The Center offers training to a variety of child welfare legal and related professionals, including:
A one-day interactive trial skills training program for child welfare professionals. Let our staff customize training for your state, local jurisdiction, or tribal entity.
Center staff travel throughout the country providing training to meet the individual needs of state and local jurisdictions. Sample topics include:
Legal representation for children, parents, and child welfare agencies
Removing barriers to permanency for children in the child welfare system
Improving trial skills for child welfare attorneys
Visitation advocacy
Creating a kin-first culture
Strengthening communication between agencies and courts
Implementing federal kinship requirements
Special Immigrant Juvenile Status
Developing trauma-informed practice
Advocating for LGBTQ youth in foster care
Engaging youth in court
Ensuring stable access to education of children in foster care
Addressing the intersection between immigration and child welfare law
Implementing federal Indian Child Welfare Act requirements
Understanding the impact of substance abuse on permanency
To discuss training needs, please contact Prudence Beidler Carr.