Upcoming Academy Classes

The following is a list of upcoming training offerings from the Northern Academy that are now open for enrollment. Note: This list does not include Core for Social Workers, Core for Supervisors or CWS/CMS Consortium courses as these have an alternate enrollment process.

How to Enroll

To enroll, select the title of the course you are interested in, review the course details, then click the "Enroll Now" button. You’ll be redirected to the California Child Welfare Training System (CACWT), where you will be required to log in to your account and follow the prompts to complete your registration. If you do not have a CACWT account, please contact your county training coordinator to request a profile be created for you.

Questions? If you need help enrolling or have any questions, contact us at (530) 757-8725 or academy@ucdavis.edu

Scheduled Sections Open for Enrollment

Title	City	Start Date Sort descending	Enroll
Advancing Permanency through Adoption – Module 1: Foundation		01/07/2025	Enroll Now
Family Time Coaching		01/07/2025	Enroll Now
CWS Clerical Support Staff Training: Health and Education Pages (Virtual Training)		01/07/2025	Enroll Now
CWS Clerical Support Staff Training: Introduction to CWS/CMS and Computer Skills (Virtual Training)		01/07/2025	Enroll Now
CANS and Supervision (Virtual Training)		01/08/2025	Enroll Now
Creating Case Plans in CWS/CMS (Virtual Training)		01/08/2025	Enroll Now
ICWA: History, Policy and Practice (Virtual Training)		01/09/2025	Enroll Now
Reflective Supervision in Child Welfare (PILOT)		01/09/2025	Enroll Now
CWS/CMS Resource Family Approval and Resource Management (Virtual Training)		01/09/2025	Enroll Now
Reflective Supervision in Child Welfare (PILOT)		01/09/2025	Enroll Now
CWS/CMS Adoptions (Virtual Training)		01/10/2025	Enroll Now
Introduction to RED Teams (In-Person Training)	Rocklin	01/14/2025	Enroll Now
CA FFPS Learning Series: FFPS Overview		01/14/2025	Enroll Now
Family Time Coaching: An Overview for Social Workers		01/14/2025	Enroll Now
Heart of Social Work		01/14/2025	Enroll Now
Court Testimony (In-Person Training)	Grass Valley	01/14/2025	Enroll Now
SOP for Intimate Partner Violence: Partnering with the Survivor Part 1 (Virtual Training)		01/14/2025	Enroll Now
CANS: Collaborative Assessment and Action Planning through Teaming (previously Module A) (Virtual Training)		01/15/2025	Enroll Now
Anti-Racist Practice: Foundational (Virtual Training)		01/16/2025	Enroll Now
Group Supervision (Virtual Training)		01/16/2025	Enroll Now
ICWA Webinar Series: Active Efforts		01/16/2025	Enroll Now
FFPS-CPP Leadership Learning Collaborative		01/16/2025	Enroll Now
CWS/CMS for New Users (Virtual Training)		01/21/2025	Enroll Now
SOP: Foundational Institute	Sacramento	01/21/2025	Enroll Now
SOP: Foundational Institute	Sacramento	01/21/2025	Enroll Now
CSFR Quality Assurance (In-person Training)	Davis	01/22/2025	Enroll Now
CA FFPS Learning Series: Shifting Mindset toward Prevention		01/22/2025	Enroll Now
Case Reviewers Learning Collaborative (Virtual Training)		01/23/2025	Enroll Now
Child and Family Team (CFT) Meetings: Facilitation Training (In-Person)	Eureka	01/28/2025	Enroll Now
CWS Clerical Support Staff Training: Foster Home Placement (Virtual)		01/28/2025	Enroll Now
CA FFPS Learning Series: Implicit Bias and Disproportionality		01/28/2025	Enroll Now
ICWA Webinar Series: Notice & Inquiry		01/28/2025	Enroll Now
Emergency Response Fundamentals (Virtual Training)		01/29/2025	Enroll Now
Safety Organized Practice (SOP) Implementation and Sustainability Learning Collaborative		01/30/2025	Enroll Now
Creating Case Plans in CWS/CMS (Virtual)		01/30/2025	Enroll Now
CA FFPS Learning Series: ICPM Overview		01/30/2025	Enroll Now
Common Core 3.5 Field Advisor Training (Virtual)		01/31/2025	Enroll Now
SafeMeasures Basic Navigation (Virtual Training)		01/31/2025	Enroll Now
Adolescent Brain Development and the Neurobiology of Trauma		02/04/2025	Enroll Now
CANS: Overview and Preparation for Certification (Virtual Training)		02/04/2025	Enroll Now
SOP For Support Staff		02/04/2025	Enroll Now
The Gut-Brain Axis and Well-Being (Virtual Training)		02/04/2025	Enroll Now
SOP Skills Lab: Safety Mapping		02/05/2025	Enroll Now
