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Use this resource to prompt discussion and adopt a change management approach  during the development of child welfare information systems.

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Shows strategies for child welfare staff to work with the court system to support family involvement. Joe, the Court Improvement Program lead, talks about his experience in the workgroup and the corresponding changes made in the court system to improve the support and services provided to families.

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Explores the task of developing plans to stage and scale up an intervention for implementation on a larger scale in a sustainable way.

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Describes practices that embed and sustain changes in organizational culture. Caseworkers Tyler, Angela, and Laurence and program manager Francie talk about all the changes in the past year that have shifted the culture to better support families.

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Explores the tasks of routine monitoring and checking in with identified benchmarks or short-term outcomes.

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This video builds awareness of what the court sim lab looks like and what the experience is like for participants.

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This video builds awareness of what the medical sim lab looks like and what the experience is like for participants.

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This video describes the debriefing process and explain how it is integral to simulation training.

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This video builds awareness of how realistic environments contribute to learning.

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This video shows the experience of trainees engaging with the family actors in a safe space.

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This video builds an understanding of key considerations for developing and scaling up a simulation training effort and how to overcome common challenges.

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This video develops an understanding of key considerations for sustaining and continuously improving a simulation training effort and how to overcome common challenges.

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This video increases familiarity with the benefits of simulation, including how simulation can strengthen worker skills and improve worker confidence and readiness for practice. 

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Explore the key components of engaging youth and families in individual permanency planning.