CECA - training courses

Please note that we now offer 2 types of CECA training: a 2-day generic training (suitable for psychologist, psychiatrists, psychotherapists and related professionals who need to assess childhood experience retrospectively in relation to practice); as well as 1-day training courses around specific CECA-related issues such as Neglect, Physical and Psychological Abuse (suitable for Safeguarding professionals). See below for details.

CECA for Forensic & Clinical Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Psychotherapists and related professionals

2-day trainings for Forensic and Clinical Psychologists and researchers are available. Special training sessions can be held for teams on site if required, including those held outside the UK. Trainees are required to become familiar with definitions, rating thresholds and interview techniques for dealing with issues of reporting style and overcoming biases in recall. Training is through use of video-taped and transcribed interviews, reference to a rating manual and rating of case studies. Discussion is held throughout on analysis of the CECA and its adaptation to different samples and outcome variables. The training pack consists of the interview questions and rating schedules (printed copies can be ordered for those who are trained in the measure).

The training is designed for researchers and practitioners in clinical, forensic and children and family services. Additional consultancy can be provided after training for rating reliability, analysis and on research design.

The CECA 2-day training is for psychologist, psychiatrists, psychotherapists and related professionals who need to assess childhood experience retrospectively in relation to practice. The method can also be used for summarising case material.

For enquiries or to reserve a place contact Lifespantraining@kingston.ac.uk.

CECA training for Safeguarding

There is increasing need for standardised means of assessing abuse in families to help with Safeguarding services. This is particularly highlighted by the new Public Law Outline (PLO) which requires reduction in delays for applications for care or supervisions from ‘application to disposal’. Tools that can aid with assessing and analysing the range and severity of abuse or negative parenting experiences can therefore aid best practice in the interest of children and families. Such tools are also useful in the Integrated Children’s System to summarise or quantify characteristics of abuse for the Core Assessment. The CECA rating scales and definitions can be useful for such purposes as well as for aiding assessment in Parenting Support programmes.

CECA scoring and benchmarked rating system can be used in practice contexts to systematise case record material, and inform categorisation of information collected from varied sources (child, family, witnesses etc). The scales are scored according to a set of definitions, rating rules and precedent ‘benchmark’ examples. The training here is modularised into one day training courses. Each day will provide training in the reliable use of the topics covered.

One-day workshops are available to Safeguarding teams on:

1. Neglect/ antipathy
2. Physical abuse & domestic violence
3. Psychological abuse

The workshops will outline definitions, recent research, assessment of severity threshold and discuss practice implications and report writing.

Download flier for detailed information on CECA workshops for Safeguarding.

For further information or to arrange team training contact:
Natasa Blagojevic-Stokic
Tel: 020 8417 2847
Email: lifespantraining@kingston.ac.uk