Facilitated Cohort Learning Sessions To Support ICWA Practice

Facilitated Cohort Learning Sessions To Support ICWA Practice provides former cohorts from RCT and SCT classes that are working on Indian Child Welfare cases to expand their knowledge beyond core training curriculum and gain application within live cases. Topics of the sessions are identified by the cohort members and learning activities are organized and facilitated by Alliance staff. These sessions will review current WA State ICWA practices while providing opportunities to apply critical thinking to the overall complexities of child welfare work.  Tailored topics may include: Initial Intake (ICW Procedures at initial contact)  Tribal/State Agreements  Inquiry and Verification of Child’s Indian Status  Disclosure of Confidential Records/Information to Tribes Child Protective Services for Indian Children  Active Efforts Casework Activities for Court Proceedings – forms Legal Notice, FamLink Response from NAIR eLearning, Monthly Progress report  Indian Child Placement Preferences and Relative Search Adoption Interstate Compact on the Placement of Indian Children Local Indian Child Welfare Advisory Committees  Casework Services for Children and Families of Non-Federally Recognized Tribes and Canadian First Nations