Professional Training

Child Welfare Certification - This program is a competency based training curriculum. This means the training is designed to meet certain goals which are the responsibility of Child Protective Service Social Workers in response to reports of suspected child abuse and neglect and in the delivery of additional child welfare services to protect children and strengthen families. Specialized knowledge and a specialized set of skills are necessary for the social workers in this very important field.

PRIDE Train the Trainer - Foster/Adopt PRIDE recognizes that recruiting, training, supporting and retaining foster families and adoptive families for their important work is an enormous responsibility and challenge for child welfare agencies that provide family foster care and adoption services. Fulfilling this responsibility and meeting this challenge requires a comprehensive competency-based program for the pre-service training and assessment of prospective foster parents and adoptive parents.

PRIDE Mutual Family Assessment - This training program is designed to assist social workers with the implementation of the PRIDE Model's mutual assessment process. Participants learn how to use the PRIDE assessment tools to mutually assess a family's ability and willingness to fulfill the five PRIDE competency categories. The subject matter of the assessment coincides with the content of the preservice training sessions. The process involves identifying strengths and needs pertaining to the family's past and current functioning in relation to the five competency categories.