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Conflict Resolution
2026-02-18, 2026-02-02, 2026-01-19, 2026-01-05 | Florida, Pensacola, Florida
“The greatest power in de-escalation lies not in controlling others, but in mastering your own emotions and responses.” -Unknown
Trainer: Myra Strand

Human Centric Interviewing and Investigations
2026-02-10 | Columbia, SC
Russell Strand will teach at the DOJ National Advocacy Center for a full day on Human-Centric Investigations and Interviewing.

2-Day Human Centric Interviewing
2026-02-04 - 2026-02-05 | New York
The goal of the HCI education course is to develop the knowledge and essential skills required to conduct and document forensic interviews with adults, adolescents and children who have experienced trauma and/or victimization as the victim or as the suspect.

40-Hour Human Centric Interviewing Course
2026-01-26 - 2026-01-30 | Michigan, Detroit, Michigan
SOLD OUT

The goal of the HCI education course is to develop the knowledge and essential skills required to conduct and document forensic interviews with adults, adolescents and children who have experienced trauma and/or victimization as the victim or as the suspect.

Conflict Resolution: Self Regulation, Co Regulation, De-Escalation
2025-12-15 | https://strandsquared.com/event/conflict-resolution-self-regulation-co-regulation-de-escalation-23/

Human Centric Engagement
2025-12-10 - 2025-12-11 | Panama City FL
Russell Strand will provide a 2-day training on Human-Centric engagement, including interviewing and Prosecutions.

Conflict Resolution: Self Regulation, Co Regulation, De-Escalation
2025-12-05 | https://strandsquared.com/event/conflict-resolution-self-regulation-co-regulation-de-escalation-22/

Implicit Bias, The Brain, and Applied Intersectionality in Wild Spaces
2025-12-03 | Michigan
Myra will provide training and technical assistance to a non-profit focused on outdoor spaces in Tucson, Arizona.
Her work will be focused on Implicit bias, the brain, and applied intersectionality.
She will also assist the agency in adopting trauma-informed policies and procedures.

Conflict Resolution: Self Regulation, Co Regulation, De-Escalation
2025-11-21 | https://strandsquared.com/event/conflict-resolution-self-regulation-co-regulation-de-escalation-21/

Embodied Communication Training: Applying Trauma Informed Forensic Interview Modalities to support communication
2025-11-12 11:00 - 13:00 UTC | https://strandsquared.com/event/embodied-communication-training-applying-trauma-informed-forensic-interview-modalities-to-support-communication-3/
Part Three: Applying knowledge into practice (3 hours)
This training session will highly interactive and centered on group work. We will practice drawing out the experience. We will explore how to use these strategies to address conflict and to navigate differences.

Conflict Resolution: Self Regulation, Co Regulation, De-Escalation
2025-11-10 | https://strandsquared.com/event/conflict-resolution-self-regulation-co-regulation-de-escalation-20/

One Loud Voice
2025-11-05 - 2025-11-06 | Mississippi
Myra and Russ will be providing training at this conference.
TBD

Register Here:
https://www.childadvocacyms.org/one-loud-voice-conference

Heart Connections
2025-10-16 | New Jersey
Myra will deliver two training workshops:

Empathy, Compassion, Vulnerability and Hope – Human Connection is the Key
It’s a Vibe self-regulation and co regulation

Conflict Resolution: Self Regulation, Co Regulation, De-Escalation
2025-10-14 | https://strandsquared.com/event/conflict-resolution-self-regulation-co-regulation-de-escalation-19/

Conflict Resolution: Self Regulation, Co Regulation, De-Escalation
2025-10-03 | https://strandsquared.com/event/conflict-resolution-self-regulation-co-regulation-de-escalation-18/

CCAW South Padre Island
2025-09-22 - 2025-09-23 | Texas, Texas
The CCAW Summit: Beyond the Bounds serves as an extension of the Conference on Crimes Against Women to highlight the specific gender-based challenges that are unique to coastal cities, rural towns, and resort communities. Victims and survivors of these areas are confronted with geographic isolation and transportation issues as well as a lack of anonymity and limited access to resources and services.

