November 2011Vol. 12, No. 8More Updates From the T&TA Network
The Children's Bureau's Training and Technical Assistance (T&TA) Network continues to produce resources that can help States and Tribes in their work with children and families. Some recent resources are listed below:
- Child Welfare Information Gateway has posted several new and updated publications. New publications include:
- Home Study Requirements for Prospective Foster Parents
http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/laws_policies/statutes/homestudyreqs.cfm - Open Adoption: Could Open Adoption Be the Best Choice for You and Your Baby?
http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/openadoption.cfm - Supporting Brain Development in Traumatized Children and Youth
http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/braindevtrauma.cfm - Child Maltreatment Prevention: Past, Present, and Future
http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/issue_briefs/cm_prevention.cfm
- Home Study Requirements for Prospective Foster Parents
- The National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center (AIA) has posted audio and slides for several webinar presentations that took place this summer. Among them are "Addressing Poverty as a Risk Factor in Child Neglect" and "The Effects of Stress on Parenting and Related Child Outcomes in Families Living With HIV."
http://aia.berkeley.edu/training/teleconference/teleconference_series_2011.php
AIA has also published a research to practice brief: Addressing the Needs of Parentified Children of HIV Positive Parents:
http://aia.berkeley.edu/media/pdf/brief_parentified_children.pdf (1.03 MB) - The National Quality Improvement Center on Differential Response in Child Protective Services (QIC DR) has published two issue briefs:
- Evolving Models of Practice and Differential Response Systems
http://www.differentialresponseqic.org/resources/issue-brief-2.pdf (855 KB) - Differential Response in Child Protective Services: A Guide for Judges and Judicial Officers
http://www.differentialresponseqic.org/resources/judgesguide.pdf (1.41 MB)
- Evolving Models of Practice and Differential Response Systems
- The National Quality Improvement Center on the Privatization of Child Welfare Services (QIC-PCW) has published Portrait of Private Agencies in the Child Welfare System: Principal Results for the National Survey of Private Child and Family Serving Agencies and Findings From Final Site Visits With Performance-Based Contracting and Quality Assurance Systems Research and Demonstration Projects:
http://www.uky.edu/SocialWork/qicpcw/resources/qicpubs.htm - The National Resource Center for Child Protective Services (NRCCPS) has posted two recent newsletters:
- The State Liaison Officer E-Newsletter at http://www.nrccps.org/documents/2011/pdf/July_2011_SLO_Newsletter.pdf (206 KB)
- The Children's Justice Act E-Newsletter at http://nrccps.org/wp-content/uploads/Summer-2011-CJA-Newsletter.pdf (257 KB)
- The National Resource Center for In-Home Services (NRCIHS) will host two webinars this month on prevention strategies for pregnant and parenting youth: on November 9, Innovative Programs for Pregnant and Parenting Teens In or Exiting Care, and on November 30, Programs for Teen Fathers and Legal Issues. To view a bibliography of resources compiled with the help of Child Welfare Information Gateway and to register for the webinars, go to:
http://www.nrcinhome.socialwork.uiowa.edu/events/current.shtml - The National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections (NRCPFC) has added a new webpage to its Fostering Connections section on Tribal issues:
http://www.nrcpfc.org/fostering_connections/indian_tribes.html - The National Resource Center for Recruitment and Retention of Foster and Adoptive Parents at AdoptUSKids (NRCRRFAP) has published a National Adoption Month Capacity Building Toolkit for 2011:
http://www.adoptuskids.org/images/resourceCenter/national-adoption-month-toolkit-2011.pdf (2.85 MB) - The National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health (the Center) will host a webinar on November 17, 2011, Addressing Disparities in Behavioral Health: SAMHSA and Office of Minority Health in Action! To register:
http://gucchdtacenter.georgetown.edu/resources/2011calls.html