Course overview
This half-day course focuses on quality Child and Family Team Meetings and the integration of Integrated Practice Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths practices in alignment with fidelity guidance contained in All County Letter No. 25-54. The course prepares participants to accurately assess and document meeting quality using the Child and Family Team Meeting Observation Tool while maintaining impartiality and supporting fidelity to the statewide practice model. Grounded in trauma-informed, culturally responsive, individualized and consensus-driven engagement, participants will explore best practices for using the observation tool, including promoting family voice and choice and ensuring informed consent.
Through scenario-based application and structured skill-building activities, participants will practice selecting observation ratings, developing quality summaries and facilitating debriefs that center the experiences of children, youth and families.
What will I learn in this training?
After attending this training, participants will be able to:
- Explain the purpose of the Child and Family Team Meeting Observation Tool.
- Describe the item instructions within the Child and Family Team Meeting Observation Tool.
- Select appropriate observation ratings using scenario-based examples.
- Facilitate a structured debrief based on observation scenarios.
- Articulate the value of meeting observations as a meaningful tool for assessing county practice fidelity to Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths and Child and Family Team processes.
Prior to attending, becoming familiar with All County Letter No. 25-54 (and how it relates to fidelity expectations) is strongly recommended.
Who should attend?
Prior experience with Child and Family Team meetings and the IP-CANS is recommended, including participation in or observation of CFT meetings, prior training on IP-CANS and CFT practices, review of the UC Davis IP-CANS and CFT Fidelity Webinar series, and completion of the IP-CANS CFT Fidelity e-learning.