The NACCFI - Child Forensic Interview Structure
The Rational of the NACCFI Forensic Interview Structure:
The rational for the development of a child-centered approach is anchored on the premise that a child’s willingness and competency to participate in the interview is greatly enhanced when the interview strategy is grounded on an informed understanding of the known facts, the child’s safety, emotional, cognitive, and developmental abilities. The 2014 NACCFI child forensic interview structure is a training structure, part of a greater 40 hour online certificate training course.
The 2014 NACCFI forensic interview model not only fosters effective interviewing but also fosters training to ensure that professionals are prudent, active listeners, patient, and capable of maintaining unbiased objectivity and neutrality.
Properly trained and credentialed professionals provide child victims and the public with reasonable assurances of credibility, objectivity, and unbiased professionalism. At the center of the child centered approach is the need for a coordinated community response by a multi-disciplinary team of professionals and trusted members of the child’s family when applicable.
The Empirical Evidence:
The Evidence-Centered Design (ECD) is a construct used in the development of this evidence-based competency training curriculum. This NACCFI child forensic interview structure/model was designed in accordance with the universally accepted Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing, developed jointly by the: American Education Research Association (AERA), the American Psychological Association (APA) and the National Council on Measurements in Education (NCME).
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Certification Board Bios
Hector M. Campos LCSW, DCFI Clinical Social Worker Fredericksburg, Virginia Board Chairman
Joan Carter JD MSW Attorney Arlington, Virginia Board Vice Chairman
Kelly Bober DCFI CAC Executive Director Winchester, Virginia Board Secretary
Naomi Lau LCSW DoD Program Analyst Arlington, Virginia Board Treasurer
Sylvia Aldaz DCFI, LSAA CAC Director New Mexico Professional Member
Christina DiMeglio PsyD Psychologist Boston, Mass Professional Member
Daryl B. Leach LCSW, DCFI Child Forensic Interviewer Rockville, Maryland Professional Member
Lisa Mitton LCSW Child Forensic Interviewer Twin Falls, Idaho Professional Member
Barbara Craig MD, FAAP Director AFCCP Bethesda, Maryland Professional Member
Jackson C. Knox Community Organizer Richmond, Virginia Public Member
Jackson C. Knox Community Organizer Richmond, Virginia Public Member
Examination Task Force Bios
Johanna Hager LCPC, DCFI CAC Executive Director Morison, Illinois
Hector M. Campos, LCSW DCFI Clinical Social Worker Fredericksburg, Virginia
Christina Copland M.S. Ed. Child Forensic Interviewer Maryville, Tennessee
Ann D. Goodall LBSW, ACFI Social Work Specialist Child Forensic Interviewer Topeka, Kansas
Leslie Vassilaros, LSW, DCFI CAC Executive Director Wheeling, West Virginia
Michele Thames, DCFI Child Forensic Interviewer Norfolk, Virginia
Kelly Bober, DCFI CAC Executive Director Winchester, Virginia
Paul D. Naylor, PhD Psychometric Consultant Durham, North Carolina
Daryl B. Leach LCSW, DCFI Child Forensic Interviewer Rockville, Maryland
Lisa Mitton, LCSW Child Forensic Interviewer Twin Falls, Idaho