Investing in the Professional Growth of CAC & MDT Teams

In this 3-day course, multidisciplinary teams respond to a report of child maltreatment involving abusive head trauma, child sexual abuse, neglect, emotional abuse, witnessing domestic violence, and animal cruelty. Working as a team, students process a crime scene in a mock home, interview witnesses, interrogate suspects, conduct a forensic interview, apply for search warrants, and make decisions as to charges. The course also includes workshops on topics including interrogating suspects, investigating polyvictimization, and processing a crime scene.

This advanced advocacy training is designed for the experienced Advocate to help hone important skills and gain new resources to aid the children and families they serve.

This intensive, week-long training aimed at new Advocates develops foundational skills needed for victim service and agency collaboration as part of the multidisciplinary response. Students receive holistic training on subjects including crisis intervention, sexual abuse dynamics, court and the criminal justice system, coordinated MDT response and much more. This training incorporates lecture and discussion, mock case review, skill-building exercises and an opportunity to meet and work with MDT members from across the state.

The ChildFirst® Forensic Interview Protocol brings the field into the classroom, enhancing the education of front-line child abuse professionals. This course is designed for professionals in the child abuse field tasked with interviewing victims of abuse as part of a multidisciplinary team response. Students receive training on the ChildFirst® Forensic Interview Protocol which includes child development, memory and suggestibility, testifying in court, legal issues, and preparing children for court. This training incorporates lecture and discussion, review of electronically recorded interviews, skill-building exercises, and an interview practicum.