Webinar! November 15, 2012: Building Systems to Support Trauma-Informed Practice
This session will begin with an introduction to trauma-informed child welfare systems, emphasizing how the pieces of a trauma-informed system can fit together to have a positive impact on outcomes.   It will then highlight the experience of two sites who participated from 2010 – 2012 in a Breakthrough Series Collaborative on using trauma-informed child welfare practice to improve placement stability.  Presenters from San Diego County, CA and Oklahoma will share their experience with building systems to support trauma-informed practice –such as supportive supervision, consistent policies and practice expectations, and an array of trauma informed intervention services.  Join us to learn about trauma-informed systems, and to explore the steps that you can take to build these systems, and lessons learned by sites engaged in this process.

Clare Anderson, Deputy Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Lisa Conradi, Chadwick Trauma Informed Systems Project, Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, California
Debra Zander-Willis, Director of Child Welfare Services, San Diego, California
Annette Kirk Burleigh, Programs Manager, Trauma Informed Services, Child Welfare Division, Oklahoma Department of Human Services

Webinar File: View the recording of this webinar!*
* We apologize for the poor audio quality in this recording and are working on ways to improve.

Handouts:
- Agenda and Contact Information
- Addressing Trauma in Child Welfare: Promoting Well-Being for Children, Youth and Families (ACF) - Download as PPT or PDF
- Trauma-Informed Systems (Rady Children's Hospital, CA) - Download as PPT or PDF
- Development of Trauma-Informed Practice in San Diego (Child Welfare Services, San Diego, CA) - Download as PPT or PDF
- Creating a Trauma-Informed Child Welfare System: The Oklahoma Story (OK DHS) - Download as PPT or PDF
- All About Me ~ Infants (0-1 year) Form (Child Welfare Services, San Diego, CA)
- All About Me ~ Children (ages 1-17) Form (Child Welfare Services, San Diego, CA)
- Trauma-Informed Transition for All Children Resource Parent Letter (Child Welfare Services, San Diego, CA)
- Understanding Child Traumatic Stress for Parents and Caregivers

Follow Up Information:
- Chat Questions and Responses from Presenters
- Things to Try: Greatest Hits (from NCCD, provided by Debra Zander- Willis)

Resources:
See Below

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Webinar! January 10, 2013: Expanding Trauma-Informed Services in Child Welfare Systems (Cosponsored by the National Resource Center for Legal and Judicial Issues)
This session will highlight resources and strategies child welfare agencies, providers and courts can use to expand the availability of trauma informed services across child serving systems to improve outcomes.   Presenters will highlight resources available from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN), and local leaders from three systems – child welfare, mental health and courts – will discuss the steps they have taken to expand trauma-informed services both within their systems and in collaboration with other systems.  Join in this discussion of barriers and possible approaches and resources you can use to develop trauma informed services across child serving systems.

Jane Halladay Goldman, Director of Service Systems, National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, Los Angeles, California
James Henry, Director, Southwest Michigan Children's Trauma Assessment Center, Western Michigan University
Luther Lovell, Children's Services Program Manager, Michigan Department of Human Services
Carrie Thompson, Youth Intervention Specialist, Mecosta-Oseola Community Mental Health, Michigan
Kay Jankowski, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Department of Psychiatry and Dartmouth Trauma Interventions Research Center
Judge Susan Ashley, New Hampshire Circuit Court, 7th Circuit, Rochester, New Hampshire

Webinar File: View the recording of this webinar!

Handouts:
- Agenda and Contact Information
- The National Child Traumatic Stress Network Presentation - Download as PPT or PDF
- Southwest Michigan Children's Trauma Assessment Center (Michigan) - Download as PPT or PDF
- Expanding Trauma Informed Services in Child Welfare: A Court Perspective (New Hampshire) - Download as PPT or PDF
- Screening Checklist: Age 0-5 (Michigan)
- Screening Checklist: Age 6-18 (Michigan)
- Trauma-Informed System Change Instrument (Michigan)
- Trauma-Informed Removal Process Handout (Michigan)
- CPS On Call Guide - Abbreviated (Michigan)

Resources:
Screening and Assessment
NCTSN Learning Center:
On this webpage, 1) create a new account, then 2) log in - then go to course categories - then to continuing education
- Free on line speaker series and trainings
- Screening and Assessment for Trauma in Child Welfare Settings Speaker Series (April - Aug 2012)
- Screening and Assessment in the Juvenile Justice System Speaker Series

From the Children's Bureau:
Well-being Instruments for Early Childhood
Well-being Instruments for Middle Childhood and Adolescence

Child Welfare
National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN): Child Welfare System Webpage:
- Caring for Children Who Have Experienced Trauma: A Workshop for Resource Parents (2010)
- Child Welfare Trauma Training Toolkit (2008)
- Birth Parents with Trauma Histories in Child Welfare: Fact Sheets (for parents, child welfare staff, judges and attorneys, mental health professionals, resource parents)

Chadwick Trauma-Informed Systems Project Webpage:
- Creating Trauma-Informed Child Welfare Systems: A Guide for Administrators (2012)

Trauma and Parenting: A Practice Brief: From ACS-NYU Children's Trauma Institute (2012)

Easing Foster Case Placement: A Practice Brief: From ACS-NYU Children's Trauma Institute (2012)

Creating Trauma-Informed Systems of Child Welfare: From the Center for Excellence in Children's Mental Health, University of Minnesota (2011)

Trauma-Informed Care Tip Sheets - From the Safe Start Center

Healing the Wounds: Children Exposed to Violence - A Guide for Families and Quick Reference Card (available in English and Spanish)

Trauma-Informed Child Welfare: Webinar from the National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections (2011)

From ACF
Integrating Safety, Permanency, and Well-Being for Children and Families in Child Welfare - A Summary of ACF projects in Fiscal Year 2012

ACF Initiative to Improve Access to Needs-Driven, Evidence-Based/Evidence-Informed Mental and Behavioral Health Services in Child Welfare: ACYF demonstration project

Integrating Trauma-Informed and Trauma-Focused Practice in Child Protective Service (CPS0 Delivery: ACF demonstration project

Promoting Social and Emotional Well-Being for Children and Youth Receiving Child Welfare Services: ACF Information Memorandum (IM)

Child Welfare Waiver Demonstration Projects: ACF Information Memorandum

Mental Health
NCTSN Members

NCTSN Empirically Supported Treatments and Promising Practices

SAMHSA's National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices

California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare

From SAMHSA:
- National Center for Trauma-Informed Care
- Promoting Recovery and Resilience for Children and Youth Involved in Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Systems

Courts
NCTSN Juvenile Justice System Webpage

Toolkit on Court-Involved Youth and Exposure to Violence

Trauma-Informed System of Care Website (National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges)

Secondary Traumatic Stress:
Addressing Secondary Traumatic Stress Among Child Welfare Staff: A Practice Brief: From ACS-NYU Children's Trauma Institute (2012)

The Resilience Alliance: Promoting Resilience and Reducing Secondary Traumatic Stress Among Child Welfare Staff: From ACS-NYU Children's Trauma Institute: Training Manual and Participant Handbook

General Resources:
Children's Bureau Express, 2/12, Spotlight on Trauma-Informed Care

Child Welfare Information Gateway

National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections: Hot Topics - Trauma-Informed Child Welfare

National Center for Trauma-Informed Care, SAMHSA

Child Welfare Journal: Special Issue on Trauma. Vol 90 (6), 2011


National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections Webcast (February 6, 2013) - Trauma Informed Practice with Children and Youth in the Child Welfare System