April 2013Vol. 14, No. 3More 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 updated its Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect web section:
https://www.childwelfare.gov/preventing/
Information Gateway also posted the following new and updated resources:
- Access to Adoption Records:
https://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/laws_policies/statutes/infoaccessap.cfm - Openness in Adoption: Building Relationships Between Adoptive and Birth Families:
https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/f_openadopt.cfm - Working With Birth and Adoptive Families to Support Open Adoption:
https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/f_openadoptbulletin.cfm - Alternatives for Families: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (AF-CBT)
https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/cognitive/
- Access to Adoption Records:
- The National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center (AIA) published a new research-to-practice brief on Social Work Intervention With Co-Addicted Couples:
http://aia.berkeley.edu/media/pdf/coaddictedcouples.pdf (2 MB) - The National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement (NRCOI) posted the recordings and materials from its two-part fall 2012/winter2013 webinar series on trauma-informed child welfare:
http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/helpkids/tele_detail.htm#011013 - The National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI) posted 25 one-page research summaries on various topics, such as realistic job previews, organizational culture, recruitment and retention, secondary traumatic stress, and more:
http://www.ncwwi.org/resources/products/overviews.html
NCWWI will host the next session in its webinar series, "What Works for the Workforce: Leadership Competencies in Action" on May 8. For more information and to register for the session, "Developing a Culturally Responsive Workforce: The Texas Model for Undoing Disparity and Disproportionality in Child Welfare," visit:
http://www.ncwwi.org/events - The National Resource Center for Adoption (NRCA) published an updated list of their Regional Lead Consultants for 10 Regions and Tribes:
http://www.nrcadoption.org/about-us/mission/nrca-consultants/ - The National Resource Center for Child Protective Services (NRCCPS) posted the recording and materials from the following recent webinars:
- "Child Maltreatment 2011: Key Findings and Expanded Discussion":
- http://nrccps.org/information-dissemination/child-maltreatment-data/child-maltreatment-data-2011/
- "Implementation of Safety Practice in Child Welfare"
http://nrccps.org/peer-networks/slo-support/slo-webinars - NRCCPS also posted a revised Children's Justice Act Grantees Roster:
http://nrccps.org/wp-content/uploads/CJA-Roster-January-2013.pdf (199KB)
- "Child Maltreatment 2011: Key Findings and Expanded Discussion":
- The National Resource Center for Child Welfare Data and Technology (NRC-CWDT) published a new article in its Tips, Tools, and Trends series, "CFSR Permanency Composite Measures Syntax Enhancement":
http://www.nrccwdt.org/2013/01/cfsr-permanency-composite-measures-syntax-enhancement/ - The National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (FRIENDS) posted the recording and materials from their recent webinar on "Involving Parents and Practitioners Together in Ethical Challenges":
http://friendsnrc.org/teleconference-and-webinar-archive/2013-teleconference-and-webinar-archive/318-february-2013-involving-parents-and-practitioners-together-in-ethical-challenges - The National Resource Center for Diligent Recruitment (NRCDR) at AdoptUSKids posted the following new publications:
Key Elements and Strategies for Effective Interjurisdictional Work:
http://www.adoptuskids.org/_assets/files/NRCRRFAP/resources/key-elements-and-strategies-for-effective-interjurisdictional-work.pdf (2 MB)
Using Customer Service Concepts to Enhance Recruitment and Retention Practices:
http://www.adoptuskids.org/_assets/files/using-customer-service-concepts-to-enhance-recuitment-and-retention-practices.pdf (849 KB) - The National Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues (NRCLJI) posted the recording and materials for its recent webinar on continuous quality improvement:
http://www.americanbar.org/groups/child_law/what_we_do/projects/rclji.html - The National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections (NRCPFC) will host a webinar on "Quality Caseworker Visits: Solutions for Supporting Youth in Transition" on May 7, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. (EST). More details and registration information will be announced as they become available through NRCPFC's Weekly Update newsletter.
NRCPFC posted the recordings and materials for the following:
- "Focusing on Youth Well-Being: New Information About Applying a Protective and Promotive Factors Approach for Adolescents in Foster Care":
http://www.nrcpfc.org/teleconferences/2013-02-20.html - "Trauma-Informed Practice With Children and Youth in the Child Welfare System":
http://www.nrcpfc.org/webcasts/28.html
- "Focusing on Youth Well-Being: New Information About Applying a Protective and Promotive Factors Approach for Adolescents in Foster Care":
- The National Resource Center for Tribes (NRC4Tribes) posted the recording and presentation for its recent webinar on "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the NRC4Tribes":
http://www.nrc4tribes.org/webinars.cfm - The National Resource Center for Youth Development (NRCYD) will host "Legal Representation II: Incorporating Legal Services in Youth Programming: Overcoming Barriers to Employment and Education," the second webinar of a three-part webinar series about helping youth transition, on March 13. The final webinar in the series will be held on April 10. To learn more and to register for the webinar, visit:
http://www.solutionsdesk.ou.edu/community-of-practice.html
The NRCYD also is hosting the 2013 National Pathways to Adulthood: A Convening on Youth in Transition, August 7–9, in Baltimore, MD. Information about and goals for the convening are available on the NRCYD website:
http://www.nrcyd.ou.edu/np13 - The National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health (TA Center) posted the recording and materials for its recent webinar on "Using Multi-Tiered Systems of Support as a Bridge for Integrating Mental Health Services in Schools":
http://gucchdtacenter.georgetown.edu/resources/index.html#futurewebinars - The Quality Improvement Center on Early Childhood (QIC-EC) shared a new video from one of its research and demonstration projects, Project DULCE: Developmental Understanding and Legal Collaboration for Everyone, in which principle investigator, Dr. Robert Sege, talks about the project:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8WfiZutPdc
Learn more about Project DULCE on QIC-EC's website:
http://www.qic-ec.org/projects/boston - The Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health (TA Partnership) posted the February/March 2013 issue of the TA Partnership newsletter, featuring articles on the roles families can play in systems of care, a toolkit for youth transitioning out of foster care, and much more:
http://www.tapartnership.org/newsletter/archives/201302.php
TA Partnership posted the recordings and materials for several webinars. Find all webinar materials in TA Partnership's webinar archive:
http://www.tapartnership.org/events/webinars/webinarArchives/searchByDate.php?id=topic8#content8