Tedeschini Training and Consulting

tedeschini training and consulting

Training prepared, proficient and principled investigative interviewers

Investigative Interviewing Workshops

October 15, 2025 - Investigative Interviewing Techniques

October 22, 2025 - Advanced Investigative Interviewing Techniques


Location: Strathcona County Community Centre - 401 Festival Lane,

Sherwood Park, Alberta


Cost: $250.00 per workshop or $450.00 for both.

Cost includes a training manual and morning coffee and pastries.

Reserve your spot(s) now by contacting John at: tedeschinitraining@gmail.com

Payment is not required until October


Workshop Content

These complementary workshops equip students with proven, science-based interviewing techniques designed to work in any information-gathering setting - whether engaging cooperative or resistant interviewees.

INVESTIGATIVE INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES

The Core Skills of Investigative Interviewing

  • Planning and preparation

  • Building and maintaining rapport

  • Effective listening techniques

  • Effective questioning techniques

The PEACE Model of Investigative Interviewing - A Structured Approach to Interviewing

  • P lanning and Preparation

  • E ngage and Explain

  • A ccount

  • C losure

  • E valuation

Tandem Interviewing

  • How to prepare for and conduct an investigative interview with a second interviewer present

Overcoming Common Interviewing Challenges and Roadblocks:

  • Learn strategies to overcome obstacles encountered during investigative interviews

ADVANCED INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES

The Cognitive Interview

  • Memory-enhancing techniques to facilitate recall in cooperative interviewees

Motivational Interviewing

  • Effective and non-coercive techniques to facilitate interviewee cooperation and disclosure

Advanced Planning and Preparation Considerations

  • Advanced strategies to enhance disclosure from cooperative and resistant interviewees

Recognizing and Managing Interviewee Communication Styles

  • Understanding and adapting to the fundamental styles of communication

Managing and Eliciting Information from Resistant Interviewees

  • Non-coercive techniques to manage and overcome resistance

Credibility Assessment – What Science Tells Us Works

  • Science-based interviewing techniques and strategies to assess interviewee credibility

Who will benefit?

These workshops are designed for a wide range of professionals who conduct information-gathering interviews for various purposes, including:

- Workplace investigators

- Clinicians, social workers, and caseworkers

- Organizational managers and supervisors

- Academic and educational administrators

- Auditors and compliance officers

- Criminal justice personnel (e.g., probation, parole, correctional officers)

- Law enforcement, security, and loss prevention officers

- Fire investigators

- Insurance investigators

- Journalists and writers

- Anyone in a role where interviewing is part of their responsibilities