I Take It Back: When a Child Recants Allegations of Sexual Abuse
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I Take It Back: When a Child Recants Allegations of Sexual Abuse

Duration: 1h 31m | Recorded on June 6, 2018

Discuss the risk factors that might be present in a case, which could be indicative of a possible recant. Explain and recognize potential ways to ensure both the physical and emotional protection of the child as well as immediate intervention services in an effort to prevent a recant in the first place. Discuss and identify ways for the multidisciplinary team to evaluate the report of recantation to determine what to do next. Recognize when a second interview should occur, by whom and the adjustments that need to be made to traditional interview protocols in order to gather pertinent information.

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What's In It For You

Upon completion of this webinar, you will : * Gain a better understanding of the disclosure process and how recantation can sometimes be a normal part of this process * Recognize the blocks to disclosure that can exist as a result of the victim dynamics and offender grooming and manipulation tactics * Receive very specific examples of techniques that can be used when interviewing these victims

Is This Training For You?

* Court System Personnel * Law Enforcement * Law Enforcement Support * Prosecutors * Social Workers * Victim Service Providers

Instructors
- Carrie Paschall
Carrie Paschall   Chief Investigative and Support Services Officer, Dallas Children's Advocacy Center

Carrie Paschall oversees the operations of the Forensic Interview and the Family Support Services Teams. Previously she was with the Tarrant County District Attorney’s office as the child forensic interviewer where she assisted local, state and federal law enforcement officials by conducting interviews of children in cases where the child is alleged to have been the victim of or witness to child abuse and other violent crimes and has interviewed over 5,400 children. Carrie is often called upon by prosecutors to testify as an expert witness on forensic interviewing, disclosure, grooming and recantation in both civil and criminal cases and has testified in numerous criminal and civil trials in both juvenile and district court in Texas, and in other states. Carrie worked with Texas Child Protective Services for five years prior to becoming a forensic interviewer.

Carrie Paschall   Chief Investigative and Support Services Officer, Dallas Children's Advocacy Center

Carrie Paschall oversees the operations of the Forensic Interview and the Family Support Services Teams. Previously she was with the Tarrant County District Attorney’s office as the child forensic interviewer where she assisted local, state and federal law enforcement officials by conducting interviews of children in cases where the child is alleged to have been the victim of or witness to child abuse and other violent crimes and has interviewed over 5,400 children. Carrie is often called upon by prosecutors to testify as an expert witness on forensic interviewing, disclosure, grooming and recantation in both civil and criminal cases and has testified in numerous criminal and civil trials in both juvenile and district court in Texas, and in other states. Carrie worked with Texas Child Protective Services for five years prior to becoming a forensic interviewer.

Contact Information

Jeanette Leitner
(877) 798-7682
jeanette.leitner1969@fvtc.edu
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