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
One Party Consent Calls
September 19, 2023 | 8:00am – 12:00pm | at the Prescott Police Department
Course Description: To improve the investigation and prosecution of child abuse cases by teaching investigators confrontation call 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.
This course may be AZPOST eligible with agency approval
Basic Investigations of Child Physical Abuse Crimes & Child Homicide
October 3, 2023 | 8:00am – 5:00pm |at the Chandler Public Safety Training Center
Course Description: To improve the investigation and prosecution of physical child abuse and child homicide 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.
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.
