Enid News & Eagle: Local child abuse case professionals to participate in MDT approach training

ENID, Okla. — Child abuse case professionals from Blaine, Canadian, Garfield and Kingfisher counties will participate in trainings about the multidisciplinary team approach this week.

The training, which will be held at Autry Technology Center on Thursday and Friday, gives professionals, including those from Garfield County Child Advocacy Center, foundational training about the multidisciplinary team (MDT) approach to investigating and management of allegations of child abuse, according to a press release from Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth.

Dustin Albright, executive director of GCCAC, said it’s important for MDTs to continue to receive training on the MDT approach.

“Nobody is ever done learning,” Albright said. “The day you say you know it all is the day you need to just go home. Continuing to get education on these things is very important — to continue to train and build knowledge in each of these people that work these cases.”

The MDT approach to investigating allegations of child abuse and neglect is considered best practice, the release states. The training is designed around that belief.

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