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SUMMARY:Nonprofit Financial Commons | Strengthening the Accidental Finance Leader: Financial Knowledge for Non-Financial People
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview\nMore and more nonprofit professionals step into roles where they are expected to make decisions based on financial information\, often without formal training. Finance can feel opaque\, technical\, and filled with jargon\, making it difficult not only to understand the numbers\, but to use them effectively. \nStrengthening the Accidental Finance Leader is designed to change that. \nThis four-session course builds practical financial knowledge for nonprofit professionals who are not finance specialists but need to confidently engage with financial information. Participants will develop the skills to interpret financial data\, support strategic decision-making\, and communicate financial insights clearly within their organizations. \nLearning Objective\n\nUnderstand the fundamentals behind accurate financial reporting\, including staffing\, internal controls\, and compliance\nRead and use basic financial reports to assess organizational financial health\nRecognize key financial roles (bookkeeper\, accountant\, auditor\, banker) and know when and how to engage them\nThink strategically about budgeting\, business models\, and the true cost of mission delivery\nCommunicate financial information more clearly to staff\, leadership\, and boards\n\nSessions\nSession 1: Leadership in Your Financial Ecosystem | Tuesday\, June 2\, 2026\nThis session introduces what financial leadership looks like in a nonprofit context. Participants will explore how financial responsibility shows up across roles\, how culture and mindset influence financial decisions\, and how to navigate the broader ecosystem of people and systems involved in financial management. \nSession 2: Understanding & Assessing Financial Statements | Thursday\, June 4\, 2026\nThis session builds practical skills for reading and interpreting nonprofit financial statements. Participants will learn how to make sense of key reports\, understand the nuances of nonprofit finance\, and begin using financial data to assess organizational health. \nSession 3: Elements for Determining Your Financial Strategy | Tuesday\, June 9\, 2026\nThis session focuses on the key components that shape a nonprofit’s financial strategy. Participants will explore how to understand the true cost of their work\, evaluate their business model\, and use budgeting as a strategic tool rather than just a financial exercise. \nSession 4: Financial Sensemaking | Thursday\, June 11\, 2026\nThis session focuses on how to interpret financial information and communicate it effectively to different audiences. Participants will learn how to move from raw data to meaningful insights\, and how to present financial information in ways that support understanding\, accountability\, and decision-making. \nRegister Through Nonprofit Financial Commons\n 
URL:https://minnesotachildrensalliance.org/training/nonprofit-financial-commons-strengthening-the-accidental-finance-leader-financial-knowledge-for-non-financial-people/2026-06-02/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260602T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260602T120000
DTSTAMP:20260616T041416
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SUMMARY:ZAP | Sexting and Youth: What Every Professional Should Know
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview\n\n\n\nSocial media is not going away. As social media adapts and changes\, young people are either creating the adaptations or adapting right along with it. Professionals can face a steep learning curve as they attempt to respond to new risks in the lives of the young people they serve. This presentation provides tools to help professionals get on the front end of the problem before they are faced head on with challenging mental health or criminal scenarios around youth sending and receiving sexual material. The presentation will detail the risks children are facing and provide case studies\, tools\, and best practices for professionals working to respond. \n\n\n\nRegister through ZAP
URL:https://minnesotachildrensalliance.org/training/zap-sexting-and-youth-what-every-professional-should-know/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:Technology
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260601T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260601T133000
DTSTAMP:20260616T041416
CREATED:20260514T153811Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260514T153811Z
UID:10001602-1780315200-1780320600@minnesotachildrensalliance.org
SUMMARY:WRCAC Executive Director Rural Roundtable
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview\nHow Supervisor Can Support Role Clarity for MDT Facilitators\nJoin WRCAC for a discussion on how supervisors can support role clarity for MDT Facilitators. Joyce will share a brief overview of what the MDT Facilitator role is designed to do\, why clear expectations matter\, and how supervisors can strengthen alignment\, communication\, and support for those in this position. There will be opportunities for questions and discussion about how supervisors can best reinforce clarity and confidence for MDT Facilitators in their day‑to‑day work. \nRegister Through WRCAC
URL:https://minnesotachildrensalliance.org/training/wrcac-executive-director-rural-roundtable/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:Children's Advocacy Centers
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260601
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260605
DTSTAMP:20260616T041416
CREATED:20260304T201310Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260304T201310Z
UID:10001503-1780272000-1780617599@minnesotachildrensalliance.org
SUMMARY:NCAC Forensic Interviewing of Children Training
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview\nThe National Children’s Advocacy Center (NCAC) Forensic Interviewing of Children training is an internationally recognized\, research-informed and practice-informed intensive training. Participants will learn necessary skills to conduct a competent investigative interview of a child using the NCAC Child Forensic Interview (CFI) Structure. Participants will also be introduced to the evidence-based literature that supports the NCAC CFI Structure. This 4-day\, interactive training is facilitated by practicing forensic interviewers who are well-versed in the current literature. The training includes lectures\, skill-building activities\, guided discussions\, reflections\, and an interview practicum in a supportive environment with assessment and feedback provided by experienced interviewers. \nRegister through NCAC\nRegister by Friday\, May 22\, 2026!