CCAW Summit provides education, training, and best-practice strategies to address problems such as:
Aquatic Homicide, Human Trafficking, Immigration and Border Issues, Sexual Abuse, CPS Involvement, 9-1-1 Reporting, Domestic Violence, Law Enforcement Report Writing, Forensic Nursing, Prosecutorial Perspectives

Myra and Russell will presenting on:
Human Centric Interviewing
Violence Against Women in Outdoor Spaces
Trauma Informed Scuba Diving

Snorkeling into healing: A Pre- Conference Reset
2025-09-21 12:00 - 17:00 | Texas, Texas
In preparation of the “CCAW Out of Bounds Conference”, Russell and Myra Strand would like to invite you to an afternoon snorkeling trip for a pre-conference reset.

Snorkeling and Its Benefits for Your Nervous System

Snorkeling provides a captivating and immersive experience that can positively influence your nervous system, helping to restore balance and promote relaxation in several ways:

Stimulating the Parasympathetic Nervous System: Immersion in water, especially cold water, can trigger the mammalian dive reflex, which activates the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS). This part of your nervous system governs the “rest and digest” response, leading to reduced stress, a slower heart rate, lowered blood pressure, and an overall feeling of calm. Even splashing cold water on your face can initiate this calming response.

Reconnecting with Nature: Snorkeling allows you to reconnect with the natural world, especially the soothing effects of being in, near, or on water—often referred to as the “blue mind” state. Spending time in natural blue spaces has been shown to lower cortisol levels (the stress hormone) and boost the production of mood-enhancing chemicals like endorphins, serotonin, and oxytocin, which can help alleviate stress and anxiety.

Mindful Breathing and Relaxation: Navigating while snorkeling requires intentional and controlled breathing through the snorkel, similar to breathing techniques used in meditation and yoga. This rhythmic, focused breathing can help calm your nervous system, foster relaxation, and even alleviate chronic pain by stabilizing oxygen flow and blocking disruptive nerve signals.

Sensory Immersion: The underwater environment offers a rich sensory experience—the sensation of weightlessness, gentle currents, muted sounds, and the vibrant marine life—that can be deeply therapeutic. This mindful immersion encourages presence, reduces mental clutter, and promotes a sense of peace and tranquility.

Physical Activity and Mood Boost: Although snorkeling is a low-impact activity, it still promotes physical movement, which stimulates the release of endorphins—your body’s natural mood lifters. These chemicals help reduce feelings of anxiety and depression, enhancing overall emotional well-being.

Snorkeling combines physiological and psychological benefits that work synergistically to “reground” and soothe your nervous system. This practice can foster deep relaxation, improve mood, and contribute to a greater sense of overall well-being.

Human Centric Interviewing
2025-09-18 - 2025-09-19 | Florida, Pensacola, Florida
Myra and Russ will deliver:
The goal of the HCI training is to develop the knowledge and essential skills required to conduct and document interviews with humans who may have experienced trauma and/or victimization.
Development of various types of interviews & interrogations, child forensic interviews, and trauma informed interviews have all paved the way in which we seek to understand the human experience of victims, suspects, and witnesses of crime and tragedy. As we continue to learn about human behavior, memory, impact of trauma, neurodiversity, intersectionality, etc. we need to continue to apply advances in our knowledge and forge ahead to improve our practices.
It’s not just trauma or a traumatic experience we need to understand – it’s so much more – many other factors can affect ability and motivation to recall. We need to seek understanding and connection through an intersectional lens to better comprehend behavior and recall including past experiences, neurodiversity, complex trauma, non-linear memory, polychronic time, environment, and genetics to name just a few. We must connect with and understand the human in front of us as a human being facing what can sometimes be an inhuman system – we must be authentically human most of all.

