Beyond Basic Forensic Interviewing Training Courses

Andra K. Chamberlin, M.A.

Kim Madden, M.Ed., LPC

Advanced Forensic Interviewing: Advanced Forensic Interviewing training is open to interviewers who have at least two years of interviewing experience and have attended a recognized basic training in Investigative/Forensic Interviewing. Seats are intended for professionals currently working as part of an investigative agency, a multidisciplinary team (MDT), or a children’s advocacy center (CAC). If any seats are available, then others may attend the training. The NCAC reserves the right to refund the registration of anyone who is not currently working as part of an investigative agency, a MDT, or CAC, to ensure that currently practicing professionals receive the training they need.

2022 Advanced Forensic Interviewing Registration Fee: $1,149.00

There is a 25% discount for registrants from developing countries. Please contact the training coordinator for additional information.

Please note:  To pay via international wire transfer, payment must be made in U.S. dollars at your expense.  International wire transfers may require extra time to process. Banking and account information is provided on request. Please email Ame Seyboth or call 256-327-3809 for more information.

Payment of the Registration Fee must be received by the deadline.

The Advanced Forensic Interviewing training will be held virtually. This live, interactive training will be held via Zoom and will last for three days, from 9:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. CT (concluding at 3:00 p.m. CT on the last training day). Training materials, including pre-requisite materials, will be available online in the National Children's Advocacy Center Virtual Training Center (NCACvtc). Upon course completion, class participants will receive a Certificate of Completion. Any pre-requisite assignments and homework assigned during class, in addition to attending the training in its entirety, is required in order to receive this certificate.

A Certification of Completion will be awarded to participants who attend the training in its entirety and complete all assignments.

Beyond Basic Forensic Interviewing Training Courses for 2023 

Pathways for developing effective forensic interviewing skills

The National Children’s Advocacy Center Forensic Interviewing Training offers a flexible protocol for interviewing child witnesses that are largely informed by research and evidence-based practice guidance while recognizing that all elements of forensic interviewing do not have clear direction provided by research. Additionally, interviews may need to be adapted to the cultural, linguistic, developmental, and trauma symptoms of child witnesses as well as case complexities. 

Pathway trainings offer the opportunity for the forensic interviewer and their supervisor to make more focused and thoughtful decisions about the next steps in training and knowledge that will add to the interviewer’s skills and practice. 

These dynamic training sessions, which provide a pathway of professional development for forensic interviewers, focus on topics that are often most challenging for forensic interviewers. We recommend that supervisors and forensic interviewers work together to identify the pathways that best fit their developmental and continuing education needs. 

Each course is limited to 20 participants to increase attendee engagement with our FI expert trainers and other participants. These training opportunities are non-protocol specific, meaning interviewers trained in any nationally recognized forensic interviewing protocol will benefit from these courses.

For more information, please check out our Beyond Basic Forensic Interviewing Training Courses.