Training Catalog

Child Sexual Abuse

Target Audience

Medical professionals, law enforcement, attorneys, child protective services, school employees, community providers and all others who work with children

Description

This one-hour course is designed for participants seeking to increase their awareness of the medical aspects of child sexual abuse.  Participants will learn:

• Definition of child sexual abuse
• Disclosure and/or presentation of sexual abuse
• Conditions commonly confused with sexual abuse
• Medical examination of sexual abuse

  - Use of colposcope

  - Importance of staff expertise

  - Techniques for examination (for medical professionals only)

• Myths about the sexual abuse exams

Using case examples and images, participants will have an opportunity to compare normal anatomy with sexual abuse.

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