URL:https://minnesotachildrensalliance.org/training/ncac-forensic-interviewing-of-children-training-16/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:Forensic Interview
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260529T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260529T150000
DTSTAMP:20260616T041416
CREATED:20260507T195031Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260507T195031Z
UID:10001580-1780063200-1780066800@minnesotachildrensalliance.org
SUMMARY:Esperanza Executive Director Series
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview\nThis space is designed for Chief Executive Officers\, Executive Directors\, and emerging leaders within community-based organizations. Participants will engage with data-driven insights to strengthen leadership capacity and organizational effectiveness. Topic areas include financial management\, engaging new stakeholders\, and fundraising strategies. \nExecutive Director Series\n\nEngaging New Stakeholders | Friday\, May 15\, 2025\nOwn Your Value | Friday\, May 29\, 2026\nFundraising and Diversifying Funds | Friday\, June 6\, 2026\n\nRegister through Esperanza United
URL:https://minnesotachildrensalliance.org/training/esperanza-executive-director-series/2026-05-29/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="Esperanza United":MAILTO:info@esperanzaunited.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260528T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260528T130000
DTSTAMP:20260616T041416
CREATED:20260514T155444Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260514T155536Z
UID:10001606-1779969600-1779973200@minnesotachildrensalliance.org
SUMMARY:Crucial Learning | Victims and Villians: How to Stop Your thoughts from Sabotaging Your Crucial Conversations
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview\nIn crucial moments\, the stories we tell ourselves shape everything—our emotions\, our actions\, and ultimately our results. So often we author victim\, villain\, and helpless stories about ourselves and others to justify our strong emotions. But what if those stories aren’t as accurate as they feel? \nWhen the stories we tell ourselves are based on incomplete or inaccurate interpretations\, they lead to bad decisions\, strained relationships\, and poor results. \nIn this free webinar\, Scott Robley will share research-backed skills to help you slow down your thinking and separate fact from the stories you’re telling yourself. Through practical tools and real-world examples\, you’ll discover how to reduce defensiveness\, increase clarity\, and show up more effectively in high-stakes conversations. \nLearning Objectives\n\nWhy your brain creates Victim\, Villain\, and Helpless stories\nHow to recognize and challenge the stories you’re telling yourself\nHow to apply a practical method to rethink your stories and master your emotions\n\nRegister Through Crucial Learning\n 
URL:https://minnesotachildrensalliance.org/training/crucial-learning-victims-and-villians-how-to-stop-your-thoughts-from-sabotaging-your-crucial-conversations/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260528T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260528T130000
DTSTAMP:20260616T041416
CREATED:20260507T201552Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260507T201552Z
UID:10001585-1779969600-1779973200@minnesotachildrensalliance.org
SUMMARY:Minnesota Judicial Branch | The Intersection of Domestic Violence\, Mental health\, Chemical Dependency\, and Child Welfare
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview\nDomestic violence frequently co-occurs with substance use and mental health challenges\, creating complex family dynamics that are often misunderstood by the systems responsible for safety\, treatment\, and accountability. When these issues intersect—particularly in families involved with the child welfare system—they can obscure patterns of coercive control\, complicate safety planning\, and result in responses that unintentionally increase risk for both survivors and children. \nThis training examines how domestic violence\, chemical dependency\, mental health illness\, and child welfare involvement interact within individuals\, families\, and service systems. Participants will explore how trauma affects both adult and child functioning; how substance use\, and mental health diagnoses may be misinterpreted as the primary cause of abuse; and how survivor coping strategies\, including substance use\, are often viewed through a deficit-based or punitive lens. The session also addresses the ways coercive control directly impacts parenting\, child safety\, and family stability\, as well as how system silos and conflicting mandates can undermine effective intervention and family-centered outcomes.\nUsing a trauma-informed\, victim-centered\, and child-focused framework\, this training encourages critical analysis\, challenges common assumptions\, and promotes coordinated responses that enhance safety\, stability\, and accountability. Participants will leave with practical strategies to strengthen professional judgment\, improve cross-system collaboration\, and support more effective decision-making in complex cases. \nLearning Objectives\n\nExplain how domestic violence\, mental health challenges\, substance use\, and child welfare involvement intersect and influence risk\, parenting capacity\, and system responses.\nDistinguish the impacts of trauma\, chemical dependency\, and mental health conditions from patterns of coercive control\, particularly in the context of child safety and family functioning.\nApply trauma-informed\, multidisciplinary\, and child-focused strategies to improve assessment\, referrals\, and cross-system collaboration to enhance safety and long-term outcomes.\n\nRegister Through Minnesota Judicial Branch
URL:https://minnesotachildrensalliance.org/training/minnesota-judicial-branch-the-intersection-of-domestic-violence-mental-health-chemical-dependency-and-child-welfare/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260528T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260528T130000
DTSTAMP:20260616T041416
CREATED:20260324T180436Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260522T191554Z
UID:10001544-1779969600-1779973200@minnesotachildrensalliance.org
SUMMARY:APSAC | Duck\, Duck\, Grey Duck: Conducting Suspect Identification Lineups with Children
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview\nChildren experience exploitation and witness violence\, and may be asked to identify unknown suspects during the course of an investigation. However\, children may fail to correctly identify a suspect for multiple reasons.  This presentation will review the research on child eyewitness lineup identification; identify issues that may lead to incorrect suspect identifications; and discuss techniques to improve children’s eyewitness accuracy in lineup identifications. \nLearning Objectives\n\nUnderstand the research on child eyewitness suspect lineup identification\, including issues of eyewitness bias\, and how it connects to child abuse forensic interviews and investigations\nIdentify memory and trauma issues that may lead children to incorrectly identify a suspect in lineups\nDiscuss techniques to improve children’s eyewitness accuracy in suspect lineup identification procedures\n\nZoom Webinar System Requirements\nFor the best experience\, use a computer or mobile device with a stable internet connection. Please have the latest version of Zoom installed\, along with working speakers and a microphone. A webcam is required if you’re requesting continuing education credit. \nRegister Through APSAC
URL:https://minnesotachildrensalliance.org/training/apsac-duck-duck-grey-duck-conducting-suspect-identification-lineups-with-children/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:Investigation,Online Webinar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260528
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260529
DTSTAMP:20260616T041416
CREATED:20260324T161524Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260324T161524Z
UID:10001540-1779926400-1780012799@minnesotachildrensalliance.org
SUMMARY:ZAP | Tech-Facilitated Crimes and the Forensic Interview
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview\n\n\nThis one-day workshop teaches forensic interview techniques for technology-facilitated crimes against children and investigative strategies. \n\n\n\n\nThis one-day workshop explores effective forensic interview techniques for technology-facilitated crimes against children. You’ll gain a clearer understanding of the current technological landscape and challenge common misconceptions about the nature and prevalence of tech-facilitated child abuse. \nThis training equips forensic interviewers and investigative multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) with practical tools and skills to strengthen interview preparation\, increase interview efficacy\, and improve judicial outcomes. \n\n\nLearning Objectives\n\nUnderstand the dynamics of technology-facilitated child abuse\nDevelop a structured approach to pre-interview preparation\nLearn sample language\, tools\, and techniques for conducting forensic interviews in tech-facilitated abuse cases\n\nRegister through ZAP
URL:https://minnesotachildrensalliance.org/training/zap-tech-facilitated-crimes-and-the-forensic-interview/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:Forensic Interview
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260521T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260521T153000
DTSTAMP:20260616T041416
CREATED:20260413T170917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260413T170917Z
UID:10001565-1779361200-1779377400@minnesotachildrensalliance.org
SUMMARY:APSAC | Do No Harm Interviewing Skills Needed When There Are Concerns About Abuse: The Why\, The When\, The How
