About CornerHouse Training

CornerHouse, an Interagency Child Abuse Evaluation and Training Center located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, opened in 1989 utilizing the CornerHouse Forensic Interview Protocol: RATAC® to interview alleged child and vulnerable adult victims of sexual abuse. In 1990, CornerHouse established the first intensive five-day forensic interview training program. CornerHouse has now trained over 23,000 professionals from every Minnesota county, 49 states, and ten foreign countries including the investigators of the International Criminal Court at the Hague.

Although there is no such thing as a perfect interview, a competent interview takes place when a child is interviewed in a child-friendly environment, with developmentally appropriate language and by someone who is adequately trained. CornerHouse training curriculums are based on both extensive review of literature in the field and the clinical experience of our staff. Courses are designed to produce competent forensic interviewers who can defend their interviews in court as well as effective mandated reporters who can provide investigating professionals with essential information.

The benefits of attending CornerHouse training include:

• low faculty-to-learner ratios;
• protocols for the interview and pre-interview assessment that are legally defensible and reflect the latest research in the field;
• faculty who are both national experts and practicing forensic interviewers that maintain their level of expertise by constantly updating their practice.

Faculty are sole authors of, and continue to engage in, ongoing development of the CornerHouse Forensic Interview Protocol: RATAC®

Mandated Reporter Training in the News

Click on this link to see Miriam Maples, CornerHouse training director speaking about Mandated Reporting. Please see this section of our website for information regarding mandated reporter training.

Classes

Forensic Interview Training

Advanced Interview Training

Mandated Reporter Training

Minimal Facts Training

Your Piece of the Puzzle: Responding to Child Abuse

Other Training Opportunities

Give Them A Voice

Hotel Information

Training attendees can get hotel information here.

Continuing Education Credit

Courses are pre-approved for continuing education credits through the Minnesota POST Board and the Minnesota Board of Continuing Legal Education. Courses are on record with the Minnesota Board of Social Work.