National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges2017-01-052017-01-052016National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (2016). RESEARCH REPORT CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT INSTITUTE EVALUATION: TRAINING IMPACT ON HEARING PRACTICE. Reno, NV: Author.http://www.ncjfcj.org/sites/default/files/NCJFCJ%20Research%20Report%20CANI%202016_0.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/3127The study described in this report further expands CANI’s training evaluation approach to examine whether judges’ participation in the Institute positively impacts their actual on-the-bench judicial practice. Using a quasi-experimental design, the extent to which participation in CANI impacts participants’ initial or preliminary protective hearing (PPH) practice was assessed. Judges provided the researchers with a sample of their pre-CANI PPHs which were then coded, analyzed, and compared to a sample of the same judges’ post-CANI PPHs. PPH practice was selected as the focus for the evaluation not only because CANI includes a major focus on the components of “best hearing practice” and the role of the judge in conducting effective hearings, but also because the PPH is a critical stage in the child abuse and neglect case process.en-USjudgestraining evaluationdependency hearingcourtsjuvenile courtArticle