Title
Category
Credits
Event date
Cost
- Social Worker
- 0.50 Participation
$0.00
This eLearning is part 1 of a two part series of trainings for the ICW Policy Roll Out in 2023. This eLearning is approximately 30-minutes long and will cover the history of ICWA.
- Caregivers
- Kinship Caregivers
$0.00
This two-week book club is an introduction to the concepts detailed in Robyn Gobbel's book, "Raising Kids with Big Baffling Behaviors." The weekly discussions are focused on section one of the book. Throughout the guided conversations, you will have the chance to consider how the neuroscience of behavior can help you better understand your child's actions and needs.
- Caregivers
- Kinship Caregivers
$0.00
This four-week book club is an extension of the Topic Support Group: Big Baffling Behaviors Book Club, Introduction. The weekly discussions will cover sections two and three of Robyn Gobbel's book, "Raising Kids with Big Baffling Behaviors." Throughout the guided discussions, you will have the chance to consider how the concept of the Owl, Watchdog and Possum brains impact your child's behaviors, develop parenting strategies tailored to your home, and build your own self-regulation toolkit.
- Social Worker
- English
- 320.00 Participation
$0.00
Regional Core Training (RCT) is Washington State’s pre-service foundational training designed to prepare newly hired social service specialists with the basic knowledge, skills, and understanding to begin their careers in public child welfare for the State of Washington. RCT is a comprehensive training containing multiple sessions which lay the foundation for continuous on-the-job learning and professional development critical to developing competent, confident, and effective child welfare professionals.
- Caregivers
$0.00
This course helps participants understand typical child development as well as disrupted child development. Developmental delays and how to meet children’s developmental needs are also covered in this theme. The unique challenges associated with parenting children from each developmental stage are highlighted.
- Caregivers
$0.00
This course helps participants understand the short- and long-term impact on children exposed to substances prenatally. This includes FASD and issues that may be present if parents use(d) substances, and medical issues that can arise due to substance exposure, including higher risk of later addiction. The genetic component of addiction and addiction as a chronic disease is described. This course also shares parenting strategies for children exposed to substances prenatally.
- Social Worker
- 1.00 Participation
$0.00
In this eLearning course, we will provide an overview of the federal law Family First Prevention Services Act, which supports eliminating further trauma by placing children who need care with extended families and communities. Then we will continue with DCYF's plans in detail on implementing the Family First prevention framework by using evidence-based services to support families staying together across Washington State.
- Caregivers
- Kinship Caregivers
- English
- Support Groups
$0.00
The goal of foster care is to reunify the child with their original family, but the journey from placement to permanency can be long and winding. Sometimes it feels like you are all living in limbo between planning and permanency. During this topic support group, you will talk through the different types of permanency, the emotional challenges of concurrent planning, and some of the ways you can support the child during the waiting. You will also have a chance to consider the supports you need. Lastly, you will create an action plan to help you navigate the unknowns.
- Caregivers
- English
- 27.00 Participation
$0.00
Caregiver Core Training (CCT) is the mandatory training for Washington State’s caregivers to become licensed. Caregiver Core Training is taken Online.To use self-paced, online eLearning, please consider the general guidelines for Online trainings listed below, and then scroll down to Registration Instructions and click the link to start the Online course.
- Supervisors
- 91.00 Participation
$0.00
Supervisor Core Training (SCT) provides the foundation for effective supervisory practice in the child welfare system. This program will prepare you to become comfortable in assuming your new role through learnings about what it means to be a supervisor in the child welfare system and understanding the new responsibilities of this position.