Protection of minors training offered
September 4, 2014
Praesidium, under contract with the UA system, will provide additional training to support
program managers who hire staff or volunteers for activities involving minors. The
training in the protection of minors will be held Sept. 16 from 3 t0 4:30 p.m. in
109 Butrovich.
The hands-on workshop will give hiring managers effective screening and selection
methods. Participants will learn questions to ask during interviews that may reveal
an applicant's increased tendency to act abusively. They also will learn to detect
evasive and deceptive responses and malingering. Participants will take part in role-play
exercises to learn behavioral interviewing methods, how to use telephone interviews,
how to set up a reference call-in center to manage more reference checks in a short
period of time, and how to critically review information provided on written applications.
They also will learn strategies to conduct productive reference checks.
For additional information or questions, please contact Frances Isgrigg, director
of UAF's Environmental Health, Safety and Risk Management division, at fisgrigg@alaska.edu.