August 2012Vol. 13, No. 7More 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 launched two new sections on its website:
- The new Youth section features resources on positive youth development and transitioning to adulthood and independent living:
http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/youth/
- The new Kinship Care section features resources for managers of kinship care programs, locating and working with kinship caregivers, achieving permanency in kinship care, and supporting kinship families:
http://www.childwelfare.gov/outofhome/kinship/
- Adoption Disruption and Dissolution
http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/s_disrup.pdf
- The new Youth section features resources on positive youth development and transitioning to adulthood and independent living:
- The National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center (AIA) redesigned its website and now features the AIA blog, which will regularly include new information on topics such as AIA's Resource Center, interviews with experts, and AIA program highlights.
- Access the new website at: http://aia.berkeley.edu/
- Access the AIA official blog at: http://aia.berkeley.edu/blog/
- In addition, AIA published a new research to practice brief Supporting Children of Parents with Co-occurring Mental Illness and Substance Abuse: http://aia.berkeley.edu/media/pdf/brief_supporting_children.pdf (1 MB)
- The National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement (NCROI) posted a recording and accompanying handouts from its June webinar, "Coaching Change," which focused on the critical role that coaches, supervisors, and managers play in supporting practice change. Materials are available at: http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/helpkids/tele_detail.htm
A new issue of the NRCOI's newsletter Child Welfare Matters is also centered on coaching in child welfare:
http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/helpkids/rcpdfs/cwmatters12.pdf (1 MB)
The NCROI has also posted Kinship Care: A Guide for Judges, Attorneys and Court Participants:
http://tatis.muskie.usm.maine.edu/pubs/pubdetailWtemp.asp?PUB_ID=B060076 (787 KB) - The National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI) will hold the fifth session of its Workforce and Leadership National Webinar Series on Wednesday, September 26, 3:00–4:30 p.m. (ET), with a focus on coaching for solution-focused casework practice. For more information, visit: http://www.ncwwi.org/events
The next Residential Training session for NCWWI's Leadership Academy for Middle Managers (LAMM) will take place in Philadelphia, PA, October 21–26, 2012. This session will cover States in regions III and IV. The nomination window is July 23–September 7, 2012. More information and the full nomination and residential training schedule is available here:
http://www.ncwwi.org/lamm/index.html - The National Quality Improvement Center on Differential Response in Child Protective Services (QIC-DR) published Early Implementation and Fidelity: Cross Site Report of the National Quality Improvement Center on Differential Response in Child Protective Services:
http://www.differentialresponseqic.org/assets/docs/cross-site-report-may-2012-1.pdf (924.06 KB) - The National Resource Center for Adoption (NRCA) posted the current contact list for the National Association of State Adoption Programs (NASAP): http://www.nrcadoption.org/programs/nasap/
- The National Resource Center for Child Protective Services (NRCCPS) posted a presentation from its session on "Decision Making in Child Welfare: A Discussion of Tools, Influences, Outcomes and Research (Parts 1-3)," presented at the 18th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect: http://nrccps.org/information-dissemination/understanding-decision-making/
The NRCCPS also announced the Summer 2012 edition of Citizen Connections, the e-newsletter produced by the Citizen Review Panels for Child Protective Services: http://www.uky.edu/SocialWork/crp/ - The National Resource Center for Child Welfare Data & Technology (NRCCWDT) will host a webinar on "Placement and Educational Stability," on August 21, 2012, 2:00–3:30 p.m. (ET): http://www.nrccwdt.org/peer-networking/webinars/
In addition, NRCCWDT posted several new items to its section on Using Data and Technology:
- Research Roundup #2—Web Sites for Prospective Adoptive Parents; Technology and the Prevention of Child Abuse:
http://www.nrccwdt.org/2012/05/research-roundup-2-web-sites-for-prospective-adoptive-parents-technology-and-the-prevention-of-child-abuse/
- Disaster Lessons Learned—Program Considerations (Highlights from the Katrina Coastal IT Workshop):
http://www.nrccwdt.org/2012/05/disaster-lessons-learned-program-considerations-highlights-from-the-katrina-coastal-it-workshop/
- Tips, Tools, and Trends "Quality Data: Not Just for QA Managers Anymore":
http://www.nrccwdt.org/2012/04/tips-tools-and-trendsdata-quality-not-just-for-qa-managers-anymore/
- Research Roundup #2—Web Sites for Prospective Adoptive Parents; Technology and the Prevention of Child Abuse:
- The National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections (NRCPFC) published new resources on LGBTQ Parents:
- Resource List: LGBT-Headed Resource Families: http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/socwork/nrcfcpp/info_services/download/Resources_Youth%20Perspectives%20LGBT%20Families%206.11.12.pdf (489 KB)
- Tips for Child Welfare Professionals: Talking about LGBT-Headed Families: http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/socwork/nrcfcpp/info_services/download/Tips_for_CW_Professionals_Talking_about_LGBT_Families%206.14.12.pdf (404 KB)
- 10 Things Children and Youth May Want Their LGBT Foster or Adoptive Parents to Know:
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/socwork/nrcfcpp/info_services/download/10%20Things%20Children%20and%20Youth%20Want%20LGBT%20Resource%20Parents%20to%20Know%205.24.12.pdf (340 KB)
- The National Resource Center for Recruitment and Retention of Foster and Adoptive Parents at AdoptUSKids (NRCRRFAP) copresented a free webinar in June with the National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections on "LGBT-Headed Foster and Adoptive Families: Youth Perspectives." Read more at:
http://www.adoptuskids.org/news-and-announcements/upcoming-events/story?k=lgbt-webinar-2012 - The National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health (TA Center) posted the recording of its June webinar, "Outcome Measurement and Management for Children and Youth Behavioral Health Services," along with the accompanying PowerPoint presentation.
The webinar recording is available at:
http://gucchdtacenter.georgetown.edu/resources/2012calls.html
The PowerPoint presentation is available at:
http://gucchdtacenter.georgetown.edu/resources/Webinar%20and%20Audio%20Files/Children's%20Bureau%20Presentation%20Outcomes%20Final.pdf (2 MB) - The Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health (TA Partnership) posted the June/July issue of the TA Partnership newsletter:
http://www.tapartnership.org/newsletter/archives/201206.php
In addition, the TA Partnership will host two webinars in August:
- "The Impact of Unmet Mental Health Needs and School Disciplinary Practices on Student Behavior Problems and Justice System Involvement," on August 8, 2012, 3:00–4:30 p.m. (ET). Register here:
http://www.tapartnership.org/events/listView.php?id=1097#event1097 - "Addressing Disparities in Communities of Color Through Integrated Care," on August 23, 2012, 3:00–4:30 p.m. (ET). More information is available on the TA Partnership website:
http://www.tapartnership.org/events/listView.php?id=1109\
- "The Impact of Unmet Mental Health Needs and School Disciplinary Practices on Student Behavior Problems and Justice System Involvement," on August 8, 2012, 3:00–4:30 p.m. (ET). Register here: