Program Course Check List – CPS / Hotline (PDF)
Following Developmental Assessment, which occurs in Module 6: Putting It All Together, the training coordinators will enroll specialists into their Required CORE Program Specific Levels. Those courses are as follows:
CW 1005: Specialized Child Protective Services Policy
CW 1004: Family Centered Services for CPS Specialists
CW 1115: Child Safety Meetings
Once these Post CORE Required Levels courses are completed, specialists will be considered eligible to carry a caseload.
During the next 18 months, training coordinators will enroll specialists into ongoing Levels training courses, which include:
CW 1024: Domestic Violence
CW 1009: Behavioral Health and Substance Abuse. This is a two part course and the online portion of this course is required to be completed prior to being enrolled into the classroom.
CW 1100: Early Childhood Development
CW 1035: Medical Aspects of Child Abuse
CW 1002: Introduction to Childhood Sexual Abuse
CW 1015: Assessing Children in Out-of-Home Settings
CW 2005: Advanced CPS
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Level 1 Post Core Learning
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CW 1002
CEU
Introduction to Child Sexual Abuse
Introduction to working with children who have been sexually abused.
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CW 1004
CEU
Family Centered Services for CPS Specialists
This Level 1 training is designed specifically for the CPS specialist to equip them with the knowledge and skills to address the area of practice where CPS and FCS intersect.
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CW 1005
Specialized Child Protective Services Policy
This is a 2 day course. This training is mandatory for new Hotline and Child Protective Services specialists who have completed CORE training. Specialists will be enrolled into this training by CW Training Coordinators following the completion of Module 6 Developmental Assessment.
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CW 1009
CEU
Online: Behavioral Health and Substance Abuse
The Oklahoma Child Welfare Behavioral Health: Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders training provides information about mental health and substance use disorders and supports the practice of skills that are helpful in working with families.
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CW 1015
Assessing Children in Out-of-Home Settings
This training pertains to child abuse/neglect referrals and CPS investigations/assessments of foster homes, trial adoptive homes and child care center/homes.
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CW 1024
CEU
Domestic Violence
This training is intended to explore the impact of domestic violence on families who are involved with the Child Welfare system.
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CW 1035
Medical Aspects of Child Abuse
This training focuses on injuries associated with child abuse, particularly fractures, head trauma, and other injuries that may be misdiagnosed as accidental.
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CW 1100
CEU
Early Childhood Development in Child Welfare
Early Childhood Development in Child Welfare teaches typical childhood development and how to identify signs of atypical development. It addresses the importance of early relationships and early environments. The importance of attachment and attachment styles are taught as well as the impact trauma, grief and loss have on development.
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CW 1115
Child Safety Meetings
This training will provide specialists an overview of Child Safety Meetings (CSM) in Child Welfare. Specialists will leave with an understanding of the main purpose of a CSM, an introduction to the six stage decision making models, and their responsibility prior to, during and after the CSM.
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Level 2 Intermediate Learning
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Child Welfare Specialists in specialized tracks must complete their Level II training within 36 months of their CORE graduation date.
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CW 2005
CEU
Advanced Child Protective Services
This training is designed for specialists working in the field longer than one year to remain current on CPS policy and practice changes.
