Moldova

The local training took place in Moldova 15-16 December  2011. The participants were 55 school psychologists. The topic of the training was identification and response to child sexual abuse. In addition to the theoretical material, methods of diagnosing sexual abuse were presented and applied at the training. The participants have also developed a program to prevent sexual abuse in the educational institution they activate in.

The local supervision took place in Moldova in November 2011. The participants were 22 psychologists. The expert was Viorica Adascalita,  from NCCAP. The subject was the psychological evaluation of child victims; several case studies from the practice of expert were brought up for discussion. In small groups, psychologists got involved in a practical exercise to develop a battery of tests, which can be used to diagnose cases of family problems (divorce, deprivation of parental rights, etc.) and cases of sexual abuse. The psychological, ethical and legal aspects in the context of psychodiagnosis of sexually abused children were also discussed.  

On 10th November 2011, Alicja Budzyńska, expert from the Nobody's Children Foundation (Poland) held an international supervision for Moldovan psychologists working with abused children on "Psychological evaluation of children victims / witnesses of abuse and the role of evaluation reports in legal proceedings" in the frame of the Childhood Without Abuse project.

The report on Presentation and Launch of Child-Friendly Interviewing Rooms in Western NIS/ Eastern EU Neighboring Region (Belarus, Moldova, The Ukraine) has been published in June 2011 by the International Center La Strada (Moldova).