OVC-ARC Riverside Online Professional Training Conference 9/9-9/29 2004


WORKSHOP INFORMATION FOR CEU CREDIT


Interviewing Skills for Elders and Adults with Disabilities
Jerry N. Villanueva, Esq

Program Description
This course will provide Interviewing Skills and Techniques, along with
"tips or hints" on how to complete a successful interview with an Elderly
victim or Dependent Adult.
Regardless of your experience, the course will offer ideas and thoughts the
student will be able to use when confronted with the task of obtaining
information from a victim who is either elderly or has special needs.

Outline:
See PowerPoint named VillanuevaOutline.ppt


Training Objectives

The Student will be provided with "skills and techniques" to be used while
conducting interview's with either competent or incompetent elderly victims
and dependent adults. In addition, the Student will be introduced to the
significance of case preparation, prior to the interview being conducted
and what information should be obtained and where it can be found.

The Student will be introduced to issues and concerns from both the victim
and the Investigator's perspective and how to address those same issues.
In this portion of instruction, the Student will learn about the importance
of recognizing relationships within the victim's life and respecting those
relationships.

The Student will learn ways to insure the victim that they are in fact
important, respected and will be treated as "one deserving of special
consideration and protection".

The Student will also be provided with a list of "tools" that can and
should be used when conducting interviews with Elders or Dependent Adults.