Forensic Interviewing: The Next Step Grand Rapids

Start Time/Date: 8:30 AM Monday, July 22, 2019
End Time/Date: 5:00 PM Wednesday, July 24, 2019
ADDRESS: Amway Grand Plaza
187 Monroe Ave NW
CITY: Grand Rapids, MI 49503

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Forensic Interviewing:
The Next Step

July 22-24, 2019

Amway Grand Plaza
187 Monroe Ave. NW

Grand Rapids, MI 49503

(616) 774-2000


The time for this training will be geared for 3rd shift law enforcement officers.

Approximate times for the training are: 5:00PM - 1:00AM

  Please note: this is a 3-day training.

The Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan, Child Abuse Training Services (CATS) Program, in cooperation with the Prosecuting Attorneys Coordinating Council, Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS), and Governor's Task Force on Children's Justice (GTF), is pleased to present a regional, cross-professional Specialized Child Abuse Training seminar on the topic of Forensic Interviewing: The Next Step. This training will begin with registration at 5:00p.m. on Monday, July 22; training begins at 5:30p.m. and will run until approx 1:00a.m. all three days.  

This seminar is designed for prosecutors, CPS workers, police officers, and interviewers who will be conducting interviews. The training is designed to increase your understanding of the primary features of forensic interviewing and provide information to enhance your interviewing skills. The Forensic Interviewing training provided by the Child Abuse Training Services (CATS) department within PAAM is the only DHHS and GTF approved Forensic Interviewing training within the state.

Michigan’s Forensic Interviewing Protocol was developed in conjunction with the DHHS and the GTF. The goal of a forensic interview is to obtain a statement from a child in a developmentally sensitive, unbiased, and truth-seeking manner that will support accurate and fair decision-making in the criminal justice and child welfare systems. Topics to be covered include: (but not limited to)

  • The Forensic/Phased Interview: Preparing for and conducting Forensic Interviews
  • Understanding Medical Abuse
  • Preparing yourself for court
  • What your prosecutor needs
  • In-depth report writing from actual case/interview transcript
  • Individual (mock) interviewing practice

Please find enclosed a copy of the registration form for the seminar. There is no registration fee for this seminar, however, if an attendee fails to complete the entire three day training, no credit will be given and a fee may be assessed to their county or organization.

Registration is limited to 24 people.  Registering by the cut-off date does not guarantee attendance. 

Attendees (or their agencies) are responsible for payment for overnight accommodations, transportation, meals, and other incidental costs.  Hotel accommodations will be available at the Amway Grand for the state rate.  Information from the Amway is below:

A dedicated website is now available for your attendees to book their hotel rooms online. Reservations can be made starting Feb 13, 2019 at this web address:

Booking Website:
https://book.passkey.com/e/49874111

 

You, or your agency, are responsible for making and paying for overnight accommodations.

NOTE: This is NOT “advanced” forensic interviewing.  This is a more in-depth course in basic forensic interviewing. There is no pre-requisite training.

If you have only taken the 2-day forensic interviewing seminar, or if it has been longer than 3 years since you have been through the training, this is a GREAT refresher!