Additional Resources and Links

Multi-Media (Video, Website, Training)

Safeguarding People who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) from Sexual Abuse/Victimization.
Website maintained by the Augmentative Communication Community Partnerships - Canada (ACCPC) http://www.accpc.ca/
KEYWORDS: Communication Disorders
Debbaudt, Dennis (2004). Autism & Law Enforcement Roll Call Briefing Video.
2338 S.E. Holland Street, Port St. Lucie, FL 34952 (772) 398-9756 http://www.autismriskmanagement.com/
KEYWORDS: Autism, Interviewing, Legal Concerns
Autism Speaks. Far reaching advocacy organization dedicated to changing the future for all who struggle with autism spectrum disorders. Supports research, information, training, legislative action worldwide.
http://www.autismspeaks.org
KEYWORDS: Autism, Legal Concerns
American Foundation for the Blind
11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300, New York New York 10001 (212) 502-7600; Fax: (212) 502-7777 afbinfo@afb.net http://www.afb.org
KEYWORDS: Sensory Impairments
Deaf Interpreter Referral Services: New York State
http://www.vesid.nysed.gov/lsn/interpreter.htm
KEYWORDS: Deaf/Hearing Impaired
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID)
http://www.rid.org/
KEYWORDS: Deaf/Hearing Impaired
Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART)- Deaf and Hearing Impaired. By Communication Access Information Center - Sponsered by the National Court Reporters Foundation.
http://www.cartinfo.org/index.html
KEYWORDS: Deaf/Hearing Impaired
Comm Tech Lab - Michigan State University. An online browser website with American Sign Language videos of ASL signs. (Deaf)
http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb
KEYWORDS: Deaf/Hearing Impaired
U.S Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime - Working with Crime Victims with Disabilities. Acting Director, Kathryn M. Truman.
http:www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/factshts/disable.htm
KEYWORDS: Abuse:General
Office for Victims of Crime. Two products including Serving Crime Victims with Disabilities DVD. Includes two award winning videos, "Meet Us Where We Are" and "The Time Is Now," and Victims with Disabilities: The Forensic Interview-Techniques for Interviewing Victims with Communication and/or Cognitive Disabilities.
http:www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/infores/other.htm
KEYWORDS: Interviewing, Communication Disorders, Abuse:General, Disabilities:General
National Criminal Justice References Service. Victims of Crime with Disabilities Resource Guide.
http://wind.uwyo.edu/resourceguide/default.asp
KEYWORDS: Abuse:General, Disabilities:General
Association of University Centers on Disabilities. (AUCD) is a membership organization that supports and promotes a national network of university-based interdisciplinary programs.
http://www.aucd.org/template/index.cfm
KEYWORDS:
Disabilities Manual available online through The J.E. and Z.B. Butler Child Protection Center at The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, New York.
http://montekids.org/programs/cpc/disability/
KEYWORDS: Disabilities:General, Abuse:General
Video Training for Law Enforcement. Police Response to People with Disabilities. Video clips addressing law enforcement situations involving people with disabilities.
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/policevideo/policebroadbandgallery.htm
KEYWORDS: Disabilities:General, Mental Retardation, Deaf/Hearing Impaired, Sensory Impairments, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Disability, Abuse and Personal Rights Project. Based in CA with a strong partnership with the ARC of Riverside, CA. Variety of training, resources available related to abuse and developmental disabilities
http://disability-abuse.com
KEYWORDS: Developmental Disabilities
Untangling the Web: Disability Links
http://www.icdi.wvu.edu/others.htm
KEYWORDS: Disabilities:General
March of Dimes: Health Education Center on Disability
http://www.marchofdimes.com/pnhec/4439.asp
KEYWORDS: Disabilities:General
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities. (NICHCY)
P.O. Box 1492, Washington, DC 20013 (800) 695-0285 http://www.nichcy.org
KEYWORDS: Disabilities:General
LD OnLine.
http://www.ldonline.org/
KEYWORDS: Learning Disabilities
Child Abuse Evaluation & Treatment for Medical Providers - Children and Adolescents with Disabilities. Dr. Ann S. Botash, MD - SUNY Upstate Medical University.
http://www.childabusemd.com/index.shtml
KEYWORDS: Abuse:General, Medical Concerns
New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities.
http://www.omr.state.ny.us/
KEYWORDS: Developmental Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Effective Strategy-Based Curriculum for Abuse Prevention and Empowerment: ESCAPE.
Designed initially for working with women with mental retardation. http://www.tc.edu/oopd/projects.htm?id=Development+and+Evaluation+of+the+ESCAPE+Curriculum
KEYWORDS: Developmental Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Voices Ignored: Sexual Assault of People with Developmental Disabilities (2002). The Center for Child and Family Studies, College of Social Work, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 (803) 777-9408.
http://www.sc.edu/ccfs/products.html
KEYWORDS: Developmental Disabilities, Sexual Abuse, Mental Retardation, Interviewing, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Additional Reference Articles (Full-Text NOT available on this website)

