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Evaluation of outcomes of Mississippi’s Child Advocacy Studies (CAST) initiative

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  • Cross, Theodore P.
  • Chiu, Yu-Ling

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Child Advocacy Studies (CAST) is an academic program in the United States responding to the need in colleges and graduate schools for education on child maltreatment. As of this writing more than 100 American colleges and universities offer CAST courses or a multi-course CAST academic program. Conducting research to evaluate Mississippi’s statewide CAST initiative, the authors gathered data from students in CAST courses in 9 colleges and universities in the state, and 10 non-CAST courses in related fields in 3 Mississippi colleges and universities that did not offer CAST. Most analyses showed advantages for CAST students over non-CAST students on child protection knowledge and judgments in response to child abuse related scenarios and vignettes. CAST students showed significant improvements from the beginning to the end of their CAST course in their self-rating of their skills in child protection and in their judgment in response to vignettes about child maltreatment. This study offers evidence for the value of a CAST program.

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  • Cross, Theodore P. & Chiu, Yu-Ling, 2025. "Evaluation of outcomes of Mississippi’s Child Advocacy Studies (CAST) initiative," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 178(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:178:y:2025:i:c:s0190740925003925
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108509
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