Training Resources

National training opportunities

Medical professionals

• 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

• 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 - Andrew M. Baker, MD
• Fracture Evaluation in the Pediatric Autopsy: Basic Pathology with Radiologic Correlation - Andrew M. Baker, MD
• Family Preservation and Reunification: How Effective a Social Policy? - Richard J. Gelles, PhD
• The Heat of the Moment: Burns, Child Abuse and the MDT - Jonathan Thackeray, MD
• Child Physical Abuse - Jonathan Thackeray, MD

Head trauma training

• Abusive Head Trauma in Infants and Children
• Understanding Abusive Head Trauma - Cindy Christian

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 - Frank Putnam, MD
• The Prevention of Childhood Sexual Abuse - David Finkelhor
• 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