Interagency coordination is a strategy for reducing trauma experienced by children during investigations of alleged sexual abuse. This report examines characteristics and outcomes of clients participating in three programs using the Children's Advocacy Model of interagency coordination. Implications for intervention with victims of child sexual abuse are discussed.
This article presents a case study of an experiential approach to teaching undergraduate research methods that engages students in conducting a formative program evaluation of their own BSW program. The project helped promote students' learning; addressed, in part, CSWE accreditation standards; and promoted a culture of organizational learning. Course evaluations indicate that a participatory approach to program evaluation that values students' feedback and provides the opportunity for creating change within the school of social work helped students overcome their resistance to research. Through the practical application of their work, students internalized research concepts and fully appreciated the importance of research in opening up dialogue and creating positive change. This case study suggests that undergraduate social work students' engagement in program evaluation efforts challenges assumptions of expert knowledge and increases the expectation that program graduates will perceive themselves as researchers.
This article uses the multidisciplinary team approach to child sexual abuse as a generative site for research and explores the ways in which shifting meanings of childhood and constructions of sexually abused children and the structuring of team practice poses problems for multidisciplinary team members. It argues that understanding child sexual abuse and developing community-based practice approaches must be informed by broader perspectives. Linkages are drawn between the multidisciplinary team approach and the `businessing' of human services. A model of critical practice is suggested as a framework for considering new translations of practice with sexually abused children.
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