BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Social Current - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Social Current X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.social-current.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Social Current REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221129T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221129T163000 DTSTAMP:20260410T145820 CREATED:20220829T140345Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221031T154814Z UID:16085-1669734000-1669739400@www.social-current.org SUMMARY:Child Welfare’s 21st-Century Research Agenda: Supporting Safe and Effective Investigations through Training Labs DESCRIPTION:Register \n \n Child protective services (CPS) can become more effective by investing in a safety culture\, where mistakes made by child welfare workers are seen as opportunities to learn and improve. This webinar will discuss efforts to advance safety culture in child protection\, including the University of Illinois Springfield’s simulation lab for training investigators. The two training labs\, including a mock courtroom\, are designed to offer a supportive and safe environment for training students\, investigators\, law enforcement\, and other first responders to identify and respond in cases of child maltreatment. \nWebinar participants also will learn about Cook County’s Project CHILD\, national demonstration initiative to reduce child abuse and neglect fatalities and injuries through a collaborative\, community-based approach. It is funded by the Department of Justice\, with technical assistance led by Social Current. In addition\, a professional with lived experience will address the importance of well-trained CPS staff. \nEffective CPS investigations and contact with families is a component of the 21st-century research agenda for child welfare. It also focuses on equity and the value of lived experience in informing and interpreting research findings. \nAbout the Webinar Series\nThis webinar is one session in Social Current’s five-part learning series on the 21st-century research agenda for child welfare. \n\nCutting through the Chaos by Reframing Childhood Adversity\nOct. 11 from Noon-1 p.m. ET\nHow Monthly Cash Gifts Are Fostering Infant Brain Development\nOct. 13 from 2-3 p.m. ET\nSupporting Safe and Effective Investigations through Training Labs\nNov. 29 from 3-4:30 p.m. ET\nBuilding Protective Factors through Family Resource Centers\nDec. 1 from 3-4:30 p.m. ET\nAn Anti-Racist Approach to Child Neglect Investigations\nDec. 6 from 3-4 p.m. ET\n\nThe Annie E. Casey Foundation\, Casey Family Programs and the William T. Grant Foundation are leading an initiative\, along with many partners\, to identify research gaps related to community-based family support\, child protective services\, out-of-home care\, and post-permanency services. The initiative is now working to conduct research\, rooted in equity and co-designed by people with lived experience\, to address these gaps and answer key questions\, as well as increase the use of this research in decision making. Learn more about the 21st-century research agenda for child welfare online. \nTakeaways\n\nGain insight into safety culture in child protection\nReflect on strategies such as simulation labs to improve investigations\nLearn about what role you can play in carrying out a 21st-century research agenda\n\nWho Should Participate\n\nChild welfare professionals including caseworkers\, investigators\, managers\, researchers\, and other social sector professionals who interact with the child welfare system\n\n  \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n \n Presenter\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Michael Cull\n \n Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy\nCollege of Public Health\nUniversity of Kentucky \n \n Biography\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Michael Cull\n Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy\nCollege of Public Health\nUniversity of Kentucky \n \n Michael Cull is the associate professor of Health Management and Policy in the College of Public Health at the University of Kentucky. He is also an associate director in the Center for Innovation in Population Health. Cull’s work focuses on quality improvement and system reform efforts in child welfare jurisdictions. He has specific expertise in applying safety science to improve safety\, reliability\, and effectiveness in organizations. His approach leverages tools like organizational assessment and systems analysis of critical incidents\, including deaths and near deaths\, to build team culture and help systems learn and get better. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Verleaner R. Lane\n \n Project Director\nProject CHILD \n \n Biography\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Verleaner R. Lane\n Project Director\nProject CHILD \n \n Verleaner R. Lane is the project director for Project CHILD as a visiting project specialist and contracted employee within the Institute for Legal\, Legislative\, and Policy Studies (ILLAPS) at the University of Illinois at Springfield. Lane has over 32 years of child welfare experience\, working with children and families. \nLane is the author of Why Didn’t He See the Beauty in Me? In 2018\, she started her own motivational speaking company Pour into V’s Vessel Inc. Lane is a dedicated member of St. John Missionary Baptist Church\, “a church where everybody is somebody.” She is a proud alumnus of Lane Technical High School where she continues to work with the Black Alumni raising monies for scholarships. \nLane completed her undergraduate work at Northern Illinois University\, where she obtained a bachelor’s in sociology/criminology. While at NIU she was the president of Northern Black Choir. She attended graduate studies at Governor State University with a master’s in early childhood education. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gaelin Elmore\n \n Professional Speaker\nGaelin Speaks \n \n Biography\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gaelin Elmore\n Professional Speaker\nGaelin Speaks \n \n From spending more than 10 years of his life in the foster care system to playing college football and eventually signing an NFL contract\, Gaelin Elmore was driven by one singular thing—the need and desire to belong. That same desire fuels and drives his work today as a national speaker\, facilitator\, lived experience expert\, consultant\, and belonging champion. Only now\, he is driven for the belonging of others! Through his unique perspective\, Elmore has already inspired tens of thousands of people across the country to think differently about the work they do and its long-term impact. Elmore currently lives in Eden Prairie\, Minnesota\, where he gets to live out his dream as husband to his wife\, Micaela\, and #GirlDad to their two daughters\, Laniah and Tatum. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Betsy Goulet\n \n Clinical Assistant Professor\nUniversity of Illinois Springfield\n\nCoordinator\nUIS Child Advocacy Studies Program (CAST) \n \n Biography\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Betsy Goulet\n Clinical Assistant Professor\nUniversity of Illinois Springfield\n\nCoordinator\nUIS Child Advocacy Studies Program (CAST) \n \n Betsy Goulet is a clinical assistant professor at the University of Illinois Springfield (UIS)\, Coordinator of the UIS Child Advocacy Studies Program (CAST)\, the academic program lead for the human services graduate program in the School of Public Management and Policy\, where she has taught for 10 years. \nFor over 30 years\, Goulet has worked in child protection\, serving as the founding director of the Sangamon County Child Advocacy Center and working as the children’s policy advisor to the Illinois attorney general. Through a contract with the Illinois Department of Child and Family Services\, Goulet developed a new model for child protection training that emphasizes experiential learning and the use of a residential simulation lab and mock courtroom on the UIS campus. \nIn 2020\, the Capacity Building Center for States\, part of the Children’s Bureau\, created a new website for simulation training\, featuring the UIS Training Academy. Goulet also serves as the principal investigator for an OVC Grant with Cook County Public Health focused on reducing childhood fatalities. URL:https://www.social-current.org/event/child-welfares-21st-century-research-agenda-supporting-safe-and-effective-investigations-through-training-labs/ CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.social-current.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Untitled-design-100.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR