Court Report Writing (Lake County)

Registration only open to Lake County staff!

This course focuses on writing detention, jurisdiction and disposition reports.

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

• Understand proper writing techniques
• Understand elements of writing for a legal audience vs. other styles of writing
• Balance the child welfare worker’s voice with agency mandates
• Understand how information provided or not provided causes continuances and contested hearings
• Incorporate harm and danger statements/risk and safety analysis

Participants will learn to write effective court reports, taking into consideration temporary custody, custody warrant procedures, and facts versus evidence in report writing.