Haruv Institute - Annual Report 2017

STUDY AND TRAINING PROGRAMS ׀ LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL FIELDS

Certification of Youth Investigators in Collaboration with the Police Goal: To train police officers towards their certification as youth investigators, to enable them to question child and youth victims of abuse and neglect, and their families. To learn about different forms of abuse, and the impact of trauma on children. Target Population: Police officers.

Number of Sessions: 5 full study days

Participants: 30-40 participants each study day, a total of 170 police officers

Location: Throughout Israel

Budget: NIS 25,000

Certifying Youth Investigators as Investigators of the Invalid Goal: To train certified youth investigators to serve as investigators of the invalid, certified to question child and youth victims of abuse and neglect, and their families. Exposure to different forms of abuse, and the impact of trauma on children. Target Population: Youth investigators.

Number of Sessions: 10

Participants: 35

Location: The National Police Academy, Beit-Shemesh

Budget: NIS 25,000

One-Day Seminar for Legal Aides In Partnership with: The Ozmat Institute

Goal: To study what characterizes maltreated children, and the risk factors hidden in the exposure to violence; the destructive influences of continual exposure to domestic violence, even when the child himself was not a victim of this violence; understanding the mechanisms of trauma and post-trauma and familiarity with the world of children exposed to violence. Target Population: Legal aides to Juvenile Court judges

Number of Sessions: 1

Participants: 30

Location: Beit-Efal

Budget: NIS 3,000

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