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Special Investigations - 5358-151 Child Abuse Interviewing & Assessment, Virtual

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Brief Description: CAIA: Child Abuse Interviewing & Assessment Virtual

Full Description: This is a 4 day (32 hour) multidisciplinary online course for WA State law enforcement investigators at no charge. The fee for prosecutors, CPS investigators and specialized child interviewers, CAC forensic interviewers is $1,200.

There are 30 hours of classroom and self-study work and 2 hours of pre-course work.

The focus is on improving investigative skills in child sexual abuse and physical abuse cases, with emphasis on the forensic interview with the child in suspected sexual and physical abuse cases for law enforcement, prosecutors, and CPS investigators.

Each participant will:

• Receive information on current research-based child forensic interview techniques.
• Understand the structure and components of forensic interviews that have been proven by research to be most effective in eliciting reliable information.
• Practice interview skills by interviewing actors using suspected child abuse scenarios.
• Learn the importance of cultural influences on the investigative interview.
• Be aware of considerations for effective interviews of victims with special needs.
• Learn to defend interviews in court.
• Receive information about resources available to reinforce skills and keep updated about future developments in best practices

Audience:  This course is mandated for persons responsible for investigating child sexual abuse in law enforcement, prosecution, and child protective services per RCW 43.101.224 and RCW 74.14B.010.

Pre-Course Work:  All participants are expected to obtain a copy their county protocol, read articles, watch videos and complete the pre-course assessment prior to the start of class.

This course is held in a virtual synchronous learning environment

Schedule: The class is held over 4 days - Wednesday/Thursday & the following Monday/Tuesday

Cancellation Policy:  Deadline to cancel is 7 days prior to class.

$1200 fee will be charged for no shows, dropped or late cancellations.

Training Dates: 04/07/2027 - 04/13/2027

Training Times: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM

Prerequisites: None Specified

Registration Dates: 04/07/2026 - 03/24/2027

Available Seats: 8

Hours: 32h 0m

Fee: $1,200.00

Training Location: Virtual Classroom
See Session Information for Meeting Links.

Directions to Location: Participants are emailed a welcome message with the course expectations and pre-course work. Once the pre-course work is completed participants will receive a calendar invite with the Zoom links.

Resources Required: As this class is offered online, each participant must have a strong internet connection, a computer with a camera, a working microphone and Zoom App.

Reporting Instructions: This class starts at: 0815 - 1700 / 4 Days Wednesday/Thursday & following Monday/Tuesday

Documents: Disclosure of Child Sexual Abuse (Lyon, T.D and Ahern, E.C.)

Interviewing Children (Lyon, T.D.)

WA State Child Interviewing Guidelines

Signup Details: For law enforcement to register for the course, contact your Training Manager to register you using the WSCJTC Acadis Portal.

For prosecutors or CAC forensic interviewers contact Kari Baxter, kari.baxter@cjtc.wa.gov

DCYF CPS investigators and Tribal CPS investigators must register for the class by emailing the Alliance for Child Welfare Excellence, Sarah Lewis, szlewis@uw.edu

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Special Investigations - 5358-151 Child Abuse Interviewing & Assessment, Virtual

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