Program Course Check List – Family Centered Specialist (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 1006: Permanency Planning
*CW 1020: Family Centered Services for FCS Specialists
*This course may or may not be required depending on if the specialist is sharing time in FCS or Permanency Planning. CW 1020 is not required to be completed prior to carrying a partial caseload, as it is offered less frequently. This course must be completed prior to being eligible to carry a caseload. The pre-requisite for this course is completion of CORE and CW 1006: Permanency Planning.
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 1002: Introduction to Childhood Sexual Abuse
CW 1035: Medical Aspects of Child Abuse
CW 1015: Assessing Children in Out-of-Home Settings
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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 1006
Permanency Planning
This course is required for all Family Center Services and Permanency Planning specialists and occurs after CORE. CW Training coordinators will enroll specialists into this course following 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 1020
CEU
Family Centered Services for FCS Specialists
Pre-Requisites: CW 1006 This Level 1 training is an overview of policy and best practice in Family Centered Service casework. The training will build off the information learned in CW 1006 to increase knowledge and skills of the FCS specialist.
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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.