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview\nA First-of-Its-Kind\, Multi-Module Training Series – For professionals who may talk with children about abuse — outside official CAC forensic interview roles. Whether in mental health\, healthcare\, education\, child welfare\, law enforcement\, or frontline work\, gain the skills to respond safely without causing harm. \nProfessionals in many settings have contact with children who may have witnessed or been a victim of violence. Children sometimes make statements that are as alarming as they are unclear\, resulting in a professional feeling anxious about child safety and confusion about how to manage a mandated report. In some situations\, professionals need clarity regarding a child’s statement and in other situations professionals need to get some information from a child before or after an investigation and child forensic interview. \nThis training will teach child serving professionals across disciplines how to talk with the child in a non-invasive manner that allows the child to provide basic information about the concerns and feel supported in the process. Specific emphasis will be on how to enhance rapport building throughout an interview\, address the importance of including narrative event practice prior to talking about the issue of concern\, and will teach specific interview techniques focusing on the use of open-ended questions from narrative event practice through basic questioning about the concerns. \nPresenters will cover memory and cognitive development research and the values of these skills. Presenters will also provide an overview of the components of child maltreatment investigations and child forensic interviewing. Attendees will learn and practice new skills that may help them respond effectively to children who make statements that raise child maltreatment or family violence concerns. The goal of using these skills is to support the child\, get helpful basic information\, and enhance\, not hinder an investigation. \nLearn the Why\, When & How \nSafe\, developmentally appropriate\, evidence-informed interviewing skills — stay in your role and reduce risk. \nWhy does this training matter? \n\nFills a national gap for non-CAC interviewers\nPromotes trauma-informed\, child-centered\, legally sound practice\nLed by national experts in forensic interviewing & child protection\n\nModule 1: The Why and the When?\n\nDescribe the historical context of child maltreatment and common myths\, biases\, statistics\, scope of problem factors that increase risk of child maltreatment.\nDistinguish the roles of CPS\, LE\, FI\, and other involved.\nLearn the indicators\, effects\, and dynamics of abuse.\nDemonstrate how to respond and when to refer and when to gather additional information.\nReview Disclosure and Recantation research\nSummarize disclosure types\, methods and reasons for delay.\nDescribe the research on memory and suggestibility.\nTranslate the research that clearly reveals that a supportive non-offending caregiver is critical to the resiliency of the child and learn how your role can help the non-offending caregiver to believe and support the child.\nLearn how to effectively engage families and non-offending caregivers.\nSummarize the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the opportunities to incorporate resilience in investigative response.\nDemonstrate the ability to react and respond to a child or adolescent disclosing abuse.\nIdentify individualized triggers\, strengths\, resources\, resilience\, and preventative strategies.\nDistinguish essential facts.\nPrepare for testimony.\n\nModule 2: The Practice of How?\n\nDefine Roles. Participants will describe why\, when\, and how to talk with children when abuse and violence are a concern.\nDescribe Skills for Gathering Information from Children. Rapport building\, narrative event practice\, transition to concern\, open-ended questions\, recording information\, and supporting trauma-informed closure.\nDemonstrate Ways of Talking with Children that are Supportive\, Warm\, and Sustain Rapport. Role play and practice.\nApply Open-Ended Questioning Techniques: Participants will learn how to utilize open-ended questions and narrative event practice to gather accurate\, reliable information from children about their experiences.\nDemonstrate Non-Invasive Interviewing Skills: Participants will learn techniques to establish rapport and conduct child-friendly\, non-invasive conversations that encourage children to share concerns and basic information.\nExplain Supportive Conversations for Child Well-being: Professionals will be able to more effectively respond to children’s statements in a manner that supports ongoing investigations\, maintains trust\, and prioritizes the child’s emotional safety.\n*Note: Module 2 will be offered in-person at the APSAC Colloquium Pre-Conference on June 14\, 2026.\n\nModule 3: the How and Beyond – Research-Informed Interviewing\nPrerequisite: Module 1 must be completed prior to attending Module 3. Module 2 must be completed or registered for prior to attending Module 3. \n\nDemonstrate the ability to differentiate the purpose of the non-forensic interviewer interview from a formal child forensic interview.\nExplain the key stages of research-informed interviewing and how these stages may differ from a formal child forensic interview.\nEvaluate the quality of interview questions by understanding the type of questions used.\nGive examples of how to prioritize and maximize open-ended questions to elicit accurate narratives and reliable information from children.\nExplain the best ways to structure their interviews to support the child and future investigation.\nDemonstrate knowledge of language and memory development to generating interview questions.\nIdentify how child development and linguistic considerations affect abilities of children to understand and respond to adult questioning.\nIdentify and give examples of age-appropriate questions and ways of assessing child’s developmental level and abilities.\nDemonstrate knowledge of challenges to talking with children and ways of reducing drift. Make a plan for avoiding draft.\nExplain key memory concepts critical in effective child interviewing: How children’s memories differ from adults\, Recall v. Recognition memory\, Memory source monitoring\, Script memory\nGive examples of key memory concept questions critical in effective child interviewing: Recall memory\, Recognition memory\, Memory source monitoring\, Script memory\, Episodic memory\nSummarize key principles of best practice interview techniques and components gleaned from the research\, with reference to key provisions of the APSAC Practice Guidelines on Forensic Interviewing in Cases of Suspected Child Abuse.\nExplain next steps to a child and supportive family members (as needed) that match practitioners role in the interview process.\n\nRegister Through APSAC
URL:https://minnesotachildrensalliance.org/training/apsac-do-no-harm-interviewing-skills-needed-when-there-are-concerns-about-abuse-the-why-the-when-the-how-6/2026-05-21/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:Multidisciplinary teams,Online Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260520T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260521T133000
DTSTAMP:20260616T041416
CREATED:20260430T154130Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260430T154130Z
UID:10001569-1779278400-1779370200@minnesotachildrensalliance.org
SUMMARY:MAC Assisting Families of Missing Persons
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview\nThis is an online training webinar catered to victim service professionals working with families of missing persons. Attendees will hear from representatives of the Missing and Murdered Black Women and Girls Office\, the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Office\, and the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center. This training is designed to inform victim service professionals on best practices and cultural considerations while working with families of missing Black women and girls\, Indigenous persons\, and children. This training will emphasize culturally responsive advocacy and factors that uniquely impact these communities. \nThis webinar is free for all to attend. The webinar will be recorded and the recording will be made available exclusively for MAC members. \nRegister through the Minnesota Alliance on Crime\n 
URL:https://minnesotachildrensalliance.org/training/mac-assisting-families-of-missing-persons/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260520T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260520T140000
DTSTAMP:20260616T041416
CREATED:20260514T155127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260514T155127Z
UID:10001605-1779278400-1779285600@minnesotachildrensalliance.org
SUMMARY:Baystate Health Avoiding Common Errors in the Forensic Interview
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview\nForensic Interviews can be unpredictable\, but there are a lot of pitfalls we can plan for and avoid. Join the conversation to: \n\nDiscuss the most common errors in the planning\, early rapport & substantive phase of the interview\, as well as how to address them ahead of time\nUse case studies to analyze how teams can develop practices that acknowledge and avoid common errors\nSpotlight on team problem-solving\n\nAs a Forensic Interviewer and former CAC Director\, Molly Louison-Semrow will apply both policy and practice lenses to avoiding common errors throughout the interview process.  Ideal for: Any MDT members who regularly attend Forensic Interviews \nRegister Through Baystate Health & Child Advocacy Training & Support
URL:https://minnesotachildrensalliance.org/training/baystate-health-avoiding-common-errors-in-the-forensic-interview/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:Forensic Interview
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260520T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260520T150000
DTSTAMP:20260616T041416
CREATED:20260507T202328Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260507T202328Z
UID:10001588-1779274800-1779289200@minnesotachildrensalliance.org
SUMMARY:NCJTC | Internet of Things: Privacy Concerns – What Communities Need to Know
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview\nAs the Internet of Things (IoT) becomes ubiquitous in our everyday lives there are privacy and security concerns that citizens should be aware of. This training will provide an overview of IoT and will teach law enforcement officials methods to engage with their communities to provide information about IoT privacy and security. Steps that community members can take to be safer with these devices\, and effective teaching strategies regarding prevention will be covered. \nLearning Objectives\n\nExplore IoT device capabilities and features\, networking environment concerns\, firmware and actions to better secure IoT devices\nExamine the impact of IoT devices on communities\nIdentify effective prevention messaging techniques\nIllustrate effective techniques for IoT crime prevention\n\nRegister Through NCJTC\n*Register by Friday\, June 5\, 2026.
