This working group on based on the adage “It takes a village”: regardless of resources, the benefits of collaboration across sectors benefits all victims of child abuse. This working group on collaborative practices gathers to ensure child centered care and best outcomes for children. Regardless of resources, the benefits for collaboration of sectors are well documented and also improve burn out of practitioners, while raising the bar for systems of care.
The Mission of this working group is to share ideas around collaborative practices, and best ways to expand collaboration across sectors, regions, and the world. Our goal is to have global responses to child abuse to benefit all children, regardless of geographic location and resources.
We would like members of this group to discuss what practices and policies work well and strengthen the MDT response in your region. We would also like to be a global forum where members can discuss challenges, and find solutions, big and small, to working as a team in their various communities. Bring your ideas and expertise and collaborate with us on events at ISPCAN Congresses and online throughout the year.
Network with child serving professionals, experts, and mentors worldwide.
Access to data driven effective global Collaborative Care models, frameworks, and programs
Opportunities to present your work at ISPCAN congresses and virtually.
Work alongside world-renowned Multi-Disciplinary Experts to make an impact in this this critical area.
Learn from others and work on global projects, research, and advocacy initiatives.
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If you are a child serving professional or have an interest in learning more about multi-discilinary collaborative responses to child abuse and neglect, then please join us for the latest cutting-edge research and practice in this area, please consider joining us. The Collaborative Care Working group is open to active ISPCAN members only.
Managing child sexual abuse cases well with good outcomes for children can be done anywhere with your existing resources. Learn how with this step-by-step framework that helps you build a team, generate a plan and a process. This living document also has a resource guide for specialty care for each profession who is part of your team and other useful tools.
Bring your ideas and expertise and collaborate with us during the pre-congress Collaborative Care Working Group Meeting in Melbourne. Together, we'll create opportunities to enhance your skills, expand your knowledge, and build meaningful connections.
This framework can be adapted to any community’s needs, highlighting the currents strengths in response and providing support on creating a stronger multidiscipline response where needed
This session focused on the actions taken by professionals to address the abuse, and how collaborative efforts across multiple disciplines would have changed the responses
Half-day pre-congress working group will offer a half-day workshop tailored to multi-disciplinary professionals.
• The Child Welfare Community Collaborations (CWCC) initiative -designed to mobilize communities to develop and evaluate multi-system collaboratives that address local barriers and provide a continuum of services to prevent child abuse and neglect.
• The Importance of Community Involvement in Child Abuse Prevention
• Uniting for Justice: How Collaboration Empowers Investigations of Child Abuse
• Differential Response to Child Protection in an Intercultural Context
• Collaborative Child Abuse Response Training
• Collaborative policing: networked responses to child victims of abuse
Abbie Newman is Chief Executive Officer of External and Global Affairs at Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center, where she has led the organization from its founding into a nationally accredited model of excellence in responding to child abuse. A registered nurse and attorney, Newman has over three decades of experience spanning pediatric care, legal advocacy, and nonprofit leadership. Widely recognized as a national and international expert on multidisciplinary responses to child abuse, child sexual exploitation, and human trafficking, Ms. Newman has presented extensively across the United States and abroad, including at the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) Congresses, the National Children’s Alliance Leadership Conference, and the Kempe Center International Conference. She chaired ISPCAN’s Distinguished Advisory Council Steering Committee on Creating a Framework for International Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Low-Resource Regions. Newman’s expertise has shaped policy and practice at state and national levels, through appointments to the Pennsylvania Governor’s Task Force on Child Pornography, the Victim Services Advisory Committee of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, and multiple National Children’s Alliance task forces.
Mrs. Diahann Gordon Harrison has served as Jamaica’s Children’s Advocate since January 2012 and was appointed as Jamaica’s first National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons in 2015—the first such role in the Latin American and Caribbean region. An experienced Attorney-at-Law with over 20 years at the Public Bar, she previously served as Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions. Known widely for her advocacy, she champions victim-centered, rights-based protection for children and vulnerable groups and emphasizes accountability for human rights violations. Mrs. Gordon Harrison is also certified by Geneva-based Justice Rapid Response as a global expert on International Criminal Law, she specializes in crimes against humanity and war crimes.
