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20 J. Child Sexual Abuse 1 (2011)

handle is hein.journals/wcsa20 and id is 1 raw text is: journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 20:1-13, 2011 Routledae Copyright @ Taylor & Francis Group, LLCGru ISSN: 1053-8712 print/1547-0679 online DOI: 10.1080/10538712.2011.539999 TREATMENT AND PRACTICE ISSUES A State Survey of Child Advocacy Center Therapists' Attitudes toward Treatment Manuals and Evidence-based Practice MARLYS STAUDT University of Ten nessee, Knoxville, Ten nessee, USA MONA WILLIAMS-HAYES Kids First Advocacy Center, Lenoir City, Ten nessee, USA The objective of this descriptive study was to examine Child Advocacy Center therapists' attitudes toward treatment manuals and evidence-based practices and to gather information about the treatments they use most frequently. An online survey was sent to 30 therapists employed by 15 Child Advocacy Centers in a southeastern state. The response rate was 70%. The respon- dents generally had positive attitudes toward the use of treatment manuals and the implementation of evidence-based practices. The treatment utilized most frequently was trauma focused cogni- tive-behavioral therapy. More outcome research of Child Advocacy Center services is needed, and information about how children and parents perceive the acceptability and outcomes of Child Advocacy Center services can be used to enhance semvices. KEYWORDS Child Advocacy Centers, evidence-based practice, treatment manuals, child sexual abuse Child Advocacy Centers (CA~s) were developed in the 1980s to increase collaborative teamwork among the various agencies involved in the inves- tigation, prosecution, and treatment of child sexual abuse (CSA) (Reardon, Submitted 22 January 2010; revised 12 April 2010; accepted 14 April 2010. Address correspondence to Marlys Staudt, College of Social Work, University of Tennessee, 202 Henson Hall, Knoxville, TN, 37996. E-mail: mstaudt@utk.edu

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