URL:https://minnesotachildrensalliance.org/training/ncjtc-internet-of-things-privacy-concerns-what-communities-need-to-know-9/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:Advocacy,Children's Advocacy Centers,Forensic Interview,Investigation,Medical,Mental Health,Multidisciplinary teams,Online Webinar,Technology
ORGANIZER;CN="National Criminal Justice Training Center Fox Valley Technical College":MAILTO:info@ncjtc.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260520T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260520T150000
DTSTAMP:20260616T041416
CREATED:20260128T195443Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T195443Z
UID:10001482-1779274800-1779289200@minnesotachildrensalliance.org
SUMMARY:NCJTC | Internet of Things: Privacy Concerns – What Communities Need to Know
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview\nAs the Internet of Things (IoT) becomes ubiquitous in our everyday lives there are privacy and security concerns that citizens should be aware of. This training will provide an overview of IoT and will teach law enforcement officials methods to engage with their communities to provide information about IoT privacy and security. Steps that community members can take to be safer with these devices\, and effective teaching strategies regarding prevention will be covered. \nLearning Objectives\n\nExplore IoT device capabilities and features\, networking environment concerns\, firmware and actions to better secure IoT devices\nExamine the impact of IoT devices on communities\nIdentify effective prevention messaging techniques\nIllustrate effective techniques for IoT crime prevention\n\nRegister Through NCJTC\n*Register by Friday\, May 1\, 2026.
URL:https://minnesotachildrensalliance.org/training/ncjtc-internet-of-things-privacy-concerns-what-communities-need-to-know-8/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:Advocacy,Children's Advocacy Centers,Forensic Interview,Investigation,Medical,Mental Health,Multidisciplinary teams,Online Webinar,Technology
ORGANIZER;CN="National Criminal Justice Training Center Fox Valley Technical College":MAILTO:info@ncjtc.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260519T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260519T131500
DTSTAMP:20260616T041416
CREATED:20260324T205643Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260324T205643Z
UID:10001555-1779192000-1779196500@minnesotachildrensalliance.org
SUMMARY:Justice Clearinghouse Supporting Caregivers of Kids in the Criminal Justice and Social Services System
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview\nCaregivers of youth involved in the criminal justice or child welfare systems often receive mandated services—like parenting groups—but those working on the front lines are rarely given the tools to evaluate whether these services are actually helpful or evidence-based. \nThis webinar focuses on the behavioral health needs of caregivers and how to support them effectively. (Did you know that one of the strongest predictors of whether a parent training program works is whether it includes direct\, hands-on practice with the caregiver?) \nUsing real-world examples—from the fact that grandparents are now the largest group of foster parents in North America\, to therapies like PCIT designed specifically for abusive or neglectful caregivers—this session offers practical strategies\, tools\, and insights for providers working with families across child welfare and juvenile justice systems. \nRegister Through Justice Clearinghouse\n 
URL:https://minnesotachildrensalliance.org/training/justice-clearinghouse-supporting-caregivers-of-kids-in-the-criminal-justice-and-social-services-system/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:Online Webinar,Trafficking
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260519T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260519T153000
DTSTAMP:20260616T041416
CREATED:20260413T170917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260413T170917Z
UID:10001564-1779188400-1779204600@minnesotachildrensalliance.org
SUMMARY:APSAC | Do No Harm Interviewing Skills Needed When There Are Concerns About Abuse: The Why\, The When\, The How
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview\nA First-of-Its-Kind\, Multi-Module Training Series – For professionals who may talk with children about abuse — outside official CAC forensic interview roles. Whether in mental health\, healthcare\, education\, child welfare\, law enforcement\, or frontline work\, gain the skills to respond safely without causing harm. \nProfessionals in many settings have contact with children who may have witnessed or been a victim of violence. Children sometimes make statements that are as alarming as they are unclear\, resulting in a professional feeling anxious about child safety and confusion about how to manage a mandated report. In some situations\, professionals need clarity regarding a child’s statement and in other situations professionals need to get some information from a child before or after an investigation and child forensic interview. \nThis training will teach child serving professionals across disciplines how to talk with the child in a non-invasive manner that allows the child to provide basic information about the concerns and feel supported in the process. Specific emphasis will be on how to enhance rapport building throughout an interview\, address the importance of including narrative event practice prior to talking about the issue of concern\, and will teach specific interview techniques focusing on the use of open-ended questions from narrative event practice through basic questioning about the concerns. \nPresenters will cover memory and cognitive development research and the values of these skills. Presenters will also provide an overview of the components of child maltreatment investigations and child forensic interviewing. Attendees will learn and practice new skills that may help them respond effectively to children who make statements that raise child maltreatment or family violence concerns. The goal of using these skills is to support the child\, get helpful basic information\, and enhance\, not hinder an investigation. \nLearn the Why\, When & How \nSafe\, developmentally appropriate\, evidence-informed interviewing skills — stay in your role and reduce risk. \nWhy does this training matter? \n\nFills a national gap for non-CAC interviewers\nPromotes trauma-informed\, child-centered\, legally sound practice\nLed by national experts in forensic interviewing & child protection\n\nModule 1: The Why and the When?\n\nDescribe the historical context of child maltreatment and common myths\, biases\, statistics\, scope of problem factors that increase risk of child maltreatment.\nDistinguish the roles of CPS\, LE\, FI\, and other involved.\nLearn the indicators\, effects\, and dynamics of abuse.\nDemonstrate how to respond and when to refer and when to gather additional information.\nReview Disclosure and Recantation research\nSummarize disclosure types\, methods and reasons for delay.\nDescribe the research on memory and suggestibility.\nTranslate the research that clearly reveals that a supportive non-offending caregiver is critical to the resiliency of the child and learn how your role can help the non-offending caregiver to believe and support the child.\nLearn how to effectively engage families and non-offending caregivers.