DC Court’s STAR Assessment Tool Training (PowerPoint)
Description
In this peer-to-peer forum, presenters Shelia Roberson-Adams and Katara Watkins-Laws, Ph.D from the Court Social Services Division of the DC Superior Court, discuss the STAR Assessment Tool and how it can be useful in helping courts identify child victims of trafficking. They also dive into the following:
- Background of the Sex Trafficking Assessment Review (STAR) at DC Courts
- Unique factors related to screening CSEC
- Understanding Screening vs. Assessment
- Development of the Sex Trafficking Assessment Review (STAR) at DC Courts
- STAR in practice
- Supporting Materials of STAR
- Process for obtaining training in STAR
Faculty Presenters
- Sheila Roberson-Adams, Deputy Director, Family Court Social Services Division
- Katara Watkins-Laws, Chief Psychologist, Child Guidance Clinic
Referenced Materials
- Matrix of Screening Tools to Identify Commercially Sexually Exploited Children
- Towards the Discreet Identification of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) Victims and Individualized Interventions: Science to Practice (Andretta et al., 2016)
- STAR Screening Introduction
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