The Pennsylvania Child Welfare Training Program
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100 Child Protective Services: Legal Issues
101 Child Protective Services
102 Casework Process and Case Planning
103 The Effects of Abuse/Neglect on Child Development
104 Separation and Placement in Child Protective Services
105 Adoption
106 Risk Assessment: PA Model
107 Family Preservation
108 Valuing Diversity
110 Charting the Course: Introduction to Pennsylvania’s Child Welfare System (M
110 Charting the Course: Introduction to Pennsylvania's Child Welfare Practice
110 Charting the Course: Using Interactional Helping Skills to Develop Casework
110 Charting the Course: Overarching Framework for Practice (Module 4)
110 Charting the Course: Identification and Assessment of Child Abuse/Neglect
110 Charting the Course: Safety and Family Assessment (Module 6)
110 Charting the Course: Risk Assessment ( Module 7)
110 Charting the Course: Screening, Investigation and Documentation (Module 8)
110 Charting the Course: Child Development (Module 9)
110 Charting the Course: Introduction to Community and Community Partners (Mod
110 Charting the Course: Family Service Planning Process/Case Transfer and Clo
110 Charting the Course: The Court Process ( Module 12)
110 Charting the Course: Out of Home Placement and Visitation (Module 13)
110 Charting the Course: When Reunification is not in the Best Interest of the
110 Charting the Course: Applying Knowledge and Skills to Achieve Outcomes (Mo
110 Charting the Course: Supervisory Overlay
1100 Voluntary Placement Agreement Practice Planning
1100 System of Care
1100 Integrated Children’s Services Plan
1100 Mentored Visitation
1100 Independent Living
1100 Case Weighting
1100 Family Engagement
1100 Organizational Effectiveness
1100 Concurrent Planning
1100 Quality Service Review
1100 Teaching Transfer of Learning
1100 Risk and Safety Assessment
1100 Youth Engagement
201 Termination of Parental Rights: A Look at the Adoption Law
201 Recruitment of Minority Adoptive Families
201 Preparing Children for Adoption
201 ZOO
202 Working with Adolescents: Adolescent Suicide
202 At-Risk Youth
202 Human Sexuality
202 Working with Adolescents Exhibiting Oppositional/Defiant Behaviors
202 Working with Adolescents: Juvenile Sex Offenders
202 Working with Adolescents: Adolescent Pregnancy
202 The Pennsylvania Model: A Guide to Independent Living
202 Case Planning for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Yout
202 Working with Adolescents: Adolescent Issues
202 Truancy Prevention
203 Interviewing the Alleged Victim of Child Sexual Abuse
203 Sexual Abuse Indicators and Interviewing Children
203 Sexuality of Children: Healthy Sexual Behaviors and Behaviors Which Cause
203 Issues in Child Sexual Abuse Cases
203 Overview of Child Sexual Abuse
203 Interviewing Children
203 When Death Occurs in the Child Welfare Profession: Ways of Supporting Staf
203 Managing the Sexually Abused Child
203 Preparing the Child Witness in Sexual Abuse Cases
203 Children's Memory and Suggestibility
203 Sexual Abuse Issues: An Introduction for Child Welfare Professionals
204 The Use of Anatomically Detailed Dolls & the Anatomical Drawing
204 Wearing Two Hats: Setting Up a CPS Investigation
204 Serious Physical Abuse and Maltreatment: Assessment and Understanding
204 PA Risk Assessment: A Closer Look at the Summary
204 PA Risk Assessment: A Closer Look at the Factors
204 PA Risk Assessment: A Closer Look at the Factors and the Summary
204 Family Assessment Form Interactive Training (DHS Only)
204 The Intake and Investigation Process
204 Safety Assessment Training
205 Act 151, Update Effective July 1, 1997, General Protective Services
205 Act 151: Legal Update
205 The Caseworker in the Courtroom: Preparing and Presenting a Child Welfare C
205 Adoption and Safe Families Act
205 An Overview of the Juvenile Act: A Focus on the Dependent Child
205 An Overview of the Child Protective Services Law
205 Liability and Risk Management in Child Welfare Services
