The Multidisciplinary Team Provides Leadership

The Children’s Advocacy Center of Lawrence County is thrilled with the recognition and opportunities the multidisciplinary team has had over the last year.

          The multidisciplinary team which is comprised of the following agencies: the District Attorney’s Office, Children and Youth Services, the Women’s Shelter/Rape Crisis Center, Human Services Center, Inc., and Family Health Council, Inc., has been recruited by local, regional, and state agencies to provide training and leadership to other communities starting a multidisciplinary team or Child Advocacy Center. 

          Beginning in October 1999, members of the team presented to several counties in Pennsylvania and Ohio and presented for the Pennsylvania District Attorney’s Institute and the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency.  Their presentation on “Best Practices for Multidisciplinary Teams” has received excellent reviews and has led to other opportunities for mentoring and leadership as well as recognition in Lawrence County for their commitment and dedication to child abuse victims.

          Lawrence County is fortunate to have such a dedicated and progressive group of professionals working to reduce the trauma many children experience through abuse and the subsequent investigation of that abuse.   As a result of their leadership in our community, 90 offenders have been held accountable since the team began working in collaboration in 1997 and abused children of our community have received the compassionate and effective response they so need.