HS 4460 - Professional and System Responses to Maltreatment

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: A grade of “C” or better in HS 4430.
This course is the second of two courses for the CAST certificate but may be taken as an elective. The purpose of this course is to prepare students to identify and investigate child maltreatment and apply intervention strategies for children and their families including prosecution where indicated. The class will discuss issues related to child witnesses such as recantation, suggestibility, memory and the impact of multiple interviews on children. Role plays and case studies will be used in the course.