Kathleen C. Faller, Ph.D., A.C.S.W., D.C.S.W.
Kathleen Faller is Marion Elizabeth Blue Professor Emerita at the University of Michigan. She is also Co-Director of the Family Assessment Clinic in Ann Arbor, Michigan.. She is the author, editor, or co-editor of 10 books, Social Work with Abused and Neglected Children (The Free Press, 1981), Child Sexual Abuse: An Interdisciplinary Manual for Diagnosis, Case Management, and Treatment (Columbia University Press, 1988), Understanding Child Sexual Maltreatment (Sage Publications, 1990), Child Sexual Abuse: Intervention and Treatment (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1993) the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children Study Guide: Interviewing Children Suspected of Having Been Sexually Abused (Sage Publications, 1996), Maltreatment in Early Childhood: Tools for Research-based Intervention (Haworth Press, 2000), Understanding and Assessing Child Sexual Maltreatment, Second Edition (Sage Publications, 2003), Interviewing Children about Sexual Abuse: Controversies and Best Practice (Oxford University Press, 2007), Seeking Justice in Child Sexual Abuse: Shifting Burdens and Sharing Responsibilities (Columbia University Press, 2010) and Contested Issues in Child Sexual Abuse Evaluation (Routledge 2014). She has conducted over 300 juried conference presentations at international, national, and state conferences and provided over 250 workshops
Selected Publications:
Books
Faller, K.C., & Everson, M.D. (Eds.). (2014). Contested issues in the evaluation of child sexual abuse. London, UK: Routledge.
Faller, K. C. (2007). Interviewing Children about Sexual Abuse: Controversies and Best Practice. New York: Oxford University Press.
Peer reviewed Articles
Faller, K.C. (2020). Forensic interview protocols: An update on the major forensic interview structures. APSAC Advisor 52(2), 4-10.
Faller, K.C. (2020). The cutting edge of forensic interviewing. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 29 (2),129-137, DOI: 10.1080/10538712.2020.1718819.
Faller, K.C. (2020). The child sexual abuse disclosure controversy: New perspectives on an abiding problem. Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal 99 January 2020, 104285.