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Child Welfare Academy

Summer 2019

2 Quarterly Training Catalog | Summer 2019

Child Welfare Academy525 West Redwood Street

Baltimore, MD 21201410.706.3637

www.family.umaryland.edu/cwa

A partnership of the

University of MarylandSchool of Social Work

and the

Maryland Department ofHuman Services (DHS)

Table ofContents

3 Weather and Attendance Policy

4 Pre-Service Competency-Based Training

5 Pre-Service Training Schedule

6 Foundation Training Track

8 CPE Training Opportunities

9 CWA Learn Center Updates

10 Transfer of Learning Tip Sheets

11 In the Spotlight

13 New! Webinars

14 Supervision Matters

15 New! Continuing Education Offerings

18 Continuing EducationWorkshop Schedule (July, August, September)

23 A to Z Workshop DescriptionsCWA Training opportunities are open toMaryland State Department of Human

Services Child Welfare Staff and Resource Parents.

Child Welfare Academy, University of Maryland is authorized by the Board of Social Work Examiners in Maryland to sponsor social work continuing education programs and maintains full responsibility for all trainings offered.

All offerings qualify for Category I Continuing Education Units unless otherwise indicated.

www.family.umaryland.edu


Inclement Weather Policy

In the event of inclement weather, the training schedule will follow the Maryland State Government delay and closings. If the MD state government has liberal leave, the training iscancelled. If the MD state government has a delayed opening, training will follow the delay time frame. This policy affects all trainings (Pre-Service and In-Service) held in Baltimore at the University of Maryland Baltimore campus, as well as regionally in the local departments. For those workshops held at the University please double check the University’s operating status. If the State of Maryland is operating normally but the University of Maryland Baltimore is closed or has a delayed opening, the training at the University’s campus will follow the University’s schedule. Please check the CWA Delay/Cancellation Line at 410-706-3637. Option 5 will provide a daily announcement related to Pre-Service and/or In-Service training by 6:30 am.

Please help keep our environment safe by complying with the SSW front desk security process. When you arrive at the SSW for a CWA training, please be sure to show your Maryland State ID to the security guard at the front desk. Although this may be a hassle, it is a requirement for anyone entering the building; even those who work in the building every day. If you do not have your Maryland State ID with you, you will be asked to stop, sign in and show another picture ID. The security guard may also call CWA to confirm that you are there to attend a training. Thank you in advance for your cooperation! Questions or concerns can be directed to the CWA Director, Jennifer Kelman, [email protected].

Weather and Attendance Policy

*Please note that a separate attendance policy applies to Pre-Service Training. Participants will receive notification of the policy with their registration confirmation notice.

Attention CWA Participants! School of Social Work Check-in

Process


Pre-ServiceCompetency-Based

Training

Module I

Foundations of Practice

Module II

Indicators and Dynamics of Abuse and Neglect

Module III

Engaging Children and Families

Module IV

Conducting FamilyCentered Assessments

Module V

Planning with the Family

Module VI

Working Effectively with the Court

Process for Pre-Service Registration

Pre-Service Training andTesting Accommodations

So that pre-service needs are addressed in a timely fashion, new child welfare employees are registered for Pre-Service Training by local DSS Personnel Liaisons as soon as possible after beginning employment. In some cases, employees have been able to begin pre-service training within days of beginning their employment, resulting in trained staff being available more quickly to provide services to the families and children served by DHS. The Training Program will confirm enrollment and provide directions for registered trainees.

The Child Welfare Academy is committed to providing training to a diverse group of child welfare professionals. Included in this group are qualified staff that have impairments, functional limitations, and/or disabilities. DHS and the Academy wish to facilitate the training of such staff and make reasonable accommodations in order to promote learning and performance.

All staff who attend the Academy’s Pre-Service Competency Training may submit requests for possible accommodations to the Examination Services Unit within the DHS to determine whether accommodations are appropriate, and to what extent they will be provided.

DHS will review accommodation requests and notify the Academy when supportive services are needed. The Department of Human Services and the Child Welfare Academy are committed to providing a training environment that enables all participants to be successful. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and to ensure accessibility to all staff, please contact your LDSS Personnel Liaison or DHS’s Examination Services Unit if you have questions or are in need of any accommodations. The contact number for the Examinations Services Unit is 410-767-7414.

Pre-Service Training is required by Maryland Law for new employees providing child welfare services. New staff should be registered for Pre-Service Training as soon as possible after beginning employment and are expected to attend the Pre-Service cycle for which they have been registered. The training consists of topical areas referred to as modules.


Pre-ServiceTraining Schedule

Registration Closing Dates

6/5/2019at 4pm

7/22/2019 at 4pm

9/9/2019at 4 pm

Cycle 8-19 Cycle 1-20 Cycle 2-20Module I 06/11 07/30 09/17

06/12 07/31 09/1806/13 CHESSIE 08/01 CHESSIE 09/19 CHESSIE

Module II 06/17 ONLINE 08/05 ONLINE 09/23 ONLINE06/19 08/07 09/2506/20 08/08 09/26

Module III 06/24 ONLINE 08/12 ONLINE 09/30 ONLINE06/25 08/13 10/0106/26 08/14 10/0206/27 CHESSIE 08/15 CHESSIE 10/03 CHESSIE

Module IV 07/01 ONLINE 08/19 ONLINE 10/07 ONLINE07/02 CHESSIE 08/20 CHESSIE 10/08 CHESSIE07/03 CHESSIE 08/21 CHESSIE 10/09 CHESSIE07/19 CANS 08/22 CANS 10/10 CANS07/19 CANS-F 08/22 CANS-F 10/10 CANS-F

Module V 07/08 ONLINE 08/26 ONLINE 10/11 ONLINE07/09 08/27 10/1507/10 08/28 10/1607/11 08/29 10/1707/12 CHESSIE 08/30 CHESSIE 10/18 CHESSIE

Module VI 07/15 09/03 10/2107/16 09/04 10/2207/17 09/05 10/23

ComprehensiveTest 07/18/2019 09/06/2019 10/24/2019

LDSS Personnel Liaisons, to register CLICK HERE or go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PST-reg

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PST-reg


Foundation Track Flowchart

CPS Responses Family Preservation Placement and PermanencyFor staff working in CPS,

Alternative Response, Intake, Investigations, or Screening

For staff working in Family Preservation, Family Services,

Consolidated Services or In-Home Services

For staff working in Foster Care, Resource Home, Out of Home Ser-

vices or Independent Living

1. SoS: Assessing and Planning for Risk and Safety, 2-day

2. Introduction to CPS Responses, 2-day

3. Trauma Informed Casework

4. Photography 101: Merging Your Trauma and Development Lenses to Capture the Whole Picture


2. Introduction to Family Preservation, 1½ -days (1 day clinical and half day CHESSIE)

3. Trauma Informed Casework4. Photography 101:

Merging Your Trauma and Development Lenses to Capture the Whole Picture


2. Introduction to Placement and Permanency, 3-day (2 day clinical and 1 day CHESSIE)

3. Trauma Informed Casework


Once the above trainings are completed, students will be automatically enrolled into the following offerings, that do not have to be taken in order: 5. Secondary Traumatic Stress6. Enhancing Your Credibility in Court7. A Journey to Remember: Supporting Clients Who Are On the Road to Recovery8. Intimate Partner Violence: Dynamics, Assessment, and Intervention

Foundation Training Track

Foundation Training TrackFollowing the completion of their competency exam, workers are automatically enrolled into the Foundation Training Track by the Child Wefare Academy. If the worker cannot attend on their scheduled date, they must register themselves for the next available date. These trainings must be completed within the first 2 years of employment.

