Upcoming Courses:
Basic Investigations of Child Sexual Abuse Crimes
November 10, 2021 | 8:00am – 5:00pm |at the Southwest Family Advocacy Center
Course Description: To improve the investigation and prosecution of sexual child abuse cases by teaching investigators investigative, medical investigative, and charging best practices that are child-sensitive, developmentally-appropriate, and legally-defensible.
Who Should Attend: This training is exclusively designed for professionals with duties that include interviewing suspected victims of child maltreatment, such as law enforcement, DCS professionals, professionals with the Office of Child Welfare Investigations, and Prosecutors.
AZPOST Certificate: 8 hours
Children’s Justice Trainings are courses designed to improve the investigations of crimes involving child maltreatment in a trauma-sensitive, developmentally appropriate way. Unless otherwise noted, Children’s Justice Trainings are exclusively for investigators of crimes involving child maltreatment, including law enforcement, DCS investigators, prosecutors, forensic interviewers, and tribal CPS investigators. Individuals who sign up for these courses and who are not investigators will be contacted and removed from the roster.
All courses are free of charge. Please note that these courses do not provide food or beverages to participants. Law enforcement participants can get AZPOST hours for Children’s Justice Trainings with approval from their home agency.
Children’s Justice Trainings are generously funded by the Governor’s Office of Youth, Faith and Family
For information about the 32-hour Advanced Forensic Interview Training, please go to this page.
Upcoming Courses
Police Officers, SROs and Forensic Interviewing (for Police Officers and SROs only)
June 7, 2023 | 9:00am – 11:00am | at the Gilbert Public Safety Training Facility
Course Description: To improve the investigation and prosecution of child abuse cases by teaching first responders how to gather the appropriate information using protocol-informed best practices.
Who Should Attend: This training is exclusively designed for Patrol Officers and School Resource Officers
This course may be AZPOST eligible with agency approval
Developmental & Linguistic Considerations for Interviewing Young Children
June 21, 2023 | 9:00am – 11:00am | at the Southwest Family Advocacy Center
Course Description: This course teaches investigators interview techniques that gather the greatest amount of reliable information in a child-sensitive, developmentally-appropriate, and legally-defensible manner, specifically focusing on interviewing children under the age of six.
Who Should Attend: This training is exclusively designed for professionals with duties that include interviewing suspected victims of child maltreatment, such as law enforcement, DCS professionals, and prosecutors.
This course may be AZPOST eligible with agency approval
Legal Considerations in Child Abuse Forensic Interviews
July 19, 2023 | 9:00am – 11:00am | at the Gilbert Public Safety Training Facility
Course Description: This course is designed to improve the investigation and prosecution of child abuse cases by teaching investigators/prosecutors about laws that affect evidence and testimony.
Who Should Attend: This training is exclusively designed for professionals with duties that include interviewing suspected victims of child maltreatment, such as law enforcement, DCS professionals, professionals with the Office of Child Welfare Investigations, and Prosecutors.
This course may be AZPOST eligible with agency approval
Interviewing Child Abuse Suspects
July 25, 2023 | 8:00am – 5:00pm | at the Southwest Family Advocacy Center
Course Description: This training focuses on the legal issues and techniques of interviewing adults suspected of committing child abuse, and is designed to improve the investigation and prosecution of child abuse cases by teaching investigators interview techniques that gather the greatest amount of reliable information. Some information regarding interviewing juveniles suspected of child abuse is also included.
Who Should Attend: This training is exclusively designed for professionals with duties that include interviewing suspected victims of child maltreatment, such as law enforcement, DCS professionals, professionals with the Office of Child Welfare Investigations, and Prosecutors.
This course may be AZPOST eligible with agency approval
Please contact Simone Tavassoli at simone@pcaaz.org if you’re interested in hosting a Child Crimes Investigation training in 2023!
Training Catalog
We work with Arizona experts to offer sixteen different Child Crimes Investigation trainings. Feel free to peruse our training catalog. Interested in bringing a training to your area? Let us know which training and where you plan to host the training, and we can coordinate a date.
For questions about Children’s Justice Trainings please contact:
Simone Tavassoli, Training Manager at simone@pcaaz.org.
These trainings are provided free of charge thanks to a grant from the Governor’s Office for Youth, Faith and Families and the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office.
