BIA and Tribal Social Services
Learning Opportunities
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is currently offering the following free training opportunities, along with the option to earn a Basic Child Welfare Training Certificate.
Tele-Coaching
WHAT IS IT?
Connect with BIA, Tribal staff, and other child welfare professionals to improve your knowledge and skills, and discover solutions to specific cases when working with native children and families.
HOW DO I PARTICIPATE?
This series of Tele-Coaching is complete. Recorded sessions available below.
DATES AND TOPICS
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Dates |
Topics |
Archived Sessions |
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May 13 |
Introduction: How Your Core Values Impact This Work |
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June 10 |
Drug-endangered Children: How to Meet Children and Family Needs |
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July 8 |
Assessment/Differential Response: How to Put these Steps into Practice |
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Aug 11 |
Decision-making and Removals: Making the Best Decisions Possible |
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Sept 8 |
Great Ideas/Successful Programs: What's Working Out There? |
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Oct 13 |
Building Resilience: What You Can do for Children & Parents |
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Nov 10 |
Court-preparation/Testifying: Learning New Skills |
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Dec 8 |
Case Management: How to be More Effective |
eLearning Courses
WHAT IS IT?
These web-based eLearning courses expand on the tele-coaching topics and are available 24/7, for drop-in learning for all child protection staff.
- Trauma and ACEs (3 hrs)
- Trauma-Informed Child Development (3 hrs)
- Self-Care and Secondary Trauma (3 hrs)
- Documentation in Child Protection (3 hrs)
- Working with the Court to Protect Children (3 hrs)
- Assessment and Differential Response (3 hrs)
- Ethics in Child Protection (2 hrs)
HOW DO I PARTICIPATE?
The eLearning courses are located below and are available anytime. To start, click on the button below that says start here and follow these steps:
- If this is your first time signing in, select “Create New Account.”
- Read the Moodle Cloud privacy policy and click “next” on the left-hand side.
- Read the Moodle Cloud cookies policy and click “next” on the left-hand side.
- Check the boxes indicating you agree to the previous policies, then click “next” on the left-hand side.
- Choose your username and password.
- Enter your personal information and click on “Create My New Account.”
- Once you are logged in, click on the “Home” button, located under your profile or to the left of your dashboard.
- Under registration is required for partner organizations, select Bureau of Indian Affairs Training (BIA). Enjoy your training!
If you have any questions or trouble signing up for the eLearning courses, contact ccfwd@umontana.edu.