The services regional providers are to assist counties and MDTs with are as follows:

• Complex Case Consultation
  Definition: Per OAR 137-083-0010 a "Complex Case" is a case in which the local community assessment center or the local multidisciplinary team determines the need for assistance from a regional services provider in order to perform or complete a child abuse medical assessment or to evaluate, diagnose or treat a victim of child abuse. "Consultation" means discussions between a regional services provider and multidisciplinary team members or staff from a community center regarding individual cases involving child abuse, child abuse medical assessments or related topics.
• Peer review for forensic interviewers and medical assessments
  Definition: Peer review is a forum for professionals to come together to review forensic interviews and medical assessments and provide constructive feedback to the persons conducting the interview or assessment. Peer reviews may be conducted in person, via teleconference or online.
• Forensic child interviewing training
  Definition: To provide training regarding the forensic interviewing of children. This training would be largely based upon the Oregon Interviewing Guidelines and may be conducted by an interviewer from the center providing regional center services, or by an interviewer the center contracts with to provide the training within the proposed service region. As forensic interviewing of children is such a broad topic, other specialized aspects, such as interviewing children with disabilities, may also be requested by constituents. If this is the case, the center providing regional services may use their own expert to provide this training, provide a referral to a qualified instructor or training, or they may contract with an interviewer or agency to provide this specialized training.
• Medical assessment training
  Definition: To provide training regarding the medical assessment of children. This training would be largely based upon the Oregon Medical Guidelines (available from the DOJ website at http://www.doj.state.or.us/crimev/cami.shtml) and may be conducted by a medical practitioner within the center providing regional services, or by a practitioner the center contracts with to provide the training within the proposed service region. For more specialized training on this topic, the center providing these services may use their own medical expert, provide a referral to a qualified instructor or training, or they may contract with a practitioner or agency to provide this specialized training.
• Referral and information
  Definition: As the needs of multidisciplinary teams and centers vary greatly, there will often be service requests that the center providing regional services is unable to meet. In some cases the center will not have the expertise to fulfill the service request, in other cases the service request may fall outside of the core regional services and the responsibility of the center providing those services. In these cases,the center providing regional services must provide the constituent with assistance and information that will facilitate their access to the services they are requesting.
• Outreach
  Definition: The center providing regional services is responsible for conducting outreach to the multidisciplinary teams and centers within their proposed service region. Through outreach, the center must:
  • Establish a point of contact within each MDT and center must:
  • Convey what services they have to offer MDTs and centers in the region.
  • Gather information regarding what core regional services might be needed from each MDT and center in the region.
  • Follow up with MDTs and centers in the region on a regular basis for a status or to find out if they have any service requests.
• Expert witness testimony and referral
  Definition: To facilitate access to expert witnesses for the purposes of testifying in child abuse cases. These experts may be housed within the center providing regional services or the center may provide constituents with a referral to other expert witnesses throughout the state if appropriate. Regional services funds are not intended to cover the expert witness fees or traveling costs incurred by an expert witness. These costs must be provided for by the entity requesting the expert witness testimony.