Effectiveness in Child Welfare: Our Role in Improving the Lives of Children and Families: Child Welfare Virtual Expo (CWVE) 2019
Explore how to engage agency staff at all levels in understanding and applying data and findings to improve practice. Pair videos with the related discussion guide to prompt learning and reflection in these key areas:
- Effectiveness in Child Welfare
- How Do We Know What Works?
- Becoming a Workforce of Everyday Scientists
- The Power of Feedback
- Maximizing Our Collective Impact
Ready to Get Started?
First, select the topics that align with your personal and team interests. Then, use the activities in the discussion guide along with the videos to prepare individuals for group learning, facilitate team discussions, create a shared understanding of how these topics relate to everyday work, and develop action plans to move the work forward.
CWVE 2019 Discussion Guide
Use the questions and activities in the guide together with the videos below to learn information and strategies for collaboratively advancing prevention efforts. The guide includes:
- Suggestions for using the discussion guide and videos together
- Description of the videos
- Individual reflection questions tailored to the topic
- Debrief questions for team discussion
- An action-planning worksheet to help teams put new ideas into action
Explore how research, evaluation, and continuous quality improvement efforts help strengthen practice and increase effectiveness in child welfare. Watch the videos and work through the related discussion guide questions and activities for this topic to:
- Learn the foundations of collecting data and building evidence
- Help build buy-in and collective understanding with staff and partners
Individual Perspective on Effectiveness in Child Welfare: A Conversation With Agency Leadership
Individual Perspective on Effectiveness in Child Welfare: Through the Eyes of the Tribe
Individual Perspective on Effectiveness in Child Welfare: Through the Court’s Lens
Explore evidence, evidence-based practice, and the ways in which staff at all levels contribute to and consume data to inform practice. Watch the videos and work through the reflection worksheet and related discussion guide questions and activities for this topic to:
- Gain a deeper understanding of evidence-based practice and data collection
- Explore the role of team members as contributors and consumers
How Do We Know What Works? Challenges and Opportunities for Building Evidence for Practitioners
Examine how to become more effective “scientists” by gathering, using, and applying data in a systematic way to improve practice by seeding curiosity and generating innovative strategies. Watch the videos and work through the reflection worksheet and related discussion guide questions and activities for this topic to:
- Learn about becoming more effective at motivating others and sparking curiosity
- Prepare your team for generating innovative strategies
Becoming a Workforce of Everyday Scientists: Frontline for Agencies and Tribes
Becoming a Workforce of Everyday Scientists: Frontline Staff for the Legal Community
Becoming a Workforce of Everyday Scientists: Leaders and Decision Makers in Agencies and Tribes
Learn strategies for communicating effectively and providing and receiving feedback. Watch the videos and work through the reflection worksheet and related discussion guide questions and activities for this topic to:
- Learn how to communicate effectively about data using data visualization and storytelling
- Hear about the critical ways in which frontline staff, children, youth, and families can be active contributors in building a more effective child welfare system
The Power of Feedback: Using Data to Tell Our Story, Generate Feedback, and Promote Improvement
Explore the themes of effectiveness in child welfare and move knowledge into practice to improve outcomes for children, youth, and families. Watch the video and work through the reflection worksheet and related discussion guide questions and activities for this topic to:
- Benefit from understanding the big picture of collecting data, building evidence, and sparking interest at all levels of child welfare
Interested in Earning Continuing Education Credits?
We are pleased to offer social work, clinical psychology, counseling, and marriage and family therapy continuing education units (CEUs) with this learning experience. A link to purchase CEUs is provided in the description of individual sessions.*
*Note: The CEU sponsor, R. Cassidy Seminars, maintains responsibility for its CEU program. For more information on the licensing program and requirements, please visit the sponsor’s website.
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