205 ASFA II- Meeting ASFA Requirements in the Courtroom
205 Safety, Permanence, and Well-being: Legal Mandates in Pennsylvania, Overvie
205 Safety, Permanency, and Well-being: Legal Mandates in Pennsylvania, The Ch
205 Safety, Permanency, and Well-being: Legal Mandates in Pennsylvania, The Ju
206 Services to Children in Single Parent Families
206 Effective Parenting, Especially for Fathers
207 Introduction to Family Group Decision Making (Part 2) Pilot
207 Introduction to Family Group Decision Making (Part I) Pilot
208 Achieving Permanency for Children in Kinship Foster Care
208 Achieving Permanency for Children in Kinship Foster Care: TOL Package (Pilo
209 Permanency Through Family Service Planning in the 21st Century (DHS Only)
209 Understanding the Effects of Separation & Loss/Lifebooks: Pieces of the Pu
209 Family Reunification and Case Closure in Child Sexual Abuse Cases
209 Foster Parent Pre-service: Training Curriculum
209 Family Reunification and Visitation
209 Concurrent Planning (Pilot)
301 Problem Solving in Case Planning
301 Reality Therapy I
301 Supporting Children and Adolescents Through Loss and Grief
301 Working with Hostile and Unmotivated Children and Families
301 Working with Involuntary and Hostile Clients
301 Working with Adolescents: Teach Self Discipline to Adolescents
301 Reality Therapy II
301 Effective Interviewing in the Case Planning Process: Skills for Promoting
302 Family Systems
302 Working with Children and Parents During Parental Separation/Custody Disput
302 Promoting Resiliency in Children
303 Casework with Chidren: Interviewing Children
303 Psychological Maltreatment of Children
303 Casework with Children: You Can't Make Me: Strategies for Challenging Beh
303 Casework with Children: Understanding Reactive Attachment Disorder in Chil
303 Casework with Children: Anxiety and Related Disorders in Children and Adol
303 Casework with Children: Attention and Activity Disorders in Children and A
303 Casework with Children: Delinquency, Substance Abuse and Early Sexual Acti
303 Casework with Children: Depression and Suicide in Children and Adolescents
303 Casework with Children: Overview of Mental Health Disorders in Children an
303 Casework with Children: Schizophrenia and Autism Spectrum Disorders in Chi
303 Casework with Children: Reactive Attachment Disorder in Children and Adole
303 Childhood Mental Health Issues: An Introduction for Child Welfare Professio
304 Parenting the Child with Special Needs
305 Working with Parents of Angry, Violence-Prone Adolescents
305 The Importance of Fathers in the Case Planning Process
305 Parenting Skills: Parenting Children Birth to Three
305 Parenting Skills: Parenting the 3-5 Year Old
305 Practical Parenting for School Age Children (6-11 years)
305 Parenting Skills: Practical Parenting for Adolescents (12-17 years)
305 Parenting Skills: Parenting the Child Who Has Been Abused
305 Parenting Skills: Parenting Children with Behavior Problems (ADHD, ODD, CD
305 Engaging Absent Fathers
306 Helping Parents Through the Special Education Process
307 Diversity: A Vision for Understanding (For Trainers Only)
307 Gender Issues: Mothers Raising Sons
307 Parenting Styles: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
307 Understanding Subculture Language
308 The Role of Family Psychopathology in Personality Development
308 The Challenge of Mental Illness in the Family
308 Adult Schizophrenia: Impact on the Children
308 Adult Psychopathology: An Overview (Part I)
308 Adult Psychopathology: An Overview (Part II)
308 Adult Psychopathology: Anxiety Disorders
308 Adult Psychopathology: Bipolar
308 Adult Psychopathology: Schizophrenia Disorder
308 Adult Psychopathology: Depression Disorder
308 Adult Mental Health Issues: An Introduction for Child Welfare Professionals
309 Intervening Effectively With Substance Exposed Infants and Parents
309 The Cocaine Phenomena
309 Refusal Skills: A Relapse Prevention Perspective
309 Understanding Drug and Alcohol Relapse
