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Communication Assistance Forum - Resources
Programme
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Resources
The links below take you to information about and for Communication Assistants.
We recommend you access all the links and spend at least an hour preparing for the forum. If you have a question for the presenters, please email it to: [email protected]
Reading & resources
| Ministry of Justice | Visit website |
| Communication Assistance Quality framework | Download PDF |
| Communication Assistance Training Modules | Visit website |
| Moretalk | Visit website |
| Talking Trouble Aotearoa NZ | Visit website |
| Benchmark | Visit website |
| The Advocates’ Gateway | Visit website |
| Reil, J., Lambie, I., Becroft, A., & Allen, R. (2022). How we fail children who offend and what to do about it: ‘A breakdown across the whole system. Research and recommendations. The Michael and Suzanne Borrin Foundation, the New Zealand Law Foundation & the University of Auckland. | Download PDF |
| LaVigne, Michele and Miles, Sally. Under the Hood: Brendan Dassey, Language Impairments, and Judicial Ignorance (April 29, 2019). 82 Alb.L.Rev. 823 (2019), Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1473. | Download PDF |
| February 2019 NZ Law Commission’s The Second Review of the Evidence Act 2006, contains discussion about the role of CAs | Download PDF |
| That’s a lie: Sexual violence misconceptions, accusations of lying, and other tactics in the cross-examination of child and adolescent sexual violence complainant – report by Dr Isabell Randall for the Chief Victim’s Advisor 2021 | Download PDF |
| Chief Victim’s Advisor’s report about child witnesses from Dr Kim McGregor, 2017 | Download PDF |
| Young witnesses in New Zealand's sexual violence pilot courts research report | Visit website |
| Professor Lucy Henry’s research website on child witness research (this research explores how typically developing children and autistic children participate in legal interviews and cross examination with and without input from intermediaries) | Visit website |
| Advocacy for Vulnerable People and Children National Training Programme The 20 Principles of Questioning A Guide to the Cross-Examination of Vulnerable People and Children – this is a UK document that has recently been updated in 2022 with the input of intermediaries. | Download PDF |
| Blurred Borders resources – free downloadable simple visual resources from Western Australia for assisting people to comprehend many legal concepts (fines, bail and criminal processes, family violence, tenancy, child protection) | Visit website |
| Dr Kelly Howard’s research website on the role of communication assistants in NZ Youth Justice processes | Visit website |
| UK website Intermediaries for Justice | Visit website |
| Information from page 70 onwards about intermediaries in this UK bench book | Visit website |
| The Access to Justice Knowledge Hub for Fair Participation – international report about international intermediary/CA schemes and training modules | Visit website |
Book suggestions
- Intermediaries in the Criminal Justice System: Improving Communication for Vulnerable Witnesses and Defendants by Joyce Plotnikoff (Author), Richard Woolfson (Author)
- They Just Don't Get It: Communication and the Work of an Intermediary in the Vulnerable People in the Justice System by Paula Backen.
- Communication in Investigative and Legal Contexts: Integrated Approaches from Forensic Psychology, Linguistics and Law Enforcement. Gavin Oxburgh (Editor), Trond Myklebust (Editor), Tim Grant (Editor), Rebecca Milne (Editor)