RFA Training
Training-First Step Toward Certification
Next In Person Training: May 3d and 4th, 2025
9:00-4:30 Central Daylight Time
Denver, CO
Next Virtual Training: June 28th and 29th
9:00-4:30 Central Daylight Time
REGISTRATION LINK FOR VIRTUAL TRAINING JUNE 28TH AND 29:
Certified by the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigation 11.5 Credit Hours
Training Fee is $375.00
Certification Fee: $300 for three years.
Our two-day virtual or in-person training prepares participants to conduct Retrospective Fatality Analysis, expanding upon the psychological autopsy methodology, adding increased breadth and depth. The RFA Process was developed to be used in a variety of contexts, including: Informing suicide prevention efforts, survivor meaning making, research, legal testimony, equivocal death determinations, and postvention.
Requirements to attend the training:
·Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a social science related field.
·Experience with interviewing
·Experience with loss survivors.
Requirements for full certification:
1. Attend and complete RFA’s two-day training.
2. Analyze a decedent, who died by suicide.
Three Paths to RFA Certification:
Path 1
1. (First Path) One RFA-trained candidate completes at least three interviews. The candidate will write and submit the report to RFA - Anne Kelly for evaluation. She will ask three volunteers to review the report and use the rebrick to evaluate and add comments.
Path 2
2. (Second Path) RFA-trained candidates collaborate as a team to provide at least two interviews per person and share their information. Each candidate will submit an independent report to RFA - Anne Kelly for evaluation.
Path 3
3. (Third Path) This will be followed if certification is required before conducting RFAs for organizations in the community or offices where candidates work. In this process, RFA-trained candidates will interview 2 RFA team members and receive a third script.
Email questions to rfaconsultantsllc@gmail.com