309 Substance Abuse: Impact on the Family
309 Pharmacology of Drugs and Alcohol
309 An Introduction to Substance Abuse for Child Welfare Professionals
309 Identifying and Understanding Drug Paraphernalia and Routes of Ingestion
309 Sex and Drugs: Dual Companions
309 Case Planning, and Service Provision for Substance Abusing Families
309 Heroin
309 Relapse Prevention Education
309 Methamphetamine
309 Drug and Alcohol Issues: An Introduction for Child Welfare Professionals
310 Family Violence
310 Family Violence: Identification, Intervention, and Prevention
310 Family Violence: Identification, Intervention, and Prevention
310 What's Love Got To Do With It
310 Working with Children of Domestic Violence
310 Domestic Violence Issues: An Introduction for Child Welfare Professionals
313 The Psychology of Successful Living: Attitude
313 The Psychology of Effective Living: Goal Setting and Time Management
313 The Psychology of Successful Living: Physical and Emotional Well-Being
313 Time and Stress Management
313 Professional Burnout, Personal Responsibility
313 Vicarious Traumatization
313 Vicarious Traumatization of Child Welfare Professionals in Case Management
315 Basic Writing Skills
315 Corresponding With Other Social Service Agencies
315 Writing Skills for Case Documentation
316 HIV/AIDS
316 Understanding Medical Evidence for Case Planning
316 The High Risk Infant: Central Nervous System Dysfunction
316 The High Risk Infant: Respiratory Dysfunction
316 The Child with Asthma: Leading an Active Life
316 Be All That You Can Be: Caring for the Child with Down Syndrome
316 Meeting the Needs of Medically Complex Children
316 Loss, Grief, Dying, Death, AIDS, and the Substance Abuser
316 Hepatitis C: The Silent Epidemic
317 Working with Adolescents: Their Involvement in Occult Activities
400 Basic Safety for Caseworkers
400 Personal Safety
411 Overview of Child Welfare and Fiscal
420 Helping families
501 Leadership Academy: CORE Training for Administrators
501 Living the Mission of Child Welfare
503 Supervising and Managing Group Performance
521 Coaching for Excellence in Practice
521 Coaching Grammar and Case Documentation
522 Supervisory Issues in Sexual Abuse: A Training Institute
531 Managing for Outcomes
532 Grief Management In The Workplace
533 Supervising Difficult Employees
533 Transfer of Learning: The Supervisor's Role in Developing Staff
533 Supervisory Skills and Knowledge Related to Substance Abuse for Child Welfa
533 Supervisory Skills and Knowledge Related to Case Planning and AOD Use/Abuse
533 The Preparatory and Beginning Phases of Child Welfare Supervision
533 Supervisory Skills and Knowledge Related to Case Planning and AOD Use/Abuse
533 Supervisory Skills and Knowledge Related to Substance Abuse for Child Welfa
534 Employee Performance Evaluation
535 Management of Conflict
536 Public and Community Relations
538 Developing High Functioning Teams Through Understanding Self and Others
543 Supervisor CORE: Managing Diversity
709 Considering the Diversity Factor in Training: A Trainer's Handbook
810 Individual Training Needs Assessment
811 OTRM
820 Development of Trainers (Day 1 and 2)
820 Development of Trainers (Day 3)
820 DOT Child Welfare Supplement
820 Standard Curriculum Development of Trainers
820 Promoting Permanency for Children through Advanced Training for Trainers
820 Development of Consultants
850 Training on Content: Charting the Course Module 1
850 Training on Content: Charting the Course Module 2
850 Training on Content: Charting the Course Module 3
850 Training on Content: Charting the Course Module 4
850 Training on Content: Charting the Course Module 5
850 Training on Content: Charting the Course Module 6
850 Training on Content: Charting the Course Module 7
850 Training on Content: Charting the Course Module 8
850 Training on Content: Charting the Course Module 9
850 Training on Content: Charting the Course Module 10
850 Training on Content: Charting the Course Module 11
