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PCWTA CURRICULUM CATALOGUE

CORE CLASSES

Lineworker Core
Supervisor Core
Manager Core

ADVANCED CLASSES

Assessment and Investigation
Advanced SDM-Interviewing for FSNA
Advanced SDM-Case Planning with FSNA
Advanced SDM-Hotline Assessment
Advanced SDM-Safety Interviewing-Assessment
Advanced SDM-Safety Planning
Advanced Sexual Abuse Investigation
Comprehensive Assessment Tools Training
Forensic Child Abuse Investigations
Interviewing the Non-Offending Parent in Child Abuse Investigations
Investigation of Child Fatalities
Investigation of Multiple Victim Cases
Investigative Interviewing of Young Children
Lethality Assessment and Safety Planning in Domestic Violence Families
Understanding Sexually Abusive Behaviors in Children and Adolescents

Community Collaboration & Partnership
Collaborative Roles in Reunification
Collaborative Roles in Reunification (Part 2)
Engaging Families & Communities: Creating Opportunities for Change
Multidisciplinary Practice with Social Workers, Law Enforcement and the Courts
Parents and Youth as Partners: Partners in Partnership
Partnership in Action: Building Community Collaboration
Partnership in Action: Teaming with Teens

Culture & Diversity
Ethnographic Interviewing
Hmong Population and Child Welfare
Identity Development and Foster Care
Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)
Life in the Cycle of Poverty
Other Side of ICWA
Refugee Communities: Social and Practical Implication for Service Providers
TribalSTAR-The Gathering
TribalSTAR-The Summit
Understanding Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Youth
Where Are the Fathers: Fatherhood and Child Welfare Practice
Working with the African American Father: The Forgotten Parent
Working with the Deaf Population

Documentation and Writing for CWS
Advanced Petitions for Juvenile Court
Advanced Reports for Juvenile Court
Advanced Reports and Petitions for Juvenile Court
Documenting Contacts and Court Reports: Putting it Together

Engagement & Interviewing
Advanced Engagement Skills-Use of Self in Engaging Clients
Better Outcomes - One Family's Journey through the Child Welfare System
Conflict Resolution with Client Families
Developmental Considerations and Interviewing Techniques in Adolescent Investigations of Sexual Abuse Engaging in Difficult Conversations While Maintaining Professional Relationships
Engaging Families and Communities: Creating Opportunities for Change
Engaging Non-Voluntary Clients
Engaging Resistant Clients
Enhancing Client Engagement Using Motivational Interviewing
Ethnographic Interviewing
Interviewing Children Who Have Witnessed Violent Death
Interviewing Children with Developmental Delays
Interviewing Persons Suspected of Child Maltreatment
Interviewing Skills and Special Considerations in Child Sexual Abuse Cases
Interviewing the Non-Offending Parent in Child Abuse Investigations
Introduction in the Use of Motivational Interviewing with Survivors of Domestic Violence
Investigative Interviewing of Pre-Schoolers (3-5 years old)
Motivating Involuntary Clients To Change
Motivational Interviewing
Solution Focused Interviewing with Challenging Clients
Working with Difficult People

Family Violence
Advanced Training in Domestic Violence: Working with Perpetrators
Effects of Bullying and Interventions with Aggression
Introduction in the Use of Motivational Interviewing with Survivors of Domestic Violence
Lethality Assessment and Safety Planning in Domestic Violence Families
Teen Dating Violence
Working with Traumatized Children

Independent Living Skills & Youth
Adolescents and Substance Abuse
Crisis Intervention with Adolescents
Dealing with Bullies
Dealing with Violent Youth
Gangs Identification and Working with Gang Members
Interventions with Oppositional Defiance and Reducing Power/Control Struggles
Teen Dating Violence
Training Strategies for Developing Emancipation Skills with Adolescents

Interventions, Services & Resources
Advanced Case Management Skills: Working with Neglectful Families
Advanced Case Management Skills: Working with Neglectful Families (expanded version)
Conflict Resolution with Client Families
Dealing with Bullies
Dealing with Families in Perpetual Crisis
Engaging in Difficult Conversations while Maintaining Professional Relationships
Interventions with Oppositional Defiance and Reducing Power/Control Struggles
Lifebooks: Keeping Kids Connected to their Roots
Understanding Behavior of Traumatized Children: Using Positive Discipline-Building Relationships
Understanding Sexually Abusive Behaviors in Children
Working with Difficult People
Working with Involuntary Clients
Working with Multi-Problem Families
Working with Sexual Offenders

Legal Issues/Ethics
Administrative Hearings and Gomez vs. Saenz Decision
Advanced Assessment and Intervention with Anxiety Disorders
Concurrent Planning Processes and Implementation (County Specific)
Court Room Drama: Advanced Testifying Skills for Court
Data 101: Measuring Outcomes in Child Welfare
Division 31 Regulations
Education Law and Advocacy
Ethical Dilemmas in CWS
Implementing Concurrent Planning: Advanced Training for Supervisors and Managers
Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)
Juvenile Dependency Statutes and Rules Changes 2008-2009
Law and Ethics
Multi-Ethnic Placement Act (MEPA)
Multi-Disciplinary Practice with Social Workers, Law Enforcement and the Courts

Medical Aspects
Advanced Physical Abuse and Neglect for Child Welfare Workers
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) -Part 1
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) -Part 2
Health Care Needs
HIV/AIDS: Basics and Beyond
Perinatal Substance Exposure

