Title
Category
Credits
Event date
Cost
Authority to Place Placement Priorities (eLearning)
  • Social Worker
  • English
$0.00
This eLearning is not intended as a standalone course; it is part of Workforce Core training.
Indian Child Welfare (ICW) Achieving Permanence Through Active Efforts (eLearning)
  • Social Worker
  • English
$0.00
This eLearning is not intended as a standalone course; it is part of Workforce Core training.
Indian Child Welfare (ICW) A Rich History (eLearning)
$0.00
This eLearning is not intended as a standalone course; it is part of Workforce Core Foundational Block.
Child Protective Services Investigative Findings (eLearning)
  • Social Worker
  • English
  • 0.25 Participation
$0.00
This eLearning is not intended as a standalone course; it is part of Workforce Core training.
Caregiving for Children With Physically Aggressive Behavior Concerns (eLearning)
  • Caregivers
  • Kinship Caregivers
  • English
  • 4.00 Participation
$0.00
This eLearning course for caregivers provides a foundation for caregiving and behavior management for children in out-of-home care who struggle with physically aggressive behaviors. You will explore the potential impacts of trauma and maltreatment on attachment, behavior and development as well as the risk factors for violent behavior in children. You will review the Washington Administrative Code (WAC) related to discipline and will contrast principles of positive discipline and punishment.
Indian Child Welfare (ICW) Working with Tribes and Indigenous Families Placement (eLearning)
  • Social Worker
  • English
$0.00
This eLearning is not intended as a standalone course; it is part of Workforce Core training.
Topic Support Group: Boundaries As Self-Care
  • Caregivers
  • English
  • Support Groups
$0.00
As a caregiver, the very best thing you can do for those who depend on you is to take care of yourself. This group is an extension of the topic support group “Self Care for Caregivers.” In this group, you will engage in conversations around how to make sure you see how setting and keeping healthy boundaries allows you to continue doing the valuable work you do while protecting your important relationships. You can talk about challenges you’re facing when thinking about boundaries, because real life sometimes makes it hard to say no or hold to your priorities. 
Right Response: Level 4
  • Area Administrators
  • Social Worker
  • Supervisors
  • English
  • 14.00 Participation
$0.00
The RIGHT RESPONSE Workshop is primarily prevention training. The Advanced Level 4 training is a full 14-hour certification which provides the skills of Prevention, De-escalation, Postvention and Physical Interventions, including Escorts and Therapeutic Holds. Attendees learn to use physical intervention as the last resort to maintaining safety and learn more proactive alternatives which can prevent dangerous incidents and increase safety.Attendees that complete the workshop receive a 1 year certification and recertification training will be offered annually.
Next Steps For Intake Staff In Their First Year
  • Social Worker
  • Supervisors
  • English
  • 12.00 Participation
$0.00
As DCYF intake workers who have finished the introductory eLearning trainings and worked at least six months on the job, you’re ready to take a deeper dive into the intake world by advancing your skills when working with Special Circumstance Intakes. In this course you’ll learn more about how to effectively document intakes that involve Substance Exposed Newborns, Domestic Violence (DV), Commercially Sexually Exploited Children (CSEC) and Indian Child Welfare (ICW). You’ll also discuss intakes related to providers, critical incidents, and consider legal issues related to intakes. 
Trauma Informed Engagement
  • Social Worker
  • 6.00 Participation
$0.00
Trauma Informed Engagement is a 6-hour course applying lessons from trauma studies to child welfare practice for children, youth, and adults. Participants will discuss practice guidelines crucial to trauma informed practice in any setting. Participants will learn to distinguish trauma from other adversities and suffering; describe the characteristics, dynamics and effects of trauma; and emphasize the ways in which chronic trauma and complex trauma compromise normal functioning.

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