850 Training on Content: Charting the Course Module 12
850 Training on Content: Charting the Course Module 13
850 Training on Content: Charting the Course Module 14
850 Training on Content: Charting the Course Module 15
850 Training on Content: Achieving Permanency for Children in Kinship Foster C
850 Training on Content: Safety Assesment Training
870 Southeast Regional Supervisors' Conference
870 Adventure in Attitudes
870 Skill Enhancement: A Focus on Casework Interviewing
870 PDF Acrobat Reader
870 Engaging and Working with the Mandated Client
870 Kinship Care in the Foster Care System
870 Enhancing Performance through Understanding Yourself and Others
870 Aftercare Planning
870 Child and Family Services Review: PA Quality Assurance Training
870 A Caseworker's Introduction to the Hispanic Culture
870 Needs Based Budget Automation Training
870 Engaging Fathers
870 Building Systems of Care Part II: Balancing Oversight, Technical Assistance
870 Building Systems of Care Part I: Critical Structures and Processes
870 Organizational Effectiveness
870 Finding the Meaning in Research: Using Evidence-Based Practice to Make Admi
870 Interactional and Solution Focused Approaches to Helping: Intake
870 Skill Building in Strategy for System of Care Leaders
870 FGDM Evaluation in Pennsylvania, An Overview
870 FGDM Evaluation Liaison Training
870 Methamphetamine
870 Practice Improvement: A Shift in Practice
870 Strategic Planning for Family Group Decision Making Practices: Beginning Le
870 Strategic Planning for Family Group Decision Making Practices: Intermediate
870 Managing Complex Change
870 Connecting ICSP, SOC, FE, FGDM
870 Organizational Effectiveness: Making it Work for You
870 The Role of the Foster Parent: Confidentiality
870 An Overview of Child Welfare Principles and Practice for MH Providers
870 A Recipe for Successful Employee Orientation: Simmering the Right Ingredien
870 The Mental Health Procedures Act and its Connection to Casework Practice in
870 Diligent Search Process
870 Mentored Visitation
870 Mentored Visitation/Booster-Shot
870 Alternative Funding in Hard Times
870 Effective Interviewing: Reinforcing Skills for Promoting Engagement and Cha
870 Integrating Effective Interviewing, Assessment and Service Continuity in Ch
870 Concurrent Planning Knowledge
870 Defusing the Angry/Hostile Client
880 PACWIS Resource Training
880 General PACWIS Training
880 General PACWIS Refresher Training
880 PACWIS Resource Follow-up Training
910 Foster to Adopt
910 Foster Parent Pre-Service: Foster Parent Panel
910 Foster Parent Pre-Service: Overview of Foster Care
910 Managed Care: How to Navigate the System
910 Being a Part of the Permanency Planning Team (FosterParent Scope)
911 Abuse and Neglect of Children and Youth
911 Foster Parent Pre-Service: Normal Child Development and the Impact of Abuse
911 Reporting and Recognizing Child Abuse: A Guide for Foster Parents
911 The Effects of Abuse on Children (conversion)
911 Foster Parenting and Child Development
911 Parenting the Child Who Has Been Abused
911 The Development of Adolescents
911 The Development of Infants and Toddlers
911 The Development of Preschool Children
911 The Development of School Age Children
911 The Effects of Abuse and Neglect on Child Development in Infants and Toddle
911 The Effects of Abuse and Neglect on Child Development in School-Aged Childr
911 The Effects of Abuse and Neglect on Child Development in Adolescents (ages
911 Surviving Allegations of Abuse
911 Protecting Yourself Against Allegations
912 Separation and Attachment
912 Separation and Placement (Foster Parent Scope)
912 Communicating Understanding (Foster Parent Scope)
912 Foster Parent Pre-Service: The Impact of Separation and Placement on Childr
912 Helping Children Make Transitions
913 Behavior Management and Discipline
913 Enhancing the Self Concept of Children (Foster Parent Scope)
913 Personal Safety
913 The Competent Child
913 Responding to Behavior: The Parents Intervention Scale (Foster Parent Scop
