NTI Child Welfare Training

Free state-of-the-art, web-based, standardized training that gives you the ability to learn at your own pace.

The modular web-based training is 20 hours and focuses on case work practices and professional skills for staff across the child welfare continuum to promote child well-being, permanency and family stability for children living with foster, adoptive or guardianship families.
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Course curriculum

    1. Resources

    2. Lesson 1: Overview, Purpose, and Need

    3. Lesson 2: Guiding Principles That Supportive Effective Mental Health Practice

    4. Lesson 3: Adoption & Guardianship Options Today - How Practices Have Changed

    5. Lesson 4: Children's Urgent Need for Permanence

    1. Lesson 1: Overview of the Mental Health Needs of Children

    2. Lesson 2: Mental Health Assessment and Treatment Planning

    3. Lesson 3: Helping Children and Youth Create Their Life Narrative

    4. Lesson 4: Working with Parents to Address Mental Health Needs

    5. Lesson 5: Child Welfare Role with Community Mental Health Providers

    1. Lesson 1: Attachment and Separation Their Impact on Development

    2. Lesson 2: Supporting Attachment after Children's and Youth's Separation

    3. Lesson 3: Working with Children and Youth to Support Healthy Attachment

    4. Lesson 4: Child Welfare Professionals Role in Working with Parents

    5. Lesson 5: Working with Mental Health Providers to Support Attachment

    1. Lesson 1: The Impact of Race, Ethnicity, Culture, and Diversity

    2. Lesson 2: Understanding the Mental Health Needs of Children in Diverse Families

    3. Lesson 3: Working with Children and Youth Around Issues of Race and Racial Identity

    4. Lesson 4: Role with Parents in Transracial and Transcultural Families

    5. Lessons 5: Working with Youth and Families with Diverse SOGIE

    1. Lesson 1: Impact of Ambiguous and Unresolved Loss and Grief on Emotional Adjustments

    2. Lesson 2: Understanding Loss & Grief in the Context of Developmental Stages

    3. Lesson 3: Helping Children and Youth Deal with Loss and Grief

    4. Lesson 4: Helping Parents and Guardians Support Their Child's Grief

    5. Lesson 5: Maintaining Connections and Openness

    1. Lesson 1: Traumatic Experiences of Children Receiving Permanence

    2. Lesson 2: Understanding the Psychological Impact of Trauma & How Children Cope

    3. Lesson 3: Working With Children and Youth to Identify & Address the Impact of Trauma

    4. Lesson 4: Working with Parents to Address the Impact of Trauma

    5. Lesson 5: Child Welfare Professionals Role in Supporting Mental Health Treatment

About this course

  • Free
  • 44 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content