Introductory Courses: Trainings need to be taken in the order as assigned


Foundation Training Track

Foundation Training Track OfferingsThe offerings listed below are to inform post comprehensive exam participants of their Foundation Training dates for this quarter. If you cannot attend the date assigned, log-in to the CWA LearnCenter to register yourself for the next available course. You may also find newly added dates for the current and next quarter. Please note that offerings 1-4 should be taken in order.

1. SoS: Assessing and Planning for Risk and Safety, 2-day July 9-10 2019 • UMB SSW • 9:00 am – 4:00 pm • 11.0 CEUs July 10-11, 2019 • UMB SSW • 9:00 am – 4:00 pm • 11.0 CEUs August 15-16, 2019 • UMB SSW • 9:00 am – 4:00 pm • 11.0 CEUs

2. Introduction to CPS Responses, 2-day August 27-28, 2019 • UMB SSW • 9:00 am – 4:00 pm • 11.0 CEUs September 10-11, 2019 • UMB SSW • 9:00 am – 4:00 pm • 11.0 CEUs Introduction to Family Preservation, 1½ -days (1 day clinical and half day CHESSIE) August 5-6, 2019 • UMB SSW • 9:00 am – 4:00 pm • 8.5 CEUs September 19-20, 2019 • UMB SSW • 9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 8.5 CEUs

Introduction to Placement and Permanency, 3-day (2 day clinical and 1 day CHESSIE) August 6-8, 2019 • UMB SSW • 9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 16.5 CEUs September 10-12, 2019 • UMB SSW • 9:00 am – 4:00 pm • 16.5 CEUs

3. Trauma Informed Casework July 2, 2019 • UMB SSW • 9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs August 13, 2019 • UMB SSW • 9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs September 23, 2019 • UMB SSW • 9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs


July 30, 2019 • UMB SSW • 9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs September 11, 2019 • UMB SSW • 9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs

5. Secondary Traumatic Stress September 10, 2019 • UMB SSW • 9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs

6. Enhancing Your Credibility in Court July 31, 2019 • UMB SSW • 9:00 am – 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs August 8, 2019 • UMB SSW • 9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs September 25, 2019 • UMB SSW • 9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs

7. A Journey to Remember: Supporting Clients Who Are On the Road to Recovery July 23, 2019 • UMB SSW • 9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs September 24, 2019 • UMB SSW • 9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs

8. Intimate Partner Violence: Dynamics, Assessment, and Intervention September 12, 2019 • UMB SSW • 9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs

http://sswumb.learn.taleo.net/cwa


CPE TrainingOpportunities

Procedure for DHS Request Form Submission

1. Complete the DHS Registration request form as found online.2. Submit the completed form to your LDSS training liaison.3. Once approved, fax forms to 410.706.2423

The Child Welfare Academy confirms that you have selected DHS approved courses* and sends the forms on to CPE for registration.

4. An email confirmation is sent upon registration.5. Please feel free to check on registration by calling 410.706.1089.

Instructions for applying to Continuing Professional Education (CPE) trainings:

Note: Workshop materials will beemailed a week before the workshop

from the CPE office.

Check your junk and spam folders for re-routed emails.

If you do not receive materials, please call CPE at 410-706-1089.

http://www.ssw.umaryland.edu/cpe/


CWA LearnCenter

LearnCenter UpdatesWe continue to enhance our LearnCenter to better support your learning needs. Here are some general reminders to assist you with navigating the LearnCenter.

Where is my CEU certificate?Your CEU certificate will be posted next to your offering in the My Training History section of the CWA LearnCenter. Please allow us 10 business days to enter the attendance sheet into the LearnCenter.

Yikes! I just realized that I have court on the day I’m scheduled to attend a class. What should I do? As soon as you know you will be unable to attend a training you are registered for, please go into the CWA LearnCenter and drop the class. Child Welfare employees who are enrolled in a training but who do not attend, for whatever the reason, may prevent those on a waiting list from advancing on the list and ultimately obtaining a seat in the training session. For this reason, please recognize the importance and value of cancelling in advance. If employees are registered to attend more than one workshop and must cancel, cancellation of each workshop is required.

Updated! Attendance Policy

Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will only be provided for full attendance of an in-service training.

Staff will not receive partial credit for attending portions of the training.Individuals who miss more than 30 minutes of a full-day training or 15 minutes of a half-day training for any reason (e.g. traffic, work issues, family, illness) will not be eligible to receive CEUs for their participation. We ask that participants extend professional courtesy by attending to work-related matters during designated breaks.

Staff who miss more than the allotted time of the training are welcome to audit the class.

1. Log into the CWA LearnCenter2. Click on My Training3. Click on the title of the training you would

like to drop. 4. A pop up or additional page will appear.

5. In the top right or the bottom right you will see the word “Drop.”

6. Click one time on either. 7. When “Drop” changes to “Enroll,” you

know you have been successful.

https://sswumb.learn.taleo.net/login.asp?lcid=178410&secure=true


CWA LearnCenter

Transfer of Learning (ToL) Tip SheetsToL refers to the ability to apply what is learned in training to actual practice in the field. Development and implementation of enhanced transfer of learning (ToL) strategies for both workers and supervisors is a focus of the Child Welfare Academy.

TRANSFER OF LEARNING TIP SHEETSIn an effort to better support ToL, the CWA has created a series of ToL tip sheets for specific trainings. The tip sheets include a description of the training, learning objectives, and ToL tips/strategies for both the worker and supervisor before and after training.

ToL tip sheets are attached to the emailed registration confirmations, to both workers and their supervisors. They can also be accessed by going to http://www.family.umaryland.edu/cwa-tol

To get the most from the training, the supervisor and worker should review the tip sheet and discuss training objectives prior to the training, and then meet again after the training to discuss and implement post training strategies. Tip sheets currently available include:• A Journey to Remember: Supporting Clients Who Are on the Road to Recovery• Assessing and Planning for Risk and Safety• Enhancing Your Credibility in Court• From Good to Great: Maximizing Skills to Enhance AR Practice• Photography 101: Merging Your Trauma and Development Lenses to Capture the

Whole Picture (formerly Impact of Child Maltreatment on Child Development) • Intimate Partner Violence: Dynamics, Assessment, and Intervention Strategies• Introduction to Placement and Permanency • Introduction to CPS Responses• Introduction to Family Preservation (with MD CHESSIE)• Trauma Informed Casework

http://www.family.umaryland.edu/cwa-tol

http://www.family.umaryland.edu/cwa-tol


In The Spotlight

Are you one of our regular Webinar Attendees? Or, are you new to our webinars? Either way, CWA wants to take a moment to review the attendance procedure so that you can get CEUs for your attendance.

