Trainings
Forensic Interview & Family Advocacy Training
First Witness Child Advocacy Center (CAC) has a national reputation for providing exceptional training in forensic interviewing and advocacy practices.
Training Types
Advocacy
This training is designed for advocates who are working with children and families within a child advocacy center.
Forensic Interview
First Witness ChildFirst® Forensic Interview training prepares each attendee to conduct a purposeful and legally defensible interview.
Customized
We offer a variety of customized training for prevention, multidisciplinary team development, advanced advocacy, and advanced forensic interviewing.
Upcoming Trainings
This session will examine examples in our media, pop culture, and entertainment industry related to child abuse and maltreatment. These examples will highlight how public… Learn More
This training meets all essential components in the 2023 National Children’s Alliance (NCA) Standard of Victim Advocacy. First Witness Child Advocacy Center’s… Learn More
This advanced session will guide advocates to dive deeper into the relationships that they have with social services and law enforcement alongside the families they… Learn More
Designed for advocates who have already completed a full 24-hour Advocacy Training, Mind the Gap adds to the fundamentals of victim advocacy as laid out… Learn More
he 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
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
This training meets all essential components in the 2023 National Children’s Alliance (NCA) Standard of Victim Advocacy. First Witness Child Advocacy Center’s… Learn More
This presentation will discuss the dynamics behind recantations of child abuse disclosures, both in forensic interviews and outside of forensic interviews. This session will review… Learn More
Designed for advocates who have already completed a full 24-hour Advocacy Training, Mind the Gap adds to the fundamentals of victim advocacy as laid out… Learn More
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
This training meets all essential components in the 2023 National Children’s Alliance (NCA) Standard of Victim Advocacy. First Witness Child Advocacy Center’s… Learn More
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
Designed for advocates who have already completed a full 24-hour Advocacy Training, Mind the Gap adds to the fundamentals of victim advocacy as laid out… Learn More