On-Demand Training

ASCLD Emerging Issues: Employee Wellness Webinars

Through a generous partnership with the Forensic Technology Center of Excellence at RTI International, ASCLD presented a three-part webinar series entitled ASCLD Emerging Issues: Employee Wellness. Providing training and education in employee wellness is part of the current ASCLD Strategic Plan. In an already stressful profession, as we adapt and lead through the COVID-19 pandemic, this topic is particularly timely.

Stress, Vicarious Trauma, and Resiliency for Forensic Science Professionals [ARCHIVED]
Speakers: Andrew Levin, Jonathan McGrath, Heidi Putney, & Danielle Crimmins
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Tackling Employee Wellness: The Phoenix Police Department’s Crime Lab Approach [ARCHIVED]
Speaker: Jody Wolf
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Drug Exposures in the Forensic Laboratory: What We Know, What We Can Learn [ARCHIVED]
Speakers: Andrew Levin, Jonathan McGrath, Heidi Putney, & Danielle Crimmins
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ASCLD/NIJ Coverdell Grant Webinar

On April 20, 2018 ASCLD and the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) hosted a webinar for crime laboratories to help crime laboratory leadership better understand recent changes made to the Paul Coverdell grant program.

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FBI Allele Frequency Ammendments Overview

On June 30, ASCLD sponsored a webinar titled ASCLD: FBI Allele Frequency Amendments Overview – Managers Perspective and Legal Considerations which was a great success. There were over 450 participants. Tina Delgado from the Federal Bureau of Investigations, Gary Sims of California Department of Justice, Ray Wickenheiser of the New York State Police Crime Laboratory System and Matt Redle, Sheridan WY County and Prosecuting Attorney, presented.

This presentation was designed to assist Crime Lab Management to provide timely assessment, correction, notification, reporting and documentation; enabling Crime Labs to continue to earn and keep public trust. This webinar provided a high level overview of the issue by the FBI including history on the errors, their detection, correction, and the dissemination of information. It also included the laboratory directors’ perspective and legal issues that laboratories may need to consider

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NFSTC Online Training Courses

NFSTC has recently expanded their online course catalog:

• Introduction to Crime Scene Investigation
• Intermediate Crime Scene Investigation
• Digital Crime Scene Photography
• DNA Analyst Training (all modules)
• Biological Screening
• DNA Analysis
• Data Interpretation and Statistics

Each course is self-paced and comes with a certificate upon a passing completion.

Click HERE for more information about NFSTC’s training opportunities.

ASCLD/RTI Backlog Series

Archival versions of the ASCLD/RTI Backlog Series can be found at the following links:

• Managing Customer Expectations and Education
• How to Increase your Staff without Increasing Budget
• Efficiency Improvements
• Developing a Statewide Approach to Backlog Management
• Case Acceptance Policies and Guidelines

ASCLD/RTI DNA Standards and Guidelines Webinar Series

• SWGDAM Interpretational Guidelines
• Proposed Quality Assurance Standards (QAS) changes

ASCLD/RTI Rapid DNA Series

Archival versions of the ASCLD/RTI Rapid DNA Series can be found at the following links:

• Rapid DNA: The QAS and NDIS
• Rapid DNA: Arizona DPS and Richland County, SC
• Rapid DNA: Booking Stations and CODIS

ASCLD/RTI Train the Director Series

Archival versions of the original ASCLD/RTI Train the Director Series can be found at the following links:

• ASCLD Train the Directors Controlled Substances Webinar – Archival
• ASCLD Train the Directors Digital Multimedia Evidence Webinar – Archival
• ASCLD Train the Directors Toxicology Webinar – Archival
• ASCLD Train the Directors Firearms Webinar – Archival
• ASCLD Train the Directors Latent Prints Webinar – Archival
• ASCLD Train the Directors DNA Webinar- Archival

Archival versions of the 2019 Series can be found at the following links:

• NIBIN Challenges and Opportunities
• Digital Forensics: An Overview for the Laboratory Manager
• Fire Debris is NOT Black Magic!
• Trace Evidence for the Crime Laboratory
• Quality Assurance in the Forensic Laboratory

ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB)

ANAB offers self-paced and instructor-led (online and in person) training courses in accreditation related topics, including Forensic Internal Auditor and Technical assessor for both ISO/IEC 17020 and ISO/IEC 17025.   For full list of forensic related training visit https://anab.ansi.org/training/forensic and for up to date upcoming schedule visit https://anab.ansi.org/training/public-course-schedule.

ANAB is the largest, multi-disciplinary accreditation body in North America, providing accreditation and training services to public and private sector organizations such as forensic service providers, certification bodies, calibration and testing laboratories, inspection bodies, reference material producers, and proficiency test providers.  ANAB is owned by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and is internationally recognized through International Accreditation Forum(IAF) and International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC).

Law Enforcement Officers

• Collecting DNA Evidence at Property Crime Scenes
• Espanol for Law Enforcement
• Firearms Examiner Training
• Forensic DNA Education for Law Enforcement Decisionmakers
• What Every Law Enforcement Officer Should Know About DNA Evidence—First Responding Officers
• What Every Law Enforcement Officer Should Know About DNA Evidence-Investigators and Evidence Technicians

 Officers of the Court 

• Principles of Forensic DNA for Officers of the Court
• DNA: A Prosecutor’s Practice Notebook

Forensic Analysts

• Law 101: Legal Guide for the Forensic Expert
• Crime Scene and DNA Basics for Forensic Analysts
• Firearms Examiner Training
• Laboratory Orientation and Testing of Body Fluids and Tissues for Forensic Analysts
• Laboratory Safety Programs
• DNA Extraction and Quantitation for Forensic Analysts
• DNA Amplification for Forensic Analysts
• Amplified DNA Product Separation for Forensic Analysts
• STR Data Analysis and Interpretation for Forensic Analysts
• Population Genetics and Statistics for Forensic Analysts
• Communication Skills, Report Writing, and Courtroom Testimony for Forensic Analysts
• Non-STR DNA Markers: SNPs, Y-STRs, LCN and mtDNA
• Advanced and Emerging DNA Techniques and Technologies