The Canadian Child Interviewing Research Team (CCIRT) examines methods for obtaining the most honest and accurate reports from child witnesses and victims
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How do lawyers build rapport with child witnesses? Our new Open Access study examing Canadian lawyers' self-reported rapport building found that lawyers' overlooked several important elements of rapport building and prosecution/defence differences
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Examining child maltreatment investigators’ perspectives of the impact of the pandemic on children in Canada themes of increased exposure to violent, stress and challenges faced by families, reduced access to services, and delays in investigations emerged.
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Our project examining Canadian Child Maltreatment investigator's experiences working with child victims during the COVID-19 pandemic is now published (Open Access) in the Journal of Forensic Social Work.
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The registration portal for the 2023 AP-LS Conference is now open. To register for the conference (including pre-conference workshops), book your room, or sign up for the fun run, please go to: apls.memberclicks.net/2023_c…
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How do lawyers prepare for, question, and respond to children as witnesses in court? Our findings, in Child Abuse & Neglect, show that Canadian lawyers report knowledge generally consistent with best practices for questioning children. 👇
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Canadian Child Interviewing Reseach Team retweeted
19 Apr 2022
Less than a week until our webinar to discuss our new white paper on #childsexualabuse. Don't forget to register: wellesley.zoom.us/webinar/re… #criminaljustice #socialwork @MACA_News @WCWnews @NCAforCACs @Division37ofAPA @nctsn @ChadwickCenter @The_APSAC @CmsnPsu @nijdirector
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🚨Our work on the impact of COVID-19 on Canadian child maltreatment workers has just been published in Children and Youth Services Review
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📌You can also find a infographic summary of our work on our website at ccirt.ca/resources
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Canadian Child Interviewing Reseach Team retweeted
16 Mar 2022
You can find @_shaelynmorgan , one of Dr. Bruer's brilliant Master's students, presenting a paper on how lawyers interview and build rapport with child witnesses Friday afternoon at AP-LS!
The full program for the 2022 AP-LS Conference is now available! Also, be sure to familiarize yourself with all of our COVID guidelines prior to arriving at the conference. Program- dropbox.com/s/agn7zl214efods…
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The CCIRT has recently published a paper in the Journal of Comparative Social Work examining the impact of COVID-19 on Social Work Practices in Canada led Matthew Baker @mcgillu.
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However, during the second wave of the pandemic, urban social workers reported more stress, a greater need for mental health support, and receiving less support than rural social workers
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Our @ChildInterview Reserch Team Co-Founder @AngelaD_Evans and Research Associate @BreanneEWylie along with collaborators recently published a study examining children's willingness to agree to questions that subtly imply they have been coached.
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During International Anti-Corruption Day (Dec 9, 2021), we congratulate Dr. Angela D Evans [AngelaD_Evans] of Brock University -- Recognized as an Expertscape Expert in Deception.
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Canadian Child Interviewing Reseach Team retweeted
14 Jul 2017
How a new #PoliceLineup design by Kaila Bruer of @OISEUofT could help keep the innocent out of jail bit.ly/2ukwwUl
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Canadian Child Interviewing Reseach Team retweeted
3 Nov 2021
Our School Health team is now offering secondary students in Niagara the opportunity to reach out to their school health nurse through live chat!
📅 Monday - Friday
🕚 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Canadian Child Interviewing Reseach Team retweeted
14 Jul 2017
Child witnesses are especially vulnerable — this new procedure by Kaila Bruer of @OISEUofT could help #eyewitness
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Meet our Co-Founder and Research Team Lead, Dr. Angela Evans. Dr. Evans' research focuses on how to question child witnesses to obtain the most honest and accurate reports.
Meet our Co-Founder and Training and Community Connections Team Lead, Dr. Shanna Williams. Dr. Williams is a registered Clinical Psychologist whose research focuses on promoting honesty and foresnic interviewing methods.
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