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StepWise 360: Interviewing Children and Youth – September 2025

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StepWise 360: Interviewing Children and Youth – September 2025

StepWise 360: Interviewing Children and Youth (ICY) provides you with the basic knowledge and skills needed to conduct effective forensic interviews with cooperative children and adolescents.

The StepWise 360: Interviewing Child and Youth workshop is approved by the National Children’s Alliance as meeting the foundational forensic interview training requirements for Accredited Children’s Advocacy Centers.

Delivery Options

 Hybrid: Combine the flexibility of online learning with the benefits of in-person sessions.

Duration

5-day workshop

Best Suited For

It is suitable for police, social workers, child protection specialists, mental health professionals, and lawyers who interview children and adolescents.

Learning Outcomes

At the End of the Workshop, You Will Be Able To:
  1. Understand and apply the foundations of effective interviewing;
  2. Apply memory-informed, client-centered, strength-based, culturally agile, and trauma-informed best practices in interviewing;
  3. Explain how the StepWise 360 interviewing principles and goals are important in interviewing;
  4. Describe the dynamics of maltreatment and reporting maltreatment;
  5. Create and use memory-informed questions;
  6. Tailor a forensic interview for children and youth based upon child development;
  7. Apply the StepWise 360 model to conduct comprehensive child and youth forensic interviews; and
  8. Effectively analyze interviews to self-reflect and provide peers with feedback.

Pricing

  • Full price = $2400/person;
  • 5% discount for social service workers (police, child welfare, and adult protection) = $2280 / person;
  • 10% Group Discount (5+) = $2160 / person; 20%
  • Early Bird (3 months) = $1920 / person
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Discover how our training has transformed the approach and confidence of professionals like you.

“I thought the presenters were great.  They were very good at engaging all of us.  The presenters gave constructive feedback throughout the course and allowed breaks throughout to help us remain focused.”
CPW

(February 2023, ICY, Inperson)

“Loved all of the different learning methods. Interactive and so knowledgeable”
Police Officer

(December 2023, ICY Inperson)

“Very knowledgeable instructor.  He was able to explain things in a way everyone could understand.”
RCMP Officer

(November, 2022)

“The workshop is pretty awesome. The information is very useful. As with all things, I was intimidated about taking it, but it was ok by the time it was completed.”
Child in Care Worker

(September 2022, ICY, Open Online)

“The presenters were amazing, knowledgeable, easy going and gave all of us the platform to learn and interact with each other.”
CPW

(September 2022, ICY, Open Online)

“Amazing facilitators! Peer participation scenarios were fantastic and the actors. Really appreciated and like how timely everything was (breaks, lunches, breakout rooms etc)”
Police Officer

(May 2023, ICY, Open, Online)

“Polished. Obviously experienced in this field.”
RCMP Officer

(October, 2021)

“The course material was very well explained. The slides were engaging and easy to follow. The videos provided great examples of what may work and what may cause challenges throughout the interview. “
Police Officer

(November 2022, Tailoring to Complex Cases/Needs, Inperson)

“Very knowledgeable. Linking advanced info back to basics.”
RCMP Officer

(March, 2022)

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