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Item MDT Orientation Manual(Northeast Regional Children's Advocacy Center, 2020) Northeast Regional Children's Advocacy CenterMultidisciplinary Team Orientation Manual is offered by Northeast Regional Children’s Advocacy Center to provide training information and resources to Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs) to assist with onboarding of new multidisciplinary team (MDT) members. The materials within this manual have been created to accompany CAC plans for onboarding new team members and discipline-specific shadowing opportunities. Some CACs provide annual training for new MDT members and a draft agenda is included in this manual (Attachment 1). Other CACs provide onboarding on a rotating basis, when there are a number of new professionals joining the team. CAC Directors and/or MDT Facilitators often take the lead in creating a process to share CAC overview and operations.Item Minimal Facts Guidelines Information for First Responders(Northeast Regional Children's Advocacy Center, 2023) Northeast Regional Children's Advocacy CenterFirst responders, usually law enforcement and child protection, often need to obtain Minimal Facts at a scene or initial response to allegations of abuse. Upon establishing safety and collecting Minimal Facts, a referral can be made for a specialized forensic interview in a child-friendly setting at a CAC. The goal is to minimize trauma to the child and to avoid multiple interviews.Item NRCAC Team Talk-Podcast Series(Northeast Regional Children's Advocacy Center, 2021) Northeast Regional Children's Advocacy CenterEpisode 24 - Forensic Interviewer Skill Development with the National Children's Advocacy Center In the final episode of the 4-part series on Skill Development for Forensic Interviewers, Tony speaks with Andra Chamberlin and Kim Madden from the National Children’s Advocacy Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Both Andra and Kim are trainers and forensic interview specialists with a wealth of experience in the child abuse field. During the conversation, Kim and Andra share their thoughts on the skills needed to be an effective forensic interviewer and how CAC’s and MDT’s can develop a process to where interviews take the foundational knowledge gained during their initial training and build more formative knowledge around the skills needed to be effective.