Children's Service Society of Wisconsin's Chippewa Valley Child Advocacy Center provides interviews with 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
2004 Highland Avenue, Suite M Eau Claire, WI 54701 Phone: (715) 835-5915
Services
In addition to providing case reviews, expert court testimony and professional consultations, the Chippewa Valley Child Advocacy Center provides the following services:
Child abuse assessment: The assessment process includes a complete medical examination and an interview with a social worker who is 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 Chippewa Valley, and facilitates the sharing of research in investigative techniques. The center leads the multidisciplinary team process in Eau Claire and Chippewa counties.
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, serving Wisconsin, Northern Illinois and
Michigan's Upper Peninsula and beyond through nationally-recognized programs.
