Upon request workshops can be offered for continuing education credit through the California Board of Behavioral Science and the California Board of Registered Nursing.

Foundations of Child Welfare Practice

Human Growth and Development
Attachment, Separation and Loss
Child Abuse and Neglect
Risk Assessment
Interviewing Children
Practical Child Interviews
Interviewing Adults
Practical Adult Interviews
Grief and Loss in Child Welfare
Social Work Values and Ethics

Job Management for Social Workers

Caseload Management for Social Workers
Case Recording and Documentation
Dealing with Organizational Change

Advanced Child Welfare Practice

Effects of Abuse and Neglect on Child Development
Impact of Domestic Abuse on Child Development
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Children
Chronic Neglect
Child Sexual Abuse: Assessment and Intervention
Emotional Maltreatment
Ritualistic Abuse
Domestic Violence
Substance Abuse
Multiproblem Families
Working with Children
Youth and Gang Violence
Using Supervision and Case Consultation

Assessment and Planning

Assessing Child Development
Assessing Attachment
Emergency Response Protocol
Investigating and Assessing Child Abuse and Neglect
Assessment and Intervention with Teen Parents
Advanced Assessment Skills
Making Child Welfare Decisions
Case Plan Development
Evaluating Client Progress
Concurrent Planning
Making Appropriate Child Placements

Intervention Skills

Engaging Nonvoluntary Clients
Motivating and Empowering Parents
Working with Resistant Clients
Skills to Facilitate Family Change
Progressive Interventions
Teaching Effective Parenting Skills
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
Treating Sexually Abused Children
Treating Sex Offenders
Working with Adolescents
Raising a Moral Child
Advocacy in Education
Custody Disputes
Designing Wraparound Services
Assaultive Children

Placement Issues

Placement Assessment
Placement Process and Considerations
The Hard-to-Place Child
The Role of Foster Parents in Family Reunification
Kinship Care
Visitation
Assessment and Intervention with Adoptive Families

Legal Issues

Child Welfare Law
Juvenile Court Processes and Procedures
Child Welfare Law Update
Parent and Relative Search Techniques
Writing Effective Petitions
Writing Court Reports
Rules of Evidence
Preparing and Presenting Effective Testimony
Multiethnic Placement Act
Indian Child Welfare Act
Criminal and Civil Liability

Medical Issues

Medical Diagnosis of Physical Abuse
Understanding Medical Evaluation of Sexually Abused Children
Counseling Individuals and Families Affected by HIV and AIDS

Additional Training for Child Welfare Staff

Workshops on Foster Care and Independent Living will be useful for child welfare staff.

Service Integration includes training for agencies involved in efforts to provide seamless service to clients in need of public assistance and child welfare services.

The Resource Center for Family-Focused Practice offers training and consultation to support wraparound and other services that bring together families and professionals from a variety of fields.

The Northern California Children & Family Services Training Academy offers training at the core, supervisory and advanced levels of practice.

Other training useful for child welfare workers can be found in the sections on Career Advancement and Professional Development, Collaboration, Civil Rights and Diversity, Substance Abuse and Mental Health.

Additional training for child welfare supervisors and program managers can be found in Leadership, Management and Supervision.