Better support for young victims of sexual violence: the impact of our training services across the socio-judicial sector in 2022–2023

Employees working for a Crime Victims Assistance Centre (CAVAC), legal aid, the Crown and the Director of Youth Protection (DYP), investigators, lawyers for the sector’s community organizations, professionals providing medico-social interventions and psychotherapeutic services, as well as community organization staff members.

• Learn about the many different contexts and types of disclosure of sexual violence to better understand young victims as a whole as well as their victimization experience.
• Recognize children’s cognitive abilities and suggestibility in order to adapt interventions to a child’s capacities and avoid unintentionally influencing their testimony.
• Develop strategies to effectively support young people and their loved ones so as to reduce risks of secondary victimization, an often overlooked but vital issue of the healing process.
• Address the resistance of young people in a non-suggestive manner during interviews, fostering a climate of trust and understanding.
• Master non-suggestive interviewing techniques to ensure complete and detailed testimonies.

Interested in learning more and taking your professional practice further?

• Contact our Prevention and Training services team
• Learn more about the NICHD training programs
• Discover our “Les connaissances de base sur la violence sexuelle envers les enfants et ses conséquences” e-training

Don’t miss this opportunity to help build a protective community around our kids. Together, we have the power to change things!

• Check out our infographic! It details the impact and progress of our courses for the socio-judicial sector in 2022–2023