Forming a Multi-Disciplinary Team to Investigate Child Abuse

This document also discusses the step-by-step process of forming a team - who should participate, writing a mission statement, writing a protocol, dealing with confidentiality, how to deal with conflict and promote teamwork, and periodic evaluation of the MDT.

Note: This resource is one in a series of Portable Guides to Investigating Child Abuse from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs.