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One Heart Can Make a Difference: Impacting Lives through Dynamic Service Excellence
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Opening Doors: Working with LBGTQ Children, Youth, and Families in Child Welfare
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Parent Perspective for System Change in QPI
Panelists discuss the ways the Quality Parenting Initiative touches each part of a child's team.
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Foster Parent
Course length
DCFS CW Professional
1.75 hours
Screening and Selection of Entry Level Staff
The Screening and Selection tool ensures applicants and DCFS interviewers are making informed decisions.
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DCFS CW Professional
15 minutes
Teaming for Culture Change (QPI)
This training provides an opportunity for participants to explore the importance of building supportive partnerships between foster parents and birth parents.
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Foster Parent
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DCFS CW Professional
30 Minutes
Our Girls Our Communities: The Effects on Black Girls in Foster Care
Jamerika Haynes, owner of Clever Jam Communications, leads a discussion on the experiences of black girls in foster care and the challenges they may face.
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Foster Parent
Course length
DCFS CW Professional
30 minutes
Understanding and Managing Behavior
In this course you will learn about Applied Behavioral Analysis and how it can be used to help guide and model appropriate behavior in children.
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Foster Parent
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DCFS CW Professional
30 minutes
Transportation Assistance
This training will raise awareness about the policy surrounding transportation assistance.
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DCFS CW Professional
25 minutes
Comfort Calls and Ice Breakers
The goal of this training is introduce participants to comfort calls and ice breakers as effective relationship-building tools.
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Foster Parent
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DCFS CW Professional
45 Minutes
What is QPI?
The goal of this training is to provide an introduction to the QPI principles.
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Foster Parent
Course length
DCFS CW Professional
1 hour
Supervisory Engagement Survey Training
The Supervisory Engagement Survey provides guidance on the tool that will assist the supervisor in evaluating engagement.
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DCFS CW Professional
15 minutes
Working with LGBTQ Youth
This course will discuss ways to work with LGBTQ youth and help the learner understand language, symbols and the concept of coming out versus being found out.
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Foster Parent
Course length
DCFS CW Professional
1.5 hours
Trauma and Behavioral Health Screen Training
This training will educate participants on the trauma and behavioral health screening.
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DCFS CW Professional
45 minutes
Structured Decision Making: Core Concepts Training
This training provides an overview of assessing risk in child welfare using the evidence-based SDM® tools from the NCCD Children’s Research Center.
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DCFS CW Professional
1.25
Splash into Safety - Water Safety Workshop
The sole purpose of this training is to educate caregivers about water safety measures, to reduce the incidence of water related injury and death
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Foster Parent
Course length
DCFS CW Professional
45 minutes
Foster Parent Roles and Responsibilities
Upon completion of this course, foster caregivers will have an understanding of their rights and responsibilities.
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Foster Parent
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45 minutes
Avoiding Burnout: Exhibiting Ethical Self-Care
In this course, participants will explore the importance of exhibiting ethical self-care as a strategy to prevent and address workplace “Burnout.”
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DCFS CW Professional
1 hour
The Developmental Disabilities Service System: Navigating the Road
The purpose of this course is to inform participants of the services available for foster children through the Offices for Citizens with Developmental Disability (OCDD).
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Foster Parent
Course length
DCFS CW Professional
30 minutes