RESOURCES
Welcome to CalTrin’s Resources page. Here, you will find links to organizations that provide high-quality, accessible content to extend learning and professional development in child abuse prevention and family-strengthening topics. Discover fact sheets, guides, videos, and websites available in Spanish here.
Other Online Learning Sources
- Have a complicated schedule?
- Looking for a course that CalTrin doesn’t offer?
- Need a specific course to meet a requirement?
- Putting together a training plan for a new employee?
These are just some of the reasons that you might turn to online learning. This section includes options for free, on-demand, self-paced courses focused on child abuse prevention and family strengthening.
- California Child Welfare Training (CACWT) CACWT’s e-learning platform is intended to streamline, standardize, centralize, and improve the deployment of child welfare training across the state. Free, publicly accessible child welfare courses can be found in the CACWT learning management system’s Course Catalog within the Community Partners tab.
- The California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions (CIBHS) CIBHS offers a wide array of high-quality virtual and in-person behavioral health conferences, workshops and trainings, and on-demand courses for public mental health staff, managers, and students.
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- California Child Welfare Training (CACWT) CACWT’s e-learning platform is intended to streamline, standardize, centralize, and improve the deployment of child welfare training across the state. Free, publicly accessible child welfare courses can be found in the CACWT learning management system’s Course Catalog within the Community Partners tab.
- The California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions (CIBHS) CIBHS offers a wide array of high-quality virtual and in-person behavioral health conferences, workshops and trainings, and on-demand courses for public mental health staff, managers, and students.
- Children’s Trust Fund Alliance (CTFA) CTFA’s online courses support implementation of the Strengthening Families Protective Factors Framework and are for anyone who works with children and families, including parents, practitioners, and supervisors. The curriculum includes materials on partnering with parents and addresses promising strategies to strengthen families. Courses are free but CEUs may be obtained for a fee.
- FRIENDS Online Learning Center The FRIENDS Online Learning Center is a resource designed to meet the demands of providing high-quality, subject-specific training free of charge for CBCAP State Lead Agencies and their grantees and others.
- Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences (HOPE) The Spreading HOPE 2-hour online learning course provides foundational information about adverse and positive childhood experiences, how they affect adult health, and how to incorporate a HOPE-informed approach to working with children, families, and communities. CEUs are available for various disciplines.
- Institute for the Advancement of Family Support Professionals Offers Family Support Professionals the opportunity to learn new skills and grow their careers. Modules are based on the National Core Competency Framework and are organized in 10 domains: Infant and Early Childhood Development, Parent-Child interactions, Child Health, Safety, and Nutrition; Dynamics of Family Relationships, Family Health, Safety, and Nutrition; Community Resources and Support, Relationship-based Family Partnerships, Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness, Effective Home Visits, and Professional Practice.
- National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWII) Online Learning Portal Access engaging, interactive online learning that builds skills in leadership, workforce development, and change implementation. These tools are available to anyone and can be used by supervisors and managers, training departments, and implementation teams.
- National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) Learning Center The NCTSN Learning Center for Child and Adolescent Trauma offers more than 200 webinars and training modules. Continuing Education credit is available for many courses.
- Sesame Street Communities Interactive online courses, training videos, and recorded webinars that support community providers to foster families’ and kids’ resilience, nurture their physical and mental health, and provide critical early learning opportunities.
- Trauma ScreenTIME Developed by the Child Health and Development Institute in collaboration with families and national experts including the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, is an online training course on how to screen children for trauma. ScreenTIME provides staff working with children and youth the knowledge to effectively screen children for trauma and connect families with their preferred supports and services to help children recover from the effects of trauma exposure. The course is available at no cost to child-serving professionals. Continuing education credits are available.
- Wellbeing for LA Learning Center Access a variety of courses, printable tools, and videos from the UCLA Prevention Center of Excellence (COE) to support professional well-being and trauma—and resilience-informed spaces on the Wellbeing for LA Learning Center. A free account is required to access resources and courses.
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Resources to Extend Learning or Meet Your Team’s Specific Development Needs
Child Maltreatment Prevention
- California Essentials for Childhood (EfC) Initiative Essentials for Childhood
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Children’s Bureau Learning and Coordination Center (CBLCC)
- FRIENDS National Center for Community Based Child Abuse Prevention
- Office of Child Abuse Prevention (OCAP)
- Prevent Child Abuse America
Child Welfare
- California Department of Social Services Information Resources Guide
- Capacity Building Center for States – Child Welfare Capacity Building Collaborative
- Casey Family Programs
- Questions from the Field includes more than 280 products providing information, analysis, and inspiration for improvement and transformation comprised of input from child welfare and tribal leaders, judicial representatives, and policymakers.
- Child Welfare Information Gateway
- Child Welfare League of America
- Children’s Bureau Express
- National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ)
- National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN)
- TRANSFORM Research Center
Evidence-Based / Evidence-Informed Services
- California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC)
- Provides a searchable database of programs that can be utilized by professionals who serve children and families involved or at risk of involvement with the child welfare system.
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- Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development
- A registry of scientifically proven and scalable interventions that prevent or reduce the likelihood of antisocial behavior and promote a healthy course of youth development and adult maturity.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Strategies
- Child Trends
- Child Welfare Evidence-Building Academy
- FFPSA Title IV- E Prevention Services Clearinghouse
- Reviews research on programs and services intended to provide enhanced support to children and families and prevent foster care placements. The Clearinghouse reviews evidence on mental health, substance abuse prevention and treatment, and in-home parent skill-based programs and services, as well as kinship navigator programs.
- FRIENDS National Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP): Matrix of Evidence-Based Practice
- Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness (HomVEE)
- Provides an assessment of the evidence of effectiveness for early childhood home visiting models that serve families with pregnant women and children from birth to kindergarten entry (that is, up through age 5).
- Mathematica
- Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: Model Programs Guide
- Contains information about evidence-based juvenile justice and youth prevention, intervention, and reentry programs.
- Protective Factors Framework
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Management & Leadership
Trauma-Informed Systems