Kids Are the Experts: Youth Perspectives on Healing After Abuse

In this episode of One in Ten, host Teresa Huizar speaks with Kristi Westphaln (UCLA School of Nursing) about integrating children’s voices into Children's Advocacy Center (CAC) outcome measurement and understanding what healing after abuse means to youth. Westphaln describes her work with the Canopy CAC and a scoping review showing CAC literature emphasizes programmatic measures (forensic interviews, prosecution) more than child perspectives, and how this aligned with the National Children’s Alliance Youth Feedback Survey pilot.

Time Stamps: 

Time. Topic 

00:00 Kids Are The Experts 

01:14 Kristi’s CAC Journey 

04:19 Why Youth Voices Matter 

08:03 Youth Survey Primer 

09:07 Three Healing Questions 

12:14 Who Joined The Study 

17:20 What Healing Means 

21:33 Talking And Support 

24:35 Pets Faith Justice 

31:12 What CACs Can Do 

37:14 Trauma Without The Word 

39:44 Key Takeaways And Thanks 

43:36 Closing And Where To Listen 

Resources:

Talk with me about it: Child and youth perspectives on healing after child abuse - ScienceDirect

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