(Course Effective Date: January 9, 2020)
Course Description:
Domestic violence is one of the strongest predictors of child abuse and neglect fatalities in the United States. Forty percent of child abuse victims report domestic violence in the home. We know that 70% of domestic violence go unreported.
The U.S. Children’s Bureau says that one of the barriers to successful outcomes for children who come to the attention of the court in child welfare cases is a lack of trained and effective representatives; someone to advocate for timeliness in agency and court handling of the child’s case. National Consensus is that a child deserves a vigorous and active attorney.
In this virtual training, you will learn:
What domestic violence is and how it impacts victims and children;
That domestic violence involves power and control, rather than mental illness or anger;
The factors associated with battering behavior;
Why victims stay, recant, or lie;
The impact of removal on children;
How to overcome your own bias;
How to screen for domestic violence in dependency cases; and
Planning for a Safe Mediation
This course is designed for dependency mediators, children’s attorneys representing children in 432B cases, child welfare caseworkers and supervisors, district attorneys, public defenders, and parents’ attorneys.
Faculty: Karen Zavora and Melissa Mangiaracina, Sierra Mediation, LLC
Continuing Education Credit: 2.0 CLE DV (Certificate of Completion required to receive continuing legal/judicial education credit.) NOTE: CLE credit for this course is approved through December 31, 2023 and then will be stale dated.
(Course Effective date: February 12, 2021)
Course Description:
During this course, faculty will discuss:
- What the Nevada Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program (KinGAP) is, Eligibility requirements, Logistics, Assistance, and partner roles in the KinGAP process.
- The understanding of "reasonable efforts," when they are required and examples.
- What Concurrent Planning is, barriers to Concurrent Planning, the difference between Concurrent Planning and Concurrent Plans, as well as the process and stakeholders involved.
Who Should Attend: This course is designed for dependency court judiciary and stakeholders.
Faculty:
Ross Armstrong, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child and Family Services
Jennifer Kuhlman, Esq., Clark County District Attorney's Office
Buffy Okuma, Esq., Washoe County District Attorney's Office
Ashley Willcott, Esq., Child Welfare Consulting Firm
Continuing Education Credit: 3.0 CLE (Certificate of Completion required to receive continuing legal/judicial education credit.) NOTE: CLE credit for this course is approved through February 12, 2024 and then will be stale dated.
(Course Effective date: January 2021)
This Nevada Juvenile Dependency Mediation Training program has been created to educate child welfare staff so that you can effectively participate during court-ordered dependency mediation. Such mediations may be ordered when there are unresolvable conflicts at any point in the life of the case.
Designed for child welfare, judiciary, legal, and other dependency stakeholders, this training will help you understand:
- how the various aspects of mediation work to obtain group consensus,
- how to resolve the complexities of the case holistically across the life of the case to support family decision making prior to child removal,
- family case issues and concerns,
- the relinquishment process,
- and other key decisions.
Faculty: Margaret Crowley, Esq., Crowley Mediation and Director, Nevada Juvenile Dependency Mediation Program
Continuing Education Credit: 4.0, which includes 1.0 Ethics CLE (Certificate of Completion required to receive continuing legal/judicial education credit.) NOTE: CLE credit for this course is approved through December 31, 2024 and then will be stale dated.
This training is no longer accredited for CLE credit.
Course Description: Are you handling the challenges associated with remote mediation and social distancing? Do you have room to improve? Join Nancy Yeend, long-time mediation faculty at The National Judicial College for a webcast to discuss the challenges and some methods to address them. Ms. Yeend will discuss confidentiality, technology and equipment, caucus techniques, and the increased importance of thorough preparation. Engagement strategies and the reduction of emotional outbursts will also be discussed. Ms. Yeend will also provide examples of effective and relevant assignments for the parties.
Faculty: Nancy Neal Yeend, The End Strategy (TES).
Who Should Attend: This course is designed for all Nevada child welfare, dependency judiciary and their Community Improvement Council Members.
Continuing Education Credit: No longer accredited for CLE credit.
This training is no longer accredited for CLE credit.
Course Description: According to the National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health, trauma can have significant mental health consequences. Yet the agencies and systems to which survivors and their children turn are frequently unprepared to address the range of issues they face in trying to access safety and heal from the traumatic effects of abuse.
After this training, participants will be able to:
Understand how child abuse, neglect, and other trauma may affect children’s primary relationships and ongoing development;
Explore opportunities and challenges in promoting safety, healing, and strengthening parenting capacity with families involved in the child welfare system;
Examine the impact on you, your own trauma exposure responses, and how to transform the effects; and
Sustain trauma-informed, compassionate mediation environments in Nevada.
This course is designed for dependency mediators, children’s attorneys representing children in 432B cases, child welfare caseworkers and supervisors, district attorneys, public defenders, and parents’ attorneys.
Faculty: Susan Blumenfeld, MSW, LCSW and Melissa Mangiaracina, JD
Continuing Education Credit: No longer accredited for CLE credit.
This training is no longer accredited for CLE credit.
Course Description:
Domestic violence is one of the strongest predictors of child abuse and neglect fatalities in the United States. Forty percent of child abuse victims report domestic violence in the home. We know that 70% of domestic violence go unreported.
The U.S. Children’s Bureau says that one of the barriers to successful outcomes for children who come to the attention of the court in child welfare cases is a lack of trained and effective representatives; someone to advocate for timeliness in agency and court handling of the child’s case. National Consensus is that a child deserves a vigorous and active attorney.
In this virtual training, you will learn:
What domestic violence is and how it impacts victims and children;
That domestic violence involves power and control, rather than mental illness or anger;
The factors associated with battering behavior;
Why victims stay, recant, or lie;
The impact of removal on children;
How to overcome your own bias;
How to screen for domestic violence in dependency cases; and
Planning for a Safe Mediation
This course is designed for dependency mediators, children’s attorneys representing children in 432B cases, child welfare caseworkers and supervisors, district attorneys, public defenders, and parents’ attorneys.
Faculty: Karen Zavora and Melissa Mangiaracina, Sierra Mediation, LLC
Continuing Education Credit: This training is no longer accredited for CLE credit.
This training is no longer accredited for CLE credit.
Course Description:
The U.S. Children’s Bureau says that one of the barriers to successful outcomes for children who come to the attention of the court in child welfare cases is a lack of trained and effective representatives; someone to advocate for timeliness in agency and court handling of the child’s case. National Consensus is that a child deserves a vigorous and active attorney.
In this virtual roundtable, you will learn:
What the role of the children’s attorney is in each dependency hearings and how to prepare;
Crucial child placement information;
The fundamentals of representing children;
The outcomes for the child;
How to detect issues and pitfalls and how to manage them
This course is designed for Children’s attorneys representing children in 432B cases, child welfare caseworkers and supervisors, district attorneys, public defenders, and parents’ attorneys.
Faculty:
Judge Frank P. Sullivan, Eighth Judicial District Court
Janice Wolf, Esq., Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada
Kim Abbott, Esq., Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada
Tirzah F. Mathews, Esq., Nevada Attorney General's Office
Massey Mayo, Esq., Dolan Law, LLC
Welcome and Introduction by Katherine Malzahn-Bass, Court Improvement Program Coordinator
Continuing Education Credit: No longer accredited for CLE credit.