Implementing Best Practices with Youth Identity Considerations
Implementing Best Practices with Youth Identity Considerations
While societal awareness is increasing, trans and nonbinary children and teens still face astronomically high risk fact...
Children’s Justice Conference
Workshops
We’re currently working to build the 2026 Children’s Justice Conference agenda. This schedule is subject to change depending on presenter and venue needs.
FAR Services - A New Approach to Voluntary Services for Families
FAR Services - A New Approach to Voluntary Services for Families
It’s been over a decade since Washington implemented our differential response CPS pathway – Family Assessment Respo...
Some Tips for Engaging with Children and Teens who are Anxious and/or Have Special Needs
Some Tips for Engaging with Children and Teens who are Anxious and/or Have Special Needs
Effectively building rapport and connection with a child or teen is a critical process in any investigative interview. R...
Life after permanency: Advocating for families when TPR is avoided
Life after permanency: Advocating for families when TPR is avoided
May 4, 2026 @ 1:30 pm by Chorisia Folkman, Eric Kushman, Syliva Hanna, Lindsay Zerfas|2026 Session 2
The Tulalip Tribes is sovereign nation in northern Snohomish County where termination of parental rights never occurs. P...
Sex Offenders: What Every Children's Justice/Advocacy Worker Should Know Pt. 1
Sex Offenders: What Every Children's Justice/Advocacy Worker Should Know Pt. 1
Sex crime investigators, forensic interviewers, prosecutors, judges, probation officers, medical staff, child welfare wo...
Effective Practices for Working with Children with Sexual Behavioral Problems Pt 2
Effective Practices for Working with Children with Sexual Behavioral Problems Pt 2
Effective Practices for Working with Children with Sexual Behavioral Problems: Deborah Darnell MA, CMHS, LMH, CSOTP
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Belonging Starts with Me: Strategies to Increase Belonging Among Staff
Belonging Starts with Me: Strategies to Increase Belonging Among Staff
This session equips leaders and staff with research-backed strategies to strengthen belonging by understanding and integ...
Protecting Your Children: Internet Safety Training
Protecting Your Children: Internet Safety Training
The average youth spends 5+ hours a day on social media, including YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram. 1 in 3 young people s...
Why Every MDT Needs an MVP
Why Every MDT Needs an MVP
The one question often asked by multidisciplinary team (MDT) facilitators and leaders is “How do I get better engageme...
Child Trauma Pt 1
Child Trauma Pt 1
This session will set the stage for how trauma impacts the child's brain, development, and interpersonal relationships. ...
Child Abuse Investigations
Child Abuse Investigations
This workshop is for multi-disciplinary teams. It is designed to show why child abuse investigations are different and w...
Supporting Adolescents in Child Welfare
Supporting Adolescents in Child Welfare
May 4, 2026 @ 1:30 pm by Liliana Cory, Sarah McCamant, Gavyn Tann, Jordan Perin, Sherrie Flores|2026 Session 2
In recent years, DCYF has made important program and practice changes in how adolescents are supported across Washington...
Background Checks, Suitability Assessments, Certificate of Parental Improvement
Background Checks, Suitability Assessments, Certificate of Parental Improvement
Background checks- what they cover, when they are required, why Suitability Assessments- process, criteria, statistics
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Understanding the Challenges of a Parent Returning Home After Incarceration Pt 1
Understanding the Challenges of a Parent Returning Home After Incarceration Pt 1
The Reentry Simulation is an immersive, interactive experience that demonstrates the complex challenges faced by individ...
Who Says You Need a Victim: Evidence Based Prosecution with a Reluctant or Absent Victim
Who Says You Need a Victim: Evidence Based Prosecution with a Reluctant or Absent Victim
This training for prosecutors and law enforcement is based upon two actual cases of Domestic Violence involving the same...
Adverse Placement Score: Using Better Metrics to Drive Practice in Child Welfare
Adverse Placement Score: Using Better Metrics to Drive Practice in Child Welfare
May 4, 2026 @ 1:30 pm by Noah Duncan, Codie Veitenheimer, Hailee Roth, Renatta Watson, Scott Halliday|2026 Session 2
Child welfare agencies track tons of data, but the numbers don’t often show children’s experiences in care.
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Safety Planning with Fentanyl in Depedency Court
Safety Planning with Fentanyl in Depedency Court
This training provides participants with a practical, framework-based approach to developing effective safety plans in c...
BABAS, Revered Men with a Purpose - Film Premier and Panel
BABAS, Revered Men with a Purpose - Film Premier and Panel
This workshop will feature a screening of the short documentary by filmmaker Radha Menta highlighting the BABAS program ...
Manipulation & Grooming in Child Abuse Investigations
Manipulation & Grooming in Child Abuse Investigations
Suspects use a number of behaviors to gain the cooperation and trust of their victims and victim families. When working ...