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Item Ensuring the Well Being of Children: A Comprehensive Approach to Trauma-Informed Care for CACs(National Children's Alliance and Northeast Children's Advocacy Center, 2017) National Children's Alliance and Northeast Regional Children's Advocacy CenterMultidisciplinary team (MDT) partnerships are at the core of CAC activities. Just as CACs coordinate services among multiple MDT agencies working with investigation, child safety, and prosecution, it is equally important to coordinate the various agencies working to address children’s mental health needs. Shared responsibility for the safety, permanency and well being of children within the child welfare system require each professional discipline to identify what they are willing to give and what they need to receive. One of the needs to create a process of shared responsibility is to describe and define the respective roles of each different discipline. Notably, the mental health representative on the MDT is not always the best team member to engage in all steps of the Coordinated Response Pathway, as each discipline demonstrates unique strengths and areas of expertise.Item Evidence based mental health treatments for child abuse victims: A quick reference guide for multidisciplinary teams and brokers(National Children's Alliance and Northeast Regional Children's Advocacy Center, 2017) National Children's Alliance and Northeast Regional Children's Advocacy CenterBrokers and their multidisciplinary teams are professionals who identify needed services and make referral and case management decisions for the children and families they serve. As professionals responsible for connecting children with mental health treatment, it is important for teams and brokers to understand.