This curriculum, which may be used in whole or in part, offers an overview of foster care, background on the characteristics of kin and non-kin foster parents, and trends in foster care. Special emphasis is placed on foster care recruitment, training, and retention efforts as well as the foster care payment rate structure. A comprehensive look at the elements that comprise quality of care in kinship and non-related foster homes is included. The curriculum highlights the philosophical reasons for providing quality care, the history and philosophy of kinship care, a legal history and brief policy analysis of kinship care, and domains of quality. Practice tips for child welfare workers and administrators are included, as well as a chapter where kin and non-kin foster parents address their relationship with the child welfare system and recent child welfare policies affecting foster parents and kinship caregivers. (332 pages)Berrick, J. D., Needell, B., Shlonsky, A., Simmel, C., & Pedrucci, C. (1998).

While interventions and outcomes can feel like opposite ends of the Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) spectrum; they are more closely related then most realize. This workshop will help participants link the daily work of interventions with the larger task of improving outcomes. Participants will gain a basic knowledge of the California Well-Being Project (which includes the interventions of Wraparound and Safety Organized Practice) as well as the California Case Review process.

Come learn about California’s QPI effort to transform foster care by re-orienting system practice and policy to meet the core developmental needs of children and youth through prioritizing excellent; loving parenting. Although child development; brain and trauma research have definitively established excellent parenting as a foundational element to support healthy child and youth development and well-being; systems have often undermined; rather than supported; effective parenting. Approximately 70 jurisdictions in 10 states; including 26 counties in California; have joined the QPI movement. Families; youth; agency leaders and staff; judicial partners and community agencies are working in partnership to make the practice; culture and policy changes necessary to prioritize relationships and ensure the healthy development of children and youth in child welfare.

Learn how TCOM can be effectively integrated into the Wraparound process to promote success. Training will demonstrate how to use Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) on multiple levels: increasing team collaboration and communication in the context of the Child and Family Team (CFT); engaging in team treatment planning; enhancing oversight and supervision; and monitoring outcomes for families. Leave with tools for utilizing TCOM within the Wraparound context and a success story of how TCOM integration has had a positive impact on outcomes reporting.

Engaging with Wraparound team members around CSEC in a way that demonstrates respect for the values; preferences; beliefs; culture and identity of bilingual/bicultural Spanish-speaking families is a critical part of collaboration and integrating the Wraparound principle of Cultural Competency. This workshop focuses on strategies for understanding and sharing introductory CSEC information with team members with a bicultural lens. Attendees will participate in a CSEC 101 training and be equipped with the information and materials to engage with others around this important topic. This workshop will be provided in English.

This workshop will provide information on collaboration efforts between public agencies and community partners to effectively implement the Continuum of Care Reform (CCR) initiative. It will discuss the collaborative relationships among Child Welfare Services; Mental Health; Probation; TulareWORKS; Tulare County Office of Education and Parenting Network (parent partners). The workshop will also discuss the implementation of Child and Family Team (CFT) meetings in Tulare County that started with a pilot program in 2016.

The CEBC (www.cebc4cw.org) is an online dissemination tool containing over 380 intervention and prevention programs with varying levels of supporting research evidence. The CEBC can be used by child and family-serving systems and organizations to identify new practices for implementation; however; knowledge alone of available practices is not sufficient for selecting the right one. The CEBC has created a guide to help child- and family-serving agencies think critically through the selection and implementation process. This workshop will walk participants through the process of how to assess agency needs; determine whether changes to the agency are needed and successfully select a new program to best meet the needs of the children and families being served.

Babies need love. Babies in child welfare also need you to know how their start in life has impacted them. This workshop will provide an overview of the significance children under five in child welfare have. They have unique and specific needs; including basic developmental expectations. Learn about the importance of early relationships and the impact of trauma/child maltreatment on the developing brain.

The use of the CANS across child servings systems is growing and intersecting with supports and services; such as Wraparound; for youth and their families across the country. A system-level framework for Wraparound and CANS are well documented; but there is very little information about methods for integration of the two at the practice level and within an organizational structure. This presentation will explore aspects of CANS and Wraparound integration and report on specific strategies for integrating CANS data with the phases of Wraparound. Specific tools for integration will be shared.

Effective July 1; 2017; when a child or youth in foster care is placed outside his or her county of jurisdiction; the responsibility to provide; arrange and pay for specialty mental health services changes. Presumptive transfer sounds like a complicated government administrative process because it is. This workshop will provide an explanation of what this process is; who is affected by it and how it can be managed effectively.

This session will focus on increasing the knowledge base and awareness for working with families who have experienced domestic violence. The goal of the session is to provide a basic level of understanding on how to work with families who have experienced or are experiencing domestic violence. Attendees will leave with a greater awareness; skill set and practical tools to aid them in serving families who have experienced domestic violence.

Casa Pacifica’s Community-based services in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties provide a wide range of social; emotional and behavioral support for youth ages 2-22 years in various community settings; including schools; homes and group homes. Learn specific interventions to use in the various phases of treatment: rapport-building/assessment phase; implementation phase; and transition and fade-out phase. Participants will leave with interventions they can use immediately with youth of all ages in all stages of treatment.

Engagement is a word commonly used to describe a practice that should be used by all who serve youth and families. Engaging staff at all levels of an organization is just as critical. But what does that look like? How do we engage others and create the relational foundation essential to support the application of best practices? In this workshop; participants will learn the role neuroscience plays in how we engage others; they will understand how to create an environment that encourages reflection and supports dialogue that identifies barriers to engagement; and they will leave with tools and strategies that they can apply immediately to create meaningful conversations within the organization and with families.

This workshop will teach advanced; effective techniques for facilitating an effective CFT (Child and Family Team) meeting. The distinct stages of facilitation will be discussed; as well as how to recognize what stage the team is in. Common pitfalls and best practice standards of facilitation will be outlined. A live facilitation with stop-action explanation will be presented.

In this three-hour workshop; we will begin the conversation about cultural competency; privilege; oppression and humility. This course focuses on personal; and often unquestioned; beliefs and experiences in an attempt to enhance learning about cultural competence; increase humility in working with others and begin to be more open to examining the world from various perspectives. We will discuss entering into situations with humility; willing to learn from others; and being open and honest with ourselves about our own identities; privileges; oppression and growth opportunities.

Ever been stuck trying to help a tough family and you didn’t know why? This workshop will provide a checklist of eight questions that can help unlock these hard-to-reach families and get them moving toward their their goals.

The CA CSEFEL Teaching Pyramid’s tiered approach—promoting healthy social-emotional skills; preventing challenging behaviors and intervening for problematic behaviors—transforms early childhood classroom climates by focusing on social-emotional development and building the skills of the adults in the child’s life; while supporting children with specific promotion and prevention strategies. This strategy is being taught across California and connects to school-wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports. There is also a strong emphasis on partnerships with families; and the approach directly supports several of the protective factors from Strengthening Families.

In this class, we will explore the ethical, legal, and professional issues inherent in behavioral health and social services. Key areas of focus include privacy, consent, and confidentiality; accurate documentation, and professional collaboration

Survey of the behavioral health and social services professions, including scope of practice and training requirements. Exploration of employment opportunities in the field and self-assessment/academic planning for a career in mental health. Overview of mental health disorders and first responder skills in a mental health crisis situation.

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