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23 J. Child Sexual Abuse 1 (2014)

handle is hein.journals/wcsa23 and id is 1 raw text is: journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 23:1-16, 2014 Routledge Copyright 0 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC Taylor&Francis Group ISSN: 1053-8712 print/1547-0679 online DOI: 10.1080/10538712.2014.859200 BRIDGING THE GAPS IN CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE Child Sexual Abuse and Mandatory Reporting Intervention Preservice Content Preferred by Student Teachers JULIETTE D. G. GOLDMAN Grffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia PETER GRIMBEEK Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia The importance of preservice university teacher training about child sexual abuse and its mandatory reporting intervention is addressed in educational literature, although very little is known about student teachers' learning interests and preferences in this area. In this article, student teachers refer to students in univer- sity who are training to become teachers whose training includes teaching experiences in schools. This study examines the con- tent about child sexual abuse and its intervention that student teachers believe they should learn. Results based on quantitative analyses show the relative importance of gender in determining responses to questions about university training and, to a lesser extent, the importance of a previous acquaintance with victims of sexual abuse, previous employment, and the length of the uni- versity course. Results based on qualitative data show that content knowledge preferred by elementary/primary and secondary school student teachers includes the teacher's role in mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse and signs, experiences, and responses to stu- dent disclosure. Student teachers prefer content examples of school professionals' responses and procedures after disclosure and pre- fer direct learning content from intervening school professionals. Received 10 December 2011; revised 26 May 2012; accepted 11 December 2012. Address correspondence to Juliette D. G. Goldman, Griffith University, Parklands Drive, Building G30, Gold Coast, Queensland 4222, Australia. E-mail: j.goldman@griffith.edu.au 1

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