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SUMMARY:October 2026 - Core Victim Advocacy Training
DESCRIPTION:First Witness Victim Advocacy Training October  19\, 21\, 23 \n\n\n\nThis training runs from 10am-5:30pm ET each day and is a virtual training at no cost to attendee.  There is pre-reading required to attend this course. \n\n\n\nVictim advocates associated with Children’s Advocacy Centers\, including Victim Assistance professionals from Prosecutors Offices are welcome to register. \n\n\n\nThis training meets all essential components in the National Children’s Alliance (NCA) Standard of Victim Advocacy (#3).  \n\n\n\n\nRegister now for this event\n\n\n\n\n    Please 🔒Login to register for this event.
URL:https://incacs.org/event/october-2026-core-victim-advocacy-training/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20261104T100000
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SUMMARY:2026 - November 4 - MDT Facilitator's Toolkit
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview \n\n\n\nDuration: 4 hours\, 10am – 2pm \n\n\n\nPrimary Focus: Equipping Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) staff and partners with the practical toolkits\, facilitation skills\, and group dynamic strategies required to manage an effective multidisciplinary team.  \n\n\n\nCore Topics Covered: Building a shared team model and fostering cross-agency trust. Managing operational workflows\, conflict resolution\, and case review facilitation. Meeting National Children’s Alliance (NCA) standards for team collaboration and accredited communication. \n\n\n\nFacilitator Bios: \n\n\n\nAmber Bloss \n\n\n\nAmber Bloss is a Forensic Interviewer\, Trainer\, and Multidisciplinary Team Facilitator at First Witness Child Advocacy Center where she conducts interviews\, trains professionals around the world\, and leads their multidisciplinary team through research discussions\, team bonding\, and intentional collaboration of services. Amber graduated from the University of Minnesota Duluth and holds a bachelor’s degree in both Criminology and Sociology with a minor in Psychology. She finds passion in training professionals to notice the little things like body language\, mannerisms\, vocal expressions\, and facial cues. Amber ties this into teaching professionals to recognize disabilities in children and adapt their practices to fit the best interest of the child. Her training style includes a mix of applicable research and participant discussion to achieve practical learning. Amber is always looking to have new discussions which prompt connection and collaboration among professionals to keep their passions burning in this field.  \n\n\n\nKaylee Grunseth \n\n\n\nKaylee works as a Senior Forensic Interviewer\, Trainer\, Multidisciplinary (MDT) Facilitator\, and Cultural Equity Specialist at First Witness. She focuses her work and training development on serving different populations and cultures\, analyzing how outside factors impact child abuse\, and the history of the field. Kaylee received a bachelor’s degree in biology\, society\, and the environment with minors in sustainability studies and Spanish studies from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. She utilizes her background in science to help guide her work and develop trainings. Throughout her life and career\, she has worked with children and other vulnerable populations in a variety of roles. Kaylee believes training should be educational\, conversational\, interdisciplinary\, and interactive to achieve meaningful and insightful learning (and sometimes adds a dash of dark humor too). She loves utilizing research findings along with anecdotes from her work to paint a full picture of the topic at hand. Kaylee enjoys building relationships with her trainees and learning from them too! \n\n\n\nRegister now for this event\n\n\n\n    Please 🔒Login to register for this event.
URL:https://incacs.org/event/2026-november-4-mdt-facilitators-toolkit/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20261110T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20261110T140000
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SUMMARY:2026 - November - Statewide Peer Review
DESCRIPTION:Virtual forensic interview peer review \n\n\n\n\nRegister now for this event\n\n\n\n\n    Please 🔒Login to register for this event.
URL:https://incacs.org/event/2026-november-statewide-peer-review/
CATEGORIES:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20261202T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20261204T170000
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SUMMARY:2026 - Dec 2 - 4 - Expanded Forensic Interviews
DESCRIPTION:Based on the nationally recognized ChildFirst® Forensic Interview Protocol\, this 2.5-day training provides a purposeful and legally defensible process for conducting expanded forensic interviews with children who may not succeed in a standard\, single interview due to trauma\, developmental\, special needs\, or other complicating issues\, including poly-victimization. This training is designed for investigative teams of law enforcement officers\, social workers\, prosecutors\, child protection attorneys\, and forensic interviewers. The training will teach the expanded interview process as well as research supporting multiple\, non-duplicative interviews with child victims and witnesses. Participants must have completed a nationally recognized basic child forensic interview training. \n\n\n\nThis training will discuss the expanded interview process as well as research supporting multiple\, non-duplicative interviews with child victims and witnesses. ChildFirst® EX can be utilized with any forensic interview protocol model and includes not only lecture but practice for participants in conducting an expanded forensic interview. \n\n\n\nWednesday – 8:00am – 5:00pm CT \n\n\n\nThursday – 8:00am – 5:00pm CT \n\n\n\nFriday – 8:00am – 12:00pm CT \n\n\n\n*This training will be virtual* \n\n\n\nRequirements:  \n\n\n\n\nAll accepted participants must have completed a nationally recognized basic forensic interviewing training course and will be required to provide proof of attendance upon acceptance to this training\n\n\n\nComputer\, tablet\, or phone with microphone and camera. Students will need camera and microphone capability during the entire training\n\n\n\nAbility to print or view a small number of documents/forms for use during the training\n\n\n\n\nRegister now for this event\n\n\n\n    Please 🔒Login to register for this event.
URL:https://incacs.org/event/2026-dec-2-4-expanded-forensic-interviews/
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SUMMARY:December 15 - Mandated Reporter Training
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a session on Mandated Reporting on December 15th at 1pm ET. \n\n\n\nThis training will meet the National Children’s Alliance Standard 10\, Child Safety and Protection\, Essential Component G\, for accreditation.  You will receive a certificate of attendance with the date and number of hours of the training. \n\n\n\nThe Mandated Reporter online training is designed to help professionals understand their responsibilities as mandated reporters\, who must report any suspicion of child maltreatment. Participants will learn current state statutes\, reporting requirements\, as well as the signs and symptoms of various types of maltreatment. They will identify proper procedures and practices for effective documentation and learn how to conduct a minimal facts interview which in turn reduces trauma and negative outcomes to an investigation. \n\n\n\nThis will be held via zoom. A link will be provided as you register.  \n\n\n\n\n\nRegister now for this event\n\n\n\n    Please 🔒Login to register for this event.
URL:https://incacs.org/event/december-15-mandated-reporter-training/
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