Family Time Coaching: An Overview for Social Workers		02/05/2025	Enroll Now
Anti-Racist Practice: Disproportionality and Systemic Racism (Virtual Training)		02/06/2025	Enroll Now
Child and Family Teaming (CFT) Overview		02/06/2025	Enroll Now
SOP Skills Lab: Harm and Danger, Safety Goals		02/06/2025	Enroll Now
Supporting 2SLGBTQIA+ Youth Affected by Commercial Sexual Exploitation		02/11/2025	Enroll Now
Integrated Core Practice Model (ICPM) Overview (Virtual Training)		02/11/2025	Enroll Now
Core for Supervisors - February 2025 Cohort (In-Person)	Sacramento	02/11/2025	Enroll Now
Coaching Institute for Child Welfare Supervisors (Virtual Training)		02/11/2025	Enroll Now
Advancing Permanency through Adoption – Module 2: Assessment and Permanency Report Writing (Virtual)		02/12/2025	Enroll Now
Extended Foster Care Learning Collaborative		02/13/2025	Enroll Now
Neuroscience Series: Moving From Protection to Connection: Engagement with People Who Have Experienced Complex Trauma		02/13/2025	Enroll Now
Family Time Coaching	Sacramento	02/18/2025	Enroll Now
Substance Use Disorders and Youth: An Overview		02/18/2025	Enroll Now
Child Interviewing Best Practices for Social Workers		02/20/2025	Enroll Now
FFPS-CPP Leadership Learning Collaborative		02/20/2025	Enroll Now
Resource Family Approval Learning Collaborative (Virtual)		02/20/2025	Enroll Now
Enhancing Well-Being: Managing Secondary Trauma & Burnout in Child Welfare - Two-Part Series		02/20/2025	Enroll Now
ICWA Webinar Series: Placement Preferences		02/20/2025	Enroll Now
The Neuroscience of Engagement and Emotional Wellness in Child and Family Systems of Care (Virtual Training)		02/25/2025	Enroll Now
Quality Caseworker Visits (Virtual Training)		02/25/2025	Enroll Now
Organizational Strategies for Social Workers		02/26/2025	Enroll Now
CFT and CANS Learning Collaborative (Virtual Training)		02/27/2025	Enroll Now
Advancing Permanency through Adoption – Module 3: RFA, ICWA, Finalization and Post-Adoption		03/04/2025	Enroll Now
ICWA Webinar Series: Qualified Expert Witness		03/04/2025	Enroll Now
Using SOP for Resiliency Building in Child Welfare Staff		03/04/2025	Enroll Now
Child and Family Team (CFT) Meetings: Facilitation Training		03/04/2025	Enroll Now
Leadership at Any Level: Leading Change During Uncertain Times		03/04/2025	Enroll Now
Court Procedures (Virtual Training)		03/05/2025	Enroll Now
Neuroscience Series: Moving From Protection to Connection: Engagement with People Who Have Experienced Complex Trauma (Virtual Training)		03/05/2025	Enroll Now
Substance Use Disorders Identification, Treatment and CWS Intervention		03/06/2025	Enroll Now
Conflict Resolution and De-Escalation with Youth (Virtual Training)		03/11/2025	Enroll Now
Child Sexual Abuse: Case Planning & Case Management Considerations		03/11/2025	Enroll Now
ICWA Webinar Series: Tribal Consultation & Collaboration		03/11/2025	Enroll Now
Child Welfare Supervisor Learning Collaborative		03/12/2025	Enroll Now
Concurrent Planning Principles (Virtual Training)		03/12/2025	Enroll Now
Sexual and Reproductive Wellness for Youth in Foster Care (Virtual Training)		03/13/2025	Enroll Now
CA FFPS Learning Series: ICPM Overview		03/18/2025	Enroll Now
Concurrent Planning Conversations and Documentation (Virtual)		03/20/2025	Enroll Now
FFPS-CPP Leadership Learning Collaborative		03/20/2025	Enroll Now
CQI Statewide Conference for Child Welfare and Probation	Sacramento	03/25/2025	Enroll Now
Introduction to SDM (Virtual Training)		03/26/2025	Enroll Now
Neuroscience of Leadership and Transformational Change in Child Welfare (Virtual Training)		04/02/2025	Enroll Now
Linkages Overview: CalWORKs and Child Welfare Collaboration - Empowering Families Through Partnership		04/02/2025	Enroll Now
Transition Aged Youth and Extended Foster Care		04/03/2025	Enroll Now
Mindfulness: A Trauma-Informed Approach		04/03/2025	Enroll Now
Foundations in Youth and SOGIE (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Expression) (Virtual)		04/08/2025	Enroll Now
CANS: Overview, Case Planning and Preparation for Certification (Virtual Training)		04/08/2025	Enroll Now
Worker Safety		04/09/2025	Enroll Now
Court Testimony (In-Person Training)	Sonora	04/09/2025	Enroll Now
