CFSP 5 Year Plan - RI Department of Children, Youth & Families

Child Protective Services (CPS) Training Modules
Course Syllabus Type of Training
techniques in assessing offender vs abuse reactive
characteristics in relation to victims and child perpetrators.
Forensic
Interviewing and
Interrogation I - II
2 day training designed to enhance knowledge and skills of
child protective investigators, Intake staff, and CPS
administrators regarding interview and interrogation
techniques for suspected adult perpetrators in child
abuse/neglect investigations. Trainer is certified by the FBI
Academy.
Training for CPS
staff – All staff
currently trained.
New training
provided as
needed.
Training Institute on Youth Who Sexually Abuse –
The Department has also developed and implemented five training courses
specifically on the issue of juveniles who sexually offend. The training outlined in the
following table is designed to increase knowledge and skills for DCYF staff and
contracted residential and community-based provider staff who work with adolescents
who have been adjudicated and those who have not been adjudicated of sex offenses.
The training was developed through a collaboration between DCYF and providers with
expertise in working with juvenile sex offenders focusing on risk management, and
importantly, with the representation of victims advocates to ensure a balanced training
inclusive of the victims’ voice. None of these classes are charged to IV-E.
Training Institute on Youth Who Sexually Abuse
Workshop Syllabus Target Audience
#1 Youth Who Sexually Abuse:
An Overview
3 hour training designed to ensure
that all staff responsible for
working with adolescents in the
care and custody of DCYF who
sexually offend are trained to
provide a consistent level of quality
in each facility and in the
community.
DCYF contracted provider staff
for residential treatment and
community-based support
services; DCYF contract
monitoring staff; Juvenile
Probation and Parole staff;
community-based clinicians.
#2 Developmental Issues of
Youth Who Sexually Abuse
3 hour training designed to ensure
that staff responsible for working
with adolescents in the care and
custody of DCYF have an
DCYF contracted provider staff
for residential treatment and
community-based support
services; DCYF contract
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