Ritual Abuse (1995, No. 13) (Open)
Ritual Abuse (1995, No. 13)
To encourage NFAs to urge their respective governments to:
- Include a definition of ritual abuse within appropriate legislation; and
- make ritual abuse practices indictable offences; to encourage members of its NFAs to lobby their respective governments to ensure that the relevant agencies provide protection, support and quality therapy for victims of ritual abuse by establishing:
- At universities and other institutions, accredited specialised programmes for training counsellors and therapists dealing with problems of ritual abuse;
- interdisciplinary training for support workers, health professionals, educators and the police, so that they are able to identify victims and advise the appropriate agencies.