Mark Your Calander for these Upcoming Regional Trainings!

Child Sexual Abuse Forensic Interview Training

CornerHouse Interagency Child Abuse Evaluation and Training Center would like to announce the following availability in its 2012 training schedule.

This training teaches a credible, reliable and non-traumatic forensic interview process for children and vulnerable adults who allege sexual abuse. Training methods consist of lecture and discussion, review of CornerHouse videotaped interviews, skill-building exercises and an interview practicum. The course is designed for teams of law enforcement investigators, child protection investigators, prosecutors and forensic interviewers. Participants are strongly encouraged to attend as a multi-disciplinary team. Courses are outcome based and include an exam upon completion.

Course Fee: $950
Location: Minneapolis, MN

Training Weeks:
January 9-13, 2012
February 13-17, 2012
April 9-13, 2012
May 14-18, 2012

Course Topics
Effective Interviewing
How Children Experience Sexual Abuse
The Process of Disclosure
Suggestibility
Child Development
Culture and the Forensic Interview
Questioning Children
The CornerHouse Forensic Interview Protocol: RATAC®
Anatomical Dolls
Medical Issues Regarding Child Sexual Abuse
Blocks and Problems in the Interview Process
Exploring the Forensic Interview
Introduction of Forensic Interview Practicum
Participant Interview
Exam
Legal Issues & Court Testimony

Registration
Please contact Sandy Heitkamp at (612) 813-8310 or sandra.heitkamp@childrensmn.org

SAVE THE DATE to attend a special quarter century celebration at the 25th annual Together for Children Conference being held on April 24-25, 2012 with preconference seminars held on April 23, 2012, at the Grand Geneva Resort, Lake Geneva, Wis

The featured keynote speaker will be John Yuille, PhD, R. Psych, CEO, Pacific Alliance of Forensic Scientists & Practitioners. Dr. Yuille also will present a full-day preconference training seminar on the The Step-Wise Guidelines for Child Interviews: The New Generation

For conference updates and to register, visit preventchildabusewi.org.  

If you have questions, contact Ann Kulikowski at (608) 442-4181 or ann.kulikowski@cssw.org