\nSummarize the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the opportunities to incorporate resilience in investigative response.\nDemonstrate the ability to react and respond to a child or adolescent disclosing abuse.\nIdentify individualized triggers\, strengths\, resources\, resilience\, and preventative strategies.\nDistinguish essential facts.\nPrepare for testimony.\n\nModule 2: The Practice of How?\n\nDefine Roles. Participants will describe why\, when\, and how to talk with children when abuse and violence are a concern.\nDescribe Skills for Gathering Information from Children. Rapport building\, narrative event practice\, transition to concern\, open-ended questions\, recording information\, and supporting trauma-informed closure.\nDemonstrate Ways of Talking with Children that are Supportive\, Warm\, and Sustain Rapport. Role play and practice.\nApply Open-Ended Questioning Techniques: Participants will learn how to utilize open-ended questions and narrative event practice to gather accurate\, reliable information from children about their experiences.\nDemonstrate Non-Invasive Interviewing Skills: Participants will learn techniques to establish rapport and conduct child-friendly\, non-invasive conversations that encourage children to share concerns and basic information.\nExplain Supportive Conversations for Child Well-being: Professionals will be able to more effectively respond to children’s statements in a manner that supports ongoing investigations\, maintains trust\, and prioritizes the child’s emotional safety.\n*Note: Module 2 will be offered in-person at the APSAC Colloquium Pre-Conference on June 14\, 2026.\n\nModule 3: the How and Beyond – Research-Informed Interviewing\nPrerequisite: Module 1 must be completed prior to attending Module 3. Module 2 must be completed or registered for prior to attending Module 3. \n\nDemonstrate the ability to differentiate the purpose of the non-forensic interviewer interview from a formal child forensic interview.\nExplain the key stages of research-informed interviewing and how these stages may differ from a formal child forensic interview.\nEvaluate the quality of interview questions by understanding the type of questions used.\nGive examples of how to prioritize and maximize open-ended questions to elicit accurate narratives and reliable information from children.\nExplain the best ways to structure their interviews to support the child and future investigation.\nDemonstrate knowledge of language and memory development to generating interview questions.\nIdentify how child development and linguistic considerations affect abilities of children to understand and respond to adult questioning.\nIdentify and give examples of age-appropriate questions and ways of assessing child’s developmental level and abilities.\nDemonstrate knowledge of challenges to talking with children and ways of reducing drift. Make a plan for avoiding draft.\nExplain key memory concepts critical in effective child interviewing: How children’s memories differ from adults\, Recall v. Recognition memory\, Memory source monitoring\, Script memory\nGive examples of key memory concept questions critical in effective child interviewing: Recall memory\, Recognition memory\, Memory source monitoring\, Script memory\, Episodic memory\nSummarize key principles of best practice interview techniques and components gleaned from the research\, with reference to key provisions of the APSAC Practice Guidelines on Forensic Interviewing in Cases of Suspected Child Abuse.\nExplain next steps to a child and supportive family members (as needed) that match practitioners role in the interview process.\n\nRegister Through APSAC
URL:https://minnesotachildrensalliance.org/training/apsac-do-no-harm-interviewing-skills-needed-when-there-are-concerns-about-abuse-the-why-the-when-the-how-6/2026-05-19/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:Multidisciplinary teams,Online Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260519T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260519T123000
DTSTAMP:20260616T041416
CREATED:20260507T200016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260507T200016Z
UID:10001582-1779188400-1779193800@minnesotachildrensalliance.org
SUMMARY:Dreaming in the Dark: Unlearning Leadership Myths that Keep Us Stuck
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview\n\nIn this session\, participants will identify and explore the leadership myths that keep us\, our teams\, and our organizations stuck in exhausting\, outdated ways of operating. Together\, we’ll explore how these stories get reinforced by systems\, culture\, and “unspoken expectations\,” and how they quietly undermine sustainability and collective care. Through a mix of thoughtful content and facilitated community dialogue\, participants will engage in shared learning\, reflection\, and connection about the relationships we need as leaders as we unlearn—creating space to imagine leadership rooted in liberation rather than sacrifice. \n\n\nRegister Through Dreaming in the Dark Collaborative Work
URL:https://minnesotachildrensalliance.org/training/dreaming-in-the-dark-unlearning-leadership-myths-that-keep-us-stuck/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260519T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260519T120000
DTSTAMP:20260616T041416
CREATED:20260128T201558Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T201558Z
UID:10001484-1779181200-1779192000@minnesotachildrensalliance.org
SUMMARY:Propel Nonprofits | Fundamentals of Nonprofit Board Governance
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview\nBoard members will participate in board meetings and other engagements with more confidence and more knowledge about your role after attending this workshop. You will learn typical board responsibilities and explore the nuances of board authority and relationships. Participants will receive Propel’s Nonfprofit Board Governance workbook\, which includes the Fiduciary Duties of Directors of Charitable Organizations. While this training is open to all\, it is designed for those new to serving on a board or those who are contemplating joining a board. \nThis workshop will have closed captioning available through the online service Otter.ai.com. Propel workshops are not recorded. \nRegister Through Propel Nonprofits\nRegistration\nRegistration is on a first-come\, first-served basis. Your space is guaranteed upon receipt of the registration fee. Online payment is made using the registration link associated with your selected workshop. Registration fees may also be paid by check. Make checks payable to Propel Nonprofits. Checks must be received prior to event to complete registration and guarantee space. \nRegistrations canceled prior to the start of a workshop receive a full refund or credit transferable for you or another person to attend a future scheduled workshop. No refunds or credits will be granted for no-shows. To cancel or adjust reservations prior to the event contact training@propelnonprofits.org. \nCancellation Policy\nRegistrations cancelled prior to the start of the training will receive a full refund.  After the training begins\, no refunds or credits will be granted.  If paying by check\, payment must be received prior to event to complete registration and guarantee space.  To cancel or adjust reservations prior to the event\, contact  training@propelnonprofits.org.
