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    Helping LGBTQ Families Navigate the Child Welfare System

    This webinar describes the unique needs of LGBTQ families and identifies useful strategies and resources to help child welfare agencies support them at the policy, program, and practice levels.

    Estimated Time: 01:00 Primary Audience:
    Child Welfare Administrator/Manager/Supervisor
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    E-Learning

    Certificate of Completion

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    Indian Child Welfare Act

    An interactive course for court professionals that covers the provisions and historical context of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) in ten short modules.

    Estimated Time: 02:00 Primary Audience:
    Attorney or GAL
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    Indian Child Welfare Act
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    Certificate of Completion

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    Representing Parents in Child Welfare Cases

    An interactive course on how to advocate for parent's rights and interests in dependency cases. Topics include client interviews, emergency removals, required court findings, litigation strategies, motions practice, and visitation arrangements.

    Estimated Time: 02:00 Primary Audience:
    Attorney or GAL
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    Representing Parents in Child Welfare Cases
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    Focused CQI Services (2-Day Curriculum for Teams)

    A downloadable curriculum intended to help states and territories design, implement, and sustain a comprehensive, complex, and multifaceted Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) system.

    Estimated Time: Multi-day Primary Audience:
    Direct Child Welfare Service Provider
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    Continuing Education Credit (CEU)

    Continuing Education Credit (CEU) Certificate
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    2016 Child Welfare Virtual Expo2016 Child Welfare Virtual Expo: Building Capacity to Address Sex Trafficking and Normalcy

    The 2016 Child Welfare Virtual Expo has been transformed into a downloadable curriculum on strategies and best practices for addressing sex trafficking and promoting normalcy among children and youth in foster care.

    Estimated Time: 06:00 Primary Audience:
    Child Welfare Administrator/Manager/Supervisor
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    Continuing Education Credit (CEU)

    Continuing Education Credit (CEU) Certificate
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    Family Empowerment E-learning

    This interactive course will help agency staff and family leaders learn how to build meaningful partnerships, provide peer-to-peer support to families, and promote positive outcomes through family empowerment.

    Estimated Time: 04:00 Primary Audience:
    Direct Child Welfare Service Provider
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    Family Empowerment Curriculum
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    Family Empowerment Training Curriculum

    This in-person training curriculum will help agency staff and family leaders learn how to build meaningful partnerships, provide peer-to-peer support to families, and promote positive outcomes through family empowerment.

    Estimated Time: Multi-day Primary Audience:
    Direct Child Welfare Service Provider
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    Family Empowerment Curriculum
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    Supporting and Affirming LGBTQ Children and Youth

    This webinar explores ways to provide lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) children and youth with supportive messages related to sexual development, gender identity, and gender expression.

    Estimated Time: 01:00 Primary Audience:
    Child Welfare Administrator/Manager/Supervisor