Training
In-Person and Online Training/Resources
The RCACs provide training and support for State Chapters, Children’s Advocacy Centers, and multidisciplinary team professionals working on child abuse cases throughout the country. The RCACs provide live training, virtual training, peer forums, and self-paced learning opportunities. Please click on your region to see local offerings or the National Training/Forums for opportunities open to professionals across the country.
Don’t see a training you need? Contact your region about customized training.
Midwest Region: Contact Kia Kehrer
Northeast Region: Contact Katelyn Waltimyer
Southern Region: Contact Danielle Quat
Western Region: Contact Kelsey Roberts
Midwest Trainings
- EduNet Webinars
- Online Course Catalog - link to: https://www.mrcac.org/catalog/
- Medical Training Academy
- Medical Training Academy: PSANE Examiner Course
- Medical Aspects of Child Abuse for the MDT
- Core Concepts for Team Facilitation
- Core Concepts for Team Facilitation Course + Community Discussions
- Team Facilitator Community Consult Circles
- Peer Review (Medical, SANE, Spanish, Disabilities, Forensic Interview)
- Forensic Interview Journal Club
- Medical Training Academy Programs
- Medical Training Academy
- Medical Training Academy: Pediatric/Adolescent Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Course
- Medical Preceptorship
- myCasereview
- myQIportal –Physical Abuse
- myQIportal Sexual Abuse for Board Certified Child Abuse Pediatricians
- myQIportal Sexual Abuse for Medical Providers
- Monthly E-newsletter: Click here to sign up
Northeast Trainings
- Team Development
- Organizational Development
- Professional Role Development
- NCA Accreditation Support
- Team Talk Podcast
- E-newsletter: Click here to sign up
Additional training available by request.
Southern Trainings
- Facilitative Leadership Learning Collaborative*
- Board of Directors Blueprint (self-paced training)
- Cultivating the Role of Team Facilitator (self-paced training)
- Reflect. Refuel. Reset. Series on Secondary Traumatic Stress (self-paced training)
- The SRCAC Exchange Podcast
- SRCAC YouTube page
- Monthly E-newsletter: contact Lauren Tanner to sign up
Additional training available by request.
Western Trainings
- Building Resilient Teams*
- Mental Health Peer Consultation Forums
- Monthly Roundup Communications: Click here to sign up
- Online Webinars
- The Science of Tele-Mental Health
- Delivering TF-CBT via Tele-Mental Health
- Tele-Mental Health: The Clinician’s Perspective
- The Challenges of Tele-Mental Health: Technology & Licensure
- Telemental Health Resource Center
- Victim Advocate and Mental Health Partnerships Peer Consultation Forums
Additional training available by request.
National Trainings
- Chapter Peer Forums
- Child Abuse Medical Preceptorship
- Foundations of CAC Family Advocacy
- Fundamentals of Team Facilitation 1: For New MDT Facilitators
- Fundamentals of Team Facilitation 2: For Experienced MDT Facilitators
- MDT Facilitator Microlearning Series
- MDT Facilitator Peer Forums
- MDT Facilitator Training Guide
- Mental Health Peer Consultation Forums
- Moving Beyond: A Recorded Series of Special Topics in Victim Advocacy
- National Chapter Executive Coaching Program
- Victim Advocate and Mental Health Partnerships Peer Consultation Forums
- Victim Advocacy Peer Forums
*Trainings with an asterisk (*) are regional trainings: normally these trainings are only open to attendees within the regions, but if more space is available the training may be opened to CACs nationally.
In-Person Training
Trainings with an asterisk (*) are regional trainings: normally these trainings are only open to attendees within the regions, but if more space is available the training may be opened to CACs nationally.
Northeast Regional
- Leadership, Exchange and Coaching Project (LEC)
- Team Facilitator 2.0*
- Introduction to Team Facilitation
- Multidisciplinary Team Training*
- Vicarious Trauma and Building Resiliency for Child Abuse Professionals*
- NCAC Basic Forensic Interviewer Training*
- NCAC Advanced Forensic Interview Training*
- Team Talk Podcast
- The Advocate’s Role in the Multidisciplinary Response to Child Abuse
Southern Regional
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- TF-CBT: Advanced Topics*
- Facilitative Leadership Learning Collaborative*
Western Regional
- Building Resilient Teams*
- Mental Health Peer Consultation Forums – These forums are open to eligible clinicians nationally.
- Victim Advocate and Mental Health Partnerships Peer Consultation Forums – These forums are open to eligible clinicians nationally.
Training Available by Request
Don’t see a training you need? Contact your region about customized training.
Northeast Region: Contact Katelyn Waltimyer
Southern Region: Visit their website
Western Region: Contact Lana Lo
Online Training and Resources
Midwest Regional
- EduNet 2019 Webinars
- EduNet Archived Webinars
- Online Course Catalog
- Medical Training Academy
- Medical Training Academy: PSANE Examiner Course
- Medical Aspects of Child Abuse for the MDT
- Peer Review
- Forensic Interview Journal Club
- Medical Training Academy Programs
- Monthly E-newsletter: Click here to sign up
Northeast Regional
- Team Talk Podcast
- Monthly E-newsletter: Click here to sign up
Southern Regional
- Board of Directors Blueprint (self-paced training)
- Cultivating the Role of Team Facilitator (self-paced training)
- Reflect. Refuel. Reset. Series on Secondary Traumatic Stress (self-paced training)
- Monthly E-newsletter
Western Regional
- Telemental Health Resource Center
- Online Webinars
- The Science of Tele-Mental Health
- Delivering TF-CBT via Tele-Mental Health
- Tele-Mental Health: The Clinician’s Perspective
- The Challenges of Tele-Mental Health: Technology & Licensure
- Monthly E-newsletter: Click here to sign up