Anne Lukas Miller, BA, LSW

Trainer, Forensic Interviewier

CornerHouse Child Abuse Evaluation and Training Center

E8 INTERVIEWING CHILDREN WHO HAVE WITNESSED VIOLENT CRIME

F8 ENHANCING CULTURAL & COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCIES IN FORENSIC INTERVIEWS

Since joining the CornerHouse staff in 1993, Anne has conducted approximately 2500 interviews with children, adolescent and vulnerable adults, resulting in a career total of more than 3500 interviews.  She has trained multidisciplinary professionals throughout the continent in basic and advanced forensic interviewing skills, and she frequently presents at national, international and local conferences.  Anne is directly involved in the ongoing process of reviewing research and literature, as well as developing and updating trainings related to the various elements of forensic interviewing.  She is also the co-developer and an ongoing facilitator of the CornerHouse training program for mandated reporters. 

Anne has recently been assigned to act as the primary liaison to the NDAA (National District Attorney's Office), who in partnership with CornerHouse, presents the "Finding Words' and "Half-A-Nation By 2010" training initiatives. Anne graduated with honors from Southwest State University, located in Marshall, Minnesota, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology with a social work emphasis and a minor in psychology.  When Anne came to CornerHouse, she had over ten years of experience in juvenile probation, adolescent residential treatment and county-administered social services.  She worked for four years as a Child Protection/Child Welfare worker, and five years supervising the Children and Family Services programs in Chippewa County, Minnesota.