National Child Welfare Teleconference Events
The Center has compiled this listing of National Child Welfare Teleconferences and the registration links for your convenience. Teleconferences are a great way to obtain and share information about program, practice, and system of care development with other professionals outside the local area and/or Florida. Participant capacity varies depending on the event; however, Center users can use Live Meeting which will allow for up to 25 participants to utilize one registration.
Challenging Situations: Where Do We Go From Here?
Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 2-3:30 pm Eastern
Cost: $30
Hosted by: American Humane
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What do you do when a family’s case is transferred from a referring caseworker who is very supportive of the FGDM process to a caseworker who does not trust the family to keep the children safe? Or when family groups have a large percentage of incapacitated members (developmentally delayed, untreated mental health/substance abuse issues, etc.) who struggle to develop plans? Family members who become polarized, believing they each have the best plan and are unwilling to negotiate with each other? Family plans hijacked by systems post-family meeting without the families’ knowledge or involvement? Family members who refuse to attend if certain other family members are going to be there? In advance of this webinar, you are encouraged to submit case examples to American Humane that will serve as the platform for brainstorming solutions to challenges encountered during FGDM.
Improving Urban Service Systems for Children and Families
Thursday, November 19, 2009, 10-11:30 pm Eastern
Cost: Free
Hosted by: Chapin Hall
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The nation's urban service systems for children and families often struggle with conflicting goals, inadequate resources, and intense but temporary public attention during turmoil and tragedies. This forum will examine the many challenges of systems reform--through the lenses of education, health care and child welfare--and the steps, partnerships, and strategies required to help foster the successful development of vulnerable children and families.
Responding Restoratively to Children and Youth in Dual Jurisdictions of Dependency and Delinquency
Thursday, December 10, 2009, 2-3:30 pm Eastern
Cost: $30
Hosted by: American Humane
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Research shows that the average delinquency rate is 47 percent higher for children and youth who have been neglected or abused. Young persons involved in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems are considered “dual jurisdiction.” In many cases, children in the welfare system are moved from a system of care to a system of punishment and rehabilitation once they commit an offense. American Humane has developed an innovative restorative process that addresses both accountability and care in dual-jurisdiction cases. This webinar will provide an introduction to this groundbreaking model and a discussion of how it can effectively change the ways in which juvenile justice and child welfare systems collaborate for the benefit of youth and children.