913 Ruling the Roost: Clarifying Expectations and Providing Consistency (Foste
913 Ignoring Behaviors/Effective Questioning (Foster Parent Scope)
913 Practice Makes Perfect: Practicing New Discipline Methods (Foster Parent S
913 Nonverbal Communication (Foster Parent Scope)
913 Discipline Methods and Motives (Foster Parent Scope)
913 I-Messages (Foster Parent Scope)
913 Modifying the Child's Environment (Foster Parent Scope)
913 Natural and Logical Consequences (Foster Parent Scope)
913 Problem Solving Techniques for Meeting Needs That Are in Conflict with Thos
913 The Use of Discipline in Foster Parenting (Foster Parent Scope)
913 Using Time Out (Foster Parent Scope)
913 Foster Parent Pre-Service: Behavior Management
913 Maintaining Personal Safety When Managing Anger and Destructive Behaviors
914 Behavior Management for High Self-Esteem
914 Visitation and the Foster Parent Role (Foster Parent Scope)
914 The Father's Role in Parenting
914 Understanding Step and Blended Families
914 Empowering Families
914 The Foster Parents' Role in Visitation and Reunification (conversion)
914 Visitation and Reunification:The Foster Parent’s Role (Conversion)
915 Managing Personal Anger (Foster Parent Scope)
915 Separation Issues for Foster Parents
915 Recognizing and Preventing Foster Parent Burnout
920 Confidentiality and Foster Parents
920 The Adoption Dilemma: To Adopt or Not To Adopt (Foster Parent Scope)
920 The Role, Rights, and Responsibilities of the Foster Parent in the Child We
920 Foster Family Legal Training (Conversion)
920 Legal Issues for Foster Parents: Part I (conversion)
920 Legal Issues for Foster Parents: Part II (conversion)
920 The Foster Parent's Role in the Juvenile Court Process (Conversion)
920 Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) for Foster Parents
920 The Adoption Process
921 Dealing with Stealing (Foster Parent Scope)
921 Managing Anger and Destructiveness in Children (Foster Parent Scope)
921 Strategies to Intervene with the Angry and Violence-Prone Foster Child
921 The Truth About Lying (Foster Parent Scope)
921 Working with Children and Youth Who Have Emotional Problems
921 Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
921 Adolescent Suicide
921 Coping with Challenging Behaviors in Children and Adolescents
921 Attachment Disorder: How Foster Parents Can Make A Difference
921 What is Attention Deficit
921 Parenting Children with Common Psychiatric Problems
921 Recognizing Common Emotional and Behavioral Disorders of Children
921 Reactive Attachment Disorder: Symptoms, Indicators, and Dynamics
921 Reactive Attachment Disorder: A Guide to Working with Children with RAD
921 Understanding Anxiety and Related Disorders in Foster Children & Adolescent
921 Reactive Attachment Disorder: An Overview (conversion)
921 Reactive Attachment Disorder: Effective Parenting and Therapeutic Interven
921 Crazy Glue: Making Connections with Attachment Disorder Children
921 Overview of Mental Health Disorders in Foster Children: Categories, Sympto
921 Mental Health Disorders in Foster Children: Collaborating with Mental Heal
921 Caring for the Child with a Mental Health Diagnosis (conversion)
921 Behavioral, Emotional, and Developmental Disorders: An Overview (conversio
921 Fostering Refusal Skills in Youth (conversion)
921 Understanding Mental Health Diagnoses (conversion)
921 Depression and Suicide in Foster Children and Adolescents (conversion)
921 Caring for the Oppositional Child
921 Attention and Activity Disorders in Foster Children and Adolescents (Conver
921 Approaches and Medications with Children Diagnosed with Mental Health Disor
921 Choice Theory (Conversion)
921 Schizophrenia/Autism Spectrum Disorders (Conversion)
921 Anxiety and Related Disorders in Foster Children and Adolescents (conversio
921 Recognizing and Initiating Intervention in Children with Post Traumatic Str
921 Fostering Children with Reactive Attachment Disorder
921 Cutting: Understanding and Planning for the Self-Injuring Child
