Chris Ragsdale, MSW, LCSW, is the Licensed Clinical Social Worker and forensic interviewer for The Levine Children's Hospital's Pediatric Resource Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Pediatric Resource Center (PRC) is a regional child maltreatment center that conducts child medical evaluations and consultation in matters where child maltreatment is suspected. The PRC is a community partner with Pat's Place Child Advocacy Center. The forensic interviews performed by Chris involve multiple investigative jurisdictions to include: The Department of Social Services; local law enforcement and federal entities such as The Federal Bureau of Investigations, The United States Postal Inspector, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Chris has worked in the field of child maltreatment since 1992 working as a Child Protective Services Investigator, a coordinator and forensic interviewer for a Children's Advocacy Center, and as a youth and family therapist. Chris is an instructor for The Program on Childhood Trauma and Maltreatment for the Division of Child Psychiatry at the University Of North Carolina School Of Medicine and has lectured on child maltreatment matters both regionally and nationally. Chris is a regular faculty member for the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children's (APSAC) Forensic Institutes.

Chris recently presented at the 23rd Annual International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment. The event had over 2000 professionals from 50 states in attendance.