Promising Practices For Children In Court Proceedings

This section contains multi-disciplinary resources to assist legal professionals, social services professionals, and legal advocates with guiding children through the legal process. 

General Programs contains links to statewide materials and resources that provide guiding principles of safety and stability for battered women and their children.

Psychology/Physiology provides links and resources for understanding traumatized and maltreated children. 

Preparing a Child for Court contains downloadable booklets to assist legal professionals and advocates with preparing children for court.

Investigation contains best practices for investigating child abuse.

Testifying contains interviewing practices to minimize child trauma.