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About NACCFI
The National Association of Certified Child Forensic Interviewers (NACCFI) was established on June 16, 2006 on the principle that conducting child forensic interviews should only be performed by properly trained and credentialed practitioners. NACCFI is incorporated in Virginia as a not for profit, non stock association pursuant to Chapter 10 of Title 13.1 of the Code of Virginia (1950).
Consensus Driven Practice Standards
According to the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing, the primary purpose of professional credentialing is to identify candidates who possess the core knowledge competencies and moral character believed necessary for safe and effective practice within a given profession. The multi-tier credentialing standards were developed in a consensus driven process that included; Victor Vieth JD, Executive Director of the National Child Protection Training Center (NCPTC), Dr. Michael Haney, past president of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC), Hector M. Campos LCSW, Chairman of the NACCFI Credentilaing Board, and over 700 practicing child forensic interviewers who participated in a national standards consensus survey. The Case for the Credentialing of Forensic Interviewers; outlines this process. This paper was also published in the Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, Volume: 19, Issue 6, 2010.
The Credentialing Board
The historical literature has established that the practice of child forensic interviewing is a professional practice that directly impacts the welfare and safety of the clients it serves and the general public at large. On June 2006, the NACCFI Credentialing Board was appointed on the principle that conducting child forensic interviews should only be performed by properly trained and credentialed practitioners. The safety and welfare of the clients served and maintaining the public’s trust and confidence in the professional practice of child forensic interviewing is the Boards primary mission. The Board accomplishes this mission by establishing and regulating evidenced based consensus driven practice standards for child forensic interviewers and by fairly and objectively responding to any consumer or public reports of harmful or unethical practices by any of its credentialed members.
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Certification Board Bios
Hector M. Campos LCSW
Clinical Social Worker
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Board Chairman
Joan Carter JD, MSW
Attorney
Arlington, Virginia
Board Vice Chairman
Kelly Bober DCFI
CAC Executive Director
Winchester, Virginia
Board Secretary
Naomi Lau LCSW
DoD Program Analyst
Arlington, Virginia
Board Treasurer
Sylvia Aldaz DCFI, LSAA
CAC Director
New Mexico
Professional Member
Barbara Craig MD, FAAP
Director AFCCP
Bethesda, Maryland
Professional Member
Kristen E. Webb LCSW
Child Forensic Interviewer
Bethesda, Maryland
Professional Member
Daryl B. Leach, LCSW-C, DCFI
Child Forensic Interviewer
Rockville, Maryland
Professional Member
Lisa Mitton, LCSW
Child Forensic Interviewer
Twin Falls, Idaho
Professional Member
James J. Laster, MA
Teacher
Ashburn, Virginia
Public Member
Examination Task Force Bios
Johanna Hager LCPC, DCFI
CAC Executive Director
Morison, Illinois
Hector M. Campos, LCSW
Clinical Social Worker
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Christina Copland M.S. Ed.
Child Forensic Interviewer
Maryville, Tennessee
Ann D. Goodall LBSW, ACFI
Social Work Specialist
Child Forensic Interviewer
Topeka, Kansas
Leslie Vassilaros, LSW, DCFI
CAC Executive Director
Wheeling, West Virginia
Michele Thames, DCFI
Child Forensic Interviewer
Norfolk, Virginia
Kelly Bober, DCFI
CAC Executive Director
Winchester, Virginia
Paul D. Naylor, PhD
Psychometric Consultant
Durham, North Carolina
Daryl B. Leach LCSW-C, DCFI
Child Forensic Interviewer
Rockville, Maryland
Lisa Mitton, LCSW
Child Forensic Interviewer
Twin Falls, Idaho