Aldridge, M., & Wood, J. (1998). Interviewing children: A guide for child care and forensic practitioners. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
KEYWORDS: Interviewing, Learning Disabilities, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation, Communication Disorders, Visual Impairments, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Bryen, D. N., Carey, A., & Frantz, B. (2003). Ending the silence: Adults who use augmentative communication and their experiences as victims of crimes. AAC: Augmentative & Alternative Communication, 19(2), 125-134.
KEYWORDS: Communication Disorders, Abuse:General
Clare, I. C. H., & Gudjonsson, G. H. (1995). The vulnerability of suspects with intellectual disabilities during police interviews: A review and experimental study of decision-making. Mental Handicap Research, 8, 110-128.
KEYWORDS: Developmental Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Interviewing, Competency, Legal Concerns, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Debbaudt, Dennis (2002). Autism, advocates, and law enforcement professionals: Recognizing and reducing risk situations for people with autism spectrum disorders. Philadelphia, PA: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Ltd.
KEYWORDS: Autism, Interviewing, Legal Concerns
Fisher, R. P., & Geiselman, R. E. (1992). Memory enhancing techniques for investigative interviewing: The cognitive interview. Springfield, IL: Thomas.
KEYWORDS: Interviewing, Legal Concerns
Gordon, B. N., Jens, K. G., Hollings, R., & Watson, T. E. (1994). Remembering activities performed versus those imagined: Implications for testimony of children with mental retardation. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 23, 239-248.
KEYWORDS: Competence, Interviewing, Mental Retardation, Testimony, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Grauerholz, L. (2000). An ecological approach to understanding sexual revictimization: Linking personal, interpersonal, and socio-cultural factors and processes. Child Maltreatment: Journal of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, 5, 5-17.
KEYWORDS: Sexual Abuse
Greenspan, S., Loughlin, G., Black, R. S. (2001). Credulity and gullibility in people with developmental disorders: A framework for future research. In L. M. Glidden (Ed.), International review of research in mental retardation: Vol. 24. (pp. 101-135). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
KEYWORDS: Competency, Developmental Disabilities, Legal Concerns
Hartwig, J., & Wilson, J.C. (2002). Factors affecting children's disclosure of secrets in an investigatory interview. Child Abuse Review, 11(2), 77-93.
KEYWORDS: Interviewing, Legal Concerns
Kebbell, M. R., Hatton, C., Johnson, S. D., & O’Kelly, C. M. E. (2001). People with learning disabilities as witnesses in court: What questions should lawyers ask? British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 29(3), 98-102.
KEYWORDS: Learning Disabilities, Competency, Legal Concerns, Interviewing
Lindsay, W.R., Taylor, J.L. & Sturmey, P. (2004). Offenders with developmental disabilities. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
KEYWORDS: Disabilities:General, Developmental Disabilities
Mitchell, L., & Buchele-Ash, A. (2000). Abuse and neglect of individuals with disabilities: Building protective supports through public policy. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 10, 225-243.
KEYWORDS: Abuse:General, Legal Concerns
National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information. (2001).
The risk and prevention of maltreatment of children with disabilities. Available from the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect
http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/index.cfm
KEYWORDS: Abuse:General, Disabilities:General
Nettelbeck, T., & Wilson, C. (2000). The influence of competence on personal vulnerability of persons with mental retardation. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 15, 46-63.
KEYWORDS: Mental Retardation, Competency, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Orange, L. M., & Brodwin, M. G. (2005). Assessment and treatment of children with disabilities who have been abused.. In VandeCreek, L..& Allen, J.B. (Ed) Innovations in Clinical Practice: Focus on Health and Wellness, 131-142.
Keywords: Abuse:General, Disabilities:General
Patterson, G. T. (2004). Evaluating the effects of child abuse training on the attitudes, knowledge, and skills of police recruits. Research on Social Work Practice, 14(4), 273-280.
KEYWORDS: Legal Concerns
Perry, A., Bryson, S. E., & Bebko, J. M. (1998). Brief report: Degree of facilitator influence in facilitated communication as a function of facilitator characteristics, attitudes, and beliefs. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 28(1), 87-90.
KEYWORDS: Facilitated Communication, Legal Concerns
Saywitz, K. J., & Nathanson, R. (1993). Children's testimony and their perceptions of stress in and out of the courtroom. Child Abuse and Neglect, 17, 613-622.
KEYWORDS: Interviewing, Legal Concerns
Sharp, H. (2001). Steps towards justice for people with learning disabilities as victims of crime: The important role of the police. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 29(3), 88-92.
KEYWORDS: Learning Disabilities, Legal Concerns
Siegelman, C., Budd, E. C., Spaniel, C., & Schoenrock, C. (1981). When in doubt say yes: Acquiescence in interviews with mentally retarded persons. Mental Retardation, 19, 53-58.
KEYWORDS: Mental Retardation, Interviewing, Legal Concerns, Competency, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Siegelman, C., Budd, E. C., Winer, J., Schoenrock, C., & Martin, P. (1982). Evaluating alternative techniques of questioning mentally retarded persons. American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 86, 511-518.
KEYWORDS: Mental Retardation, Interviewing, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Westat Inc. (1994).
A report on the maltreatment of children with disabilities. Washington, DC: National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect.
http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/service_array/disabilities/maltreatment.cfm
KEYWORDS: Abuse:General, Disabilities:General