Mental Health & Behavioral Health
AD(H)D and other Neurological Disorders
Advanced Assessment and Intervention with Anxiety Disorders
Advanced Attachment-Discipline with Children Who Have Experienced Chronic Trauma
Counter Transference
Depression in Children and Adolescents
Grief and Loss in Child Welfare
Identity Development and Foster Care
Learning from Anger
Mental Health and Mental Disorders
Mental Illness and Suicide Risk Implications for Child Safety and Well Being
PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) in Children and Adolescents
Secondary Traumatic Stress
The Impact of Emotional Abuse & Emotional Trauma
Therapeutic Behavior Intervention Strategies
Understanding Behavior of Traumatized Children: Using Positive Discipline-Building Relationships
Working with Child Welfare Clients Who Have Co-Occurring Disorders
Working with Difficult People
Working with Sexual Offenders
Working with Traumatized Children

Permanency: Reunification, Foster Care and Adoptions
Adoption 101: Introduction to Adoption Issues
Adoption 201: Talking about Adoption
Adoption 202: Developing Adoptive Families
Adoption 301: Adoptive Assessment
Adoption 302: Open Adoption
Advanced Attachment-Discipline with Children Who Have Experienced Chronic Trauma
Attachment, Development and Therapeutic Parenting
Attachment Issues and Adoption
Better Outcomes - One Famliy's Journey through the Child Welfare System
Concurrent Planning Proceses and Implementation (County Specific)
Dealing with the Hard to Place Child
Enhancing Parent-Child Visitation to Support Permanency for Social Workers
Enhancing Parent-Child Visitation to Support Permanency for Visitation Monitors
Grief and Loss in Child Welfare
Holidays for Kids in Care: Happy? Horrible? or Both?
Implementing Concurrent Planning: Advanced Training for Supervisors and Managers
Lifebooks: Keeping Kids Connected to their Roots
Permanency and Loss-A Youth's Journey Through the Child Welfare System
Preserving and Stabilizing Placements Utilizing Crisis Intervention Strategies
Separation. Loss and Transitioning into Placement
The Role of Foster Parents in Reunification
Using Visitation to Support Permanency
Working with Multi-Problem Families
Working with Substitute Caretakers

Placement
Better Outcomes - One Family's Journey through the Child Welfare System
Concurrent Planning Implementation
Concurrent Planning Processes and Implementation (County Specific)
Dealing with the Hard To Place Child
Essential Connections: A Key to Understanding Losses of Children in Care
Grief and Loss in Child Welfare
Lifebooks: Keeping Kids Connected to their Roots
Multi-Ethnic Placement Act (MEPA)
Preserving and Stabilizing Placement Utilizing Crisis Intervention Strategies
Working with Substitute Caretakers

Substance Abuse
Addiction and Child Abuse
Adolescents and Substance Abuse
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) 1
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) 2
Field Interventions for Youth in Care: Talking with Youth About Addiction
Perinatal Substance Exposure
Working with Child Welfare Clients Who Have Co-Occurring Disorders

Supervision and Management
Advanced Skills for Supervisors: Performance Issues
Advanced Skills for Supervisors: The Rest of the Story (Supervisory "Comeback" Day)

Data 101: Measuring Outcomes in Child Welfare
Divsion 31 Regulations-The Reason Behind the Rules
Effective Project Management
Facilitating Change and Overcoming Resistance Using Motivational Interviewing Techniques
Handling Difficult Communications
Implementing Concurrent Planning: Advanced Training for Supervisors and Managers
Making Meetings Work for You
Managing for Results
Management Transition Training: Together Everyone Achieves Milestones
Pre-Supervisory Appointment: A One-Day Training Experience for Prospective Supervisors
Strength-Based Supervision: A Tool for Retaining Compent Staff
Supervising, Coaching and Accountability (County Specific)
Supervising a Multi-Generational Workforce
Teaching Time Management: A Workshop for Supervisors
The Art of Mentoring
The Politics of Being a Manager
The Worker-Supervisor Formula for Applying Learning in the Field (TOL)

Teaming Strategies
Engaging Families in Family Group Conferencing
Family Conferencing Overview
Family Conferencing Skill Building
Team Decision Making (TDM) Readiness
Teaming Strategies

Worker Retention
Burnout or Brighten Up? Stress and Burnout in Social Work
Child Fatalities - What About the Trauma
Enhancing Worker Safety: Defusing Hostility and Violence
Maintaining Morale in the Midst of Challenge and Change
Making Meetings Work for You
Personal Safety for Child Welfare Social Workers: Practical Steps to Safety
Secondary Traumatic Stress
Strength-Based Supervision: A Tool for Retraining Competent Staff
Teaching Time Management: A Workshop for Supervisors
The Politics of Being A Manager
The Worker-Supervisor Formula/Applying Learning in the Field (TOL)
Management Transition Training: Together Everyone Achieves Milestones

Trainer Development
Adv. T for T: Curriculum Developing, Designing & Integrating Exercises into Training
Basic Training Skills - Training for Trainers (Days 1 and 2)
Beginning PowerPoint - Training for Trainers
Essential Skills for Trainers: A T4T Clinic for Developing Trainers
Trainers Forum 2008: Evidence Based Practice
Trainers Forum 2009: Training Evaluation Construction and the CPS System
Using PowerPoint to Enhance Training and Presentations

 

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