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Coordinated Investigative Response to Child Abuse (CIRCA) - also known as First Responders Training

Open to law enforcement and Health and Human Services personnel and others if space is available. Space is limited to 50 attendees. This is a two-day event and attendance is required for both days. Training is on San Diego’s updated Child Victim Witness Protocol and how to handle crime scenes & cases, medical evaluations, interviewing and law updates. Focus is on coordination of law enforcement and child protection teams. Click on the above registration link for dates, times and locations of trainings. FREE lunch included. CEU’s available.

Child Protection Team Lunch Trainings

A one hour lunch time training on Child Abuse topics of interest identified by the San Diego County Child Protection Management Team. Click on the above registration link for dates, times and locations of trainings. FREE lunch included.

Physical Indications of Child Abuse for the Investigator Training

What indicates abuse, when is abuse not likely, where do injuries occur, controversies and alternate theories, what can the physician say about abuse in court? Open to law enforcement, and Health and Human Services personnel as well as other agencies if space is available. Click on the above registration link for dates, times and locations of trainings. This is a two-day event and attendance is required for both days. Space limited to 50. CEUs available. Free lunch included.

Child Protection Team Management Meetings 

Child Protection Team Management is a bi-monthly meeting at the Rady Children's Hospital - Chadwick Center involving supervisory and management staff of the San Diego Police Department, San Diego Sheriff Department, the District Attorney's Office, Child Welfare Services, San Diego County Counsel, Rady Children's Hospital , Palomar Hospital and Promises2kids. The goal is to seek ways to improve the overall operation and effectiveness of San Diego's multidisciplinary response to serious child abuse.

For information on Child Protection Team meetings, please contact Laurie Fortin at lfortin@rchsd.org  

Child Protection Team Orientation Packet - contains helpful information for new and existing team members regarding the Child Protection Team (CPT) case review meetings held at Rady Children's Hospital and Palomar Hospital; key agency players and contact information; and Child Advocacy Centers hours and services provided.

Child Victim-Witness Protocol was originally developed in 1991 and updated by the San Diego County Child Victim-Witness Protocol Committee in 2012. It guides the multi-disciplinary coordinated response to child abuse.

San Diego Child Victim-Witness Checklist was added as an addendum to the Victim-Witness Protocol in 2012 in an effort to streamline the mulit-disciplinary team response into a series of practical and working checklists.