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
Training Catalog
Course Development Date : 2025
Free
Civil Legal Services To Prevent Removal And Support Families
Course Development Date : 2024
Foster Caregivers and The Child Welfare System: Understanding Their Role and Perspective
Drug Testing Explained
Introduction To Department Of Children And Family Services Due Process To Appeal Valid Findings Of Abuse/Neglect
Objections!
2024 Legislative Updates For Child Welfare Professionals
Pathways to Permanency: Relative/Kin Certification and Guardianship
Faces Behind the Files: Lived Experience within the Child Welfare System Faces Behind the Files
The Federal Child & Family Services Review (CFSR) of Louisiana:What You Should Know About It and Why It Is Important
Introduction To The Department Of Children And Family Services Secretary David N. Matlock
Disparities and Disproportionality in Child Welfare
Families in Need of Services(FINS): Families Learning to Help Themselves
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
Children Without Immigration Status
Free
Do You Have a Problem? Can a Motion Solve That?
Free
Reasonable Efforts: Overview of Law and Fiscal Implications
Course Development Date : 2022
Free
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
Ethics and Professionalism Courses:
The following courses have been recently added and are approved for Ethics and Professionalism credits.
Course Development Date : 2022
Legal Professionalism in Practice
Avoiding Legal Ethical Pitfalls
Preparing Your Case for Court: Meeting Your Professional and Legal Obligation
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.
Mock Hearing | Chapter One: Continued Custody Hearing
Mock Hearing | Chapter Two: Answer Hearing
Mock Hearing | Chapter Three: Adjudication Hearing
Mock Hearing | Chapter Four: Disposition Hearing
Mock Hearing | Chapter Five: Case Review Hearing
Mock Hearing | Chapter Six: Permanency Hearing
Non-credit Courses
Free
Louisiana’s Extended Foster Care Program
Free
2022 Child Welfare Legislative Updates
(LEAF) Makes History in Louisiana: A Summary of the Foster Youth Bill of Rights
Parent Engagement, Support, And Advocacy: Insight From Peer Advocates With Lived Experience In Child Welfare
Free
Act 6: Post-Placement Updates : In Private And Agency Adoptions
Free
Louisiana CINC Benchbook: Introduction and Overview for Legal and Child Welfare Stakeholders
Free
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.