Training Catalog

Course Development Date : 2024

Free

INTRODUCTION TO DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES DUE PROCESS TO APPEAL VALID FINDINGS OF ABUSE/NEGLECT

Free

2024 LEGISLATIVE UPDATES FOR CHILD WELFARE PRACTITIONERS

Free

Pathways to Permanency: Relative/Kin Certification and Guardianship

Free

Faces Behind the Files: Lived Experience within the Child Welfare System Faces Behind the Files

Free

The Federal Child & Family Services Review (CFSR) of Louisiana:What You Should Know About It and Why It Is Important

Free

Introduction To The Department Of Children And Family Services Secretary David N. Matlock

Free

Disparities and Disproportionality in Child Welfare

Free

Families in Need of Services(FINS): Families Learning to Help Themselves

Free

Legislation And Service Provision For Child Sex Trafficking Victims In Louisiana


Course Development Date : 2023

Free

Legislative Updates for Child Welfare Stakeholders

Free

Supporting the Educational Needs of Students in Foster Care: Laws and Services

Free

The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC)

Free

 Family Time (Visitation) in Child of Need Care Cases

Free

Louisiana’s Extended Foster Care Program

Free
DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM? CAN A MOTION SOLVE THAT?

Do You Have a Problem? Can a Motion Solve That?

Free

Reasonable Efforts: Overview of Law and Fiscal Implications


Course Development Date : 2022

Free
2022 CHILD WELFARE LEGISLATIVE UPDATES: What You Need to Know

2022 Child Welfare Legislative Updates

Free
A Path Forward: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Louisiana’s Child Welfare System

A Path Forward: DEI in LA Child Welfare System

Free

Guide to Legal Guardianship in Child in Need of Care Cases (CINC)

Free

The ABCs of FTMs, FTPs, FPTMs and More!

Free

Placements Available for Children in Foster Care

Free

Human Trafficking of Youth in Louisiana

Free
ACT 6: POST-PLACEMENT UPDATES : IN PRIVATE AND AGENCY ADOPTIONS

ACT 6: POST-PLACEMENT UPDATES : IN PRIVATE AND AGENCY ADOPTIONS


Course Development Date : 2021

Free

Louisiana CINC Benchbook: Introduction and Overview for Legal and Child Welfare Stakeholders

This training is a virtual primer on the newly published Louisiana Child in Need of Care Benchbook for Juvenile Judges, which will include a discussion of key Child in Need of Care provisions and practices.

Free
Qualified Residential Treatment Programs (QRTPs)

Qualified Residential Treatment Programs (QRTPs)

Qualified Residential Treatment Programs (QRTPs) Louisiana Judicial Toolkit explains the level of care settings available for children in State custody; QRTP requirements, timelines, and family engagement; court review processes, standards, and findings that must be met for QRTP placement.


Ethics and Professionalism Courses:

The following courses have been recently added and are approved for Ethics and Professionalism credits.

Course Development Date : 2022

Free
Preparing Your Case for Court: Meeting Your Professional and Legal Obligation

Preparing Your Case for Court: Meeting Your Professional and Legal Obligation

Free
What’s New With Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)?

What’s New With Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)?


Mock Hearing Trainings 1 – 6

This case is a dramatization of a typical child in need of care case and the legal proceedings that follow. It was created with the input of various work group members comprised of judges, attorneys, DCFS, CASA, foster parents and students of social work. The story, all names, characters, and incidents portrayed in this production are fictitious. No identification with actual persons (living or deceased), places, buildings, and products is intended or should be inferred. While certain articles are referenced below and during the dramatized hearings, Title VI “Child in Need of Care” of the Louisiana Children’s Code provides the authorizing statutes for these types of cases.

This case depicts the legal proceedings of a Child in Need of Care case, similar to actual cases across this country. Sophia Hutchins and her estranged husband, Jared are the parents of 11 year- old Tamara, and 2-year-old, Brit. A complaint is made to the Department of Children and Family Services alleging sexual “touching” of Tamara by Sophia’s live-in boyfriend; and neglect of Brit for failure to attend to his medical and developmental needs. Jared is an absent parent, whereabouts unknown. Upon receipt of the complaint, court invention is sought, and the children are taken into state’s custody. The dramatization chronicles the case over six hearings spanning an eighteen month period.

The following courses are approved for CLE credits.
Free

Mock Hearing | Chapter One: Continued Custody Hearing

Free

Mock Hearing | Chapter Three: Adjudication Hearing