URL:https://minnesotachildrensalliance.org/training/propel-nonprofits-fundamentals-of-nonprofit-board-governance-6/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:Children's Advocacy Centers
ORGANIZER;CN="Propel Nonprofits":MAILTO:info@propelnonprofits.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260519
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260520
DTSTAMP:20260616T041416
CREATED:20260128T195142Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260324T163858Z
UID:10001480-1779148800-1779235199@minnesotachildrensalliance.org
SUMMARY:NCAC Interviewing Children on the Autism Spectrum
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview\nChildren with neurodivergent disorders such as ASD are at an increased risk of child maltreatment. This population presents challenges for forensic interviewers as there is great variability in functioning including unique memory and cognitive processes\, linguistic style\, understanding and expression of emotions\, and forming connections with others. Many of these children can provide information about their experiences if the interviewer is able to adapt questioning approaches and interview strategies to meet the needs of this child. Preparation and flexibility are key. While providing a review of possible domains of impact on functioning\, this training will focus on tips for information gathering\, preparation with the investigative partners to set reasonable expectations\, and adaptations to questioning strategies and interview phases. \nThis training is recommended for forensic interviewers who have developed some comfort and flexibility with the continuum of questioning strategies and the phases of a forensic interview. \nRegister through NCAC
URL:https://minnesotachildrensalliance.org/training/ncac-interviewing-children-on-the-autism-spectrum-4/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:Children's Advocacy Centers,Forensic Interview,Mental Health,Multidisciplinary teams
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260515T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260516T140000
DTSTAMP:20260616T041416
CREATED:20260507T195031Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260507T195031Z
UID:10001579-1778850000-1778940000@minnesotachildrensalliance.org
SUMMARY:Esperanza Executive Director Series
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview\nThis space is designed for Chief Executive Officers\, Executive Directors\, and emerging leaders within community-based organizations. Participants will engage with data-driven insights to strengthen leadership capacity and organizational effectiveness. Topic areas include financial management\, engaging new stakeholders\, and fundraising strategies. \nExecutive Director Series\n\nEngaging New Stakeholders | Friday\, May 15\, 2025\nOwn Your Value | Friday\, May 29\, 2026\nFundraising and Diversifying Funds | Friday\, June 6\, 2026\n\nRegister through Esperanza United
URL:https://minnesotachildrensalliance.org/training/esperanza-executive-director-series/2026-05-15/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="Esperanza United":MAILTO:info@esperanzaunited.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260514T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260514T113000
DTSTAMP:20260616T041416
CREATED:20251008T195853Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251008T195853Z
UID:10001358-1778752800-1778758200@minnesotachildrensalliance.org
SUMMARY:First Witness | Demystifying Victim Manipulation and Grooming
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview\nThroughout this presentation\, we will explore the relationship between the victim and the offender\, the stages of the victim manipulation process\, as well as the intentionality behind the subtlety and secrecy of victim manipulation. Participants will learn how an offender chooses a victim and how to intervene during this abusive relationship. \nRegister Through First Witness
URL:https://minnesotachildrensalliance.org/training/first-witness-demystifying-victim-manipulation-and-grooming/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:Advocacy,Children's Advocacy Centers,Forensic Interview,Investigation,Medical,Mental Health,Multidisciplinary teams,Online Webinar,Problematic Sexual Behaviors,Trauma-Informed Practice
ORGANIZER;CN="First Witness":MAILTO:Info@firstwitness.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260513T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260513T150000
DTSTAMP:20260616T041416
CREATED:20260430T161408Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260430T161408Z
UID:10001575-1778680800-1778684400@minnesotachildrensalliance.org
SUMMARY:Traumatic Stress Institute: Building a Culture of Safety and Transforming Behavioral Health Care
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview\nMany provider organizations struggle to effectively serve individuals with high rates of traumatic life experiences. Traditional\, compliance-driven cultures sometimes misinterpret trauma-related behaviors\, leading to an overreliance on restrictive interventions – such as physical restraints – and increased risk for both consumers and staff. \nTrauma-informed care (TIC) offers a different approach. By recognizing the widespread impact of trauma and aligning care delivery to meet consumers where they are\, organizations can reduce re-traumatization\, improve safety\, strengthen outcomes\, and support workforce well-being. \nJoin for a panel discussion to reimagine what’s possible through trauma-informed systems change. The presenters will outline how this model leveraged leadership engagement\, staff training\, and a train-the-trainer approach to build a culture of trust and safety\, increase workforce engagement\, and reduce workplace violence. \nKey Takeaways\n\nReal Stories\, Real Impact: Hear how RWJBH staff are transforming care for individuals with traumatic experiences – improving both patient outcomes and staff well-being.\n \nOvercome Challenges: Learn how trauma is sometimes misinterpreted in healthcare\, and how to shift to a more effective\, compassionate approach.\n \nBuilding Safety and Trust: Explore strategies that foster safety\, increase workforce engagement\, and mitigate workplace violence.\n \nStrategic Investment: Understand how trauma-informed care is not just a trend; it’s a vital investment in long-term organizational performance\, workforce stability\, and care quality.\n \nReplicable Roadmap: The RCCM model provides a proven framework for embedding trauma-informed care. Learn how TSI works in partnership with clients to reduce harm and promote healing across complex behavioral healthcare systems.\n\nRegister through Traumatic Stress Institute\n 
URL:https://minnesotachildrensalliance.org/training/traumatic-stress-institute-building-a-culture-of-safety-and-transforming-behavioral-health-care/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:Mental Health
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260512T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260512T153000
DTSTAMP:20260616T041416
CREATED:20260413T165207Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260413T165207Z
UID:10001559-1778594400-1778599800@minnesotachildrensalliance.org
SUMMARY:IVAT Working with Trauma in High-Conflict or Forensic Contexts
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview\nThis advanced training examines the complexities of working with trauma in high-conflict and forensic contexts\, with the purpose of enhancing clinicians’ ability to conduct accurate\, objective\, and defensible evaluations. Key topics include the impact of ongoing litigation on symptom presentation\, differentiating trauma-related responses from response bias or secondary gain\, and navigating competing narratives while maintaining a trauma-informed framework. The presentation integrates current research and best practices in forensic assessment\, emphasizing ethical considerations\, limits of clinical inference\, and strategies for managing ambiguity in high-stakes cases. Participants will leave with practical tools to strengthen clinical decision-making and produce clear\, well-supported opinions that withstand legal scrutiny. \nRegister through IVAT\n 
URL:https://minnesotachildrensalliance.org/training/ivat-working-with-trauma-in-high-conflict-or-forensic-contexts/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:Online Webinar,Trauma-Informed Practice
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260511
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260516
DTSTAMP:20260616T041416
CREATED:20260304T182933Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260324T164034Z
UID:10001499-1778457600-1778889599@minnesotachildrensalliance.org
SUMMARY:RADAR Forensic Interview Model Training
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview\nRADAR (Recognizing Abuse Disclosures And Responding) is a structured\, child-friendly model for interviewing children and adolescents in cases of suspected child maltreatment. To ensure interview quality and ease of learning\, the model provides suggested scripting for novice interviewers and scaffolding for more experienced interviewers\, while offering sufficient flexibility to accommodate varying types of maltreatment experiences\, developmental levels\, and disclosure histories. \nBy design\, RADAR places a special emphasis on forensic balance\, with the dual objective of minimizing false positive as well as false negative errors in case decisions. It is adapted from the NICHD Investigative Interview Protocol\, the Cognitive Interview\, and 80 years of combined experience in child forensic interviewing by the RADAR Model developers. \nRegister Through RADAR FI Models\n 
URL:https://minnesotachildrensalliance.org/training/radar-forensic-interview-model-training-2/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:Forensic Interview