To attend the webinar you need a computer (desktop or laptop), tablet, or smartphone. For best results, use a desktop or laptop computer.

Tablets and phones will work, however there are some limitations in functionality • Icons are smaller so polling and handraising may be more difficult. • Videos shown during the presentation may not be visible. • Your confirmation email contains a PDF on troubleshooting devices.

When entering the webinar, use the links provided in the confirmation email. • One link will take you directly to Adobe Connect. Use the Guest log in. • Or, you can use the second link which will take you through the CWA LearnCenter to enter the webinar. If you choose this route, you will need your CWA LearnCenter username and password. Either entry point will begin the documentation of your attendance. • If you are using a new device or are in a new location, please consider logging in at least 30 minutes early to trouble shoot technical issues. • Technical assistance will be available until 10 minutes prior to the start of the webinar. The call in number for technical assistance is in the confirmation email. • Finally, feel free to click on the link prior to the day of the webinar to assess your ability to enter the space.

Because we award Category 1 CEUs, your participation is required. Since this is not a live, in-person classroom situation, your participation will be demonstrated by other means. • You must sign in and out of the webinar by checking the box next to your name in the Attendance Pod. You will not be able to do this 10 minutes after the webinar initiates or 10 minutes prior to its conclusion. • Only if your name is not in the Registration Pod, type your name and email address in the Q&A Pod. If your name is in the Q&A Pod, select it and do not type it in the Q&A Pod.

You must be in the 90 minute webinar for at least 80 minutes. If you log in late or have to leave early, we still appreciate and encourage your participation, but you will not be eligible for a CEU certificate. • We ask that you respond to presenter comments, questions, and polls appropriately. As in a live classroom, your fellow students can learn through your questions and comments.

WEBINAR ATTENDANCE PROCEDURE


In The Spotlight

WEBINAR ATTENDANCE PROCEDURE (continued)If at some point you realize that you will not be able to attend the webinar, we appreciate you logging into the LearnCenter and DROPPING your registration. This allows for waitlisted participants to automatically move into the class.

Listening only participants will not be eligible for CEUs. Successful attendance requires the participant to log into the webinar, sign in, participate in the webinar by commenting and responding to questions, and to sign out.

If you have questions regarding your participation in one of CWA’s webinars, contact Jill Carter [email protected]


WebinarsHelping Caretakers Parent the Wounded ChildTuesday, July 23rd, 201910:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. OnlineFacilitator: Carey Tompkins, LCSW-C, LICSW, Tompkins Counseling and Consulting

This webinar will help child welfare workers better understand the behaviors of a child who has been hurt by trauma and broken attachments. Participants will learn how early childhood hurt and neglect from trusted adults impacts a child’s brain development and ability to regulate emotions. There will be a focus on reframing challenging behaviors and developing empathic responses that affirm and nurture attachment. Workers will leave with concrete discipline strategies and approaches that they can share with caregivers who are caring for children impacted by trauma.

Ambiguous Grief and Foster CareTuesday, August 27th, 2019 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Online Lunch and Learn Facilitator: Litsa Williams, Founder, What’s Your Grief

The majority of youth in foster care have experienced significant losses and have been separated from all they know including familiar people, places and things. The sense of grief and loss can be profound and difficult to process. This webinar will explore ambiguous grief (grieving someone who is still alive) in depth, helping participants to better understand and address the grief of non-death losses. The complexities of these losses will be addressed, along with uses of Pauline Boss’s evi-dence-based approach to coping with ambiguous losses, both individually and as a family.

Community Violence and Trauma in Children and Adolescents Wednesday, September 18th, 201910:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. OnlineFacilitator: Jennifer Serico, Ph.D., Center for Child and Family Traumatic Stress, Kennedy Krieger Institute

Community violence can happen without warning and can take many forms including bullying, gang fighting, terrorist attacks, and shootings in public areas such as schools and neighborhoods. Chil-dren traumatized by community violence may experience a wide range of symptoms across multiple domains of functioning. Whether the community violence is an isolated incident or a common oc-currence, the resulting impact is real and far reaching. This webinar will provide child welfare work-ers with an understanding of the traumatic impact of community violence, and will explore concrete strategies and interventions that can be employed to build resiliency in children who have witnessed or directly experienced forms of community violence.

New! Webinar Series


Supervision Matters


New! Continuing Education

Offerings

Continuing Education OfferingsCategory: Ethics

Direct Service Situation: Balancing Ethical Responsibilities

August 20, 2019 • Baltimore City DSS • 9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs

This workshop will explore the importance of understanding and balancing ethical responsibilities. An emphasis will be placed in exploring dual relationships and boundary issues to enhance and improve ethical responsibilities and reduce ethical violations. This workshop will discuss common practice areas that raise ethical dilemmas and explore the code of ethics and propose various ethical decision making models that can utilized to resolve these ethical conflicts. Issues explored will be: code of ethics, un-derstanding direct service situations, exploring professional relationships and limitations, ethical frame-work model, and best practice techniques. This is an interactive workshop were cases vignettes will be presented and participants will work in a group setting to further maximize their understanding of the concepts presented.

Category: Child Protective Services

Meeting the Ethical Responsibilities of Recent Changes to Child Abuse and Neglect Law

August 7, 2019 • Anne Arundel Co. DSS Glen Burnie Office • 9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs (including 3 hours Ethics)

September 19, 2019 • Harford Co. DSS (WAGE Connections) • 9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs (including 3 hours Ethics)

This workshop will highlight the recent changes in policy and law that describe public child welfare responsibilities and licensing requirements when reporting and responding to suspected child maltreat-ment. Content will address the complex legal, ethical, and therapeutic issues that arise when reporting or responding to suspected child maltreatment, including making reports when an adult discloses he/she was maltreated as a child. Topics to be covered include: child abuse and neglect civil and criminal defi-nitions, reporting requirements, confidentiality law governing child abuse and neglect information, Social Work Code of Ethics, and DHS/SSA Policy Directives.


New! Continuing Education

Offerings

Category: Special Interest

Trans-racial Placements: Preparing and Supporting Families July 17, 2019 • Montgomery Co. DHHS • 9:00 am - 12:15 pm • 3.0 CEUs

Families who adopt a child of a different race or from another culture are confronted with a unique set of issues and concerns that require careful thought, preparation and ongoing education. This seminar is designed for professionals working with families who intend to adopt trans-racially or trans-cultur-ally. It will provide information and strategies when working with parents to help them evaluate their readiness to embrace a multi-racial/multi-cultural family identity. It will also help professionals to prepare families for the realities and ongoing challenges of adopting trans-racially/trans-culturally to increase the likelihood of a smooth transition and successful placement.

Category: Trauma

Understanding the Behavior of Adolescents with Trauma Histories

September 10, 2019 • Prince George’s Co. DSS • 9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs

Adolescence can be a trying time for teens and their parents. While all teenagers struggle with issues related to peers, independence, identity and self-esteem, these issues are often compounded for adopted teens and teens in care. This seminar is designed to help participants understand the rela-tionship between trauma and adolescent development, with an emphasis upon how the normative developmental tasks of identify development, separation and individuation can be exacerbated for adolescents in care. Participants will gain a better understanding of adolescent brain development from a trauma lens, and will be able to differentiate between “typical” adolescent challenges versus behavior that has been negatively shaped by trauma. Workers will learn effective ways of assisting resource parents with communicating, setting limits, gaining trust, and building a positive relationship with the teens in their care.


ContinuingEducation

Workshops

Beyond the Basics Workshops Child Welfare workers who have completed Pre-Service Training should note the following workshops that are being offered this quarter:

• A Journey to Remember: Supporting Clients Who are on the Road to Recovery

• American Indian/Indigenous Peoples Culture Proficiency, ½- day

• Basic LGBTQ Competency for CW Professionals

• Beyond Emotional Intelligence: Emotional Competence in the Workplace, ½- day

• Clinical Implications of Intrauterine Drug Exposure

• Conducting Screening Assessments: Seeing Reporters as Resources

• Creating Teachable Moments• Developing the Practice of

Those You Supervise• New! Direct Service

Situation: Balancing Ethical Responsibilities

• Eliminating Disparities & Promoting Equity in the Field of Social Work

• Engaging Child Victims of Sex Trafficking: The Role of the Child Welfare Worker

• Enhancing Your Credibility in Court

• Ensuring FIM Fidelity: A Refresher Course for Experienced Facilitators, Workers and Supervisors

• Ethical Considerations When Working with Vulnerable Populations

• Ethical Decision Making: a Crisis Intervention Approach

• Ethics: Dignity and Worth of a Person, ½- day

• Family Involvement Meeting (FIM) Facilitation, 2-day

• From Good to Great: Maximizing Skills to Enhance AR Practice

• From Prison to Home: the Psychological Challenges to Re-entry

• How to Increase Teamwork and Collaboration in Your Unit

• Impact of Culture on Child Maltreatment

• Intimate Partner Violence: Dynamics, Assessment and Intervention Strategies

• New! Meeting the Ethical Responsibilities of Recent Changes to Child Abuse and Neglect Law

• Partnering with Caregivers Stuck in Blocked Care

• Photography 101: Merging Your Trauma and Development Lens to Capture the Whole Picture

• Professional Conflict Resolution and a Culture of Conflict Acceptance

• Safety Awareness for the Child Welfare Professional

• Supervision Matters Administrators

• Supervision Matters Supervisors

• Testifying for Professionals in Child Welfare

• The Artful Management of Conflict

• New! Trans-Racial Placements: Preparing and Supporting Families, ½- day

• Trauma Informed Casework• New! Understanding Behavior

of Adolescents with Trauma Histories

• Using Coaching Skills to Help with the Transfer of Learning

• New! Webinar_Ambiguous Grief and Foster Care

• New! Webinar_Community Violence and Trauma in Children and Adolescents

• New! Webinar_Helping Caretakers Parent the Wounded Child

Courses in blue denote New! offerings.


ContinuingEducation

Workshop Schedule

July 20192 Trauma Informed Casework

UMB SSW525 West Redwood Street

Baltimore, MD 21201

10 American Indian/Indigenous Peoples Cultural Proficiency, ½- dayTalbot Co. DSS301 Bay St. #5

Easton, MD 21601

16 Developing the Practice of Those You SuperviseBaltimore City DSS 3031 E. Biddle St.

Baltimore, MD 21213

17 New! Trans-Racial Placements: Preparing and Supporting Families, ½- day

Montgomery Co. DHHS1301 Piccard Drive

Rockville, MD 20874

18 From Good to Great: Maximizing Skills to Enhance AR PracticePrince George's Co. DSS

925 Brightseat RoadLandover, MD 20785

18 Eliminating Disparities & Promoting Equity in the Field of Social Work

Baltimore City DSS3031 E. Biddle St.

Baltimore, MD 21213

23 New! Webinar_ Helping Caretakers Parent the Wounded Child Online

23 Ensuring FIM Fidelity: A Refresher Course for Experienced Facilitators, Workers and Supervisors

Howard Co. DSS1301 Piccard Drive

Rockville, MD 20874

23 A Journey to Remember: Supporting Clients Who are On the Road to Recovery


Baltimore, MD 21201

24 Basic LGBTQ Competency for Child Welfare ProfessionalsCharles Co. DSS

200 Kent Ave LaPlata, MD 20646

25 From Prison to Home: the Psychological Challenges to Re-entryFrederick Co. DSS

1888 North Market StreetFrederick, MD 21701

29 Engaging Child Victims of Sex Trafficking: The Role of the Child Welfare Worker

Washington Co. DSS 122 N. Potomac StreetHagerstown, MD 21741

30 Photography 101: Merging Your Trauma and Development Lens to Capture the Whole Picture


Baltimore, MD 21201

30 Ethics: Dignity and Worth of a Person, ½- dayBaltimore City DSS 3031 E. Biddle St.

Baltimore, MD 21213

31 Enhancing Your Credibility in Court UMB SSW

525 West Redwood Street Baltimore, MD 21201


ContinuingEducation

Workshop Schedule

August 20195-6 Introduction to Family Preservation (with MD CHESSIE

Application), 2-day UMB SSW


6-8 Introduction to Placement and Permanency (with MD CHESSIE Application), 3-day


Baltimore, MD 21201

6 The Artful Management of ConflictMontgomery Co. DHHS

1301 Piccard DriveRockville, MD 20874

7 New! Meeting the Ethical Responsibilities of Recent Changes to Child Abuse and Neglect Law

Anne Arundel Co. DSS7500 Ritchie Hwy

Glen Burnie, MD 21061

7 Creating Teachable MomentsWashington Co. DSS

122 N. Potomac StreetHagerstown, MD 21741

7 Basic LGBTQ Competency for Child Welfare Professionals

Calvert Co. DSS200 Duke St

Prince Frederick, MD 20678

8 Enhancing Your Credibility in CourtUMB SSW


13 Ethical Decision Making: a Crisis Intervention ApproachMontgomery Co. DHHS


13 Trauma Informed CaseworkUMB SSW


15 Beyond Emotional Intelligence: Emotional Competence in the Workplace, ½- day

Somerset Co. DSS30397 Mt. Vernon Rd

Princess Anne, MD 21853

20 New! Direct Service Situation: Balancing Ethical Responsibilities

Baltimore City DSS 3031 E. Biddle St.

