Citation

Cross TP, Chiu YL, Havig K, Lee L, Tran SP. Child. Youth Serv. Rev. 2021; 131: e106295.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106295

PMID

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Abstract

A new movement has developed to provide simulation training to child protection professionals to prepare them to work with families around child safety and well-being. This article reports on a survey of child protection investigators in Illinois that was conducted as part of a program evaluation of a prominent simulation training program, the Child Protection Training Academy. Simulation-trained investigators continued to value their simulation training months to years later, rated their certification training more highly than investigators without simulation training, and reported less difficulty developing the skills of evidence-based documentation and testifying in court.

Language: en

Keywords

Child protection; Investigators; Simulation training