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260507T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260507T153000
DTSTAMP:20260616T041416
CREATED:20260413T170917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260413T170917Z
UID:10001563-1778151600-1778167800@minnesotachildrensalliance.org
SUMMARY:APSAC | Do No Harm Interviewing Skills Needed When There Are Concerns About Abuse: The Why\, The When\, The How
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview\nA First-of-Its-Kind\, Multi-Module Training Series – For professionals who may talk with children about abuse — outside official CAC forensic interview roles. Whether in mental health\, healthcare\, education\, child welfare\, law enforcement\, or frontline work\, gain the skills to respond safely without causing harm. \nProfessionals in many settings have contact with children who may have witnessed or been a victim of violence. Children sometimes make statements that are as alarming as they are unclear\, resulting in a professional feeling anxious about child safety and confusion about how to manage a mandated report. In some situations\, professionals need clarity regarding a child’s statement and in other situations professionals need to get some information from a child before or after an investigation and child forensic interview. \nThis training will teach child serving professionals across disciplines how to talk with the child in a non-invasive manner that allows the child to provide basic information about the concerns and feel supported in the process. Specific emphasis will be on how to enhance rapport building throughout an interview\, address the importance of including narrative event practice prior to talking about the issue of concern\, and will teach specific interview techniques focusing on the use of open-ended questions from narrative event practice through basic questioning about the concerns. \nPresenters will cover memory and cognitive development research and the values of these skills. Presenters will also provide an overview of the components of child maltreatment investigations and child forensic interviewing. Attendees will learn and practice new skills that may help them respond effectively to children who make statements that raise child maltreatment or family violence concerns. The goal of using these skills is to support the child\, get helpful basic information\, and enhance\, not hinder an investigation. \nLearn the Why\, When & How \nSafe\, developmentally appropriate\, evidence-informed interviewing skills — stay in your role and reduce risk. \nWhy does this training matter? \n\nFills a national gap for non-CAC interviewers\nPromotes trauma-informed\, child-centered\, legally sound practice\nLed by national experts in forensic interviewing & child protection\n\nModule 1: The Why and the When?\n\nDescribe the historical context of child maltreatment and common myths\, biases\, statistics\, scope of problem factors that increase risk of child maltreatment.\nDistinguish the roles of CPS\, LE\, FI\, and other involved.\nLearn the indicators\, effects\, and dynamics of abuse.\nDemonstrate how to respond and when to refer and when to gather additional information.\nReview Disclosure and Recantation research\nSummarize disclosure types\, methods and reasons for delay.\nDescribe the research on memory and suggestibility.\nTranslate the research that clearly reveals that a supportive non-offending caregiver is critical to the resiliency of the child and learn how your role can help the non-offending caregiver to believe and support the child.\nLearn how to effectively engage families and non-offending caregivers.\nSummarize the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the opportunities to incorporate resilience in investigative response.\nDemonstrate the ability to react and respond to a child or adolescent disclosing abuse.\nIdentify individualized triggers\, strengths\, resources\, resilience\, and preventative strategies.\nDistinguish essential facts.\nPrepare for testimony.\n\nModule 2: The Practice of How?\n\nDefine Roles. Participants will describe why\, when\, and how to talk with children when abuse and violence are a concern.\nDescribe Skills for Gathering Information from Children. Rapport building\, narrative event practice\, transition to concern\, open-ended questions\, recording information\, and supporting trauma-informed closure.\nDemonstrate Ways of Talking with Children that are Supportive\, Warm\, and Sustain Rapport. Role play and practice.\nApply Open-Ended Questioning Techniques: Participants will learn how to utilize open-ended questions and narrative event practice to gather accurate\, reliable information from children about their experiences.\nDemonstrate Non-Invasive Interviewing Skills: Participants will learn techniques to establish rapport and conduct child-friendly\, non-invasive conversations that encourage children to share concerns and basic information.\nExplain Supportive Conversations for Child Well-being: Professionals will be able to more effectively respond to children’s statements in a manner that supports ongoing investigations\, maintains trust\, and prioritizes the child’s emotional safety.\n*Note: Module 2 will be offered in-person at the APSAC Colloquium Pre-Conference on June 14\, 2026.\n\nModule 3: the How and Beyond – Research-Informed Interviewing\nPrerequisite: Module 1 must be completed prior to attending Module 3. Module 2 must be completed or registered for prior to attending Module 3. \n\nDemonstrate the ability to differentiate the purpose of the non-forensic interviewer interview from a formal child forensic interview.\nExplain the key stages of research-informed interviewing and how these stages may differ from a formal child forensic interview.\nEvaluate the quality of interview questions by understanding the type of questions used.\nGive examples of how to prioritize and maximize open-ended questions to elicit accurate narratives and reliable information from children.\nExplain the best ways to structure their interviews to support the child and future investigation.\nDemonstrate knowledge of language and memory development to generating interview questions.\nIdentify how child development and linguistic considerations affect abilities of children to understand and respond to adult questioning.\nIdentify and give examples of age-appropriate questions and ways of assessing child’s developmental level and abilities.\nDemonstrate knowledge of challenges to talking with children and ways of reducing drift. Make a plan for avoiding draft.\nExplain key memory concepts critical in effective child interviewing: How children’s memories differ from adults\, Recall v. Recognition memory\, Memory source monitoring\, Script memory\nGive examples of key memory concept questions critical in effective child interviewing: Recall memory\, Recognition memory\, Memory source monitoring\, Script memory\, Episodic memory\nSummarize key principles of best practice interview techniques and components gleaned from the research\, with reference to key provisions of the APSAC Practice Guidelines on Forensic Interviewing in Cases of Suspected Child Abuse.\nExplain next steps to a child and supportive family members (as needed) that match practitioners role in the interview process.\n\nRegister Through APSAC
URL:https://minnesotachildrensalliance.org/training/apsac-do-no-harm-interviewing-skills-needed-when-there-are-concerns-about-abuse-the-why-the-when-the-how-6/2026-05-07/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:Multidisciplinary teams,Online Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260505T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260505T130000
DTSTAMP:20260616T041416
CREATED:20260324T200839Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260324T200839Z
UID:10001548-1777982400-1777986000@minnesotachildrensalliance.org
SUMMARY:Propel Nonprofits Calculating True Program Costs
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview\nUnderstanding the true\, full cost of delivering programs and services is essential for management decisions\, program design\, and effective fund development. This workshop includes hands-on learning labs with practical exercises that will help you identify your program costs and develop realistic budgets. You will leave this workshop with tools to help you calculate program costs and move your organization to greater financial sustainability. \nRegister Through Propel Nonprofits
URL:https://minnesotachildrensalliance.org/training/propel-nonprofits-calculating-true-program-costs-3/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:Children's Advocacy Centers
ORGANIZER;CN="Propel Nonprofits":MAILTO:info@propelnonprofits.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260505T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260505T153000
DTSTAMP:20260616T041416
CREATED:20260413T170917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260413T170917Z
UID:10001562-1777978800-1777995000@minnesotachildrensalliance.org
SUMMARY:APSAC | Do No Harm Interviewing Skills Needed When There Are Concerns About Abuse: The Why\, The When\, The How
