Based on a True Story: Best Practice for Child Welfare Professionals
Joe Kozakiewicz, Director, Michigan State University Chance at Childhood Program, Delanie Pope, Staff Attorney, Michigan State University Chance at Childhood Program

Wednesday, Mar 14 at 9:00 AM EDT Register

Target Audience: Judges, referees, attorneys for children and parents, and caseworkers for the Michigan Department of Human Services, tribes, and private agencies.

This training presents best practices for child welfare professionals. The training curriculum is based on an actual Michigan case about a child who was placed in care based on incomplete medical evidence. Facilitators will highlight various stages of the legal process to demonstrate what each child welfare professional involved in the case could have done differently to return the child home earlier. The facilitators will use videotaped interviews of the family involved in the case to illustrate the consequences to families when decisions are made based on incomplete medical information.