Child Protection Training Academy

Victoria Veech

There were cameras in every room at the Little House on the University of Illinois campus last Thursday as training began for Child Protection Services workers from across the state.  This gave workers some idea of what to expect when going into a home with suspected abuse.   The next day they followed with a simulation in the courtroom.  There was a retired judge and State’s Attorneys in the simulation and workers were put on the stand as witnesses just as they would on the job.  This gave them experience with proper testimony.  

Director of the Child Protection Training Academy said, “Due to suspected abuse and neglect and then we have to work with our prosecutors and our states attorneys to determine whether children should come into care, stay in the homes or if criminal charges should be filed if there is indeed child abuse or neglect occurring.”

The Child Protection Training Academy at UIS is only one of 2 in the nation.