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Figure 16: Percentage of Foster and Adoptive Parents Receiving Basic Training in SFY 2010 Percentage of Foster and Adoptive Parents Receiving Basic Training in SFY 2010 DCFS - Rural Region 32% Clark County 51% Washoe County 17% Source: Child Welfare Agency Reports for July 1, 2009 - May 31, 2010 The agencies initiated several projects over the past year related to foster and adoptive parent training and collaboration with external agencies has improved training opportunities. For example, WCDSS is beginning to utilize youth who have aged out of the system to assist in training new foster parents and foster parent co-trainers. In addition, they are working collaboratively with community members to provide advanced foster parent trainings in the areas of substance abuse, child development, age specific issues in parenting, providing training in English and Spanish where available, and additional disability specific coursework. The DCFS – Rural Region has also been able to increase the number of licensed foster homes in the rural areas through a IV-B subgrant with the Sierra Association of Foster Families (SAFF). SAFF instructors provide initial PRIDE training of foster and adoptive families. CCDFS has also held a wide variety of advanced trainings, but these have been mostly offered through their in-house training unit. Table 37 shows the total number of trainings offered by topic followed by the number of participants who have taken the course over the past year. Other initiatives include Clark County’s focus on implementing a field training team and preparation of a comprehensive agency training plan and Washoe County’s caregiver newsletter. The Clark County Training Plan includes Staff Development Training, Field Training, Advanced Caregiver Training, Parenting Project Training and PS-MAPP Foster Parent Training. A particular strength of this process is that it builds on the system that was implemented in 2007. As the training team members are integrated into the CCDFS system, they are aware of the strengths and weaknesses in the system. Each member of the training team possesses specific knowledge from curriculum development to past field (CPS and Permanency) experience. The ability of CCDFS trainers to meet the needs of foster parents and staff is evident in the number of trainings offered in the past fiscal year. WCDSS also provides its foster parents with a newsletter every two months which provides information about social service issues that impact foster families and training tips, as well as featuring children waiting for adoption or who need concurrent families. Flyers are also mailed each time and advanced training is available. The child welfare agencies experience some challenges regarding training. For example, WCDSS has found that providing training on specialized care, such as specific high medical needs can be limiting. They find that it is also difficult to ensure proper screening through the training and licensure process to assist individuals and families that find out late in the process that fostering is not a good fit for them. CCDFS has found challenges due to budget constraints. Despite the success in implementing the Field Training Unit, this unit was dissolved in May 2010 due to lack of available funds and new hires. CCDFS has been unable to hire new people due to a hiring freeze since August 2008. Nevada APSR – SFY 2010 Page 58 of 108
Table 37: Advanced Foster and Adoptive Parent Training Training Clark Washoe Rural State Child Abuse and Neglect and Sexual Abuse: • Fostering the Sexually Reactive Child Ages 10 and Under • Fostering the Sexually Reactive Child Ages 11 and Up • Sex Abuse • Recognizing and Reporting Requirements of Child Abuse and Neglect Substance Use and Abuse: • Drugs in our Community • Prescription Drugs Use and Cause • Drug and Alcohol on the Brain – Short Term and Long Term Impacts • Drug Recognition • Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder • Medications • Methamphetamines • Opiates • Substance Abuse Gangs: 1/21 11/ 332 2/125 1/11 5/30 1/11 1/12 1/25 1/28 1/33 2/32 4/61 • Gang Awareness in our Community 1/27 Psychology & Human Development: • Excelling as a Foster Parent: Using Emotional Intelligence Wisely 2/48 • The Ins and Outs of Premature Babies 1/16 • Reversing the Role of Reversal in Parentified Children 1/25 • Why Kids Lie • Grief and Loss • The Change Process 1/23 • Child and Adolescent Development 2/36 • Compassion Fatigue 1/15 • Failure to Thrive 1/126 • GLBT Questioning Youth 2/32 Parenting: • P-Can Parts 1 and 2 • Common Sense Parenting in English and Spanish 2/34 4/36 Education: • Educating Children in Foster Care – Creating a Positive Experience 1/18 Communication and Discipline: • Choices and Consequences 1/21 • Positive Discipline 8/19 • Communicating with Children 1/12 • Discipline Dos and Don’ts for Toddlers 3/23 • Positive Behavioral Interventions 1/18 Collaborative: • Working Together for Fostering Children – Enhancing Relationships to Improve Outcomes for Families (mandatory course) 6/198 4/11 4/7 4/6 4/33 18/417 61/322 1/27 19/360 Kinship: 35/479 • Pre-service (English and Spanish) 34/470 • Overview 1/9 Adoptions 3/61 3/61 Source: Agency Reports July 1, 2009 – May 31, 2010 6/70 1/18 14/93 6/198 Total Trainings / Total Participants 71/1344 37/644 16/57 124/2045 Nevada APSR – SFY 2010 Page 59 of 108
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STATE OF NEVADA Department of Healt
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SECTION V: CHILD AND FAMILY WELL-BE
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SECTION I: INTRODUCTION Nevada Demo
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Page 27 and 28: CFSP Goals and Objectives for Perma
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Additionally, DCFS Policy 0511.0, R
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Visitation Recommendation 4: Statew
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UNITY Data System Changes Recommend
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about referrals and services. To ad
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Results of the study identified sev
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Meeting Dates and Activities During
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The Division of Child and Family Se
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amount in the future. Therefore, it
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Establishes a Legislative Committee
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Emergency shelter for a child. The
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APPENDIX C: PANEL MEMBERS Statewide
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Southern CAC Members Member Affilia
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Division will be collaborating with
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• UNITY’S positioning as a case
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B. Children’s Justice Act Task Fo
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