Forensic Interview Training

Our comprehensive Clinic offers a unique opportunity to participate

in an intensive training experience focused on the basic skills and knowledge necessary to conduct child forensic interviews. Participants will have personal interaction with leading experts in the field of child forensic

interviewing. Attendees must complete pre-clinic assignments and respond to communication from the Clinic Director prior to the event.  There will be

homework and self-study assignments following each day of the clinic.  In order to receive a certificate of completion participants must complete mock child forensic interviews with actors and pass a test following the conclusion of the Clinic. 

The APSAC Child Forensic Interview Clinic is intended as an initial training for professionals whose job responsibilities include conducting in-depth forensic investigative interviews of children who may have experienced or witnessed maltreatment, exploitation, neglect or other crimes. These interviews are conducted as part of a multidisciplinary team investigative process in affiliation with a Child Advocacy Center (CAC), police agency, or government-sponsored child protection agency. 

To meet the criteria for attendance you must be one of the following:

• Endorsed by a CAC

• Endorsed by a police agency

• Endorsed by a government-sponsored child protection agency as someone who is or will be responsible for conducting in-depth forensic interviews of children on a regular basis

• A child abuse pediatric fellow

Upon completion of the clinic you will need to be able to implement the training as a member of (or endorsed by) an existing CAC and/or multidisciplinary child abuse investigation team.(Any exceptions must be approved in advance by the Clinic Director and will only be considered on a space-available basis.) The APSAC Child Forensic Interview Clinic will be conducted in English and participants must be fluent in English. APSAC is unable to provide interpretation services.