Types of Training


Migima offers on-site training in your city customized to meet your specific needs. Full programs are typically one day long but Dr. Morgan is available to give keynote speeches for half day trainings and conferences as well. The training fee includes preparation, pre-training consultation, presentation, PowerPoint®/videos, all handout materials and travel time. The audience can be as small as five or as large as 500. You may also choose to charge a registration fee or offer the program free to participants. Dr. Morgan and other presenters are also available to meet with the media upon request. A typical, one-day training including all services listed above, is around $1,500. For questions or a quote please contact us.

Trainings can be uniquely designed for your specific needs and interests. Below is a sampling of some of the trainings. Additional trainings are also available.

Training #1: How to Interview Child Sexual Abuse Victims with Anatomical Dolls
This 8-hour training is for law enforcement/police, child advocacy centers, child protective services, counselors and others who interview children. The training covers such topics as:

  • How to Select Dolls and other Interview Tools
  • Legal Challenges to the Dolls and What the Research Tells Us
  • Why Kids Don’t Disclose
  • Identifying Leading and Suggestive Questions
  • Forensic Interviews/Legal Interview Techniques
  • Pre-interview Preparation
  • Establishing Rapport
  • Helping the Child Volunteer Information
  • Gender Differences
  • Introducing the Dolls
  • Basic Do’s and Don’ts with the Dolls
  • When to Introduce and Not Introduce the Dolls
  • Body Parts Inventory/Sexual Body Parts
  • Practice Critiquing Actual Interviews
  • Practice Using the Anatomical Dolls with a Personal Coach/Trained Staff

  • Training #2: Gender-Responsive Services and Programs for Women and Girls in the Justice System.
    This 8 hour training is for direct line staff and administrators who work with women and girls in the justice system or “at-risk” populations. Topics include:

  • Why Women and Girls entering the Justice System in Record Numbers
  • What does Gender-responsive Mean in Real terms?
  • Equity vs. Equal Treatment
  • Female Psychosocial Development
  • Children’s Gender Messages
  • The Importance of Relationships
  • Relational Aggression
  • Gender and Communication
  • Women’s Pathways to Crime
  • Data on System-involved Females
  • Health Issues
  • Developing Skills
  • Gender and Trauma
  • Gender and Substance Abuse

  • Training #3: AIDS Education Programs Using Anatomical Dolls
    This 4-6 hour training is designed for AIDS education workers, educators, health professionals and others who work with prevention and education efforts. The primary focus will be on how to demonstrate the use of condoms with the anatomical dolls in AIDS education efforts. Each doll comes with a condom and helps the target audience see how a condom is really used in a non-threatening way. The dolls have been used successfully in Africa in AIDS education programs.

    Training #4: Teaching Young Children How to Prevent Sexual Abuse.
    This 4-8 hour training is for educators, parents and other adults who want to teach children about protecting themselves. Information is presented so that children are not scared but become more knowledgeable and empowered to handle difficult situations. Dr. Morgan is a highly sought after speaker on this topic. She is the author of My Feelings, one of three children’s books recommended on Good Morning America for the prevention of child sexual abuse. She has lectured around the world.


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