Child & Family Advocacy Academy - Winter 2025

Learn evidence-based, advanced advocacy skills and system-based approaches for professionals working with children and families impacted by crime. This specialized victim assistance training is offered in partnership with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.

This online training academy is designed to provide evidence-based best practices, enhance-based best practices, enhance valuable skills and share prevention models and systems-based approaches for professionals working with child and adolescent victims of crime and their families.

Training topics include: 

• Intergenerational Trauma
• Community Impact and School System Response
• Cyber-based Crime and Tech-enabled Trauma
• Child & Adolescent Suicide Intervention
• Serving Neurodivergent Children
• Working with Families and Victims of Secondary Trauma

This course is designed for professionals working with child and adolescent victims of crime and their families. There is no required prerequisite, however, this is an advanced course and those enrolling are expected to have a foundational understanding of victim advocacy and  trauma-informed practices.

The 2025 CFAA is offered as a 3 day intensive online academy from January 28-30th from 10:00am – 5:00pm Eastern Time via NOVA's Training Center. 

Registration Costs: 

NOVA Members: $270

Non-Members: $300

Register by December 13th and get 10% off using code: CFAAEarlyBird

• Registration will close at 5pm ET on Friday, January 17th or when capacity is reached. 
• Cancellation/Refund Policy: A full refund minus $65 processing fee is available through January 24th, after January 24th no refunds will be available.
• A group discount is available for five (5) or more students registering from the same organization. Please email cfaa@trynova.org for more information.

Apply for a Scholarship!

We are able to award 5 scholarships, thanks to NOVA's 50for50 Scholarship Campaign! Pay it forward by starting your own fundraiser, here.

• All submissions are due by January 1, 2025. Recipients will be notified by January 8th, 2025.