Baltimore, MD 21213

21 Safety Awareness for the Child Welfare ProfessionalAnne Arundel Co. DSS

7500 Ritchie HwyGlen Burnie, MD 21061

22 Ethical Considerations When Working with Vulnerable Populations

Anne Arundel Co. Heritage Complex2664 Riva Road

Annapolis, MD 21401

22 Engaging Child Victims of Sex Trafficking: The Role of the Child Welfare Worker

Talbot Co. DSS301 Bay St. #5

Easton, MD 21601


ContinuingEducation

Workshop Schedule

August 201927 New! Webinar_Ambiguous Grief and Foster Care Online

27-28 Introduction to CPS Responses, 2-day UMB SSW


28 How to Increase Teamwork and Collaboration in Your Unit

Prince George's Co. DSS925 Brightseat RoadLandover, MD 20785


ContinuingEducation

Workshop Schedule

September 20194 Testifying for Professionals in Child Welfare

Charles Co. DSS 200 Kent Ave

LaPlata, MD 20646

10 From Good to Great: Maximizing Skills to Enhance AR Practice

Frederick Co. DSS1888 North Market Street

Frederick, MD 21701

10 New! Understanding Behavior of Adolescents with Trauma Histories

Prince George's Co. DSS925 Brightseat RoadLandover, MD 20785

10 Secondary Traumatic StressUMB SSW


10-11 Introduction to CPS Responses, 2-dayUMB SSW


10-12 Introduction to Placement and Permanency (with MD CHESSIE Application), 3-day


Baltimore, MD 21201

11 Photography 101: Merging Your Trauma and Development Lens to Capture the Whole Picture


Baltimore, MD 21201

12 Impact of Culture on Child Maltreatment Baltimore City DSS 3031 E. Biddle St.

Baltimore, MD 21213

12 Intimate Partner Violence: Dynamics, Assessment and Intervention Strategies


Baltimore, MD 21201

12 Clinical Implications of Intrauterine Drug ExposureMontgomery Co. DHHS


16-17 Family Involvement Meeting (FIM) Facilitation, 2-day


Baltimore, MD 21201

17 Partnering with Caregivers Stuck in Blocked CareCaroline Co. Town Office Building

4 N. Second StreetDenton, MD 21629

18 Basic LGBTQ Competency for Child Welfare Professionals

Washington Co. DSS 122 N. Potomac StreetHagerstown, MD 21741

18 New! Webinar_ Community Violence and Trauma in Children and Adolescents Online


ContinuingEducation

Workshop Schedule

September 201919 New! Meeting the Ethical Responsibilities of Recent

Changes to Child Abuse and Neglect Law

Harford Co. DSS (WAGE Connections)975 Beards Hill RoadAberdeen, MD 21001

19-20 Introduction to Family Preservation (with MD CHESSIE Application), 2-day


Baltimore, MD 21201

23 Trauma Informed Casework UMB SSW


24 A Journey to Remember: Supporting Clients Who are on the Road to Recovery


Baltimore, MD 21201

25 Conducting Screening Assessments: Seeing Reporters as Resources

Caroline Co. Town Office Building4 N. Second StreetDenton, MD 21629

25 Enhancing Your Credibility in Court Dorchester Co. DSS

627 Race St.Cambridge, MD 21613

26 Professional Conflict Resolution and a Culture of Conflict Acceptance

Frederick Co. DSS1888 North Market Street

Frederick, MD 21701


A to Z WorkshopDescriptions

A Journey to Remember: Supporting Clients Who are on the Road to Recovery

July 23, 2019 • UMB SSW9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs

September 24, 2019 • UMB SSW9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs

Explore the Case Worker’s role in supporting clients who are struggling to achieve health and recovery from substance abuse and/or mental health disorders. This training will help workers understand the individual and family dynamics, theories, treatment modalities and helpful engagement approaches for clients struggling with substance abuse and/or mental health disorders.

Workers will have a better understanding of how these two dynamics can be intertwined, and how co-morbidity may complicate the process of recovery. Through discussion and activities, workers will be equipped to weave together their roles as motivator/supporter with their protective authority to foster better relationships and outcomes for clients.

American Indian/Indigenous Peoples Cultural Proficiency, ½- day

July 10, 2019 • Talbot Co. DSS9:00 am - 12:15 pm • 3.0 CEUs

Throughout history, Native Americans/American Indians/Indigenous Peoples of the United States have been misunderstood, stereotyped and viewed as the ‘minorities’ of minorities. Years of oppression and violations against Native American people have led to feelings of fear and mistrust that must be acknowledged and addressed in order for the child welfare community to meet the unique needs and concerns of this population.

This half-day workshop will explore the past, present and future with a focus on bridging the gap between Native Americans and the rest of society. Compliance standards for the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) of 1978 will be reviewed, including established protocol for the removal and out of home placement of Indian children in foster and adoptive homes, as well as the involvement of Tribes and Native American families in child welfare cases. Participants will be provided with a historical, legal and cultural perspective so that they can better support safety, permanency and well-being outcomes for Native American children and families.



Basic LGBTQ Competency for Child Welfare Professionals

July 24, 2019 • Charles Co. DSS9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs

August 7, 2019 • Calvert Co. DSS9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs

September 18, 2019 • Washington Co. DSS9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs

This critical session equips child welfare professionals with a comprehensive foundation of knowledge on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQ) individuals and their experiences with the child welfare system. Participants will learn key concepts and terminology related to sexual orientation, gender identity and expression (SOGIE). Through relevant examples, video clips, group activities, and large/small group discussion, participants will explore personal values, gain accurate information, develop a greater understanding and awareness, and identify concrete steps for advocating for and improving practice with LGBTQ youth and families.

Beyond Emotional Intelligence: Emotional Competence in the Workplace, ½- day August 15, 2019 • Somerset Co. DSS9:00 am - 12:15 pm • 3.0 CEUs You have probably heard of emotional intelligence, but after we are able to identify our emotions and pinpoint their origin, what do we do with them? After developing emotional intelligence, the next step is emotional competence: the ability to experience and process emotions in order to pinpoint the underlying cause of distress and generate suggestions for change in one’s own behavior and organization. Participants will learn why emotional competence is important for organizational functioning, and when and how to successfully use emotions in the workplace.



Clinical Implications of Intrauterine Drug Exposure

September 12, 2019 • Montgomery Co. DHHS9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs

Drug use during pregnancy is a public health concern. Research has shown that children with intrauterine drug exposure are at an increased risk for physical, development, and emotional health concerns.

This interactive workshop will provide participants with an in-depth review of common drugs of abuse (legal, prescription, and illicit), and their impacts on neonatal and fetal development. Utilizing psychoeducation and various forms of media, participants will learn how common drugs of abuse impact both critical and sensitive periods of gestation. This workshop will also discuss the attachment process and how it is impacted by maternal substance abuse post-pregnancy. Participants will increase their knowledge of treatment options for pregnant women with a history of drug and/or alcohol abuse, and explore practical and effective interventions to employ when working with pregnant women with a history of drug and/or alcohol abuse and children impacted by intrauterine drug exposure. Participants will identify clinical strategies and techniques to employ while working with children and families affected by intrauterine drug exposure.

Conducting Screening Assessments: Seeing Reporters as Resources

September 25, 2019 • Caroline Co. Town Office Bldg9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs

When a call comes in to the hotline, it is Child Welfare’s first opportunity to begin the assessment process and assist families to meet their unique and at times complex needs. This training is intended for all workers who are employed full time in a screening unit or who have regular or occasional responsibility for screening reports. The training will focus on building strength-based, family-centered interview skills to gather information to make the informed and balanced initial assessment required for accurate screening decisions.



