Reviews From Trainings

Testimony is a responsibility for an investigator, forensic interviewer, medical professionals, or clinicians.   Training includes: responding to legal summons, tips regarding court appearances, and information for attendees regarding how to provide clear information during testimony. 

Module 1  I Do:  Foundations in Testimony 

Module 1 reviews core information regarding receiving and responding to subpoenas, court appearances, and foundational testimony information.  4.0 hours

Module 2  I Do:  Direct Examination

Module 2 reviews foundational information and utilizes role play to exercise testimonial skills. 4.0 hours

Module 3  I Do:  Cross Examination

Module 3 allows attendees to practice testimonial skills with a curated case example through mock testimony.  4.0 hours

Virtual Testimony Training for Forensic Interviewers:  https://form.jotform.com/251626570523152

Virtual Testimony Training for Clinicians:   https://form.jotform.com/251944606242153

Virtual Testimony Training for Forensic Nurses/SANE/SAFE:  https://form.jotform.com/253076747762164

Hiring a new forensic interviewer is an exciting time!  NFIN offers foundational and extended forensic interviewer training that can help bridge the gap between hiring and sending staff to initial protocol training.

Extended education for forensic interviewers is critical, including specific training regarding expanding interview skills and served populations. Focused FI training topics rotate throughout the year, and include use of anatomical dolls, detail-gathering, introducing evidence, and dynamics of and question development regarding child physical and sexual abuse, medical child abuse, sexual assault, domestic violence/intimate partner violence, child sex trafficking, witness to violent crime, and homicides.  Additional topics can include compliant victims, recantations, and use of tools in the interview.

Current Forensic Interviewing Trainings

Foundations Registration: https://form.jotform.com/260855960321155

Continuing Education Registration:  https://form.jotform.com/260846175578167

Peer review is considered best practice in the field of interviewing and can constitute article review, topical trainings, and feedback opportunities. Content focus is the exchange of information between professionals of various experience to expand knowledge and application of information in practical terms.

Peer review may be conducted with focused topics or general review.  These virtual sessions are intended to be highly interactive to maximize learning!

Ethics could be about choosing between right and wrong, but it is often about navigating the gray areas where two "rights" conflict. This interactive training moves beyond dry recitations of code and dives into the complex ethical dilemmas today’s social service professionals face. 

Options:

In-person 7 hours

Virtual 3.5 hours

Virtual Ethics Session Registration:  https://form.jotform.com/261165867647167