Conflict Resolution: Self Regulation, Co Regulation, De-Escalation
2025-09-16 | https://strandsquared.com/event/conflict-resolution-self-regulation-co-regulation-de-escalation-17/

Conflict Resolution: Self Regulation, Co Regulation, De-Escalation
2025-09-09 | https://strandsquared.com/event/conflict-resolution-self-regulation-co-regulation-de-escalation-16/

CASCI Colorado Association of Sex Crimes Investigators
2025-09-03 - 2025-09-05 | Michigan
Russell Strand will be delivering three presentations:

Peep Behind the Curtain – Pornography
Human Centric Interviewing
Hunter and the Hunted – Understanding Offender Behaviors

Register here:
https://www.casci.net/about

Conflict Resolution: Self Regulation, Co Regulation, De-Escalation
2025-08-22 | https://strandsquared.com/event/conflict-resolution-self-regulation-co-regulation-de-escalation-15/

Integrated Primary Prevention
2025-08-21 | Kansas, Kansas
This training on Integrated Primary Prevention (IPP) provides participants with a comprehensive understanding of a strategic approach designed to address multiple harmful behaviors, including sexual assault, harassment, domestic abuse, and suicide. The course explores how to utilize a cohesive framework that focuses on promoting protective factors and reducing risk factors across individual, relational, and organizational levels. Participants will learn how to develop and implement effective policies, programs, and practices aimed at preventing these behaviors before they occur. Through interactive discussions and practical tools, this training equips attendees with the knowledge and skills necessary to foster healthy environments and build resilience within their communities or organizations.

Embodied Communication Training: Applying Trauma Informed Forensic Interview Modalities to support communication
2025-08-19 11:00 - 12:00 | https://strandsquared.com/event/embodied-communication-training-applying-trauma-informed-forensic-interview-modalities-to-support-communication-2/
Part Two:Getting to the Experience: Using forensic interview methods to enhance communication
(2 hours)
This training focuses on integrating forensic trauma-informed interview techniques to enhance communication through the strategic use of sensory-based cues. This innovative approach emphasizes the profound impact of sensory stimuli on memory recall and emotional responses during interviews, highlighting the importance of incorporating sensory elements to elicit detailed and accurate information from an individual’s experience.
Trainer: Myra Strand

Holistic health: Mind. Body. Soul.
2025-08-18 - 2025-08-19 | Brooklyn Park, MN, Brooklyn Park, MN
Myra will travel from site to site providing this train in three different regions in Minnesota.
Holistic health: Mind. Body. Soul.
This training is an offering that is a gentle and heartfelt exploration of the profound connection between mind, body, and soul. Within the demanding landscape of crime victimization response, caring for oneself becomes an act of deep integrity—a sacred obligation rooted in honoring the entire self.
Participants will be invited to journey inward, cultivating awareness of self-regulation and the power of co-regulation, recognizing how these practices serve as vital anchors amid chaos. Emphasizing holistic self-care, the session encourages a mindful embrace of nurturing routines that restore resilience, replenish vitality, and nurture the spirit, fostering a sense of wholeness that sustains both personal well-being and professional effectiveness.
Central to this awareness is the importance of setting healthy boundaries—learning to honor one’s limits and cultivate protective barriers that preserve energy and mental clarity. Together, we reflect on the sacred responsibility of self-care as a vital foundation for serving others, honoring the sacred interplay of mind, body, and soul that sustains us through life’s most challenging moments.
Learning Objectives:

Articulate the importance of holistic health in personal and professional life.
Identify key strategies for self-regulation, co-regulation, and boundary-setting.
Incorporate mindful self-care practices into daily routines.
Recognize their ethical obligation to prioritize well-being as part of their service.
A Hour long Yoga class will be delivered as an offering.

Holistic health: Mind. Body. Soul.
2025-08-13 - 2025-08-14 | Mankato, MN, Mankato, MN

Holistic health: Mind. Body. Soul.
2025-08-11 - 2025-08-12 | Minnesota, Duluth
