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Child Welfare Services Training and Development
Training
Child Welfare Services staff liaison: Maribeth Preston
Child Welfare Services continues to implement judicial, attorney, and field worker trainings targeted toward child welfare system improvement. The trainings are based on Court Improvement Program committee findings and are developed collaboratively with various stakeholder community agencies, the Governor's Task Force on Children's Justice, and the Department of Human Services.
CWS Webcasts - enroll in upcoming webcasts and view archived training programs
Upcoming Off-Site Programs
CWS Training Calendar
Training Provided in 2008
Materials
- Effective Parent Representation: Advanced Legal Training - December 8, 2009
Tab A - Agenda
Tab B - The Preliminary Hearing
Tab C - Case Law Updates
- Addressing Invisible Injuries (Neglect Conference) - April 1-2, 2009
Day One
Plenary - Emotional Maltreatment versus Emotional Neglect
Workshop A1 - Why Me? Children's Response to Parental Mental Illness
Workshop A2 - Preparing Social Workers for Court
Workshop A3 - Poverty Issues and Neglect
Workshop A4 - Assessing the Impact of Our Cultural Experiences
Workshop A5 - Changing the Path of Social Emotional Health for Infants, Toddlers
and Their Families
Workshop A6 - Addressing Media Messages that Contribute to the Exploitation of Children
Workshop A7 - Native American Children in the Child Welfare System
Workshop A8 - Working with the Substance Abusing Parent
Day Two
Plenary - Interventions and Effectiveness Cross Professional Panel
Workshop B1 - Impact of Neglect and Trauma on Legal Representation
Workshop B2 - The Effects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Children
Workshop B3 - Assessing the Impact of Our Cultural Experiences
Workshop B4 - Infant Mental Health Court Model
Workshop B5 - Failure to Thrive
Workshop B6 - Investigating and Building a Neglect Case for Court
Workshop B7 - Using Strengths and Meeting Needs: Increasing the Precision of Intervention
Workshop B8 - Assessing How Our Culture and Experiences Impact Our Values and the
Way we View Clients
Workshop C1 - Hands On Trial Skills
Workshop C2 - Working with Trauma in Refugee Youth
Workshop C3 - Crisis and Safety Planning: Building the Right Balance
- ASFA Revisited - July 23, 2009
Tab A - CIP Match
Tab B - ASFA Revisited
Tab C - Overview of the Adoption Safe Families Act (AFSA): Reasonable Efforts and the Federal Child and Familiy Services Review (CFSR)
- Changing Perceptions and Practices: Addressing Disproportionate Ethnic and Minority Representation in Michigan's Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Systems - October 5 and 6, 2009
Day One
Tab A - Agenda
Tab B - State and National Disproportionality Data, and Theories of Causation
Plenary - History of the U.S. Child Welfare System and Disproportionality
Tab C - NCJFCJ's National Priority to Reduce Disproportionality
Workshop A1 - Mental Health Outcomes
Workshop A2 - Employment Outcomes
Workshop A3 - Educational Outcomes
Workshop A4 - Changing Outcomes for Kids and Families
Tab D - Reflections of a Social Worker on Power, Privilege, and Oppression
Day Two
Tab E - Assessing Community Readiness for Change
Workshop B1 - Native American Children: Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Issues
Workshop B2 - Kinship Care Model for African American Children
Workshop B3 - School to Prison Pipeline Reclaiming Michigan's Throwaway Kids
Workshop B4 - Promising Practices to Reduce Disproportionality
Panel - Programs and Actions Underway in Michigan to Address Disproportionality
- Concurrent Planning - March 10, 2009
Tab A - Agenda, Evaluation, and CIP Forms
Tab B - Overview of Principles and Methods
Tab C - Judicial Leadership in Concurrent Planning
Tab D - New Department of Human Services (DHS) Policy
- Effectively Involving Children in the Court Process - November 5, 2009
Tab A - Why Children Should be Seen and Heard
Tab B -
Tab C - Is this Really in the Child's Best Interests?
Tab D - Denver's Child Friendly Court
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: Special Education Issues for Children in the Child Welfare System - August 31, 2009
Tab A - Agenda
Tab B - Special Education in Michigan
Tab C - Child Find
Tab D - Educational Surrogate Parents
Tab E - New State Complaint Procedures
Tab F - SOAHR Special Education Programs and Services
Tab G - Michigan Administrative Rules for Special Education Supplemented by
IDEA Federal Regulations
Tab H - Sample Psychological Evaluation
- Interstate Compact - May 28, 2009
Tab A - The Roles and Responsibilities of the Interstate Compact Office
Tab B - Advocacy Tips for Child Welfare Attorneys
Tab C - ICPC Resources
Tab D - ABA Child Law Practice
Tab E - Training Evaluation
- Juvenile Guardianship Webcast:
Requirements, Funding, and Implementation - June 3, 2009
Tab A - Agenda and Evaluation
Tab B - EPIC Minor Guardianships and Juvenile Guardianships
Tab C - DHS Process
Tab D - Juvenile Guardianship FAQs
- Recent Developments in Child Welfare Law: The Year in Review - May 4, 2009
Tab A - Conference Agenda
Tab B - Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions
Tab C - Fostering Connections Act
Tab D - Recent Developments in Child Welfare
Tab E - Michigan Public Acts 199-203 of 2008
Tab F - Draft Court Form JC 19
Tab G - Draft Court Form JC 76
Tab H - Draft Court Form JC 91
Tab I - Draft Court Form JC 92
Tab J - Draft Court Form JC 93
Tab K - Draft Court Form JC 94
Tab L - Draft Court Form JC 95
Tab M - Draft Court Form JC 96
Tab N - Draft Court Form JC 97
Tab O - Draft Court Form JC 98
Tab P - Draft Court Form JC 99
Tab Q - Case Law Updates 2008-2009
- Title IV-E (Various training dates between 1/22/09 and 3/23/09)
Tab A - Agenda and Evaluation
Tab B - Contrary to the Welfare and Reasonable Efforts Findings
Tab C - Court Orders
Tab D - Title IV-E Eligibility Requirements
Tab E - Title IV-E Appeals
Tab F - Resource Materials
Publications
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