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Forensic Interview

**This training has currently filled all spots available. If you wish to be put on a waitlist, you may continue to register. We will contact… Learn More

October 20–24, 2025

Format: In-Person

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Prevention

This training is offered to adults in youth-serving agencies, churches, sports leagues, and beyond. Participants learn how to recognize, respond to, and report child… Learn More

October 27, 2025 12-1:30pm CT

Format: Online

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Advanced Forensic Interview

This session will cover the dynamics of interviewing and working with queer youth who are potential victims of violence or abuse. Topics discussed will include… Learn More

October 30, 2025, 10-11:30am

Format: Online

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Advocacy

This training meets all essential training components in the 2023 National Children’s Alliance (NCA) Standard of Victim Advocacy and has been approved by the… Learn More

November 3, 5, & 7, 2025

Format: Online

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Prevention

In this session, we will not only discuss healthy childhood development, but also go over working with parents and non-offending caregivers as they start to… Learn More

November 13, 2025 10:00-11:30am CT

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Advanced Forensic Interview

This 1-day training is an opportunity to revisit the ChildFirst® forensic interview protocol. Participants will focus on: Review of ChildFirst® and recent updates to the… Learn More

November 19, 2025

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Advanced Advocacy

Mind the Gap is an advanced training designed for advocates who have already completed a comprehensive 24-hour Advocacy Training. This course builds upon… Learn More

December 11, 2025 1:00-4:00pm CT

Format: Online

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MDT Development

This session equips professionals with the tools to engage and support clients who identify as Christian effectively. Participants will explore how faith and religious… Learn More

December 18, 2025 10:00am - 11:30am CT

Format: Online

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Prevention

Historically, the presence of sexual behaviors in children was societally met with judgment, fear, and misunderstanding. Realistically, sexual play is common for children, with 66%-88%… Learn More

January 8, 2026 10:00am-11:30am CT

Format: Online

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Advocacy

This training meets all essential training components in the 2023 National Children’s Alliance (NCA) Standard of Victim Advocacy and has been approved by the… Learn More

January 12, 14, and 16, 2026

Format: Online

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Forensic Interview

The ChildFirst® Forensic Interview Protocol brings the field into the classroom, enhancing the education of front-line child abuse response professionals. This training is designed… Learn More

February 9–13, 2026

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Advanced Advocacy

Sexual abuse can be generational. Caregivers who have experienced abuse now walk through our doors after a report from their own child. Their child’s report… Learn More

February 19, 2026 10:00am-11:30am CT

Format: Online

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Advanced Advocacy

Mind the Gap is an advanced training designed for advocates who have already completed a comprehensive 24-hour Advocacy Training. This course builds upon the… Learn More

March 19, 2026 1:00pm-4:00pm CT

Format: Online

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Advanced Forensic Interview

This training examines how children remember and recall experiences, with a focus on applying research to investigative interviews with children. Participants will learn how factors… Learn More

March 26, 2026 10:00am-11:30am CT

Format: Online

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Advocacy

This training meets all essential training components in the 2023 National Children’s Alliance (NCA) Standard of Victim Advocacy and has been approved by the… Learn More

April 20, 22, and 24, 2026

Format: Online

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MDT Development

Case Review is an essential tool for well-functioning MDTs, and helps to facilitate discussion about case status and services that help the specific families in… Learn More

April 30, 2026 10:00am-11:30am CT

Format: Online

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Prevention

Throughout this presentation, we will explore the relationship between the victim and the offender, the stages of the victim manipulation process, as well as the… Learn More

May 14, 2026 10:00am-11:30am CT

Format: Online

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Forensic Interview

The ChildFirst® Forensic Interview Protocol brings the field into the classroom, enhancing the education of front-line child abuse response professionals. This training is designed… Learn More

May 18–22, 2026

Format: In-Person

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Prevention

Safe and Strong Child© Train the Presenter prepares Child Advocacy Centers (CACs) and other organization to present a child abuse prevention and body safety… Learn More

June 4–5, 2026

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Advanced Advocacy

This session will guide advocates to dive deeper into the relationships that they have with social services and law enforcement alongside the families they serve… Learn More

June 16, 2026 10:00am-11:30am CT

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Advanced Forensic Interview

Based on the nationally-recognized ChildFirst® Forensic Interview Protocol, this 2.5-day training provides a purposeful and legally defensible process for conducting expanded forensic interviews with… Learn More

June 24–26, 2026

Format: In-Person

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Advocacy

This training meets all essential training components in the 2023 National Children’s Alliance (NCA) Standard of Victim Advocacy and has been approved by the… Learn More

July 7–9, 2026

Format: In-Person

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Advanced Forensic Interview

This 1-day training is an opportunity to revisit the ChildFirst® forensic interview protocol. Participants will focus on: Review of ChildFirst® and recent updates to the… Learn More

July 15–15, 2026

Format: In-Person

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Advanced Forensic Interview

This session will explore how interviewing children with disabilities differs from interviewing children without disabilities, and will review best practices. Attendees will learn how to… Learn More

July 23, 2026 10:00am-11:30am CT

Format: Online

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MDT Development

As a part of facilitating Child Abuse Response MDTs, it is a major role of CAC staff to promote resiliency amongs their MDT members. This… Learn More

August 8, 2026 10:00am-11:30am CT

Format: Online

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Forensic Interview

The ChildFirst® Forensic Interview Protocol brings the field into the classroom, enhancing the education of front-line child abuse response professionals. This training is designed… Learn More

August 10–14, 2026

Format: In-Person

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Prevention

Safe and Strong Child© Train the Presenter prepares Child Advocacy Centers (CACs) and other organization to present a child abuse prevention and body safety… Learn More

September 3–4, 2026

Format: Online

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Prevention

In this session, we will not only discuss healthy childhood development, but also go over working with parents and non-offending caregivers as they start to… Learn More

September 17, 2026 10:00am-11:30am CT

Format: Online

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Advanced Advocacy

For many families that experience child abuse, pursuing legal action through the court system can be a step in their healing process. As community-based advocates, ongoing… Learn More

October 6, 2026 10:00am-11:30am CT

Format: Online

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Advocacy

This training meets all essential training components in the 2023 National Children’s Alliance (NCA) Standard of Victim Advocacy and has been approved by the… Learn More

October 19, 21, and 23, 2026

Format: Online

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Advanced Forensic Interview

This 1-day training is an opportunity to revisit the ChildFirst® forensic interview protocol. Participants will focus on: Review of ChildFirst® and recent updates to the… Learn More

October 28–28, 2026

Format: Online

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Advanced Forensic Interview

In this webinar, participants will learn about the importance of being able to recognize body language cues in forensic interviews and to what extent they… Learn More

November 9, 2026 10:00am-11:30am CT

Format: Online

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Forensic Interview

The ChildFirst® Forensic Interview Protocol brings the field into the classroom, enhancing the education of front-line child abuse response professionals. This training is designed… Learn More

November 16–20, 2026

Format: In-Person

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Advanced Forensic Interview

Based on the nationally-recognized ChildFirst® Forensic Interview Protocol, this 2.5-day training provides a purposeful and legally defensible process for conducting expanded forensic interviews with… Learn More

December 2–4, 2026

Format: Online

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MDT Development

The National Children’s Alliance requires that all accredited CACs collect and document specific case information and investigative outcomes to inform ongoing continuous quality improvement, and… Learn More

December 10, 2026 10:00am-11:30am CT

Format: Online

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