Pennsylvania Child Welfare Resource Center


Online Curricula

Curriculum for the Resource Center is divided into two categories including foundation training (CORE), also delivered as Charting the Course Towards Permanency for Children in Pennsylvania , as well as Specialized and Related training.

Guided by the implementation of a quality assurance process, and based on the Commonwealth's Child Welfare and related agency needs identified by Resource Center personnel through various training needs assessment processes, department staff members develop current research-based Pennsylvania-focused workshops that promote the implementation of the Pennsylvania Standards for Child Welfare Practice and Child and Family Service Review (CFSR) Outcomes. Department members evaluate Resource Center workshops according to guidelines consistent with training needed for Social Work licensure.

Charting the Course:
Charting the Course towards Permanency for Children in Pennsylvania
 
Sexual Abuse Series:
203: Overview of Child Sexual Abuse
203: Investigative Interviewing in Child Sexual Abuse Cases
203: Sexuality of Children: Healthy Sexual Behaviors and Behaviors which Cause Concern
203: Working with Juveniles Who Sexually Offend
209: Family Reunification and Case Closure in Child Sexual Abuse Cases
 
Courses:
201: Court and Agency Appointed Authorized Representatives
201: Preparing Children for Adoption
201: Recruitment of Minority Adoptive Families
201: Termination of Parental Rights: A Look at the Adoption Law
201: New Options for Pennsylvania Adoptions: Overview of Act 101 of 2010
202: The Ansell Casey Life Skills Assessment
202: Adolescent Issues: Risk, Resiliency, and Positive Youth Development
202: The Pennsylvania Model: A Guide to Independent Living
202: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Youth in the Child Welfare System
202: Truancy Prevention Intervention
202: Foundations of Independent Living: An Overview
202: The Independent Living Services Continuum: Engaging Youth in Their Transition Process
202: National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD)
202 Pennsylvania Independent Living Outcomes Tracking System (PILOTS) Training
202-5: Working with Adolescents: Exhibiting Oppositional Defiant Behaviors
203: Interviewing Children
203: Managing the Sexually Abused Child
203: Preparing the Child Witness in Sexual Abuse Cases
204: The Intake and Investigation Process
204: PA Risk Assessment: A Closer Look at the Factors
204: PA Risk Assessment: A Closer Look at the Factors and Summary
204: PA Risk Assessment: A Closer Look at the Summary
205: Safety, Permanence, and Well-Being Part 1
205: Safety, Permanence, and Well-Being Part 2
205: Safety, Permanence, and Well-Being Part 3
205: Liability and Risk Management in Child Welfare Services
207: Family Finding Series
207: Introduction to Family Group Decision Making (FGDM) Part 1
207: Introduction to Family Group Decision Making (FGDM) Part 2
207: Solutions to Engaging Families in the FGDM Process
208: Achieving Permanency for Children in Kinship Foster Care
209: Family Reunification through Visitation
209: Integrating Concurrent Planning into Child Welfare
 
301: Effective Interviewing in the Case Planning Process
301: Engaging Clients from a Strengths-Based Solution-Focused Perspective
303: Delinquency, Substance Abuse and Early Sexual Activity In Children and Adolescents
303: Casework with Children: Depression and Suicide in Children and Adolescents
303: Casework with Children: Anxiety and Related Disorders in Children and Adolescents
303: Childhood Mental Health Issues: An Introduction for Child Welfare Professionals
303: Childhood Mental Health Issues: Application to the Casework Process
305: Engaging Absent Fathers
305: Engaging Incarcerated Parents
306: Helping Parents Through the Special Education Process
306: Achieving Positive Educational Outcomes
307: Parenting Styles: A Cross Cultural Perspective
307: Engaging Latino Families/Entendiendo La Cultura Latina y Su Familia
308: Adult Mental Health Issues: An Introduction for Child Welfare Professionals
308: Adult Psychopathology Bipolar Disorder
308: Adult Psychopathology Depression Disorder
309: Relapse Prevention Education
309: Drug and Alcohol Issues: An Introduction for Child Welfare Professionals
310: Domestic Violence Issues: An Introduction for Child Welfare Professionals
315: Basic Writing Skills
315: Corresponding with Other Human Service Agencies
315: Writing Skills for Case Documentation
316 (936): Be All That You Can Be: Caring for a Child with Down Syndrome
316 (936): Meeting the Needs of Medically Complex Children
316 (936): The Child with Asthma Leading an Active Life
316 (936): The High Risk Infant Central Nervous System Dysfunction
316 (936): The High Risk Infant Respiratory Dysfunction
 
400: Using Ethics to Guide Casework Decision Making
411: Overview of Child Welfare and Fiscal
411: Overview of Child Welfare Service Provider Contracting
411: Act 148 Invoicing
411: Child Welfare Revenues
 
521: Coaching Grammar and Case Documentation
521: Strength-Based, Solution-Focused Supervision
522: Supervisory Issues in Child Sexual Abuse
533: Supervisory Skills & Knowledge Related to Substance Abuse
533: Supervisory Skills and Knowledge Related to Case Planning and AOD Use/Abuse
 
911-4: FP & Child Development
911-5: Development Of Adolescents
911-5: Development Of Infants and Toddlers
911-5: The Development of School Age Children
921: Cutting: Understanding and Planning for the Self-Injuring Child
927: Practical Parenting for Adolescents (12 - 17 Years)
937-2: Hair and Skin Care for African American and Biracial Children



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