ChildFirst™

In 2008 CornerHouse entered into a new partnership with the National Association to Prevent Sexual Abuse of Children (NAPSAC) and the National Child Protection Training Center (NCPTC) to hold the national ChildFirst™ course. For more information on this class or future classes, contact at the National Child Protection Training Center in Winona, Minnesota or call (507) 457-2890.

ChildFirst™: Train the Trainer

In partnership with CornerHouse, NAPSAC and NCPTC present ChildFirst™, a five-day forensic interviewing course for prosecutors, law enforcement officers, child protection caseworkers, and forensic interviewers. This project brings this intensive training to interested states in a train the trainer model. To date, South Carolina, Indiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, Georgia, Missouri, Illinois, Maryland, West Virginia, Kansas, Ohio, Arkansas, Delaware, Virginia, Connecticut, and Oklahoma, have completed the process and have fully functional programs in their individual states.

If your agency is interested in bringing ChildFirst™ to your state in the future, you are invited to contact at the National Child Protection Training Center in Winona, Minnesota or call (507) 457-2890.

Other Training Opportunities

CornerHouse can develop unique training sessions to meet individual and agency specific needs. This includes presenting at conferences, conducting agency in-services, or contracting for training services. Areas of expertise include:

• Child sexual abuse
• Child witnesses to violent crime
• Issues related to memory/suggestibility
• Using anatomical dolls

The cost for this training is generally $2,200.00 per day (or $275.00 per hour) plus trainer expenses for a negotiated number of participants. For more information about hosting a unique training session, contact Miriam Maples at or 612.813.8325.

“The most complete training I have ever attended.”

— Training Participant

“I learned more from [my CornerHouse trainer] than from top experts in the field.”

— Training Participant