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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.

ONLINE WEBINARS

Family Engagement Webinar: Ready, Set, United! (9/28/2012)
(Click Here for the Handouts for this training)


ONLINE CURRICULA

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:
108: Multi-Generational Differences in the Workplace
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 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: 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: Planning With Youth in Transition: Tips, Tools and Techniques
202-5: Working with Adolescents: Exhibiting Oppositional Defiant Behaviors
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
205: Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children
206: Advocacy: Telling the Story ( Family Center Event 2013)
206: Strengthening Our Practice, Strengthening Our Families (Family Center Event 2013)
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
207: Developing Family Leadership: Using Data to Help Develop Practice
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: 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: Enhancing Assessments: Getting to Underlying Issues
306: Nurturing Children
306: Building Communities: Family Development Credentialing and Family Centers
306: Youth and Family Engagement Strategies
306: Tackling Truancy: It Takes a Community
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
309: Prescription Drug Abuse
309: An Overview of Commonly Abused Prescription Drugs
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
 
400: Using Ethics to Guide Casework Decision Making
411: Overview of Child Welfare and Fiscal
411: Act 148 Invoicing
411: Child Welfare Revenues
 
501: Writing Effective Performance Standards
521: QSR Training: "Refresher Session"
521: The Quality Services Review Process
521: Coaching Grammar and Case Documentation
521: Strength-Based, Solution-Focused Supervision
521: Supervisor Training Event: Reflective Supervision
521: Supervisor Training Event: Endings and Transitions
522: Supervisory Issues in Child Sexual Abuse
542: Leadership and the Parallel Process
 
Supervisor Training Series:
533: Supervisor Training Series: Module 1: The Preparatory and Beginning Phases of Child Welfare Supervision
501: Supervisor Training Series: Module 2: Living The Mission of Child Welfare
521: Supervisor Training Series: Module 3: The Middle/Work Phase of Supervision
543: Supervisor Training Series: Module 4: Managing Diversity Through the Employment Process
540: Supervisor Training Series Module 5: Endings and Transitions: Managing Staff Retention, Satisfaction and Separation
 
Leadership Academy PCYA Quarterly Sessions:
700: Moving Through the Collaboration Continuum to Improve Permanency Outcomes
701: (October 2012) Leading the Charge and Leading the Change: Letting the Practice Model Lead the Way
701: (June 2012) Technology in the Workplace: Legal and Ethical Ramifications
704: (April 2012) Conducting Business in Fiscally Challenging Times
700: (October 2011) Agency Culture: Promoting and Supporting Critical Thinking Through Psychological Safety and Accountability (PowerPoint Presentation)
(April 2011) Strength-Based, Solution-Focused Leadership (PowerPoint Presentation)
 
704: Oh No, Now What Do I Do?
707: Tips and Techniques for Engaging Participants
708: New Legislation and Its Impact on Curricula
 
911-5: Development Of Adolescents
911-5: Development Of Infants and Toddlers
911-5: The Development of School Age Children
922: Sexual Abuse Language: What did my Foster Child Say?
927: Practical Parenting for Adolescents (12 - 17 Years)
927: Advocating for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) Youth
928: Teaching Life Skills to Foster Youth
937-2: Hair and Skin Care for African American and Biracial Children
 
1300: Family Finding Transfer of Learning
1300: Protective Capacities for In-Home Safety Assessment Booster Shot


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