Countering Defense Experts Who Testify About the Forensic Interview

Forensic Interviewer Training Webinar: A Two-Part Virtual CLE via Zoom

This two-part training will highlight key strategies Prosecuting Attorneys and Forensic Interviewers can use to maximize the forensic interview at trial.

Session two will provide insights into what and when to anticipate a defense expert, the topics they frequently cover, and tips for utilizing your forensic interviewer as a rebuttal witness.

Presenters:

Haley Sebens, Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney – Skagit County, WA

Courtney Long, Child Forensic Interviewer – Skagit County, WA

Co-Sponsored by Children’s Advocacy Centers of Washington and The Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys

CLE-WSBA Activity ID pending (0 Law & Legal Procedure, 0 Ethics, 0 Other)

Read carefully: to obtain CLEs you will be required to complete a Post Training Attendance Form.  The link to the form will be emailed to you following the training.  The form will expire Sunday, July 31, 2022, so all form submissions must be received prior to this date.  If the form is not received, CLEs will not be submitted on your behalf.

This training is set up through Talent LMS.  You must register through Talent to access this training.  Please follow these steps:

Step 1: Go to https://cacwa.talentlms.com, click Sign Up, and fill out the form.

Step 2: Once signed up, select the Course Catalog

Step 3: Click on the workshop you would like to attend and click Select Course

Step 4: Click Start or Resume Course, and then Register. There is a button on the bottom right that allows you to add the course to your calendar. You will get an email confirmation. All the live workshops will be presented using the Zoom platform. You will not receive a direct link to the workshop so you will have to log into Talent LMS the day of the training.

Step 5: On the day of training, access to the live workshop will be allowed 15 minutes prior to the start time.  Log into https://cacwa.talentlms.com and do one of the options below:

• On the Home screen, hover over the course picture and click on the “play button.” The next page will be a course session description.  Click on Join under the word Webinar.
• Select Calendar and click on the training displayed on the calendar date. On the hover window, click on Join next to the word Webinar.

Questions or technical difficulties should be emailed to training@cacwa.org.