A customized evidence-based training sessions for those working with child witnesses and victims of human trafficking utilizing the Ten-Step Forensic Interview protocol (Lyon, 2021). All trainers have completed a 14-week in-person training session on the Ten-Step and conducted forensic interviews while studying with Dr. Thomas Lyon at the University of Southern California. The Ten-Step is a research-based, child-friendly interview protocol based on the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) protocol.

This customized training is designed to provide knowledge, support, and tools to professionals who may, during the course of their employment, receive a disclosure of maltreatment from a child, such as nurses or teachers. This training focuses on providing professional with tools to response to disclosure with support, while still maintaining the integrity of the information provided by the child.

A review of how the memory system works, factors that can negatively influence eyewitness memory, and empirically supported-best practices for conducting photo lineups, including adjustments need for juvenile eyewitnesses.

A customized overview of relevant information on child development that can help support maltreatment workers and forensic interviewers during their interactions with maltreated children. It includes an overview of how children's understanding of right and wrong differ from adults, how and when children will be truthful, how children's memory works, and current best practices on how to question a child to ensure the most accurate and complete information is reported.