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The Oklahoma Pinnacle Plan:
An Improvement Plan for Child Welfare Services
APPENDICES
March
2012
Steib, Sue Casey Family Programs SSteib@casey.org
Steyn, Jackie YWCA-Domestic Violence jsteyn@ywcaokc.org
Tate, Sue Oklahoma CIP Sue.Tate@oscn.net
Williams, Sheamekah ODHMSAS SXWilliams@odmhsas.org
Training and Development (Staff and Placement Resources)
The Training and Development portion of the Implementation Plan covers topics such as types of
trauma; impact of trauma across domains; effective management of trauma; and methods to address
trauma in client populations and system members (Secondary Traumatic Stress). It includes training and
support for staff, resource families, birth parents and placement providers.
Staff:
The NCTSN’s Child Welfare Trauma Training Toolkit is being used as the basis for staff training on
trauma. This training will be on-going and all staff will have completed the training by March 31, 2013.
Training for Trainers (TOT) was provided by the Chadwick Center in August 2011. The TOT group
included staff identified by each of the six geographic agency management Areas, Children and Family
Services Program staff, Mental Health partners/providers, and OKDHS contracted trainers. Each TOT
participant committed to provide at least two training sessions.
Child welfare program staff and mid-level managers (child welfare field liaisons) participated in the
Trauma Toolkit training on September 27-28, 2011. The two-day training concluded with small group
discussion about planned program-related rollout. These discussions must be ongoing and purposeful
and will be addressed in the Communication piece of the Implementation Plan.
The Trauma Toolkit training will be rolled out with an area-specific methodology, so that each area
develops a training plan for its staff. The CTISP State Project Lead developed and provided a planning
document for areas to use in outlining area-specific training plans, needed supports and needed
resources. The Trauma-Informed Care Learning Collaborative Lab Sites (Custer, Jackson/Greer,
Oklahoma 55A, Pontotoc, Okmulgee, and Tulsa Counties) are the target for the initial Trauma Toolkit
training in each area. Providers and tribal partners will be invited to the Trauma Toolkit training sessions
as they are presented in areas. Training will be mandatory for all OKDHS child welfare staff and will
include:
an online workspace to provide ongoing trainer support, monitor training roll out, report
successes and identify needs;
completion of a survey to identify partners in the community to assist with training;
secured resources and the development of a resource list and resource library to identify
resources needed;
monthly trainer calls to provide trainers with support and to share information;
web-based trainer sharing format which has already been developed; and
as additional funding becomes available:
o expansion of trainer support;
o development of a Trainer Support Day when trainers can come together to discuss
lessons learned and share success;
o the purchase of additional resources; and
o the purchase of specific supports needed, including flash drives, speakers, etc.
Appendix C – Trauma-Informed System Implementation Plan
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