921 Therapy and Medications in the Treatment of Children with Reactive Attachme
922 Normative and Concerning Sexual Behavior of Children in Foster Care
922 Placement of the Child Who Has Been Sexually Abused
922 Foster Parent Pre-Service: Sexual Abuse of Children
922 Overview of Child Sexual Abuse for Foster Parents (Conversion)
924 Understanding the Process of Communication (Foster Parent Scope)
924 Parenting Children Birth to Three (conversion)
924 Foster Parenting Children Birth to Three (Conversion)
925 Foster Parenting the Three to Five Year Old (conversion)
926 Practical Parenting for School Age Children (6-11 Years)
927 Running from Nowhere to Anywhere (Foster Parent Scope)
927 Working with Adolescents
927 Foster Parenting the Adolescent (conversion)
927 Practical Parenting for Adolescents (12-17 Years)
927 At-Risk Adolescents (Conversion)
927 Late Adolescent Development for Foster Parents (Conversion)
928 Connecting the Adolescent (Foster Parent Scope)
928 Exploring Alternatives: Developing Children's Responsibility for Themselve
928 Independent Living: Pennsylvania's Programs and Plans (conversion)
929 A Look at Children with Medical Needs and Helping Foster Parents to Know Mo
931 Helping Foster Parents Through the Special Education Process
932 Understanding the Effects of Separation and Loss on Both Child and Natural
932 Supporting Children and Adolescents Through Their Journey of Grief
932 Preparing Children for Adoption
933 Combating Stress in Foster Parenting (Foster Parent Scope)
934 Communicating About Sexuality (Foster Parent Scope)
934 Values Clarification: Where Do I Stand? (Foster Parent Scope)
934 Sexuality of Children: Healthy Sexual Behaviors and Behaviors Which Cause
934 Messages, Myths, and Methods (Foster Parent Scope)
935 Lifebooks
935 Lifebooks: Pieces of the Puzzle
935 Rooting for the Child: The Life Book (Foster Parent Scope)
936 Be All That You Can Be: Caring for the Child with Down Syndrome
936 The Child with Asthma: Leading an Active Life
936 The High Risk Infant: Central Nervous System Dysfunction
936 The High Risk Infant: Respiratory Dysfunction
936 Meeting the Needs of Medically Complex Children
936 Hepatitis C: The Silent Epidemic
936 HIV/AIDS: A Prevention Model for Foster Caregivers
936 Loss, Grief, Dying, Death, AIDS and the Substance Abuser (conversion)
937 Assessing, Building and Maintaining Essential Connections with Children in
937 Cultural Sensitivity in Foster Care and Adoption (Foster Parent Scope)
937 Personal Safety (Foster Parent Scope)
937 Meeting the Hair and Skin Care Needs of the Black American Culture
937 Hair and Skin Care for African American and Biracial Children
938 Siblings in the Foster Care System
939 Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: How to Deal with the Behaviors of Children with F.
939 Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Signs and Symptoms
939 Substance Abuse
939 The Dope on Drugs (Foster Parent Scope)
939 Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
939 Living with Addiction: What Happens to the Chidren? (conversion)
939 Introduction to Substance Abuse for Foster Parents (conversion)
939 Understanding the Process of Addiction and Recovery (Conversion)
939 Understanding Ecstasy (Conversion)
939 Understanding Marijuana (Conversion)
939 Understanding Heroin (Conversion)
939 Foster Children With Delinquency, Substance Abuse, and Early Sexual Activit
939 Fostering Children with Delinquency, Substance Abuse and Early Sexual Activ
939 Methamphetamine for Foster Parents (Conversion)
939 Understanding the Relapse Process for Foster Parents (conversion)
940 Assert Yourself (Foster Parent Scope)
940 Foster Parents & Birth Parents:Creating Positive Working Relationships for
940 Foster Parent Pre-Service: Working as a Team Towards Permanency Planning
940 Writing Skills for Foster Parents Who Complete Case Documentation (conversi
999 Suhina's Test Course
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