The Teach To Talk™ Company
Investigative Interviewing For Polygraph Examiners
Navigating Pre & Post-Polygraph Conversations
Every polygraph examiner knows that the true value of their work lies not merely in the examination results but in the critical information uncovered during the pre- and post-test interviews. This specialized course is designed to help polygraph examiners elevate their interviewing techniques and ensuring they extract the most accurate and reliable information while maximizing the overall impact of their examinations.
Why Choose ASC To Train Your Polygraph Examiners
Joseph Auriemma, Jr., founder of Advanced Strategic Communications (ASC), brings unmatched expertise and extensive firsthand experience as a polygraph examiner. As a transformative leader in the evolution of the New York State Police Polygraph Unit, Joseph’s notable achievements include:
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Leading Excellence: As one of two Regional Coordinators with the New York State Police Polygraph Unit, Joseph oversaw and mentored a team of 39 polygraph examiners who conducted over 1,500 annual criminal and pre-employment polygraph examinations. His leadership ensured the unit's highest performance, professionalism, and accuracy standards.
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Innovating Processes: Designed and implemented a comprehensive overhaul of the criminal and pre-employment polygraph examination testing format, including establishing a cutting-edge quality control program to enhance accuracy and integrity.
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Hands-On Expertise: Conducted thousands of interviews, interrogations, criminal and pre-employment polygraph examinations, and completed quality control reviews for over 3,500 polygraph examinations.
Joseph’s unwavering dedication to truth, excellence, and ethical practices is the cornerstone of ASC’s training programs. His unique blend of experience and innovation equips examiners with advanced skills and actionable insights, empowering them to excel in the demanding and ever-evolving field of investigative interviewing.
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Course Benefits
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Elevated Pre- and Post-Test Interviews: Learn to manage interviews with a conversation-focused methodology emphasizing rapport, empathy, and trust. These techniques encourage examinees to share critical insights while reducing resistance.
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Research-Driven, Evidence-Based Techniques: Every lesson is built on credible research and real-world application, ensuring you learn strategies tested and proven in the field.
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Enhanced Communication Strategies: From deciphering subtle nonverbal cues to structuring conversations purposefully, you’ll gain the skills to communicate more effectively and confidently.
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Reduced Risk of False Confessions: This course minimizes the likelihood of obtaining inaccurate or coerced admissions by focusing on ethical practices and evidence-based methods.
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In-Depth Practical Application: Through interactive scenarios and real-world examples, participants will apply techniques to develop confidence and proficiency in handling complex interviews.
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Career Advancement and Professional Credibility: Mastering these advanced interviewing techniques will set you apart as a leader in the field of polygraph examination, ensuring your work meets the highest standards of truth verification.
What You Will Learn
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Legal and Ethical Foundations: Gain a comprehensive understanding of polygraph examinations' legal requirements and ethical responsibilities. Learn to navigate complex scenarios while maintaining integrity and professionalism, ensuring compliance with all applicable standards.
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Principles of Investigative Interviewing: Master advanced techniques to elicit truthful and actionable information in a non-accusatory manner. Build trust and cooperation through strategic communication, setting the stage for effective interviews and examinations.
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Teach to Talk™: Learn ASC’s groundbreaking communication framework designed to foster open dialogue. This method emphasizes rapport-building and active listening, guiding examinees to share critical fine-grain details without feeling pressured or coerced. It’s a proven approach to achieving more reliable and detailed outcomes.
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Understanding False Confessions: Recognize the psychological and situational factors contributing to false admissions. Develop strategies to prevent these errors, ensuring interviews are conducted ethically while gathering accurate and trustworthy information.
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Interpreting Baseline Behavior: Develop the ability to observe and assess an examinee’s baseline physical, verbal, and emotional behaviors. Detect subtle shifts that may indicate stress or discomfort, and use this insight to adjust your questioning approach dynamically.
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Personality Assessment and Nonverbal Communication Analysis: Learn to identify personality traits and interpret nonverbal cues, such as body language, facial expressions, and speech patterns, to gain deeper insights into an examinee's motives and state of mind. These skills are essential for crafting effective probable and directed lie questions during the pre-test phase and obtaining admissions or confessions in the post-test interview.
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Pre-Test Methodologies: Master the art of completing your pre-test interview and building your probable and directed lie control questions based on behavioral and personality insights to the questions you ask the examinee. This technique will allow you to craft stronger and more effective control questions, enhancing the reliability and precision of your examination.
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Cognitive Interviewing Techniques: Use research-backed methods to enhance memory recall and obtain detailed narratives. This approach ensures comprehensive accounts during investigative interviews and the post-test phase of polygraph examinations.
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Post-Test Admissions and Confessions: Leverage the principles of personality assessment and nonverbal communication to guide post-test interviews. Develop advanced questioning techniques to obtain critical admissions or confessions ethically and effectively.
Course Topics
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Key Legal Insights
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Principles of Investigative Interviewing
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Rapport Building
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Teach to Talk™
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Focus Note-Taking Method
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DISC Personality Assessment
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Interpreting Baseline Behavior
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Preventing Coercion and Misinformation
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Probable Lie Pre-Test
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Directed Lie Pre-Test
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Pre-Employment Pre-Test
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Enhanced Cognitive Interview Technique
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Challenge & Clarify
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Handling Disruptive Behavior
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This two-day course is meticulously designed to enhance the expertise of polygraph examiners. Participants will gain advanced techniques critical for extracting detailed, actionable information efficiently during polygraph examinations. This training prepares examiners to navigate the diverse and complex scenarios they face in their profession, ensuring the consistent elicitation of accurate and reliable information.