Creating Teachable Moments

August 7, 2019 • Washington Co. DSS9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs

Creating Teachable Moments was created to address what the statistics tell us, that youth are aging out without the skills necessary to navigate life in the direction of success! Unlike most of us growing up, some foster youth have not had the benefit of consistent, reliable role models and experiences that cultivate positive life skill development. A history of trauma makes it difficult for foster youth to develop trusting, meaningful relationships with adults, and they may exhibit challenging behaviors that further impede connection. The good news is that foster youth can and will learn critical life skills when a caring adult takes the time to teach them. Caregivers may believe that they are unable to assist with anything other than providing food, clothing, shelter and basic care, and may feel like their efforts to do anything more will fail. The reality is that most foster youth are working hard toward a better life, and caregivers and workers can make a significant difference by capitalizing on teachable moments to build the skills needed to get there. This course will explore the importance of using teachable moments to impart intangible skills such as problem solving, planning, decision-making, time management, communication, and interpersonal relations, as well as tangible skills like cooking, budgeting, or how to get a summer job. Participants will learn how teachable moments can be used to move youth towards independence and success.

Developing the Practice of Those You Supervise

July 16, 2019 • Baltimore City DSS9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 Supervision CEUs

Supervisors have an essential role in teaching social workers professional strategies for addressing complex issues in their practice. The purpose of this workshop is to enhance supervisory skills to help social workers understand their legal and professional responsibilities and to explore approaches to build critical thinking strategies of workers. This workshop includes practice activities to apply the content covered and examples of strategies for enhanced supervision. In addition, the new legislative changes to the child maltreatment definition will be covered.

This workshop fufills the Supervision continuing education requirements for Maryland Social Workers.

New! Direct Service Situation: Balancing Ethical Responsibilities

August 20, 2019 • Baltimore City DSS9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs

This workshop will explore the importance of under-standing and balancing ethical responsibilities. An emphasis will be placed in exploring dual relation-ships and boundary issues to enhance and improve ethical responsibilities and reduce ethical violations. This workshop will discuss common practice areas that raise ethical dilemmas and explore the code of ethics and propose various ethical decision making models that can utilized to resolve these ethical conflicts. Issues explored will be: code of ethics, understanding direct service situations, exploring professional relationships and limitations, ethical framework model, and best practice techniques. This is an interactive workshop were cases vi-gnettes will be presented and participants will work in a group setting to further maximize their under-standing of the concepts presented.



Eliminating Disparities & Promoting Equity in the Field of Social Work

July 18, 2019 • Baltimore City DSS9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs

This interactive training will provide participants with knowledge of common disparities experienced by many individuals related to health, education, and access to services. Participants will also engage in discussion around systemic change needed to promote and sustain equity and participate in an exercise on implicit and explicit bias and how they can impact interactions with clients. Participants will also learn about the connection between disparities and trauma. Participants will leave with tangible and practical skills that they can implement within the workplace to promote a culture of inclusion when conducting assessment and permanency planning.

Engaging Child Victims of Sex Trafficking: The Role of the Child Welfare Worker

July 29, 2019 • Washington Co. DSS9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs

August 22, 2019 • Talbot Co. DSS9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs

This one day workshop is designed to ensure that child welfare workers have the skills and knowledge to ensure that high-risk and trafficked children in the child welfare system are identified, assisted, and protected. Training participants will be provided with an overview of child sex trafficking in Maryland and receive information about the child sex trafficking laws and policy directives for Maryland. In addition, this workshop will provide participants with an opportunity to learn and demonstrate skills needed to successfully engage victims of child sex trafficking. Participants will collaborate with other child welfare workers by exploring case studies in the context of an interactive game where they will make decisions, identify relevant laws and policies, and both observe and rehearse the interpersonal skills needed to meet the needs of child victims of sex trafficking.



Enhancing Your Credibility in Court


August 8, 2019 • UMB SSW9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs

September 25, 2019 • Dorchester Co. DSS9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs

Many child welfare workers feel that they do not receive the respect they deserve when they appear in court. Others feel intimidated by the process of testifying. This one day training is designed to assist the new worker with enhancing his or her professional image and performance in court. Topics will include: preparing for a successful outcome in court, presenting a professional image, testifying as an expert witness, and maintaining composure and keeping pace with the adversarial attorney through effective testimony under cross-examination.

Ensuring FIM Fidelity: A Refresher Course for Experienced Facilitators, Workers and Supervisors

July 23, 2019 • Howard Co. DSS9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs

This training presents a unique opportunity to bring experienced facilitators, workers and supervisors together to discuss Family Involvement Meetings. Specifically, it will focus on core practices and processes that both facilitators and workers should engage in to ensure and enhance model fidelity. This training, as the name implies, is a refresher. Its intent is to review and update knowledge gained in previous FIM trainings. Participants will enhance their skills surrounding strengths based assessment, permanency planning and transitioning services related to FIMs for Preventing a Removal, Placement Change and Transition Planning.

Ethical Considerations When Working with Vulnerable Populations

August 22, 2019 • Anne Arundel Co. DSS Heritage Complex9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs

This full-day workshop focuses on the development of strategies for identifying and addressing common, yet complex ethical issues concerning confidentiality that child welfare professionals face in their practice. Current legal references will be provided concerning relevant confidentially statutes and the ethical codes of practice relevant for child welfare practice. Risk management strategies will also be identified.

Ethical Decision Making: a Crisis Intervention Approach

August 13, 2019 • Montgomery Co. DHHS9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs

When involved in a crisis, time is of the essence and often times social workers are expected to quickly triage and respond to a situation. The margin for error can be small or extensive depending on the situation(s). It is essential to quickly assess and react to a situation while using an ethical decision making model. This interactive workshop will explore appropriate ethical decision-making processes in a crisis situation/intervention. An emphasis will be placed on best practice techniques for ethical decision-making, allowing participants to engage and utilize various decision making models.



Ethics: Dignity and Worth of a Person, ½- day

July 30, 2019 • Baltimore City DSS9:00 am - 12:15 pm • 3.0 CEUs

The NASW Code of Ethics are founded on principles and core values that guide the professionalism and conduct of social work practice: Service, Social Justice, Dignity and Worth of a Person, Importance of Human Relationships, Integrity and Competence. This half-day course addresses the difficult task workers are faced when they are challenged to work with individuals or populations which may produce a negative internal reaction.

Participants will discuss ways to evaluate their ability to treat all people with Dignity and Worth. Participants will also be provided with techniques to enhance their ability to demonstrate this value when working in the field or back in the office.

Family Involvement Meeting (FIM) Facilitation, 2-day September 16-17, 2019 • UMB SSW9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 11.0 CEUs

This two-day training is specifically designed for persons who will be a back-up or full-time facilitators. It will provide participants with the general values, principles and skills needed for introductory level facilitation of Family Involvement Meetings. Participants will gain an understanding of the MD Family Centered Practice model (FCP) principles, outcomes and goals and how a FIM reflects them. They will learn about the procedural aspects of why, when and how FIMs are scheduled and how to prepare for a FIM.

From Good to Great: Maximizing Skills to Enhance AR Practice

July 18, 2019 • Prince George’s Co. DSS9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs

September 10, 2019 • Frederick Co. DSS9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs

Now that Maryland’s Dual Track CPS System is fully operational, localities are focused on strengthening and sustaining AR skills and practice. This Alternative Response (AR) course will help local departments move from “good enough” to GREAT AR implementation. Participants will explore best practices and what is working, as well as opportunities for improving the integration and delivery of AR whether working with a minimally to highly challenging family situation. Through hands-on learning and practice, participants will enhance their ability to utilize tools and strategies to engage and plan with a family from start to finish (first the family visit, developing the service plan and finally preparing a strengths based closing summary), ultimately leading to desired outcomes for the children and families being served.

