Trauma-Informed Investigations

The course curriculum focuses on trauma-informed practice for internal workplace investigations, including allegations involving child abuse, elder abuse, sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment (SEAH), exploitation (e.g., labor), discrimination, and myriad other abuses of power.

The course will focus on (8) core concepts applying the lens of the Six Principles of Trauma-Informed Practice and investigation ethics, including the tenets of impartiality and fairness:

❶ Ethical Responsibilities in Investigations
❷ Bias & Labels
❸ Planning & Preparing: Investigation Plans, Communication, and Safety Plans
❹ Collecting Evidence & Identifying Witnesses
❺ Interviewing
❻ Weighing Evidence & Assessing Credibility
❼ Standard of Proof
❽ Report Writing

🙋🏾‍♀️🙋🏽‍♂️ Who should attend? This course has been designed for anyone who has:
① Under 2 years of professional investigation experience; or
② No prior investigations training; or
③ No prior investigations experience (even if previously trained); or
④ Not completed a competency-based investigation certificate program

⏰ Time Commitment: 4.5 hours/week
👉🏽 e-learning: approximately 60 minutes/week
👉🏽 coursework: approximately 30 minutes/week
👉🏽 live discussion: 180 minutes/weekly*

📆 Course Duration: 7 weeks, Course Calendar

⚠️ Limited Enrollment

🌍 Cohorts: 2

📍 Online: All live discussions will be virtual unless otherwise designated

*Due to the nature of this curriculum, learners must attend all live discussion groups. We understand that schedules change - sometimes on a moment's notice. For this certificate program, we will offer make-up classes to ensure you have an opportunity to complete the program.

🙋🏽‍♂️🙋🏾‍♀️ Who should attend? This course has been designed for anyone who has:
① More than 2 years of professional investigation experience; and
② Is seeking to enhance their skills by applying a trauma-informed lens; or
③ Limited investigation experience (e.g., low or moderate complexity investigations) and is seeking to have the capacity to investigate more complex allegations; or
④ Served as an investigator and is looking to "refresh" their knowledge, skills, capacity, and competencies

⏰ Time Commitment: 5 hours/week
👉🏽 e-learning: approximately 60 minutes/week
👉🏽 coursework: approximately 60 minutes/week
👉🏽 live discussion: 180 minutes/weekly*

📆 Course Duration: 4 weeks, Course Calendar

⚠️ Limited Enrollment

🌍 Cohorts: 2

📍 Online: All live discussions will be virtual unless otherwise designated

*Due to the nature of this curriculum, learners must attend all live discussion groups. We understand that schedules change - sometimes on a moment's notice. For this certificate program, we will offer make-up classes to ensure you have an opportunity to complete the program.

To receive a certification for this course, learners are required to successfully complete the following competency tests. Each exercise will be scheduled following key stages of the learning process:

1. Interview Skills: 20- to 30-minute mock interview applying the Principles of Trauma-Informed Practice (Passing Score: Overall rating of “Meets Competency")

2. Credibility Assessments & Weighing Evidence: 20-minute multiple choice & fill-in-the-blank test (Passing Score: 80%)

3. Report Writing: Each learner will send their final investigation report by a designated day/time (Passing Score: Overall rating of “Meets Competency”)

4. General Knowledge: 60-minute "open-book/notes" multiple choice & fill-in-the-blank knowledge test (Passing Score: 80%)

Course investment for Level 1: $2495 USD
Course investment for Level 2: $1995 USD

If your organization would like multiple employees (10 or more) to complete this certificate program, we can tailor our program exclusively for your organization, including an accelerated hybrid (e-learning and live discussion) or in-person program.

Please contact us about the investment, scheduling, and logistics.

👩🏽‍💻 Registration for the course will open 4 weeks before the start of the course.