Kids Are the Experts: Youth Perspectives on Healing After Abuse

In this episode of One in Ten, host Teresa Huizar speaks with Kristi Westphaln (UCLA School of Nursing) about integrating children’s voices into Children's Advocacy Center (CAC) outcome measurement and understanding what healing after abuse means to youth. Westphaln describes her work with the Canopy CAC and a scoping review showing CAC literature emphasizes programmatic measures (forensic interviews, prosecution) more than child perspectives, and how this aligned with the National Children’s Alliance Youth Feedback Survey pilot.Time Stamps: Time. Topic 00:00 Kids Are The Experts 01:14 Kristi’s CAC Journey 04:19 Why Youth Voices Matter 08:03 Youth Survey Primer 09:07 Three Healing Questions 12:14 Who Joined The Study 17:20 What Healing Means 21:33 Talking And Support 24:35 Pets Faith Justice 31:12 What CACs Can Do 37:14 Trauma Without The Word 39:44 Key Takeaways And Thanks 43:36 Closing And Where To Listen Resources:Talk with me about it: Child and youth perspectives on healing after child abuse - ScienceDirectSupport the showDid you like this episode? Please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts.