Title
Category
Credits
Event date
Cost
Child Abuse Interviewing and Assessment
  • Social Worker
  • 30.00 Participation
$0.00
The Child Abuse Interviewing and Assessment (CAIA) course is an in-service webinar training that will provide instruction on the principles and application of research-based child interviewing, effective testimony, and interviewing skills with cultural considerations. It will address the special challenges of working with vague allegations, resistant children and adolescents, non-offending parents and alleged offenders. The purpose of this training is to enhance child interviewing skills.
Child Protective Services In-Service
  • Social Worker
  • English
  • 18.00 Participation
$0.00
This three day in-service will describe the two different CPS pathways, Family Assessment Response (FAR) and Investigations.
Motivational Interviewing Training Series
$0.00
Foundations of Motivational Interviewing for Child Welfare StaffFoundations of Motivational Interviewing for Child Welfare Staff will introduce you to the Spirit of MI; provide the opportunity to begin developing core skills, including using OARS (Open Ended Questions, affirmations, reflections and summaries) responding to the way people talk about change; and understand how to work with resistance. You will get practice opportunities to increase your skill at strategically responding to sustain talk and change talk and helping families make Brief Action Plans.
Leadership Training for Supervisors, Program Managers, and Quality Practice Specialists
  • Area Administrators
  • Program Managers
  • Social Worker
  • English
$0.00
New supervisors need to achieve competency in understanding the child welfare practice as well as in supervision. This course provides supervisors with an introduction of baseline competencies for supervisors in public child welfare, and opportunities to develop and practice new skills regarding these competencies. Managing self, managing others, managing systems and managing outward are the four main themes integrated throughout this course.
Tools for CFWS/Adoption Supervisors
  • Supervisors
  • English
  • 3.00 Participation
$0.00
This class will provide opportunities for participants to utilize the various supervisory case review tools as well as reflective supervision to promote permanency, critical thinking and reflection when supervising staff. Ideally this session will be delivered to a combined group of CFWS and Adoption Supervisors to strengthen the connectedness between units and eliminate potential barriers to permanency. It is intended that this session and the materials presented will promote active participation and discussion in the context of real cases.
Working with Immigrant Communities
  • Area Administrators
  • Program Managers
  • Social Worker
  • Supervisors
  • 3.00 Participation
$0.00
People born outside of the United States often face challenges when adjusting to life in a new culture. Immigrant communities may encounter xenophobia, racism, discrimination and bigotry.This workshop helps you better engage and support immigrant communities by looking at different factors related to human migration and race. You will learn how to anticipate core challenges immigrant communities typically face and integrate skills to improve cross-cultural communication.
Area Administrator Core Training (AACT)
  • Area Administrators
  • English
  • 36.00 Participation
$0.00
New managers need to achieve competency in understanding the child welfare practice as well as in the higher levels of systems management. This course provides managers with an introduction of baseline competencies for middle managers in public child welfare, and opportunities to develop and practice new skills regarding these competencies. Managing self, managing others, managing systems and managing outward are the four main themes integrated throughout this course.
Strategies for Interrupting Oppression
  • 3.00 Participation
$0.00
This course reminds you how to critically examine race and racism, how implicit bias can negatively impact an organizations culture and efficacy, and how to effectively employ strategies to interrupt them. It also helps you learn how to employ Courageous Conversations to better address and mitigate racial bias.
Infant Safety: Period of PURPLE Crying
  • Social Worker
  • English
  • 4.00 Participation
$0.00
The Period of PURPLE Crying will provide social workers with an understanding of the importance of assessing for both prolonged crying in infancy and the caregiver’s ability to manage long periods of crying. Emphasis will be placed on safety in terms of the connection between prolonged crying and child abuse/neglect, as well as completion of the Period of PURPLE Crying Training Certification through dontshake.org (if not previously completed).
Strategies for Effectively Engaging in Cross Cultural Conflict
  • Area Administrators
  • Program Managers
  • Social Worker
  • Supervisors
  • 3.00 Participation
$0.00
In this workshop you will develop your skills for engaging when tension exists across cultures. Strategies include how to engage when you offend, how to engage when you are offended, and how to engage when you witness an offense. You will learn how best to approach these tense and challenging situations through vignettes, role play, and small and large group discussion.

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