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ARMED FORCES

CENTER FOR

CHILD PROTECTION

AFCCP

 Established in June 1998

 Location:  10th floor of the “Tower”  National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD

 Current staffing includes:  forensic pediatric sub-specialists  social worker  clinic manager

Mission Statement

Readiness begins at home…

• The mission of the Armed Forces Center for Child Protection (AFCCP):
• Provide objective child maltreatment medical expertise
• When and where it is needed
• Throughout the DoD

AFCCP

Mission:

 local & referral clinical assessments

 training and education

 expert case consultation

CLINICAL ASSESSMENTS

Forensic/Medical Interviews

Medical Examinations, Colposcopy

CLINICAL ASSESSMENTS

On site, CONUS, OCONUS

TRAINING & EDUCATION

TRAINING and EDUCATION

In past five years:

• Trained ~ 40,000 multidisciplinary professionals
• Given 3000 presentations
  • 11 foreign countries
  • 34 states within CONUS
  • Alaska, Hawaii
  • at over 60 military bases

MEDICAL-LEGAL CASE

CONSULTATION and ASSISTANCE IN COURT

Forensic/medical case review, provide advice and written reports

Expert court consultation

AFCCP

Who should call us?

 physicians, PNPs, PAs  social workers  criminal investigators  lawyers

WHEN TO CONSULT AFCCP

Complex child physical abuse cases

Complex child neglect cases

Complex child sexual abuse cases

Multiple victim child abuse cases

Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy cases

Child fatalities

Child pornography

Juvenile offender sexual abuse cases

Child Abuse/Forensic Pediatrics

• pediatric and adolescent GYN
• forensic photo and video-colposcopy
• detailed documentation ofphysical injuries
• sexually transmitted diseases
• forensic biochemical testing
• sexual development of children
• legal review of suspected childpornography
• forensic pathology
• biomechanics of injury
• diseases misdiagnosed as childmaltreatment
• failure to thrive and neglect
• punch biopsies for geneticdiseases
• collection and maintenance offorensic evidence
  • factitious illness (MSBP)
  • forensic interviewing of children
  • psychological effects of abuse and neglect on children
  • family dynamics of abusive families
  • forensic interviewing of suspected abuse perpetrators
  • law enforcement and child protection procedures
  • public policy in the area of child protection
  • knowledge of court procedures in civil and criminal cases
  • expert medical testimony
  • collaboration with multidisciplinary child protection professionals
  • tele-medicine