Time: 2 hours, 38 minutes
Credit: 3 Learning CEs

Presenter: W. Joseph Wyatt, Ph.D.

Course Description: Three historic disaster cases of child sexual abuse are described with erroneous findings functionally analyzed.  Representative research on false allegation rate includes the interviewer’s questioning style (when the interviewer has a bias that something happened), the use of anatomically detailed dolls, children’s verbal styles and negative stereotyping by the interviewer and others. Clear recommendations are provided for interviewing children with cautions relative to popular methods by which nonprofessionals are trained.

Objectives:

• Articulate the false allegation rate.
• Describe the functional analysis of three high-profile cases gone wrong.
• Describe representative research on child interviews.
• List recommendations for professional practice in interviewing children who may have been sexually abused.
• Describe cautions regarding erroneous beliefs and techniques in child interviewing.

Keywords: Child sexual abuse, interviewing, assessment, research, training
 
Rating: This course is recommended for individuals interested in the application of behavioral practice in the area of child welfare.

Access: 60 days from the date and time of registration

Important notes:  Your access begins at the time of purchase, not the time of log in.  Effective July 1, 2022, Florida Tech no longer offers extensions for CE courses; if you do not finish your course and need to repurchase, please contact us.  If you are taking this course to maintain your BACB certification, you will need to write your certification number on your certificate of completion, as the BACB requires that your certificate of completion includes your certification number.

For more information, if you experience problems when registering, or if you need to repurchase a CE please email us at ceu@fit.edu

Refund Policy

No refunds are provided once the course is accessed.

These workshops are presented in partnership between the Florida Tech ABA Online program and ABA Technologies, Inc. ABA Technologies, Inc., is a BACB-approved provider of type-2 continuing education hours (provider number: OP-02-0023)