This course will cover:

• Brief History of Child Protection
• The Adoptions and Safe Families Act (ASFA)
  • Reasonable Efforts
  • Termination of Parental Rights
  • Permanency Planning
  • ASFA Compliant Court Orders
• Interplay of ASFA and ICWA
• Strategies to Improve Results for Children

Continuing Education Credit: The are no CLE credits available at this time. 

This course will cover:

ASFA permanency options and key findings, including:

• Reunification,
• Adoption,
• Legal guardianship, 
• Another Permanent Planned Living Arrangement (APPLA), 
• Compelling reasons, and
• Concluding a case. 

Continuing Education Credit:  The are no CLE credits available at this time. 

This course will cover:

• Role and responsibilities of a parent attorney,
• Notice, Communication and Paternity,
• ASFA Permanency Options and Case Planning,
• Kin Care, ICPC, APPLA and ICWA,
• Communicating with your client,
• Locating resources for your client, and
• When to litigate and when to collaborate. 

Continuing Education Credit:  The are no CLE credits available at this time. 

This course will cover:

• Parentage and Kinship,
• Minimum Standard of Care, 
• Concurrent Planning,
• Case Planning, and 
• Foster Parent Rights.

Continuing Education Credit:  The are no CLE credits available at this time. 

This course will cover:

• Key Child Safety Guide legal terms,
• General understanding of the Child Safety Guide principles, and
• Child safety criteria (including the 15 threats of danger and present vs. impending danger).

Continuing Education Credit:  The are no CLE credits available at this time.