A significant advancement for polygraph professionals, this course dramatically enhances their ability to conduct thorough and insightful examinations for criminal and pre-employment investigations. By fostering more effective communication with subjects, examiners can uncover nuanced details essential for accurate assessments. This training goes beyond theory, offering practical applications for real-world scenarios. Whether you are an experienced examiner or new to the field, you will gain invaluable insights and actionable strategies to elevate your capabilities. By the conclusion of the course, you will be equipped to conduct more effective polygraph examinations, extracting the fine-grain details vital to uncovering the truth and achieving investigative success.
At the heart of this course is Teach to Talk™, a communication approach that revolutionizes how examiners manage interviews. This method focuses on guiding conversations through targeted, non-accusatory techniques that encourage interviewees to speak without feeling coerced. It builds rapport, promotes openness, and elicits accurate information in even the most challenging interviews. Integrating Teach to Talk™ into your polygraph examination process will strengthen your ability to uncover the truth while maintaining a professional and ethical approach.
Teach to Talk™: A New Standard in Communication
Teach to Talk™ is a proprietary communication framework that redefines how interviewers connect with others. It encourages meaningful, human-centered dialogue instead of relying on rigid question-and-answer formats. By fostering authentic connections and more profound understanding, Teach to Talk™ elevates communication beyond routine information-gathering, guiding interviews toward clarity, cooperation, and insight.
This modern approach transcends traditional boundaries. It empowers law enforcement professionals to clearly outline intentions, set expectations, and create an environment where interviewees feel comfortable, respected, and willing to share truthful, detailed information.
Whether conducting an exploratory conversation or shifting toward a more focused, truth-seeking interview, Teach to Talk™ supports communication that inspires cooperation and candor, even when the topic is complex. Grounded in rapport, empathy, and mutual respect, it helps uncover facts and the whole context behind them.
Why Teach to Talk™ Matters:
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Elevated Clarity: Teach to Talk™ promotes mutual understanding by clarifying goals, reducing confusion, and creating a secure communication environment. When both parties are aligned, conversations become more focused and effective.
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Depth of Insight: By fostering rapport and listening with empathy, this framework encourages individuals to reveal not just what they did, but why. Teach to Talk™ helps uncover the motivations that often remain hidden in traditional interview models.
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Cooperative Engagement: Teach to Talk™ facilitates balanced, respectful exchanges. Rather than relying on pressure or control, it promotes trust and authenticity, resulting in more open, accurate, and actionable disclosures.
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Breaking Through Barriers: This approach replaces adversarial tactics with understanding and respect, naturally dismantling defensiveness. It builds pathways to truth without coercion through ethical conversation, not confrontation.
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Empowering Authenticity: Every individual has a story. Teach to Talk™ respects that reality. Promoting ethical, open dialogue empowers people to speak freely and truthfully, improving the quality and depth of investigative outcomes.
More Than a Strategy - A Communication Philosophy
Teach to Talk™ is not a method or technique. It is a guiding principle, a philosophy that repositions communication as the most critical tool in any investigator’s toolbox. It’s designed to be adaptable, strategic, and grounded in real-world experience.
Because in high-stakes interviews, you don’t need a script, you need a strategy.
Teach to Talk™ transforms communication into a force for clarity, connection, and discovery—helping professionals navigate every conversation with purpose and confidence.
Why Choose ASC over everyone else?
​​At ASC, we believe learning isn't just about the material, it's about the expertise and experience that bring it to life. While high-quality content lays the foundation, it's the instructor's insight and real-world perspective that transform education into lasting impact.
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Why Choose Joseph Auriemma for Your Training Needs?
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Guidance Rooted in Real-World Experience: With over 24 years of law enforcement experience, Joe provides unmatched insight into the practical application of skills. His extensive background bridges the gap between classroom learning and real-world scenarios, ensuring your team is prepared to face the complexities of modern investigations.
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Engaging and Interactive Learning: Over the last decade, Joe's courses have earned the nickname "The Joe Show," a testament to his captivating and dynamic teaching style. Known for his ability to command attention and foster meaningful engagement, Joe creates a learning environment that is both highly professional and deeply memorable. His approach ensures students remain fully immersed in the material, gaining clarity and confidence through active participation.
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Tailored to Your Needs: Drawing on more than a decade of teaching experience, Joe adapts his methods to suit diverse learning skills. His ability to customize content ensures that every participant leaves the training with a firm grasp of the material, regardless of their prior experience or role.
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Mentorship That Inspires: Joe isn't just an instructor; he's a mentor. Having guided thousands of police officers, he motivates and inspires students not only to master the subject matter but also to grow as professionals and individuals.
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Insights Built on Thousands of Interactions: Joe's expertise stems from conducting thousands of interviews and interrogations, offering a depth of knowledge forged through both success and failure. His nuanced understanding of human behavior, communication, and problem-solving equips participants with practical skills that transcend basic interview techniques.
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Polygraph Examinations & Quality Control Conducted: Joseph's extensive background in conducting, managing, and quality controlling thousands of polygraph examinations equips him with a nuanced understanding of human behavior and deception detection. With this experience, he can bring a unique combination of hands-on skill and strategic oversight to polygraph examinations and law enforcement training. This expertise is invaluable in mentoring new examiners, enhancing interrogation techniques, and refining interview strategies. Moreover, Joseph's experience transcends the technical aspects of polygraphy; it encompasses a deep insight into the psychological and emotional components of truth verification, making him an exceptional resource for agencies seeking to elevate their investigative skills to higher proficiency and ethical standards.​