Sessions
First Responders in Child Abuse Cases: First Impressions, Dynamics and Complications
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Wed
Interviewing Adolescents Who Are Sex Abuse Victims: Learning from the Experts
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Wed
Julie Kenniston, MSW, LISW is a Program Manager for the National Criminal Justice Training Center of Fox Valley Technical College and a contract forensic interviewer for the Northern Kentucky Children’s Advocacy Center. She presents for the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) and Ohio Attorney General’s Finding Words forensic interview courses. Ms. Kenniston coordinated the Forensic Training Institute for The Childhood Trust and manages the updated version of the program. A former APSAC board member, she co-chairs forensic interviewing committees. She has conducted over 3,000 forensic interviews. Ms. Kenniston co-authored Handbook on Questioning Children: A Linguistic Perspective, 3rd edition with Anne Graffam Walker, PhD.