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    • Advanced Secondary Trauma for Supervisors
    • Advanced Topics in Culturally Responsive Practice with Hispanic Families
    • Assuring Safety & Building Parental Capacity: For Child Welfare Caseworkers and Supervisors
    • Between Teens
    • Caring for Children who have been Sexually Abused
    • Connecting with Clients: A Partnership for Change
    • Curriculum 101: Planning & Developing Creative Curriculum
    • Developing a Culturally Responsive Team
    • Effective Child Welfare Practice with Hispanic Families
    • El Jardin Simulation & Workshop
    • Enhancing Safety Through Supervision for Child Welfare Supervisors
    • Evaluation & Assessment for Juveniles who have Committed Sexual Offenses
    • Family Group Decision Making (FGDM): Engaging, Encouraging, and Empowering Families to Succeed
    • Family Group Decision Making (FGDM): Engaging, Encouraging, and Empowering Families to Succeed – Train-the-Trainer Session
    • Family Group Decision Making (FGDM): Engaging, Encouraging, and Empowering Families to Succeed: Community Overview Training
    • Fatherhood in Child Welfare
    • Foundations of Family Formation
    • Growing your Workforce
    • Healthy Relationships for Youth in Foster Care
    • In the Best Interest of Our Children
    • Innovations in Child Welfare Practice (for Supervisors)
    • La Frontera Nueva . . .
    • Making the Most of Supervision
    • Planning in Advance: Life Beyond Foster Care
    • Promoting Youth as Problem Solvers
    • Secondary Trauma for Caseworkers
    • Sexual Abuse Victims and Juveniles who Commit Sexual Offenses: Clarification, Contact, & Reunification
    • The Cutting Edge: Fresh Approaches to Supervision
    • The Intake Link: Advanced Skills for Stronger Protection Connections
    • Unlocking the Door: Keys to Success in Working with Teens
    • We to Me: Working with Youth from a Cultural Perspective
    • Working with Families Experiencing Domestic Violence
    • Working with GLBTQ Kids
    • Working with Incarcerated Parents
  • MSW Child Welfare Track Development
  • MSW Stipend Program at GSSW
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  • Title IV-E/Title IV-B Traineeship Design and Management
  • Training
    • Adoption Competent Practice Certification
    • Assessing Safety and Risk in Family Assessment Response (FAR)
    • Being a Resilient Worker
    • Building a Learning Organization: Laying the Foundation
    • Building a Resilient Workforce
    • Digging Deeper than Deadlines: Strengthening Practice Through Supervision
    • Family Reunification
    • Healing Traumatized Children in Substitute Care
    • Increasing the Voice of Children and Youth in Family Assessment Response (FAR)
    • Initial Intervention with the Non-Offending Parent
    • Leading from Two Steps Behind: Solution-focused Supervision
    • Leading Positive Change in a Shifting Environment
    • Learning Circles Facilitator’s Training
    • Lifebooks: Connecting Children to their Past & Present
    • Mental Health for Children in Placement
    • New Supervisor Module 1: Supervisor as Leader and Manager – Administrative Supervision
    • New Supervisor Module 2: Supervisor as Coach – Educational Supervision
    • New Supervisor Module 3: Supervisor as Clinician – Clinical Supervision
    • New Supervisor Module 4: Supervisor as Team Leader – Supportive Supervision
    • New Worker Module 1: Child Welfare – Exploring the Roots and Finding your Perspective
    • New Worker Module 2: Engagement – Meeting Families Where They Are
    • New Worker Module 3: Assessment – Finding What Is and Building On What’s Possible
    • New Worker Module 4: Trauma – Understanding the Impact on Child Development
    • New Worker Module 5: On-going – Partnerships for Future Success
    • New Worker Module 6: Strategies – Mitigating Crisis and Improving Well-being
    • New Worker Module 7: Practice – Integrating Safety, Permanency and Well-being
    • New York Family Assessment Response (FAR) – Process and Practice
    • New York Family Assessment Response – Advanced Supervision: Catalyzing Change
    • Nurturing Children with Special Health Care Needs
    • Outcome-Focused Supervision
    • Sexual Health for Children & Adolescents in Foster Care
    • SMART Training
    • Solution-Focused Casework Practice with Children and Families in Family Assessment Response (FAR) Practice
    • Specialized Interviewing Skills for Children of Latency Age
    • Strategies for Parenting Challenging Children
    • Supervising to a Practice Shift in Family Assessment Response (FAR)
    • Supervisory Training: Putting the Pieces Together
    • Teens, Tweens, & Everything In-Between
    • Trainer’s Boot Camp
    • Using Psychological Assessment Information in Child Welfare Case Planning
  • Training FAQs
  • Training Locations
    • Alamosa County Department of Social Services
    • Anschutz Medical Campus – Building Ed 2 South
    • Anschutz Medical Campus – The Kempe Center
    • Archuleta County Department of Social Services
    • Aurora Mental Health Center
    • CDHS Training Facility
      • Conejos County Department of Social Services
    • Christ Congregational Church
    • Christ United Methodist Church
    • Colorado Mental Health Institute – Fort Logan
    • Comfort Inn Northwest
    • Cortez Middle School Library
    • Daniels Fund
    • Delta County Department of Health & Human Services
    • Delta County HHS – Hotchkiss
    • Denver County Department of Human Services
    • Eagle Town Hall
    • El Paso Citizens Service Center/ El Paso County DHS
    • El Pueblo
    • Empire Electric Association
    • Grand Junction Regional Center
