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Interviewing Children 08INV003
**Cancellations for this class must be received by NEMRT 7 days prior to the start of the program in order to avoid being billed!**
Location:
Darien Police Department
Date:
2/15/2024
Starts:
08:00 AM
Ends:
04:00 PM
NEMRT Certificate Hours:
8
Speaker(s):
Danielle Butts
Member Fee:
$0.00
NonMember Fee:
$105.00
Department Max:
2
**PLEASE Scroll through the course description to gather all required information for this class!**
This course has been designed to provide patrol officers, investigators, school resource officers, and/or juvenile officers with additional methods and information for interviewing children in criminal investigations. This highly interactive course will provide a framework for interviewing children who are victims or witnesses to crimes. Our instructor conducts over 125 forensic interviews of children per year. EMPHASIS WILL BE PLACED ON PRACTICAL EXERCISES CONDUCTED THROUGHOUT THE COURSE. THIS COURSE WILL UTILIZE CASE VIGNETTES FOR PRACTICAL APPLICATION. Topics to be discussed: - Interview settings for children - Child development and cognitive abilities – What should your expectations be for different age groups - Cognitive evaluation - Types of questions – from open-ended to leading - Interviewing aides - Stages of a child interview - Establishing timelines with children - Blocks to interviewing children – Disabilities and Mental Health issues WHILE ISSUES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TO CHILDREN AND SEXUAL ASSAULT OF CHILDREN WILL BE DISCUSSED, IT IS THE INTENT OF THIS COURSE TO TEACH STUDENTS TO UTILIZE THESE INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES IN ADDITIONAL SITUATIONS. **The subject matter of this course falls within the key training guidelines for the in-service training requirements for Lead Homicide Investigator.** This course has been certified by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board. It is not reimbursable by the ILETSB.
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