From Prison to Home: The Psychological Challenges to Re-entry

July 25, 2019 • Frederick Co. DSS9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs

This workshop will explore the benefits and challenges of re-entry. Issues to be discussed include: re-entry programs, co-occurring disorders, implications for post-prison adjustment, support system, racial disparities, and re-entry. Current literature will be discussed and participants will be able to articulate psychological challenges of re-entry.



How to Increase Teamwork and Collaboration in Your Unit

August 28, 2019 • Prince George’s Co. DSS9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs

In this one-day course, participants will learn the difference between a group and a team, the stages of team development, and how different individual styles and motivational factors affect the team’s ability to work collaboratively together. Barriers to effective teamwork will be addressed and participants will come away with specific strategies that can be used to increase teamwork and collaboration in their units and larger agencies. This course is geared specifically towards supervisors and administrators.

Impact of Culture on Child Maltreatment

September 12, 2019 • Baltimore City DSS9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs

This training focuses on how culture and spiritual traditions influence perceptions of child rearing among families. It also looks at how families respond to abuse and neglect based on their culture and offers strategies that child welfare workers can use to respond to child maltreatment with cultural sensitivity and competence.

Intimate Partner Violence: Dynamics, Assessment, and Intervention Strategies


The purpose of this training is to provide participants with a framework for addressing the issue of domestic violence within the context of a child welfare case. Specifically, participants will learn:

1. What constitutes domestic violence, and how children are affected by it;

2. How to identify the three different types of batterers, and the appropriate interventions for each type;

3. How to understand and work with the non-offending parent to enhance child safety;

4. What legal remedies are available; andwhen it is appropriate to remove a child from a home due to the presence of domestic violence.



Introduction to CPS Responses, 2-day

August 27-28, 2019 • UMB SSW9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 11.0 CEUs

September 10-11, 2019 • UMB SSW9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 11.0 CEUs

This course is designed for NEW caseworkers that have already taken the SoS: ASSESSING FOR RISK AND SAFETY, in-service. Experienced workers and supervisors that are being transferred to work with CPS populations in Maryland for the first time may also be registered. This 2-day training will provide an overview of both the Alternative Response and Investigative Response tracks. The training will reinforce the philosophy of Family Centered Practice with focus on the skills needed and procedures required for successful delivery of an Alternative Response with families. It will also provide basic information on enhancing the skills of the CPS worker to conduct a family centered investigation and on the process of collecting and analyzing information to make a CPS finding. Ethics and values related to child welfare, identification of child maltreatment, dynamics of child maltreatment, and the role of authority inherent in the child protective services position are also addressed in this workshop. Knowledge and skill development areas will include: engagement and communication, assessment, cultural competence, partnering, advocacy and community collaboration.

Introduction to Family Preservation (with MD CHESSIE Application), 2-day



Both days are required.Day 1: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Day 2: 9:00 am - 12:15 pm

This course is designed for NEW caseworkers who have already taken the SoS: ASSESSING FOR RISK AND SAFETY in-service and will be working in one of the following programs: Consolidated In-Home Services/Family Preservation, Interagency Family Services and Substance Exposed Newborns (SENS). Experienced workers and supervisors that are being transferred to work with In-Home populations in Maryland for the first time may also be registered.

This course addresses the basic clinical knowledge needed for working with families who are experiencing significant parenting and child behavioral problems, issues within family relationships, as well as families in which there has been abuse or neglect or significant risk of such. This training will also focus on skills necessary to conduct thorough assessments to prevent out-of-home placements, enhance family function and to ensure that children can be safely maintained in their homes. Techniques for obtaining family “buy-in” when services are considered as “voluntary,” yet the need for intervention exists, and criteria for determining case closure will also be addressed.



Introduction to Placement and Permanency (with MD CHESSIE Application), 3-day



This course is designed for NEW caseworkers that have already taken the SoS: ASSESSING FOR RISK AND SAFETY, in-service. Experienced workers and supervisors that are being transferred to work with Out of Home populations in Maryland for the first time may also be registered after their supervisors have notified the Child Welfare Academy.

This 3-day course addresses basic clinical knowledge and skills needed for professional work in foster care and kinship care services. The trainee will learn to integrate the principles of concurrent permanency planning into their foster care practice. The training focuses on early assessment of kinship family placement resources and the use of an outcome based model as well as explores the significance of support of extended family to the kinship triad.

New! Meeting the Ethical Responsibilities of Recent Changes to Child Abuse and Neglect Law

August 7, 2019 • Anne Arundel Co. DSS Glen Burnie Office9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs (inc. 3 hours Ethics)

September 19, 2019 • WAGE Connections9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs (inc. 3 hours Ethics)

This workshop will highlight the recent changes in policy and law that describe public child wel-fare responsibilities and licensing requirements when reporting and responding to suspected child maltreatment. Content will address the complex legal, ethical, and therapeutic issues that arise when reporting or responding to sus-pected child maltreatment, including making reports when an adult discloses he/she was maltreated as a child. Topics to be covered in-clude: child abuse and neglect civil and criminal definitions, reporting requirements, confidentiality law governing child abuse and neglect informa-tion, Social Work Code of Ethics, and DHS/SSA Policy Directives.



Partnering with Caregivers Stuck in Blocked Care

September 17, 2019 • Caroline Co. Town Office Bldg9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs

Child welfare professionals and resource/pre-permanency parents often end up feeling that they are on “opposite teams.” These professionals, who often carry a huge caseload and make important and lifelong decisions on behalf of vulnerable children, experience frustration, anger and sadness when a parent does not fulfill their responsibilities. When faced with moving a behaviorally challenging child to yet another foster or pre-adopt home, they may blame the parents for being unwilling to hang in there. Based upon the work of Dr. Jon Baylin and Dr. Dan Hughes, this workshop will help professionals understand that a parent’s brain in blocked care is similar to the brain of a child who experiences blocked trust because of all that has happened to them. Professionals will learn strategies for forming partnerships with parents to increase their capacity to empathize and reconnect with the child, as well as be a healing resource for the them.

Photography 101: Merging Your Trauma and Development Lenses to Capture the Whole Picture



There are developmental variations in the experience, impact and expression of trauma-related symptoms across different ages and stages. Understanding how trauma impacts child development is a key component to providing trauma-informed care to vulnerable children. Using a developmental framework, this course focuses on understanding how trauma can alter brain development and functioning, derail attachment, and result in both long and short term effects across multiple developmental domains. Specific information is provided on typical development versus development clouded by childhood maltreatment and other forms of trauma. Participants will be encouraged to combine their trauma and development lenses to capture the whole picture. They will be provided with tools and actionable strategies for advocating, engaging, and intervening to mitigate the impact of trauma on the developing child.

Participants are strongly encouraged to complete the Trauma Informed Casework training BEFORE taking this course.



