Session 1A: "I Take it Back": When a Child Recants Sexual Abuse Allegations Q&A

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Session 1A: "I Take it Back": When a Child Recants Sexual Abuse Allegations Q&A
12/14/2020 at 11:45 AM (EST)  |  Recorded On: 12/14/2020
12/14/2020 at 11:45 AM (EST)  |  Recorded On: 12/14/2020 Join a live question and answer session with Carrie Paschall on Session 1A: "I Take it Back": When a Child Recants Sexual Abuse Allegations

Carrie Paschall

Chief Investigative and Support Services Officer, Dallas Children's Advocacy Center

Carrie Paschall is currently the Chief Investigative and Support Services Officer for the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center where she oversees the management and operations of a forensic interview team of 9 Services and the Family Support Services Program team of 18. 

Prior to coming to the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center in 2014 she was with the Tarrant County District Attorney’s office as the Child Forensic Interviewer for the Crimes Against Children Unit for 14 years.  As a child interviewer, Carrie assisted local, state and federal law enforcement officials by conducting video recorded forensic interviews of children in cases where the child is alleged to have been the victim of or witness to child abuse and other violent crimes. Carrie also occasionally assisted prosecutors in preparing children for court and preparing cross examination of defense experts in the field of child forensic interviewing and sexual abuse dynamics and disclosure.  Carrie is often called upon by prosecutors to testify as an expert witness in forensic interviews of children in both civil and criminal cases. Carrie has testified in numerous criminal and civil trials in both juvenile and district court in Texas, Georgia, and Louisiana.  In total, Carrie has conducted over 5,502 video recorded child forensic interviews.

Prior to working for the district attorney’s office Carrie was an investigator for Child Protective Services from June of 1995 until December of 1999.  While with CPS, Carrie was in two specialized units, a specialized sexual abuse unit where she investigated only allegations of sexual abuse and the TIP Unit, Teamed Investigation Project, where she investigated sexual abuse, severe physical abuse and child death cases.  Carrie has been the primary investigator in over 500 child abuse investigations, and as a CPS investigator also conducted video taped forensic interviews of child abuse victims and witnesses.  In this role Carrie provided case management, safety assessments and referrals to needed services to children and families.

Carrie has over 1100 hours of training in the field of child abuse and child abuse dynamics, with just over 400 of those hours specifically focused on conducting child forensic interviews.  Carrie often speaks to other professionals in the community about how interviews of children are conducted in child abuse investigations, as well as about topics such as grooming, recantation, and disclosure dynamics. She has over 900 hours of presentation experience.  She has been a presenter at both local, state and national level. Carrie has a bachelor of arts degree in political science with an emphasis in public law and a minor in criminal justice from the University of Texas in Arlington.