Children's Service Society of Wisconsin's Child Advocacy Center of North-Central Wisconsin provides assessments to children who may have been harmed. The goal of the center is to protect children from abuse and provide resources to help them heal.
Location
520 N. 28th Ave., Suite 110 Wausau, WI 54401 Phone: (715) 848-8600
Services
In addition to providing cases reviews, expert testimony and professional consultations, the Child Advocacy Center of North-Central Wisconsin provides the following services:
Child abuse assessment: The assessment process includes a complete medical examination and an interview with a social worker specially trained to work with traumatized kids. All work is carefully documented on videotape or DVD to meet judicial standards.
Referral: Following assessment, suspected victims of abuse will be referred by center staff members to psychological counselors, family counselors, medical care and psychiatric and developmental rehabilitation specialists in their home communities who can aid in their recoveries.
Case tracking and data collection: The center tracks outcomes on all cases for evaluation and services. Information tracked includes types of maltreatment, relationship of the alleged offender to the child, child protection outcomes and exposure to domestic violence.
Professional and community education: The center provides ongoing training to law enforcement officers, social workers, physicians, nurses and other professionals in north-central Wisconsin, and facilitates the sharing of research in investigative techniques.
The Child Advocacy Center of North-Central Wisconsin is a collaboration between Children's Service Society of Wisconsin and the following community partners:
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, serving Wisconsin, Northern Illinois and
Michigan's Upper Peninsula and beyond through nationally-recognized programs.
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