Training for Professionals

At LG Clinical, we are the experts in training the experts. Our range of informative and engaging training is designed to enhance both theoretical and practical knowledge. Our principal consultant has provided extensive training to various professional groups, including police, legal practitioners, medical practitioners and allied health practitioners

Review our current training packages below, or click here to submit a request for a tailored training package to suit the needs of your organisation

Child Protection Essentials

This training is designed to inspire confidence in dealing with child protection matters and is suitable for all professionals working with children. Learning content includes:

• How the child protection system works

• Your legislative responsibilities under the Children and Young People (Safety) Act 2017

• The process of making a notification as a mandated notifier

• What happens after you make a notification

• Identifying possible signs of child abuse and neglect

• How to manage child abuse concerns confidently and correctly

• Examination of case studies applicable to your professional role

LG Clinical provides various modalities of training, including face to face training or online training via MS Teams. Click the button below to submit your training request or make a training booking

Forensic Considerations in Responding to Allegations of Child Abuse

This training is focussed on supporting professionals in the consideration of non-medical forensic issues when confronted with allegations of child abuse, including:

• How to respond when a parent or child makes allegations of child abuse

• The dos and don’ts of managing child abuse allegations or disclosures in the moment

• Questioning of children in relation to allegations of disclosures of child abuse

• The difference between leading questions and questions that do not compromise a forensic investigation

• Available supports and resources to support you in managing reported allegations of child abuse

• Making a notification and how this sets in motion an investigative response

• Examination of case studies applicable to your role as a professional

LG Clinical provides various modalities of training, including face to face training or online training via MS Teams. Click the button below to submit your training request or make a training booking

An Introduction to Developmental Trauma

This training provides a short introduction to Developmental Trauma in children, and would be suitable for all professionals working with children. Learning content includes:

• Examining the differences between ‘simple’ and ‘complex’ trauma

• Definitions of Developmental Trauma and the DSM-5 debate

• The origins of Developmental Trauma and its impact on neurobiological structures, normative development and behaviours

• Behavioural manifestations of Developmental Trauma – Adaptive vs Non-Adaptive

• Assessing these behaviours in the context of the child’s environment

• Therapeutic considerations for children impacted by Developmental Trauma

LG Clinical provides various modalities of training, including face to face training or online training via MS Teams. Click the button below to submit your training request or make a training booking

Understanding and Responding to Developmental Trauma

This training provides a comprehensive overview of Developmental Trauma and how this may present in children, and would be suitable for all professionals working with children. Learning content includes:

• Examining the differences between ‘simple’ and ‘complex’ trauma

• Definitions of Developmental Trauma and the DSM-5 debate

• Neurobiological responses to trauma

• Physiological responses to trauma

• The impact of Developmental Trauma on normative development

• Behavioural manifestations of Developmental Trauma – Adaptive vs Non-Adaptive

• Assessing these behaviours in the context of the child’s environment – is it ADHD, ASD, ODD…or something else?

• Therapeutic considerations for children impacted by Developmental Trauma

• Examination of case studies applicable to your professional role

LG Clinical provides various modalities of training, including face to face training or online training via MS Teams. Click the button below to submit your training request or make a training booking

A Brief Introduction to Applying Forensic Principles When Interviewing Children

This training provides a brief overview of forensic principles when talking with children and would be suitable for any professional required to interview children or investigate child abuse related issues, including lawyers, police, social workers and psychologists. Learning content includes:

• How children typically respond to questions

• Sound forensic questioning techniques with children

• Problematic questioning techniques with children

• Quantity of information vs quality and accuracy

• Understanding how to elicit information from children that is more likely to be accurate

LG Clinical provides various modalities of training, including face to face training or online training via MS Teams. Click the button below to submit your training request or make a training booking

Applying Forensic Principles When Talking with Children

This training provides a comprehensive overview of applying forensic principles when talking with children and would be suitable for any professional required to interview children or investigate child abuse related issues, including lawyers, police, social workers and psychologists. Learning content includes:

• The history of children as witnesses

• Why use different interview techniques and protocols with children

• Children and suggestibility

• Using child development principles to underpin interviews

• How children typically respond to questions

• Understanding how to elicit information from children that encourages accuracy

• How to structure interviews with children correctly

• Concerns of coaching and influencing within children's narratives

LG Clinical provides various modalities of training, including face to face training or online training via MS Teams. Click the button below to submit your training request or make a training booking

Understanding Child Development Principles and Forensic Practice with Children

This training examines child development principles and how they relate to an impact forensic work with children, and would be suitable for any professional required to interview children or investigate child abuse related issues, including lawyers, police, social workers and psychologists. Learning content includes:

• The history of children as witnesses

• Development of children's language and forensic implications

• Development of children's memory processes and forensic implications

• Psychological development of children and forensic implications

• How young children respond to questions

LG Clinical provides various modalities of training, including face to face training or online training via MS Teams. Click the button below to submit your training request or make a training booking

Children's Disclosures of Abuse

This training examines the wide and varied ways in which children may disclose abuse or neglect, and would be suitable for any professional required to interview children or investigate child abuse related issues, including lawyers, police, social workers and psychologists. Learning content includes:

• Disclosure as a process

• Characteristics of children's disclosures

• Barriers to disclosure

• Facilitators of disclosure

• What we know from the research

LG Clinical provides various modalities of training, including face to face training or online training via MS Teams. Click the button below to submit your training request or make a training booking