Child Interviewing Best Practices for Social Workers		04/09/2025	Enroll Now
Best Practices for Intake/Hotline Workers (Virtual Training)		04/10/2025	Enroll Now
Case Reviewers Learning Collaborative (Virtual Training)		04/15/2025	Enroll Now
Integrating CANS into CFT Meetings & Case Planning		04/15/2025	Enroll Now
Advancing Permanency Through Adoptions Module 4: Adoption Subsidy Laws, Policies and Eligibility		04/15/2025	Enroll Now
Anti-Racist Practice: Implicit Bias and Microaggressions (Virtual Training)		04/16/2025	Enroll Now
FFPS-CPP Leadership Learning Collaborative		04/17/2025	Enroll Now
Court Petition Writing (Virtual Training)		04/17/2025	Enroll Now
Extended Foster Care: Where We Are and Where We Need to Go		04/17/2025	Enroll Now
Emergency Response Fundamentals (Virtual Training)		04/22/2025	Enroll Now
Multiethnic Placement Act (MEPA) (Virtual Training)		04/23/2025	Enroll Now
Linkages: Coordinated Case Planning – A Roadmap to Strengthening Families		04/24/2025	Enroll Now
Trauma-Informed Permanency Planning Practices in Child Welfare: Translating Concepts into Concrete Applications		04/24/2025	Enroll Now
Understanding Personality Disorders (Virtual)		04/24/2025	Enroll Now
Working with Fathers in Child Welfare (Virtual Training)		04/29/2025	Enroll Now
Linkages: CalWORKs and ER – Strengthening Families Through Collaboration During ER		04/30/2025	Enroll Now
Effective CFT Meetings (Virtual Training)		04/30/2025	Enroll Now
Introduction to RED Teams (Virtual Training)		04/30/2025	Enroll Now
Child Interviewing Best Practices for Supervisors		05/01/2025	Enroll Now
Quality Caseworker Visits	Orland	05/06/2025	Enroll Now
Best Practices for Emergency Response (Virtual)		05/06/2025	Enroll Now
Extended Foster Care Learning Collaborative		05/06/2025	Enroll Now
SOP: Behaviorally Based Case Plans		05/07/2025	Enroll Now
Cultural Humility (In-Person Training)	Davis	05/08/2025	Enroll Now
Anti-Racist Practice: Allyship (Virtual Training)		05/08/2025	Enroll Now
Father Engagement Skills Lab (Virtual)		05/13/2025	Enroll Now
Advanced Substance Use Disorder (Virtual Training)		05/13/2025	Enroll Now
CANS Overview and Case Planning (Virtual Training)		05/14/2025	Enroll Now
RFA Academy Series (Virtual - May '25)		05/14/2025	Enroll Now
Coaching Difficult/Reluctant Workers (Virtual Training)		05/14/2025	Enroll Now
FFPS-CPP Leadership Learning Collaborative		05/15/2025	Enroll Now
Common Core 3.5 Field Advisor Training (Virtual)		05/16/2025	Enroll Now
CACI (Child Welfare Central Index) Overview (Virtual Training)		05/20/2025	Enroll Now
Motivational Interviewing to Facilitate Family Change (Virtual Training)		05/21/2025	Enroll Now
Court Report Writing (Virtual Training)		05/21/2025	Enroll Now
Interviewing Techniques for Case Reviewers (Virtual Training)		05/22/2025	Enroll Now
Organizational Strategies for Social Workers		05/29/2025	Enroll Now
CA FFPS Learning Series: ICPM Overview		05/29/2025	Enroll Now
Psychotropic Medication in Foster Care (Virtual Training)		06/03/2025	Enroll Now
Trauma-Informed Practices for Emergency Response		06/03/2025	Enroll Now
Sexual Abuse Investigations: Interviewing and Evaluating Children’s Disclosures through a Research-Based Lens		06/03/2025	Enroll Now
CFT and CANS Learning Collaborative (Virtual Training)		06/04/2025	Enroll Now
ICWA: History, Policy and Practice (Virtual Training)		06/04/2025	Enroll Now
Court Testimony (Virtual Training)		06/05/2025	Enroll Now
Enhancing Well-Being: Managing Secondary Trauma & Burnout in Child Welfare - Two-Part Series		06/05/2025	Enroll Now
Sexual and Reproductive Wellness for Youth in Foster Care (Virtual Training)		06/05/2025	Enroll Now
Writing Skills for Social Workers (Virtual Training)		06/10/2025	Enroll Now
CANS and Supervision (Virtual Training)		06/11/2025	Enroll Now
Child Welfare Supervisor Learning Collaborative		06/11/2025	Enroll Now
Resource Family Approval Learning Collaborative (Virtual)		06/12/2025	Enroll Now
Dependency Legal Update - Webinar		06/17/2025	Enroll Now
FFPS-CPP Leadership Learning Collaborative		06/19/2025	Enroll Now
SOP Approach to Intimate Partner Violence Part 2: Perpetrator Engagement and Accountability		06/24/2025	Enroll Now
Child and Family Team (CFT) Meetings: Facilitation Training	Davis	06/24/2025	Enroll Now