CHILD ABUSE NETWORK INC
2829 SOUTH SHERIDAN, TULSA, OK 74129 www.childabusenetwork.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: In Tulsa County there are several agencies that address prevention and treatment of child abuse, but the Child Abuse Network (CAN) is the ONLY non-profit that provides intervention services for children and their non-offending families/caregivers involved in child abuse investigations. CAN is located in a safe, child-friendly facility known as the Childrens Advocacy Center, where members of the Tulsa County Multi-Disciplinary Child Abuse Team (MDT) are co-located to meet the needs of abused children and their families with compassionate, collaborative, and competent intervention services to stop the hurt and connections to mental health and support services to start the healing. The Child Abuse Network (CAN) and the Multi-Disciplinary Child Abuse Team (MDT) were established by public and private community agencies to address 1) system re-traumatization of child abuse victims and 2) coordination of services and programs for child abuse victims and their non-offending families. CANs cent

To provide collaborative intervention services to child abuse victims, so that they are encouraged to embrace a future driven by hope. The Child Abuse Networks (CAN) program consistently achieves its missional objectives to 1) provide intervention services upon request, 2) provide forensic interviews and medical evaluations in a single location with care, compassion, and competency, and 3) collaborate with team agencies to help ensure informed decisions that lead to safety, hope, and healing for children.

Forensic Interviews (1,228/year, 102/month): The Child Abuse Network (CAN) employs professional child-interview specialists who conduct non-leading and therapeutically-sound forensic interviews at the request of child welfare (DHS) or law enforcement investigators. CAN's interviewers are specially trained to facilitate children's abilities to make accurate statements about their experiences regarding reported abuse. CAN requires its interviewers have a broad base of knowledge that includes child development, family systems, and the dynamics of abuse.

Mental Health Consultations and Referrals (Mental health consultations 110/year, 8.3/month and Referrals 891/year, 74/month): Child abuse investigations can be very overwhelming, and many children and families have difficulties dealing with new emotions and anxieties. CAN assists families in many ways, including crisis intervention, consultation, and referrals to appropriate therapeutic services and community support programs. CAN employs mental health professionals who have extensive knowledge in child development, the dynamics of abuse, crisis intervention, family systems, and community resources. Their primary focus is to provide immediate support and information to children and their non-offending caregivers, so they can establish long-term relationships with appropriate community support programs and therapeutic services.

Medical Evaluations (968/year, 80/month): Specially trained child abuse pediatricians and a nurse (LPN) from the University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine (Tulsa) provide child abuse medical evaluations. The medical component is designed to respond to same/next day requests from child welfare (DHS) and law enforcement. By coordinating with child welfare and law enforcement, CAN assures that medical evaluations are conducted during the childs appointment at CAN as part of a child abuse investigation, thus avoiding multiple exams by different providers. Medical evaluations are one of CANs most critical services. Medical findings assist investigators in determining whether abuse has occurred. Additionally, the child-friendly medical experts often relieve any anxiety that children may have about the health of their body.

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