Professional Conflict Resolution and a Culture of Conflict Acceptance

September 26, 2019 • Frederick Co. DSS9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs

How often do you disagree with your coworker or supervisor? Do you address your concerns, or do you tend to avoid creating conflict? Conflict in the workplace is unavoidable, and yet, many of us make a second career out of trying to avoid it. Unresolved conflict impedes communication, contributes to inefficient systems, and often results in burnout and turnover. Participants will learn and practice the steps to professional conflict resolution, create their own conflict resolution policy, and learn how to contribute to a culture of conflict acceptance in their organization.

Safety Awareness for the Child Welfare Professional

August 21, 2019 • Anne Arundel Co. DSS Glen Burnie Office • 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

This safety awareness training for child welfare staff is designed to equip participants with the tools, discipline and self-confidence to handle themselves in situations which may arise during the course of work. The training will cover sev-eral different areas including risk assessment, safety planning, pre-assault indicators, verbal escalation and report taking essentials. The workshop will enhance a participant’s ability to determine a client’s potential for violence, plan appropriately to ensure safe client care when transporting clients, recognize indicators that an assault may be imminent, learn techniques to dif-fuse a potentially explosive situation with clinical interventions and discuss items to keep in mind when reporting an assault to law enforcement personnel.

CEUs will not be offered for this training.

Secondary Traumatic Stress

September 10, 2019 • UMB SSW9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Both new and experienced workers can be affected by Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS), potentially causing a significant impact on their personal and professional lives. This full day training will help child welfare workers to understand STS and its effects so that they can concentrate on building coping mechanisms and supports in order to be effective in all areas of their lives.

CEUs will not be offered for this training.



Testifying for Professionals in Child Welfare

September 4, 2019 • Charles Co. DSS9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs

Professionals in the child welfare system often work with maltreated children and families with complex and generational trauma history. Because of these factors, professionals in this arena are more likely to be called to testify and must quickly tell their client’s story and advocate for the most appropriate recommendation. Testifying can be a difficult and daunting task when public speaking naturally evokes a sense of anxiety and uncertainty. Legal proceedings can have a profound effect on the child (short and long term consequences), therefore it is imperative that social workers be prepared to professionally articulate and advocate for their client during the testimony phase of a case. This workshop will explore the language of testifying and the various techniques and tips to enhance and promote effective and powerful testimony. Additional topics presented in this workshop will be: understanding the various laws and regulations for testifying, exploring and managing the trauma narrative, various effects of short and long-term permanency, court etiquette and preparation. This is an interactive workshop where cases vignettes and group activities will be used to further enhance the learning experience. Participants will practice their “elevator speech” and delivery of quick case summaries and recommendations in an engaging and comprehensive manner.

The Artful Management of Conflict

August 6, 2019 • Montgomery Co. DHHS9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs

A key element to success as a child welfare supervisor or administrator is the ability to work effectively with different personality styles and with a variety of teams, whether they are clients, colleagues, supervisees or community partners. Because conflict is inherent when people work together, it is critical for child welfare supervi-sors and administrators to learn how to manage it effectively in the course of their work. In this course, participants will examine the causes of conflict and the different modes of conflict man-agement, and will increase their understanding of their own style of addressing conflict. The im-portance of managing challenging personalities, recognizing and defusing anger, and cultivating emotional intelligence on the development of high functioning teams will be explored. Using case scenarios, videos and hands-on learning, participants will come away with concrete strat-egies for increasing the performance of their individual workers and their entire teams through the artful management of conflict.


New! Trans-Racial Placements: Preparing and Supporting Families, ½- day

July 17, 2019 • Montomery Co. DHHS9:00 am - 12:15 pm • 3.0 CEUs

Families who adopt a child of a different race or from another culture are confronted with a unique set of issues and concerns that require careful thought, preparation and ongoing education. This seminar is designed for professionals working with families who intend to adopt trans-racially or trans-culturally. It will provide information and strategies when working with parents to help them evaluate their readiness to embrace a multi-racial/multi-cultural family identi-ty. It will also help professionals to prepare families for the realities and ongoing challenges of adopting trans-racially/trans-culturally to increase the likeli-hood of a smooth transition and successful place-ment.

Trauma Informed Casework


August 13, 2019 • UMB SSW9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs


A trauma informed child welfare workforce is knowledgeable about how trauma affects an individual at any stage of development, and is strategic about incorporating specific elements into service delivery to improve communication, increase awareness, and ultimately reduce trauma for children. This workshop will explore the origins of trauma, the impact of trauma on the neurological system, and subsequent cognitive distortions and behavioral manifestations. Participants will also gain knowledge regarding appropriate trauma informed screening, assessment and intervention strategies for families and foster care providers.

New! Understanding Behavior of Adolescents with Trauma Histories

September 10, 2019 • Prince George’s Co. DSS9:00 am - 4:00 pm • 5.5 CEUs

Adolescence can be a trying time for teens and their parents. While all teenagers struggle with is-sues related to peers, independence, identity and self-esteem, these issues are often compounded for adopted teens and teens in care. This seminar is designed to help participants understand the re-lationship between trauma and adolescent devel-opment, with an emphasis upon how the norma-tive developmental tasks of identify development, separation and individuation can be exacerbated for adolescents in care. Participants will gain a better understanding of adolescent brain develop-ment from a trauma lens, and will be able to dif-ferentiate between “typical” adolescent challenges versus behavior that has been negatively shaped by trauma. Workers will learn effective ways of assisting resource parents with communicating, setting limits, gaining trust, and building a positive relationship with the teens in their care.



New! Webinar_Ambiguous Grief and Foster Care

August 27, 2019 • Online12:00 pm - 1:30 pm • 1.5 CEUs

The majority of youth in foster care have experienced significant losses and have been separated from all they know including familiar people, places and things. The sense of grief and loss can be profound and difficult to process. This webinar will explore ambiguous grief (grieving someone who is still alive) in depth, helping participants to better understand and address the grief of non-death losses. The complexities of these losses will be addressed, along with uses of Pauline Boss’s evidence-based approach to coping with ambiguous losses, both individually and as a family.

New! Webinar_Community Violence and Trauma in Children and Adolescents

September 18, 2019 • Online10:30 am - 12:00 pm • 1.5 CEUs

Community violence can happen without warning and can take many forms including bullying, gang fighting, terrorist attacks, and shootings in public areas such as schools and neighborhoods. Children traumatized by community violence may experience a wide range of symptoms across multiple domains of functioning. Whether the community violence is an isolated incident or a common occurrence, the resulting impact is real and far reaching. This webinar will provide child welfare workers with an understanding of the traumatic impact of community violence, and will explore concrete strategies and interventions that can be employed to build resiliency in children who have witnessed or directly experienced forms of community violence.

New! Webinar_Helping Caretakers Parent the Wounded Child

July 23, 2019 • Online10:30 am - 12:00 pm • 1.5 CEUs

This webinar will help child welfare workers better understand the behaviors of a child who has been hurt by trauma and broken attachments. Participants will learn how early childhood hurt and neglect from trusted adults impacts a child’s brain development and ability to regulate emotions. There will be a focus on reframing challenging behaviors and developing empathic responses that affirm and nurture attachment. Workers will leave with concrete discipline strategies and approaches that they can share with caregivers who are caring for children impacted by trauma.



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