Explore strategies to engage individuals with lived experience as advisors for groups, committees, boards, and more. 

Learn strategies for accurately and safely collecting data on LGBTQIA2S+ youth and young adults.

Learn how to engage young people and families with lived expertise in the CFSR process at a child welfare agency. 

Presents technologies that are used in simulations and a variety of settings in which simulations can be used effectively.

Hear an overview of themes presented in Fostering a Healthy Workforce: Child Welfare Virtual Expo (CWVE) 2018.

Explore the use of coaching within the context of child welfare supervision and casework practice to improve staff confidence and performance to achieve agency goals related to safety, permanency, and well-being.  

Explore different approaches to assess and address workforce needs.​ 

Learn about the value of kinship placements when children and youth must live outside their birth parents’ homes. 

Discover services and resources aimed at the needs of expecting and parenting teens in child welfare. 

Learn about the challenges of engaging difficult-to-reach populations of youth and young adults. 

Learn actionable ways to engage in authentic, nonexploitative storytelling practices with people with lived experience and expertise. 

Learn how child welfare organizations can create equity in the workforce. 

Explore strategies for providing ongoing support to staff working in a trauma-exposed environment.  

Hear a summary of the 2022 CWVE themes and learn strategies for moving forward with prioritizing lived expertise in child welfare. 

Explore ways to increase commitment to partnering with people with lived expertise in child welfare.