    • Gunnison County Department of Health & Human Services
    • Holiday Inn Lakewood
    • Holiday Inn Select
    • Holiday Inn Select Denver – Cherry Creek
    • Hope for Children
    • La Plata County Courthouse
    • La Plata County Fairgrounds
    • Las Animas County Department of Social Services
    • Logan County Department of Social Services
    • Mesa County Department of Human Services
    • Metro Regional Training Center – Arapahoe Community College – Parker Campus
    • Moffat County Courthouse
    • Moffat County Department of Social Services
    • Montrose County Health & Human Services
    • Montrose County HHS
    • Morgan County DHS
    • Northeast Regional Training Center – Larimer County Department of Human Services
    • Prowers County Department of Social Services
    • Pueblo County Conference Center
    • Pueblo County Department of Social Services
    • Ramada Plaza Hotel and Conference Center
    • Rio Grande County Department of Social Services
    • Southeast Regional Training Center – Fremont County Department of Human Services
    • Summit County Commons Building
    • Summit County Medical Office Building One
    • Sungate Kids
    • The Abbey
    • Timberline Church
    • University of Denver, Craig Hall
    • University of Denver, Driscoll University Center
    • Weld County Department of Human Services / Training Center
    • West Regional Training Center – Garfield County Department of Social Services
    • Yuma County DHS
  • Training Programs
  • Training Schedule
    • April 2013 Training Schedule
    • August 2013 Training Schedule
    • January 2013 Training Schedule
    • July 2013 Training Schedule
    • June 2013 Training Schedule
    • March 2013 Training Schedule
    • May 2013 Training Schedule
    • November 2012 Training Schedule
    • October 2012 Training Schedule
  • Training System Design
  • Workforce Development
• Projects
  • Adoption Competent Practice Certification Program
  • Adoptive Families Initiative
  • AR CIRCLES
  • Child Welfare Stipend Program – University of Denver, Graduate School of Social Work
  • Choctaw Nation Family Violence Prevention Program-Program Assessment and Planning
  • CO Staff Development Center
  • Colorado Child Welfare Intern Academy
  • Colorado Child Welfare Training System
  • Colorado PIECES: Partnership in Early Childhood Education Services
  • Colorado Training Project
  • Colorado’s Practice Model (CPM)
  • Comprehensive Organizational Health Assessment (COHA) – Shelby County Department of Children’s Services
  • Denver’s Village: Wrapping Families with Community Support Evaluation
  • Effective Child Welfare Practice with Hispanic Children and Families
  • Evaluation of the Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation’s District-Based School Transitions Initiative
  • Georgia Supervisor Learning Circle Project
  • Healthy Adolescent Relationships Project
  • Healthy Marriage and Family Formation Project
  • Independent Living Project (ILP)
  • Jefferson County Community Connections Project
  • Mental Health Center of Boulder and Broomfield Community Infant Program
  • Mile High United Way: Early Literacy Social Innovation Fund
  • Minority Over-Representation: MOR to Less
  • Mississippi Project (for the Atlantic Coast Implementation Center – ACCWIC)
  • Mountains and Plains Child Welfare Implementation Center (MPCWIC)
  • National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI)
  • National Resource Center for Tribes (NRC4Tribes) Evaluation
  • NCIC for Massachusetts: The Facilitative Supervisor Training
  • Nevada Child Welfare Training System
  • New Mexico Piñon Project
  • New Supervisor Training Academy
  • New York Family Assessment Response (FAR)
  • Operation Access for Active Duty Military
  • Osage Nation Practice Model & Data System Implementation
  • Research Support for Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS)
  • Risk and Safety Tool Review in Duval County, Florida
  • Safety Assessment Model Review
  • Shawnee Native American Child Protection Team
  • Skun-yah (Garden Project and Keeping Families Sacred)
  • Trainer’s Boot Camp Project
  • Transforming Tribal Child Protective Services
  • Western Regional Recruitment and Retention Project (WRRRP)
  • Western Workforce
  • Western Workforce Project Traineeship Program (WW)
  • Western Workforce Project: Denver County Department of Human Services Project Site
• Research & Evaluation
  • Organizational Development
  • Professional Development
  • Program and Practice Intervention
  • Systems Change Implementation
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• Team
  • Adrienne Elliott, MSW, LCSW
  • Ann Deaton, MA
  • Ann Moralez
  • Anna de Guzman
  • Anne Comstock, MS
  • Brenda Wagner, MSW
  • Charmaine Brittain, MSW, Ph.D.
  • Christa Doty, MSW, LCSW
  • Cindy Whittemore
  • Collette Solano, MSW
  • Cynthia Carey, MSW, LCSW
  • Dan Mills, MA
  • James R. Baroffio, Jr., PsyD, DABPS
  • Jan Tomski, M.A, LMFT
  • Jeanne Ferguson, MSSW, LISW
  • Joe Novak, MA
  • John Niedfeldt
  • Julie S. McCrae, Associate Professor, Ph.D.
  • Karli Cunningham, MSW, LCSW
  • Lara Bruce, MSW
  • Laricia Longworth-Reed, MA
  • Leslie Wilmot, MSSW, LISW, LCSW
  • Linda K. Metsger, MA
  • Lori Parker, MSW, LCSW
  • Marlene A. Husson, MA, LPC
  • Meg Franko, MS
  • Melissa Thompson
  • Michele Hanna, Ph.D
  • Missy Berglund
  • Nakia Collins, MS
  • Nancy C. McDaniel, M.P.A.
  • Robin Leake, Associate Professor, Ph.D
  • Robyn Alsop, MA
  • Salvador Armendariz, MSW
  • Shannon Bigner
  • Shauna Rienks, Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
  • Stacie Hanson, MSW
  • Susan Koalenz, MBA
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