Image 1 of 1
Foundations — Digital Toolkit Book One of The Interview Room Series 7 Field-Tested Tools for the Cognitive Interview
What This Is
Foundations is where the whole Interview Room Series starts: the science of memory and the cognitive interview, turned into fillable tools you actually use before, during, and after a witness or victim interview.
This is the standalone digital toolkit for Book One — seven interactive tools that live in a single file on your own computer. No app, no login, no subscription. Open it, fill it in, and it remembers everything for you.
If you've read Foundations, this is the working companion that turns what you learned into what you do. If you haven't read it yet, every tool includes enough context to use it well on its own.
How It Works
This is one self-contained file — the same kind of file your browser opens every time you visit a website, except this one lives entirely on your machine.
Open it like any document. Double-click it. It opens in Chrome, Edge, Firefox, or Safari — no installation, no account.
Your data never leaves your computer. Everything you type is saved directly to your own browser, on your own device. Nothing is uploaded, nothing sits on a server.
It works with no internet connection, once downloaded — at your desk, in a vehicle, anywhere.
It autosaves as you type. No save button to remember, nothing lost if you close the tab.
You can export a backup or print any tool — clean, field-ready printouts, or a portable file you can back up and carry to another device.
The 7 Tools Inside
Pre-Interview Preparation Checklist — case familiarization, understanding the witness, objectives, logistics, and risk/safety considerations, confirmed before you ever sit down.
Context Reinstatement & Free Recall Delivery Checklist — walk a witness back into the state where memory actually surfaces.
Reverse Order Recall Segmenting Worksheet — break an event into segments and work them out of sequence, where the cognitive interview does its real work.
Notetaking Template & Standards Card — a consistent record every time, built to hold up later.
The Cognitive Interview Structural Template — the full interview, phase by phase, so nothing gets skipped under time pressure.
Generic Question Bank & Quick Pull Card — open-ended prompts on hand for the moment you need them, not reconstructed from memory.
Field Exercise Worksheet Pack — practice scenarios to run the technique before it matters.
Why It's Worth Owning on Its Own
A consistent starting point, every time. The cognitive interview only works if the structure holds up under pressure — a step skipped because it's the fifth interview that week is exactly the gap a defense lawyer looks for. This toolkit makes the process repeatable instead of memorized.
Built for the interview you're actually doing. Foundations is written for victim and witness interviews — memory-first, rapport-first. If your caseload is mostly that kind of interview, this book's toolkit may be all you need.
No data storage headache. Everything stays local. Nothing about a witness or a case touches a third-party server.
A low-cost way to try the series. If you're not ready for the full four-book toolkit, this is the place to start — and if you decide you want the rest later, upgrading to the complete toolkit is always an option.
Foundations — Digital Toolkit is Book One of The Interview Room Series, published by Code3Press.
What This Is
Foundations is where the whole Interview Room Series starts: the science of memory and the cognitive interview, turned into fillable tools you actually use before, during, and after a witness or victim interview.
This is the standalone digital toolkit for Book One — seven interactive tools that live in a single file on your own computer. No app, no login, no subscription. Open it, fill it in, and it remembers everything for you.
If you've read Foundations, this is the working companion that turns what you learned into what you do. If you haven't read it yet, every tool includes enough context to use it well on its own.
How It Works
This is one self-contained file — the same kind of file your browser opens every time you visit a website, except this one lives entirely on your machine.
Open it like any document. Double-click it. It opens in Chrome, Edge, Firefox, or Safari — no installation, no account.
Your data never leaves your computer. Everything you type is saved directly to your own browser, on your own device. Nothing is uploaded, nothing sits on a server.
It works with no internet connection, once downloaded — at your desk, in a vehicle, anywhere.
It autosaves as you type. No save button to remember, nothing lost if you close the tab.
You can export a backup or print any tool — clean, field-ready printouts, or a portable file you can back up and carry to another device.
The 7 Tools Inside
Pre-Interview Preparation Checklist — case familiarization, understanding the witness, objectives, logistics, and risk/safety considerations, confirmed before you ever sit down.
Context Reinstatement & Free Recall Delivery Checklist — walk a witness back into the state where memory actually surfaces.
Reverse Order Recall Segmenting Worksheet — break an event into segments and work them out of sequence, where the cognitive interview does its real work.
Notetaking Template & Standards Card — a consistent record every time, built to hold up later.
The Cognitive Interview Structural Template — the full interview, phase by phase, so nothing gets skipped under time pressure.
Generic Question Bank & Quick Pull Card — open-ended prompts on hand for the moment you need them, not reconstructed from memory.
Field Exercise Worksheet Pack — practice scenarios to run the technique before it matters.
Why It's Worth Owning on Its Own
A consistent starting point, every time. The cognitive interview only works if the structure holds up under pressure — a step skipped because it's the fifth interview that week is exactly the gap a defense lawyer looks for. This toolkit makes the process repeatable instead of memorized.
Built for the interview you're actually doing. Foundations is written for victim and witness interviews — memory-first, rapport-first. If your caseload is mostly that kind of interview, this book's toolkit may be all you need.
No data storage headache. Everything stays local. Nothing about a witness or a case touches a third-party server.
A low-cost way to try the series. If you're not ready for the full four-book toolkit, this is the place to start — and if you decide you want the rest later, upgrading to the complete toolkit is always an option.
Foundations — Digital Toolkit is Book One of The Interview Room Series, published by Code3Press.