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview\nA First-of-Its-Kind\, Multi-Module Training Series – For professionals who may talk with children about abuse — outside official CAC forensic interview roles. Whether in mental health\, healthcare\, education\, child welfare\, law enforcement\, or frontline work\, gain the skills to respond safely without causing harm. \nProfessionals in many settings have contact with children who may have witnessed or been a victim of violence. Children sometimes make statements that are as alarming as they are unclear\, resulting in a professional feeling anxious about child safety and confusion about how to manage a mandated report. In some situations\, professionals need clarity regarding a child’s statement and in other situations professionals need to get some information from a child before or after an investigation and child forensic interview. \nThis training will teach child serving professionals across disciplines how to talk with the child in a non-invasive manner that allows the child to provide basic information about the concerns and feel supported in the process. Specific emphasis will be on how to enhance rapport building throughout an interview\, address the importance of including narrative event practice prior to talking about the issue of concern\, and will teach specific interview techniques focusing on the use of open-ended questions from narrative event practice through basic questioning about the concerns. \nPresenters will cover memory and cognitive development research and the values of these skills. Presenters will also provide an overview of the components of child maltreatment investigations and child forensic interviewing. Attendees will learn and practice new skills that may help them respond effectively to children who make statements that raise child maltreatment or family violence concerns. The goal of using these skills is to support the child\, get helpful basic information\, and enhance\, not hinder an investigation. \nLearn the Why\, When & How \nSafe\, developmentally appropriate\, evidence-informed interviewing skills — stay in your role and reduce risk. \nWhy does this training matter? \n\nFills a national gap for non-CAC interviewers\nPromotes trauma-informed\, child-centered\, legally sound practice\nLed by national experts in forensic interviewing & child protection\n\nModule 1: The Why and the When?\n\nDescribe the historical context of child maltreatment and common myths\, biases\, statistics\, scope of problem factors that increase risk of child maltreatment.\nDistinguish the roles of CPS\, LE\, FI\, and other involved.\nLearn the indicators\, effects\, and dynamics of abuse.\nDemonstrate how to respond and when to refer and when to gather additional information.\nReview Disclosure and Recantation research\nSummarize disclosure types\, methods and reasons for delay.\nDescribe the research on memory and suggestibility.\nTranslate the research that clearly reveals that a supportive non-offending caregiver is critical to the resiliency of the child and learn how your role can help the non-offending caregiver to believe and support the child.\nLearn how to effectively engage families and non-offending caregivers.\nSummarize the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the opportunities to incorporate resilience in investigative response.\nDemonstrate the ability to react and respond to a child or adolescent disclosing abuse.\nIdentify individualized triggers\, strengths\, resources\, resilience\, and preventative strategies.\nDistinguish essential facts.\nPrepare for testimony.\n\nModule 2: The Practice of How?\n\nDefine Roles. Participants will describe why\, when\, and how to talk with children when abuse and violence are a concern.\nDescribe Skills for Gathering Information from Children. Rapport building\, narrative event practice\, transition to concern\, open-ended questions\, recording information\, and supporting trauma-informed closure.\nDemonstrate Ways of Talking with Children that are Supportive\, Warm\, and Sustain Rapport. Role play and practice.\nApply Open-Ended Questioning Techniques: Participants will learn how to utilize open-ended questions and narrative event practice to gather accurate\, reliable information from children about their experiences.\nDemonstrate Non-Invasive Interviewing Skills: Participants will learn techniques to establish rapport and conduct child-friendly\, non-invasive conversations that encourage children to share concerns and basic information.\nExplain Supportive Conversations for Child Well-being: Professionals will be able to more effectively respond to children’s statements in a manner that supports ongoing investigations\, maintains trust\, and prioritizes the child’s emotional safety.\n*Note: Module 2 will be offered in-person at the APSAC Colloquium Pre-Conference on June 14\, 2026.\n\nModule 3: the How and Beyond – Research-Informed Interviewing\nPrerequisite: Module 1 must be completed prior to attending Module 3. Module 2 must be completed or registered for prior to attending Module 3. \n\nDemonstrate the ability to differentiate the purpose of the non-forensic interviewer interview from a formal child forensic interview.\nExplain the key stages of research-informed interviewing and how these stages may differ from a formal child forensic interview.\nEvaluate the quality of interview questions by understanding the type of questions used.\nGive examples of how to prioritize and maximize open-ended questions to elicit accurate narratives and reliable information from children.\nExplain the best ways to structure their interviews to support the child and future investigation.\nDemonstrate knowledge of language and memory development to generating interview questions.\nIdentify how child development and linguistic considerations affect abilities of children to understand and respond to adult questioning.\nIdentify and give examples of age-appropriate questions and ways of assessing child’s developmental level and abilities.\nDemonstrate knowledge of challenges to talking with children and ways of reducing drift. Make a plan for avoiding draft.\nExplain key memory concepts critical in effective child interviewing: How children’s memories differ from adults\, Recall v. Recognition memory\, Memory source monitoring\, Script memory\nGive examples of key memory concept questions critical in effective child interviewing: Recall memory\, Recognition memory\, Memory source monitoring\, Script memory\, Episodic memory\nSummarize key principles of best practice interview techniques and components gleaned from the research\, with reference to key provisions of the APSAC Practice Guidelines on Forensic Interviewing in Cases of Suspected Child Abuse.\nExplain next steps to a child and supportive family members (as needed) that match practitioners role in the interview process.\n\nRegister Through APSAC
URL:https://minnesotachildrensalliance.org/training/apsac-do-no-harm-interviewing-skills-needed-when-there-are-concerns-about-abuse-the-why-the-when-the-how-6/2026-05-05/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:Multidisciplinary teams,Online Webinar
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SUMMARY:Esperanza United Adelante 2026
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview\nThis is a free virtual gathering for Latin@ advocates\, organizations\, and leaders committed to supporting survivors and strengthening our communities. Connect\, learn\, and be part of a space rooted in community\, knowledge\, and collective action. \nRegister through Esperanza United
URL:https://minnesotachildrensalliance.org/training/esperanza-united-adelante-2026/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:Advocacy
ORGANIZER;CN="Esperanza United":MAILTO:info@esperanzaunited.org
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SUMMARY:NCAC Forensic Interviewing of Children Training
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview\nThe National Children’s Advocacy Center (NCAC) Forensic Interviewing of Children training is an internationally recognized\, research-informed and practice-informed intensive training. Participants will learn necessary skills to conduct a competent investigative interview of a child using the NCAC Child Forensic Interview (CFI) Structure. Participants will also be introduced to the evidence-based literature that supports the NCAC CFI Structure. This 4-day\, interactive training is facilitated by practicing forensic interviewers who are well-versed in the current literature. The training includes lectures\, skill-building activities\, guided discussions\, reflections\, and an interview practicum in a supportive environment with assessment and feedback provided by experienced interviewers. \nRegister through NCAC\nRegister by Friday\, March 13\, 2026!
URL:https://minnesotachildrensalliance.org/training/ncac-forensic-interviewing-of-children-training-15/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:Children's Advocacy Centers,Forensic Interview
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SUMMARY:IHS Strategies for Building Self-Esteem in Vulnerable Children and Youth
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview\nThis three-hour\, intermediate-level training is designed for social workers\, counselors\, psychologists\, educators\, and other human service professionals working with children and families. The seminar explores the foundations of self-esteem in children and youth—especially those most vulnerable—and equips participants with tools to foster confidence\, resilience\, and healthy identity. \nLearning Objectives\n\nIdentify Influences on Self-Esteem: Recognize personal\, relational\, and societal factors shaping children and youth’s self-esteem.\nApply Strategies to Build and Protect Self-Esteem: Use techniques such as affirming feedback\, agency-building\, and supportive environments.\nAddress and Heal Wounds to Self-Esteem: Respond to injuries such as criticism\, exclusion\, or systemic barriers in ways that foster resilience and positive identity.\n\nRegister Through IHS\n 
URL:https://minnesotachildrensalliance.org/training/ihs-strategies-to-empower-and-support-children-youth-with-adhd-2/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:Advocacy,Children's Advocacy Centers,Culture,Forensic Interview,Investigation,Medical,Mental Health,Multidisciplinary teams,Online Webinar,Trauma-Informed Practice
ORGANIZER;CN="Institute for Human Services":MAILTO:info@ihs-trainet.com
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