Child Protective Investigations: Process, Procedures, and Family-Centered Practice

1. Module 1 Introduction to Child Protective Investigations

2. Agenda Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.0.2

3. Unit 1.1 Reviewing the Child Welfare Practice Model Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.1.1

4. Learning Objectives Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.1.2

5. Activity: Core Competencies Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.1.3

6. Child Protective Investigations: Process and Procedures • Purpose of investigations • Immediate and On-going Safety Needs • Child Welfare Practice Model Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.1.4

7. KEY TERMS • Present Danger • Information Collection • Impending Danger • Caregiver Protective Capacities • Safe/Unsafe Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.1.5

8. Activity: Core Terminology Recall Game Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.1.6

9. Unit 1.2 Overview of the Child Protective Investigation Process Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.2.1

10. Learning Objectives Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.2.2

11. Activity: Determining the Focus of Your Family Functioning Assessment Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.2.3

12. CPI Process • Types of investigation reports • Procedural activities and processes • Six domains of standardized information collection • FFA - the foundation of the Child Welfare Practice Model • Critical thinking Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.2.4

13. Activity: Interactive Discussion on Critical Thinking Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.2.5

14. Response Times • Immediate • 24 Hours Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.2.6

15. FSFN • Chronological case information • Quality assurance process Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.2.7

16. Unit 1.3 Family-Centered Practice and the Investigative Process Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.3.1

17. Learning Objectives Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.3.2

18. Family-Centered Practice • Enhances capacity • Focuses on family as a whole • Establishes partners in the change process • Approaches family in a developmentally sensitive way Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.3.3

19. Activity: Family-Centered Practice Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.3.4

20. What is Well-Being? • Importance of stability • Minimizing re-traumatizing children • Keeping sibling groups together • Visitation • Educational issues • Co-parenting Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.3.5

21. Activity: Safety, Permanency and Well-Being Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.3.6

22. Unit 1.4 Cultural Competence Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.4.1

23. Learning Objectives Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.4.2

24. Cultural Competence and Sensitivity • Your own biases • Role of stereotypes • Impact of poverty • Cultural differences Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.4.3