns, Child Abuse and the MDT | Jonathan Thackeray, M.D.
• What To Expect From A Forensic Medical Examination At The Children's Justice Center
• Dr. Jonathan Thackeray's Lecture: Child Physical Abuse

Head trauma training

• Abusive Head Trauma in Infants and Children
• Understanding Abusive Head Trauma

Investigating child sexual abuse training

• Investigating Child Sexual Abuse
• Pre-test Questions and Answers
• Post-test Questions and Answers
• Ten Year Research Update Review: Child Sexual Abuse
• The Prevention of Childhood Sexual Abuse
• Sexual Abuse and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Children and Adolescents
• The Evaluation of Sexual Abuse in Children
• Examination Findings in Legally Confirmed Child Sexually Abuse: It's Normal to be Normal
• National Children's Advocacy Center Forensic interview Structure
• Forensic Evidence Findings in Prepubertal Victims of Sexual Assault
• How Suggestible Are Preschool Children? Cognitive and Social Factors

Family violence and child abuse

• Family Violence: Intimate Partner Violence, Child Abuse, and Their Overlap