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About What to Expect When Working Child Abuse Cases?
About What to Expect When Working Child Abuse Cases?
This course will orient multidisciplinary team (MDT) members to the dynamics surrounding child abuse cases. These dynamics include ways to appropriately respond to trauma behaviors in the field, and how to question children in a developmentally appropriate manner without interfering with the investigation and/or prosecution. Learn how to apply strategies to set children up for success in the process. Participants will learn the following:
Discuss different solutions for specific trauma responses.
Explain different behaviors and statements made by children who experience abuse.
Revise complex questions to be more developmentally appropriate.
Discuss different strategies for preparing children for the process.
What to Expect When Working Child Abuse Cases is designed for MDT professionals who do not conduct forensic interviews.
Training is pending CLEST approval
Upcoming Trainings
Upcoming Trainings
We are excited to announce our upcoming training.
What to Expect When Working Child Abuse Cases
Training Date/Time:
To Be Announced
Training Location:
To Be Announced
Seating is limited to 50 participants.
CACar offers this training biannually. It will be held in Northwest Arkansas in the spring and Little Rock in the fall. We ask that you attend the session nearest to your jurisdiction or service area.
Please contact Savannah Robbins (srobbins@cacarkansas.org) if you need any technical assistance or have any questions concerning this training!
What to Expect When Working Child Abuse Training Staff
What to Expect When Working Child Abuse Training Staff
Markett Humphries, J.D., M.P.A.
Markett Humphries, J.D., M.P.A.
Markett is the Multidisciplinary Team Project Director at the Children’s Advocacy Centers of Arkansas (CACar). With over 20 years of experience in law enforcement, child protection, and the legal field, Markett brings a wealth of expertise to her role that includes legislation, public policy, grant writing, leadership, and program development.
Markett served as a patrol officer, detective, advanced crime scene technician, field trainer, sergeant, and police instructor with the Jacksonville Police Department. After retiring from law enforcement, she was a senior investigator with the Arkansas State Police – Crimes Against Children Division where she investigated child maltreatment cases, represented the agency in administrative and dependency-neglect hearings, and conducted trainings on child maltreatment and trauma.
Markett serves as chair for the CACar’s forensic interview committee and the Arkansas Human Trafficking Council’s strategic planning and protocol workgroup. She is a certified law enforcement instructor, Project FORECAST facilitator, faculty member for ChildFirst® Arkansas, and member of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC).
Markett holds a Juris Doctorate from William H. Bowen School of Law, and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She also holds bachelor degrees from UA Little Rock in psychology and criminal justice with an emphasis in legal studies and law enforcement administration.
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