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The Management Development Center at Fort Hays State University will offer “Uncovering the Truth: Interview and Investigation Techniques” on Tuesday, Oct. 11, as the second workshop in its fall series.
Training will be from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Black and Gold Room of the university’s Memorial Union. The Wicklander-Zulawski workshop on interview and investigation utilizes practical exercises, new concepts, techniques and psychological principles to enhance fundamentals of the interview, and investigation processes for the investigator.
The course offers participants an opportunity to learn and practice the techniques in a workshop environment. The techniques discussed in this program apply in all types of investigative interviews where discovering the truth is critical. This includes, but is not limited to, interviewing victims and witnesses as well as individuals or employees suspected of being involved in acts of wrongdoing.
This interactive workshop allows participants to work through actual case studies applying techniques in real-world situations.
Brett L. Ward will facilitate. He is a certified forensic interviewer and vice president of client relations for Wicklander-Zulawski & Associates Inc., Downers Grove, Ill.
Learning outcomes include: understanding specific investigatory prep strategies utilized by professional investigators; applying principles and techniques in order to eliminate the innocent without damaging morale while identifying the guilty; handling denials and objections; dealing with difficult individuals who attempt to take control of the interview; and determining the most appropriate rationalization to overcome the subject’s resistance and convince them that honesty is the only educated option.
Each person who completes the workshop will receive a completion certificate.
The cost for professionals is $219. FHSU student fees are $25 (full workshop) or $15 (partial workshop). Registrations received prior to Oct. 4 are appreciated. Financial support for this workshop was provided by the Dane G. Hansen Foundation, along with the following FHSU student organizations: Accounting Club, Alpha Kappa Psi, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Criminal Justice Club and Society for Human Resource Management.
Professionals: registration is available online at www.fhsu.edu/cob/mdc/Uncovering-the-Truth/.
FHSU students: registration is available in person in McCartney Hall, room 225.
Hays Area Chamber of Commerce members are eligible for a 15-percent discount.
The Management Development Center at Fort Hays State University is recognized by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) to offer professional development credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-Certified Professional or SHRM-Senior Certified Professional rating. This program is valid for 6.5 PDCs for both.
For more information about certification or recertification, please visit shrmcertification.org.
To learn more about this workshop or receive discount codes, contact Conni Dreher by phone at (785) 628-4121 or by email at [email protected].