Competencies (Universe of...)

Course Content Brochures:

• Direct Service
• Sexual Abuse Intervention
• Adoption Assessor
• Adoptive Parent
• FAK (Foster, Adoption, Kinship)

Bylaws

Policy Manual

Differential Response Resources:

• The Differential Response initiative is a joint project between the Supreme Court of Ohio and ODJFS.  To read a PDF version of the Differential Response booklet, go to www.sconet.state.oh.us and type the words “Ohio Bulletin Vol 3, No. 3” in the search field.
  
  
• Alternative Response Quarterly Newsletter (November 2008)

Acronyms

Field Guide to Child Welfare (Rycus & Hughes). The Field Guide is available in text format through the Child Welfare League of America or can be accessed online. Download a one-page flyer on the Field Guide. The Field Guide is comprised of the following four volumes:

• Volume I: Foundations of Child Protective Services
• Volume II: Case Planning and Family-Centered Casework
• Volume III: Child Development and Child Welfare
• Volume IV: Placement and Permanence

PCSAO Resources:

• PCSAO Fact Book
• PCSAO Standards of Effective Practice

National Child Welfare Related Organization Web Links:

ABA Center on Law and Children: http://www.abanet.org/child/home.html  

American Public Human Services Association: http://www.aphsa.org 

Casey Family Programs:  http://www.casey.org 

Child Abuse Prevention Network: http://child.cornell.edu/ 

Child Welfare Information Gateway (combined National Clearing House on Abuse and Neglect and the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse): http://www.childwelfare.gov

• Glossary of Terms: http://www.childwelfare.gov/admin/glossary/index.cfm
• online library www.childwelfare.gov/library
• publications www.childwelfare.gov/search/pubs_search.cfm
• free subscription services www.childwelfare.gov/admin/subscribe
• child welfare workers forum (password protected community) http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/workforce/connection.cfm 

Child Welfare League of America: http://www.cwla.org/ 

Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute:  http://www.adoptioninstitute.org 

International Association of Child Abuse and Neglect:  http://childwelfare.com 

NASW: http://www.naswdc.org/ 

National Center for Adoption Law and Policy (Capital University Law School): http://www.law.capital.edu/adoption/ 

National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect: http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu/ 

National Indian Welfare Association: http://www.nicwa.org 

National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/socwork/nrcfcpp/ 

Specialized Trainer Web Links:

Bullying:

List of web resources related to bullying

Child Abuse:

http://www.childwelfare.com/kids/cabuse.htm 

The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children:

http://www.apsac.org

Child Development:

http://www.kidshealth.org

http://www.socialpsychology.org/develop.htm

http://ici.umn.edu/default.html 

sign up for one of their three newsletters - Impact, MR/DD Data Brief,or Policy Research Brief  - by emailing publications@icimail.education.umn.edu.

Drug and Alcohol Abuse:

http://www.ncsacw.samhsa.gov 

Foster Care and Adoption:

http://www.fosterfamilyassessments.org/index.htmFree and easy-to-use tools developed by the Casey Foundation to help with the foster family assessment process.

http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/f_basicsbulletin/   The Basics of Adoption Practice: A Bulletin for Professionals.  Provides fundamental information to new adoption social workers about key concepts and trends in adoption practice written by Pam Severs and Betsy Keefer-Smalley.

http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/laws_policies/statutes/reunify.cfm/   document summarizing reasonable efforts

www.aap.org/fostercare 

Immigration/ESL:

http://www.f2f.ca.gov/Immigrants.htm

              http://www.childwelfare.gov/glossary/terms_english_spanish_a-b.cfm 

Legal Issues:

ABA Standards Regarding the Representation of Children
http://www.abanet.org/litigation/committees/childrights/links.html 

Mental Health:

 http://www.mentalhelp.net

www.aap.org/mentalhealth 

Adoption and Safe Families Act:  http://www.cwla.org/advocacy/asfa.htm  

Indian Child Welfare Act: http://www.nicwa.org/policy/law/icwa/index.asp 

MEPA Guide: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/pubs/mepa94/mepachp2.htm

ASTD: http://www.astd.org

ASTD’s on line magazine on e-learning: http://www.learningcircuits.org 

Copyright:  http://www.copyright.gov/ 

Ethics Codes:

NASW www.socialworkers.org/pubs/code/code.asp?print=1

NSDTA http://nsdta.aphsa.org/resources.htm#CodeEthics

State of OH Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board http://www.cswmft.ohio.gov

Bridgeline Call Resources:

• Cohort Groups (10/08 Bridgeline Call)
• S-Designation (2/3/11)

CCBIT Resources:

• Levels of Learning
• What Is Competency-Based Training (Rycus & Hughes)

Common Ground:

• Back Issues

Skill-Building Learning Lab for Trainers Resources:

• Principles of Adult Learning Theory

• Learning Styles

• Levels of Learning: Sequencing Curriculum

• Continuum of Teaching Strategies

• Factors Influencing Transfer of Learning

• Culturally Competent Learning:

• Managing Challenging Learners: http://www.etr.org/tabono/Images/FILES/Coping%20with%20challenging.pdf 

• The Role of Evidence-Based Practice in Training: http://www.ocwtp.net/EBP.html

Skill-Building Resources (General):

• Skill-Building Task Analysis
• Providing Skill Building and TOL in the Field
• Model Continuum of Skill Building & Transfer of Learning

Transfer-of-Learning Resources:

• The TOTAL Method

Weblinks for Trainers:

Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS): http://jfs.ohio.gov/ 

Public Children Service Association of Ohio (PCSAO):http://www.pcsao.org/ 

Institute for Human Services (IHS): http://www.ihs-trainet.com/ 

Ohio Revised Code and the Ohio Administrative Code: http://codes.ohio.gov/orc (5101:2 is the Division of Social Services) 

OJDFS Electronic Manuals: http://emanuals.odjfs.state.oh.us/emanuals 

Ohio State Legislature: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/ 

Presentation Resources:

Instructional Design and Learning Theory:

http://www.usask.ca/education/coursework/802papers/mergel/brenda.htm 

International Board of Standards for Training, Performance and Instruction, 1998: www.ibstpi.org 

Learning Abstracts:  http://www.league.org/publication/learning/index.cfm
 

Trainer’s Warehouse:   http://www.trainerswarehouse.com 

The Transfer and Evaluation of Learning:

http://reviewing.co.uk/reviews/evaluation-transfer.htm

Curriculum Development Resources:

• Principles of Cognition
• Sequencing Curriculum
• What Is Curriculum?

Classroom Performance System (CPS) Resources:

• Download CPS Software for PC
• Download CPS Software for Mac
• Abridged CPS Version 5.01 Training Manual (for use in Core)
• Full CPS Version 5.01 Training Manual (for creating new CPS databases)
• Contact Mary Landrum of IHS if you would like to receive training on CPS

Distance Learning: Comprehensive Design

Coaching Resources:

• Coaching Summary
• Coaching Agreement
• Coaching Documentation
• Coaching Log
• Coaching Plan

Listserv (Back Issues):

• Back Issues

Cultural Standards for Curricula

Diversity Maps

Continuum of Evaluation Strategies