Format
The training includes:
- Seven group meetings, 90 minutes in length
- Two peer review meetings with group leader
- Required readings
The entire training will take approximately 12 to 14 hours to complete for the seven month period Mentoring and Consultation Groups is in session.
Four Mentoring and Consultation Groups, with up to ten participants in each group, will be created, and each group will be assigned to a highly skilled forensic interview specialist/trainer.
One group will be dedicated to Spanish speaking forensic interviewers.
Dates of the 2022 Group meetings. (Each meeting is 90 minutes in length)
All start times noted below are stated as Central time zone.
| Group A - Spanish Speaking Forensic Interviews Fridays 10:00 – 11:30 am Central Time Zone |
Group B Thursdays 10:00 – 11:30 am Central Time Zone |
Group C Tuesdays 1:00 – 2:30 pm Central Time Zone |
Group D Thursdays 1:00 – 2:30 pm Central Time Zone |
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| Kick-Off Meeting |
February 4 | February 3 | February 1 | February 3 |
| MCG #2 | March 4 | March 10 | March 1 | March 10 |
| MCG #3 | April 8 | April 14 | April 5 | April 14 |
| MCG #4 | May 6 | May 19 | May 3 | May 19 |
| MCG #5 | June 3 | June 16 | June 7 | June 16 |
| MCG #6 | July 8 | July 21 | July 12 | July 21 |
| MCG #7 | August 5 | August 11 | August 2 | August 11 |
Applications will open on November 15, 2021.
For more information, email Laura Buff.
*Group A is designed exclusively for Spanish-speaking forensic interviewers.
This project is supported by Grant No. 2017-CI-FX-K001 and 2020-CI-FX-K001 awarded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.
