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Message ID: 11377
Date: 2024-05-24

Author:deantongaol.com

Subject:Re: Research on fallacy of "good touch"

To effectuate protocol for moving away from Touch Inquiry in alleged child sex abuse investigations and court cases would first require disbanding the RATAC (aka Cornerhouse aka ChildFirst aka Finding Words) child forensic interview methodology and to my knowledge it's the second most widely used method behind the National Children's Alliance (NCA) protocol - https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/cornerhouse-forensic-interviewing-protocol-ratac Dean Tong, MSc., CFC, RCFI 8321 Fox Hollow Drive Port Richey, Florida 34668 727.819.3993., Phone/Fax 813.417.5362., Cell https://port.academia.edu/DeanTong abuse-excuse.com DeanTong@aol.com Dean Tong Training Video for Attorneys - https://youtu.be/SR0_ryU4ZsU In a message dated 5/23/2024 9:53:02 AM Eastern Daylight Time, crabtree.rand@gmail.com writes: Good afternoon, I am intrigued and love the idea. I don't have any literature off hand to offer, but wanted to suggest looking into Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) literature. I use it in my practice with sexual abuse survivors and it focuses in on "safe" touch versus "good" touch. Rand Crabtree, PhD, LPC Crabtree Counseling PLLC On Wed, May 22, 2024, 1:37 PM Melissa Bright > wrote: Hi All - I am working on a piece and need to provide evidence for why it is important to move away from phrases like “good” and “bad” touch (because abuse may feel physically good) for the prevention of child sexual abuse. Anyone have an empirical citation for this? Melissa Bright, PhD Founder and Executive Director Center for Violence Prevention Research scienceofviolence.org | stay connected | support our work

To effectuate protocol for moving away from Touch Inquiry in alleged child sex abuse investigations and court cases would first require disbanding the RATAC (aka Cornerhouse aka ChildFirst aka Finding Words) child forensic interview methodology and to my knowledge it's the second most widely used method behind the National Children's Alliance (NCA) protocol - https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/cornerhouse-forensic-interviewing-protocol-ratac Dean Tong, MSc., CFC, RCFI 8321 Fox Hollow Drive Port Richey, Florida 34668 727.819.3993., Phone/Fax 813.417.5362., Cell https://port.academia.edu/DeanTong abuse-excuse.com DeanTongaol.com Dean Tong Training Video for Attorneys - https://youtu.be/SR0_ryU4ZsU In a message dated 5/23/2024 9:53:02 AM Eastern Daylight Time, crabtree.randgmail.com writes: Good afternoon, I am intrigued and love the idea. I don't have any literature off hand to offer, but wanted to suggest looking into Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) literature. I use it in my practice with sexual abuse survivors and it focuses in on "safe" touch versus "good" touch. Rand Crabtree, PhD, LPC Crabtree Counseling PLLC On Wed, May 22, 2024, 1:37 PM Melissa Bright > wrote: Hi All - I am working on a piece and need to provide evidence for why it is important to move away from phrases like “good” and “bad” touch (because abuse may feel physically good) for the prevention of child sexual abuse. Anyone have an empirical citation for this? Melissa Bright, PhD Founder and Executive Director Center for Violence Prevention Research scienceofviolence.org | stay connected | support our work