Moral Injury and Healing in Child Welfare

This online course from the University of Minnesota will provide you with the knowledge and confidence to develop your understanding of moral injury. Selected video-based instruction led by Dr. Haught will guide your learning experience. This self-paced course is divided into five learning modules on moral injury and healing for mental health, addictions, social work and child welfare professionals.

Register for this on-demand class here: https://online.umn.edu/courses/moral-injury-and-healing-child-welfare

DEI Training from News Channel 5 (Nashville)

This video provides one hour of training on diversity, equity and inclusion. https://www.newschannel5.com/news/the-hidden-bias-of-good-people-a-newschannel-5-special-airs-march-8#:~:text=%22Hidden%20Bias%20of%20Good%20People,and%20it's%20not%20our%20fault (CEU credit: 1.0 hour)

Implicit Bias Series from the Kirwan Institute

This video training series on implicit bias is provided on-demand by the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at The Ohio State University. http://kirwaninstitute.osu.edu/implicit-bias-training/ (CEU credit varies)

Project Implicit from Harvard.edu

Harvard.edu hosts Project Implicit, a series of Implicit Association Tests (IATs) that attempt to identify implicit biases you may hold concerning different groups of people. https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html (CEU credit varies)

Format: Documents/Toolkits, Published: 2021, Source: Trusted Org., Topic: DEICASA of LexingtonDecember 14, 2021

Strategies for Building Belonging in Everyday Advocacy

You can watch a recording of the 2021 CASA Week training “Strategies for Building Belonging in Everyday Advocacy.” This training is provided by the Kentucky CASA Network and led by Dr. Adrianne Fletcher. It counts for 2 hours of CEU credit and fulfills your annual DEI training requirement.

Register here: https://bit.ly/casaweek21-buildingbelonging

You must obtain a password to view this training by emailing info@casaoflexington.org.

Please forward the certificate you receive after completing the training to office@casaoflexington.org.

How 'Shadow' Foster Care is Tearing Families Apart

It would take years before Molly and Heaven would learn that neither of them was ever in the foster system. Instead, caseworkers had diverted them to what some scholars call “hidden foster care” or “shadow foster care,” in which the legal protections of the formal system disappear. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/01/magazine/shadow-foster-care.html (CEU credit: 0.5 to 1.0 hours)

Updates on Psychotropic Medications in Children for DCBS

This training explains drug categories for psychotropic drugs. The training explores the reasons for prescribing and 'Deprescribing' psychotropic medications in foster care. It discusses scenarios when foster parents should advocate for their youth in their home on being prescribed too many medications and when to advocate for reduction. The training describes informed consent and how this pertains to psychotropic medication. http://centervideo.forest.usf.edu/video/jit/kentucky/psychomedtrainingdcbs/start.html (CEU Credit: 1 hour)

Youth Aging Out of Foster Care

National CASA podcast: Isabel Morales, senior project associate with Casey Family Services, talks about permanent solutions for youth aging out of the foster care system. http://podcast.casaforchildren.org/youth_aging_out_of_foster_care (CEU credit: 0.5)

Can an Algorithm Tell When Kids Are in Danger?

"Child protective agencies are haunted when they fail to save kids. Pittsburgh officials believe a new data analysis program is helping them make better judgment calls." https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/02/magazine/can-an-algorithm-tell-when-kids-are-in-danger.html (Estimated CEU credit: 0.5 to 1.0)

You Are Not Alone: A Look Inside Youth Mental Health

6-part KET series that features people on the front lines of mental health and emphasizes the importance of healthy, supportive relationships in helping youth overcome mental health challenges. https://www.ket.org/health/youth-mental-health/you-are-not-alone-series-overview/ (CEU credit: 0.5 to 3 hours)

Stories from Youth at 2010 National CASA Conference

At our 2010 National CASA Conference, we invited volunteers, staff, supporters and others to share their CASA/GAL stories in a story booth. In this week's podcast, we present the first edited interview: a conversation between a youth who recently emancipated from the foster care system and a youth currently in state care. http://podcast.casaforchildren.org/stories_from_youth (CEU credit: 0.25 hours)

Resources for Families Facing Deportation and Separation

This toolkit provides detained and deported immigrant and undocumented mothers and fathers with crucial information they need to protect and maintain parental rights and make well-informed, critical decisions regarding the care and welfare of their children. https://www.womensrefugeecommission.org/research-resources/resources-for-families-facing-deportation-separation/ (CEU credit varies)

Former Youth Experience: Amanda

National CASA podcast: Former foster youth Amanda Metivier and Alaska State Director Marion Hallum discuss Facing Foster Care in Alaska, a foster youth advocacy program. http://podcast.casaforchildren.org/foster_youth_experience_amanda (CEU credit: 0.25 hours)

A Trauma-Informed Approach to ACEs - Building Resilient Communities

This presentation about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) from Dr. Linda Chamberlain is available on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRTwoJsNhGE (CEU Credit: 1.0)

National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health Webinars

This series will offer strategies, tools, and resources to help facilitate ACRTI organizational change. Presenters will offer guidance on developing and implementing processes for engaging leadership, reflecting on current practice, supporting staff, planning for and managing organizational change, enhancing services, and evaluating our work. http://www.nationalcenterdvtraumamh.org/trainingta/webinars-seminars/ (CEU credit varies)

Helping Youth Succeed: A Former Foster Youth's Story

This is part one of a two-part series. In this half you will hear Michael describe his experiences with the foster care system and Rhode Island CASA and share how he was able to overcome the odds. In part two you will hear from the two men who helped Michael get where he is today. http://podcast.casaforchildren.org/helping_youth_succeed_a_former_foster_youth_s_story (CEU Credit: 0.25 hours)

When Should a Child Be Taken From His Parents?

"In family court, judges must decide whether the risks at home outweigh the risks of separating a family." This article from the New Yorker delves into the nuances of child protective services. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/08/07/when-should-a-child-be-taken-from-his-parents (Estimated CEU credit: 0.5 to 1.0 hours)

PBS Frontline: Growing Up Trans

Just a generation ago, it was adults, not kids, who changed genders. But today, many children are transitioning, too — with new medical options, and at younger and younger ages. In Growing Up Trans, FRONTLINE takes viewers on an intimate and eye-opening journey inside the struggles and choices facing transgender kids and their families. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/growing-up-trans/ (CEU Credit: 1.5 hours)

Foster Youth Experience: Jessica

In this National CASA podcast, Jessica Hildebrand shares her experience of being in foster care and emancipating out of the system. http://podcast.casaforchildren.org/foster_youth_experience_jessica (CEU credit: 0.5)

Learn About the Turpin Case in California, Where 13 Siblings Were Imprisioned For Decades

Read a 2018 Article from the New York Times, published shortly after authorities discovered the situation at the Turpin household: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/17/health/california-13-kids-siblings.html (Estimated CEU credit: 0.25)

Watch the 2021 episode of 20/20 about how one of the siblings escaped and reported what had been going on: https://abc.com/shows/2020/episode-guide/2021-11/19-2020-escape-from-a-house-of-horror-a-diane-sawyer-special-event (CEU credit: 1.0)

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