Support, snacks, and a tailored approach to empower recovery: professionals’ insights on supporting children victimized by online child sexual abuse

Findings bring to light the challenges professionals face managing the lack of policies and national guidelines affecting the support they can provide OSCA victims and caregivers. Participants in the study agree, OCSA victims and their caregivers should be privy to the same protocols applying to children subjected to other forms of crimes. These protocols include incorporating questions addressing potential OCSA, along with routine questions utilized as part of the assessment process in treatment/social service settings.