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Return to Training Schedule Trauma Informed Interviewing
| Location: | Zoom (DT) - November 18, 2025 |
| Dates: | November 18, 2025 |
| Times: | 8 AM – 4:30 PM |
Attend the Wicklander-Zualwski (WZ) Trauma Informed Interviewing course and discover methods on how to conduct more effective interviews, resulting in identifying the truth more efficiently and with less resistance while minimizing the re-traumatization of the interviewee. Learn about the impact of trauma on memory, the risks of misclassification of behavior, and practical tools allowing them to facilitate a productive conversation.
Disclaimer: In an effort to demonstrate the importance of trauma-informed interviewing and the impact of traumatic experiences, there will be discussions and examples of real-life situations. Class materials, including video examples of traumatized people sharing their experiences, may be sensitive in nature and could be triggering for some individuals.
Bryan Barlow, CFI
Bryan Barlow, CFI®, joined the Chicago Police Department (CPD) in 2002 and was promoted to Detective in 2008, where he conducted a wide variety of investigations around the city. In 2015, Bryan became a training coordinator and instructor for the CPD’s Bureau of Detectives, where he researched, wrote curriculum, and delivered training to new officers, newly promoted detectives, and in-service department members on investigatory topics such as Investigative and Trauma-Informed Interviewing, Investigative Methodologies and Law. After retiring from the CPD in 2023, Bryan began conducting seminars as an instructor with Wicklander-Zulawski & Associates, Inc. (WZ), focusing on Evidence-Based Interviewing Techniques, Homicide Investigations, Trauma-Informed Interviewing, and Law.
Bryan holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Loyola University Chicago, a Master of Jurisprudence degree with a concentration in Criminal Law from DePaul University, and is a veteran of the U.S. Army.
Bryan presented “When ‘Just the Facts’ Doesn’t Work – Trauma-Informed Interviewing” at Elite Training Days 2021. Trying to gather information from traumatized individuals can be difficult. Interviewing victims of street crime, workplace violence, someone who has been involved in a major accident or suffered a severe personal loss can often be frustrating, especially when the regular information-gathering: asking the who, what, when, where, and why, doesn’t allow us to put together a complete picture. This difficulty stems from the effect traumas have on the brain of a trauma survivor. His presentation discussed how trauma affects an individual’s brain and effective strategies for interviewing trauma survivors in a victim-centered, trauma-informed manner to obtain the best information available to aid in the conduct of investigations.
Location: Zoom (DT) - November 18, 2025