Beyond Foundations
Training Topics 2
Session Descriptions
Beyond Foundations: Conducting Recantation Forensic Interviews (3 hours)
The potential for recantation is a reality for any case regarding allegations of child abuse. What is critical is understanding dynamics that increase the likelihood of recantation, which allows us to identify those factors and understand how to proactively respond to them. How those dynamics are explored is critical in the course of a forensic interview, and strategies of how a forensic interviewer navigates a recantation interview is the focus of this training.
When There Are Fewer Words: Individuals with Limited Verbal Ability (3 hours)
Young children or individuals with more limited verbal ability can present as complex interviews, as the interviewer needs to make rapid and in-time adjustments to not only vocabulary used, but question typology. This session will address considerations as well as strategies in navigating these interviews.
When There Are No Words: Individuals who are Non-verbal or Utilize Alternate Communication Methods (3 hours)
Conducting interviews with individuals who are non-verbal does not mean a forensic interview cannot be conducted! Rather, considerations should be made in learning how the individual communicates, then modifying questioning techniques to better understand and explore information with individuals who do not communicate in verbal form. This training will explore alternate questioning methods to navigate these interviews.
Beyond Foundations: Evidence in Forensic Interviews (3 hours)
When evidence is found during the course of the investigation, deliberations need to be made regarding the use of evidence in the forensic interview. Questions of ‘how’, ‘when’, and ‘if’ should be considered in cases involving evidence, and the defensible use of such evidence in a forensic interview.