Forensic Interviewing: The Next Step Traverse City Sept

Start Time/Date: 8:30 AM Wednesday, September 8, 2021
End Time/Date: 5:00 PM Friday, September 10, 2021
ADDRESS: Hotel Indigo
263 W Grandview Pkwy
CITY: Traverse City, MI 49684

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Forensic Interviewing:
The Next Step

 September 8-10, 2021

Traverse City, MI 

Please note: this is a 3-day training.

COVID-19 Guidelines & Restrictions will be enforced. You will be required to wear a mask & observe social distancing requirements.

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 8:30 a.m. onWednesday, Sept 8 and conclude by 5:00p.m.on Friday, Sept 10, 2021.  

This seminar is designed for prosecutors, CPS workers, and law enforcement officers 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 16 people. Attendees will be chosen from an approximate 50 mile radius to ensure that travel is limited. Registering by the cut-off date does not guarantee attendance. At this time, we are offering 3 dates/locations for in person training. To be considered for attendance, your office or home must be within 50 miles of the training location. If you are further than 50 miles, please mark that on the registration form & let us know what county you are from so that we can plan future trainings! 

Attendees (or their agencies) are responsible for payment for overnight accommodations, transportation, meals, and other incidental costs. Boxed/individual snacks and boxed lunches will be provided on day 1 & day 3.

 

NOTE: This is NOT “advanced” forensic interviewing.  This is a more in-depth course in basic forensic interviewing.