Professional Development Archived Webinars
This series of pre-recorded webinars is designed for Division of Family and Children Services staff. Pre-recorded webinar sessions are also available for free on-demand streaming to the general public. The titles in BOLD are Vimeo Video versions. All others are Webex Archived versions.
Who can access the Professional Excellence professional development archived webex webinars & vimeo versions of past webinars :
- All DFCS staff employed with the State of Georgia for 18+ months
- Newly employed DFCS case managers who have completed the new worker training courses required within the first two years of their hire date
- OFI supervisors and case managers are encouraged to attend courses of interest to them
Recorded Webinars
Division of Family and Children Services Staff
In order to receive training credit on your training transcript, you will be directed to go to the DFCS external training site at www.gadfcs.org, log in and click on the “Online Training” icon, “Social Services” (if prompted) and the “Webinars” tab to access the webinar category options related to the topic. You will have access to webinar handouts and receive a certificate after completing the webinar.
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Those in BOLD are Vimeo Video versions of the archived webinars. All others are Webex archived recordings.
Family Violence/Intimate Partner Violence
- PE 5101 – Ask the Domestic Violence Experts: Linking Services to Victims and Batterers
- PE5103 – Peeling Back the Layers: Interviewing a Domestic Violence Victim
- WEB 129 – Ask the Expert – Building Collaborative Partnerships – Intimate Partner Violence & Child Welfare
Substance Abuse/Addiction/Recovery
- PE 5102 – Ask the Substance Abuse Expert: 6 Skills for Helping Families Affected by Substance Abuse
- PE 5127 – Ask the Experts: Helping Families Overcome Substance Abuse – DFCS & DBHDD Bridging the Gap for Families
- PE 5129 – Ask the Substance Abuse Experts: What Helps? Understanding Addiction & Recovery
Health and Safety
- PE 5105 – Ask the Asthma Experts: Ensuring the Wellbeing of Children with Asthma
- PE 5106 – Awkward Topic: Let’s Talk about Sex
- PE 5121 – Ask the Experts: Our Precious Cargo – Child Passenger Safety & Injury Prevention for Families
- PE 5128 – Ask the Safe Sleep Experts: Infant Sleep Death: Reducing the Risk
- PE 5130 – Ask the Experts: Creating Smoke-free Homes for Georgia’s Children
- WEB 104 – Ask the Expert – A Plan of Safe Care
Teen Topics
Psychotropic Drugs/Trauma/Mental Health
- PE 5108 – Ask the Medical Expert: Psychotropic Medication – Session I
- PE 5111 – Ask the Medical Expert: Psychotropic Meds,Depression, Anxiety, ADHD
- PE 5114 – Ask the Expert: Psychotropic Meds for Psychosis, Mood Disorders, Autism & PTSD
- PE 5116 – Ask the Experts: Taking a Look at Complex Trauma
Engaging the Family
- PE 5113 – Ask the Expert: Building Alliances for Family & Child Engagement
- PE 5119 – Ask the Experts: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Georgia’s Family Village
- WEB 116 – Ask the Expert – Partnering with Child Support Services (CSS) to Improve Services to Families
Enhancing the Work Environment/Stress Management
- PE 5118 – Ask the Stress Experts: Supervising the Stressed DFCS Case Worker
- PE 5120 – Next Generation Communication: Lead Better by Gaining Impactful Communication Skills that Transcend Generations
- PE 5122 – Ask the Experts: Motivating Staff & Building Resilience in the Workplace
Policy, Practice, and Evaluation
- PE 5109 – Ask the Experts: Mandated Reporting
- PE 5112 – Ask the Experts: Cold Case Project and Creative Permanency Solutions
- PE 5115 – Ask the Experts: The ICPC Process. What is It?
- PE 5126 – Ask the Legal Experts: How to be a Credible, confident, Capable Witness
- WEB 110 – Ask the Expert – Introducing the New Guide to the ICPC Basics Tool
- WEB 125 – Ask the Expert – Family Fusion & the Safe Care Plan
Special topics
- WEB 102 – Ask the Expert – EPAC – Educational Stability for Children in Care & Homeless & Unaccompanied Youth
- WEB 117 – Ask the Expert – Regular & Special Education Services 101 – Advice for the Advocate
- WEB 121 – Ask the Expert – Post TPR – The Importance of the Birth Family Connection
- WEB 126 – Ask the Expert – Building Partnerships with the School to Better Serve Georgia’s Children
- WEB 134 – Ask the Expert – ICWA – Indian Child Welfare Act
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