Cultivating the Forensic Interview Program: Support for CAC Executive Directors
Executive directors of Children’s Advocacy Centers (CAC) are key champions of child forensic interviewers. Many are responsible for recruiting new interviewers; providing access to high-quality training and peer review and support, and supervision; and sustaining and retaining those interviewers at their centers. However, most CAC directors receive little to no training in forensic interviewing (i.e., general knowledge, protocols, research, resources, etc.), which impedes their ability to support the interviewers in their CAC. To meet the needs of CAC directors, especially those newer to their positions, the National Children’s Advocacy Center (NCAC) has developed a new training, Cultivating the Forensic Interview Program: Support for CAC Executive Directors.
Facilitated by Linda Cordisco Steele, this training will cover child forensic interviewing and the role of the interviewer and how to identify the strengths and needs of participants’ current forensic interviewing programs. Directors will develop an actionable plan to support their efforts to enhance the child forensic interviewing program at their respective CACs.
This project was supported by Award No. 15PJDP-23-GK-01575-JJVO awarded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this presentation are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice or grant-making component.
For more information, please contact Alex Haynes, the TTA CAP Grant Coordinator.
