Training Catalog

Course Development Date : 2025

Free

The Defense Never Rests: The Role of the Defender in Delinquency Proceedings

Free

Ethical Considerations for the Child Welfare Practitioner: “What would you do?”

Free

Civil Legal Services To Prevent Removal And Support Families


2024 TWC Courses

Free

Upholding Legal Professionalism and Ethics in Child Welfare

Free

Mastering the Courtroom: Effective Testimony Techniques for Child Welfare Professionals

Free

Championing Children’s Mental Health Rights in CINC Cases

Free

Tips for Working with Prosecutors to Achieve the Best Outcomes for Families in CINC Proceedings

Course Development Date : 2024

Free

Foster Caregivers and The Child Welfare System: Understanding Their Role and Perspective

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 Professionals

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

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

Free

Reasonable Efforts: Overview of Law and Fiscal Implications


Non-Credit Courses

(LEAF) Makes History in Louisiana: A Summary of the Foster Youth Bill of Rights

Free

Act 6: Post-Placement Updates : In Private And Agency Adoptions

Free

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

Free

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

Parent Engagement, Support, And Advocacy: Insight From Peer Advocates With Lived Experience In Child Welfare

Free

Placements Available for Children in Foster Care

Free

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


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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.

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