EPISODE SUMMARY:

Children with disabilities may be at a greater risk for maltreatment than children without disabilities. For many professionals in the child advocacy field, these cases can be difficult because of a lack of understanding, knowledge, and basic skills to effectively work with a child with a disability. In this episode, we start your journey of building basic skills needed to effectively work with the children with disabilities who come through your CAC and with their families.

My guest is Staci Whitney, the Director of Forensic Interviewing Training for the Modell Consulting Group, LLC. Staci is a forensic interviewer, trainer, and has extensive training and experience interviewing children and individuals with disabilities who are victims of crime. During our conversation, Staci talks about individuals can overcome the challenges they face when working on cases involving individuals with disabilities as well as what CACs and teams can do to improve their response when cases present themselves.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES:

• Staci Whitney bio: https://www.modellconsultinggroup.com/about
• Modell Consulting Group: https://www.modellconsultinggroup.com/
• Northeast Regional CAC: www.nrcac.org

Have an idea for a future Team Talk guest or topic? We want to hear from you! Email your suggestions to Tony DeVincenzo at [email protected].

Disclaimer: This project was sponsored by NRCAC from Grant Award Number 2019-CI-FX-K005 and CFDA #16.758 awarded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, OJJDP or NRCAC.