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Explore insights on using protective capacities and protective factors to build a continuum of practice that extends from safety to strength-building. 

Publication Year 2017
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Explore additional resources to help effectively integrate lived experts into the child welfare workforce. 

Publication Year 2022
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Explore additional resources for effectively integrating lived experts into the child welfare workforce. 

Publication Year 2022
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Discover strategies to effectively integrate people with lived expertise into the child welfare workforce.

Publication Year 2022
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Discover ways to effectively integrate people with lived expertise into the child welfare workforce. 

Publication Year 2022
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Explore three different simulations used to train and build child welfare workers’ skills by mimicking the conditions and content that a worker will encounter on the job.  

Publication Year 2018
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Use this Reflection Worksheet while viewing the video, The Full View: Comprehensive Assessment of Parents

Publication Year 2017
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Listen in as parents and workers share their perspectives on the value of and approaches to improving comprehensive assessment of parents. 

Publication Year 2017
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Learn how people with lived expertise have used their experiences to advocate for changes in approach, practice, and policy in child welfare. 

Publication Year 2022
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Learn why the Indian Child Welfare Act and the historical trauma Indigenous people have experienced are important to understand when working with Indigenous families. 

Publication Year 2022
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Explore how caseworkers, supervisors, and stakeholders can use data and feedback to improve child welfare practice. 

Publication Year 2021
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Explore how child welfare leaders and decision makers can communicate data effectively. 

Publication Year 2021
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Learn about key considerations to sustain research and evaluation partnerships with people with lived expertise and minimize harm. 

Publication Year 2022