Crime Victim Advocate Certificate Program

Interested in learning how to serve victims and survivors? Our Crime Victim Advocate Certification Program teaches you how. You can also earn valuable CEU’s for the following careers:

Course material is taught over five sessions. To earn the certificate, you must attend all five sessions. The cost of this comprehensive 40-hour certification program is $585. Cost includes expert instruction and training materials.

In this course, you'll learn:

• Victim advocacy
• How to strengthen existing practices regarding laws, forensic practices, and on-scene first-responder advocacy
• Disaster response
• Where to find resources and collaborate with federal, state and local agencies

Dates and Time

July 21st, 28th, August 4th, 11th, 18th  |  8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Fee: $585

Course Description

The following information will be covered in course lectures:
 

• Gain an overview of laws regarding crime victims.
• Navigate the criminal justice system and explore the criminal justice process. 
• Understand the law as it pertains to juvenile and adult victims. 
• Learn to navigate professional collaborations between local, federal and state agencies.
• Study the roles in Advocacy Services during investigations, first-response and court advocacy.

• Learn to communicate with victims and survivors of crime.

• Gain a comprehensive overview of forensic interview protocol.
• Learn to be an effective liaison between victims, survivors, and other key people.  
• Discuss key communication skills using spiritual and cultural competency.
   
• Gain a comprehensive overview of forensic interview protocol.
   
• Become an effective liaison between victims, families, law enforcement, media and ER staff.
   
• Review crisis intervention and identify client needs.
• Engage in ethical decision-making 
• Discover federal, state and local victim-related resources
• Prioritize response measure for a variety of scenarios

Instructor

Claudia Roshto is an Instructor with a professional background that includes being a Crime Victim Advocate for the Independence, MO Police Department/Investigations Unit. On-call First Responder to Violent crime scenes skilled in crisis intervention and comprehensive advocacy services.  Ms. Roshto has worked with the Attorney General’s Office, FBI and ICE and the Missouri Department of Corrections.  She is the past Vice-President of MOVA and author of a P.O.S.T Certified Training for Law Enforcement on Advocacy. 

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