ADVANCED PRACTICE

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Course Code
CWTA X221 | September 26, 2025, 12:30pm - 4:30pm | St. Louis County ONLY
Format
In Person
Location
Duluth, MN
Start
Sep 26, 2025 12:30 p.m.
End
Sep 26, 2025 4:30 p.m.
NOTE: This section is for St. Louis County employees only. The Minnesota African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act (MAAFPCWDA) was passed in 2024 and seeks to promote family stability by establishing minimum standards to prevent the arbitrary removal of children from their families and improve permanency outcomes, including family reunification. This initial four-hour training is designed to ensure county workers are prepared to utilize active efforts in their casework with disproportionately represented families, with special emphasis on African American families. 4.0 CEUs.

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MI: Coaching Circles 3 | October 2, 2025 | 9:00 AM
Format
Virtual
Start
Oct 02, 2025 9:00 a.m.
End
Oct 02, 2025 10:30 a.m.
The 1.5-hour Coaching Circles are designed to help you foster a realistic self-appraisal, hone your MI skills (with practice and feedback) and increase your confidence in the approach. The topics in each course have some similarity that will prepare you to take the final skills demonstration course. Learners will need to register for each of the four sessions. Circles do not need to be completed in order. 1.5 CEUs Each.

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Course Code
CWTA X220 | October 7-8, 2025
Format
In Person
Location
Detroit Lakes, MN
Start
Oct 07, 2025 8:30 a.m.
End
Oct 08, 2025 4:30 p.m.
This course, also known as Home Studies, is designed to help you gain an understanding of the Home Study assessment process. It will introduce you to engaging and conducting interviews with applicants and explore how to equitably and collaboratively assess an applicant's strengths and needs. By enhancing your knowledge of the Home Study Assessment, you will enhance your ability to gather, synthesize, assess, and summarize an applicant’s ability to provide for the safety and well-being of children. This course consists of three self-paced trainings followed by two instructor-led trainings (in-person). 15.5 CEUs.

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CWTA X200.1 | October 7, 2025 | Ramsey County Only
Format
Virtual
Start
Oct 07, 2025 8:30 a.m.
End
Oct 07, 2025 3:30 p.m.
This training prepares child welfare professionals to use Minnesota’s updated Structured Decision Making® (SDM) Safety Assessment tool to assess and respond to immediate child safety threats. Through guided practice, case vignettes, and policy alignment, participants will develop skills in identifying safety threats, evaluating protective capacities, and implementing effective safety planning. 6.5 CEUs

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Course Code
CWTA X210 | October 7, 2025
Format
In Person
Location
Roseville, MN
Start
Oct 07, 2025 9:00 a.m.
End
Oct 07, 2025 4:30 p.m.
The goal of this training is to introduce best practices when working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and trans, queer and questioning, intersex, asexual or agender, and two-spirit (LGBTQIA2S+) youth. LGBTQIA2S+ youth are over-represented in child welfare systems and have been subjected to historical discrimination and oppression contributing to vulnerability and challenges. This training is intended to increase the awareness, knowledge, skills and abilities of social workers and supervisors to work effectively with this unique population through self-reflection, data, resource sharing, and interactive activities. 6.0 CEUs.

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Course Code
CWTA X205 | October 7, 2025
Format
Virtual
Start
Oct 07, 2025 9:00 a.m.
End
Oct 07, 2025 4:30 p.m.
At this time this course is only offered for child welfare and child protection workers. The training allows trainees to gain knowledge of trafficking and exploitation, and to develop skills pertinent to the child welfare response to youth and families impacted by trafficking and exploitation. The goal of this training is to provide staff with the knowledge and skills to: identify trafficking, identify exploitation, identify youth at-risk of trafficking or exploitation, assess and respond to potential trafficking and exploitation of youth, and coordinate with partners in meeting the needs of youth and families; and demonstrate culturally responsive practice. Intended Audience: Experienced workers who have not completed Foundations training (since 2020) or SEY x203 or x204 (since 2019). 6.0 CEUs.

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Course Code
CWTA X215 | October 8, 2025 - January 6, 2026
Format
Virtual
Start
Oct 08, 2025 9:00 a.m.
End
Jan 06, 2026 1:00 p.m.
The Signs of Safety (SOS) course teaches a strength-based, safety organized framework that focuses on engagement and child safety. SOS provides practical skill development based on the guiding principles of child welfare practice for workers and supervisors. Participants will learn about the Signs of Safety overview with brief history, Appreciative Inquiry, the Questioning Approach, Harm and Danger Statements and Safety Goals, Three Houses, Safety House, Mapping, and Safety Planning and Safety Networks. 16.0 CEU

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Course Code
TTCP x101.C | October 9-10,, 2025
Format
In Person
Location
Detroit Lakes
Start
Oct 09, 2025 9:00 a.m.
End
Oct 10, 2025 4:00 p.m.

This training is brought to you by the University of Minnesota Duluth Tribal Training and Certification Partnership (TTCP). This is an introductory course to the basics of the history of ICWA and application of ICWA and MIFPA. We have an education team comprised of several community trainers that come from University of Minnesota Duluth's MSW faculty and instructors, the Center for Regional and Tribal Child Welfare Studies instructors and researchers; tribal child welfare workers, county child welfare ICWA specialists, urban ICWA workers, individuals with lived experience, the MN GAL program, and elders. Your education team will include a mixture of individuals representing these varied backgrounds. 12 CEUs.

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Course Code
MI: Coaching Circles 4 | October 9, 2025 | 9:00 AM
Format
Virtual
Start
Oct 09, 2025 9:00 a.m.
End
Oct 09, 2025 10:30 a.m.
The 1.5-hour Coaching Circles are designed to help you foster a realistic self-appraisal, hone your MI skills (with practice and feedback) and increase your confidence in the approach. The topics in each course have some similarity that will prepare you to take the final skills demonstration course. Learners will need to register for each of the four sessions. Circles do not need to be completed in order. 1.5 CEUs Each.

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Course Code
TTCP x101.C for DCYF Only | October 13-14, 2025
Format
In Person
Location
Roseville, MN
Start
Oct 13, 2025 9:00 a.m.
End
Oct 14, 2025 4:00 p.m.
This training is brought to you by the University of Minnesota Duluth Tribal Training and Certification Partnership (TTCP). This is an introductory course to the basics of the history of ICWA and application of ICWA and MIFPA. We have an education team comprised of several community trainers that come from University of Minnesota Duluth's MSW faculty and instructors, the Center for Regional and Tribal Child Welfare Studies instructors and researchers; tribal child welfare workers, county child welfare ICWA specialists, urban ICWA workers, individuals with lived experience, the MN GAL program, and elders. Your education team will include a mixture of individuals representing these varied backgrounds. 12 CEUs.

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Course Code
TTCP x101.C for Supervisors Only | October 20-21, 2025
Format
Virtual
Start
Oct 20, 2025 9:00 a.m.
End
Oct 21, 2025 4:00 p.m.
This training is brought to you by the University of Minnesota Duluth Tribal Training and Certification Partnership (TTCP). This is an introductory course to the basics of the history of ICWA and application of ICWA and MIFPA. We have an education team comprised of several community trainers that come from University of Minnesota Duluth's MSW faculty and instructors, the Center for Regional and Tribal Child Welfare Studies instructors and researchers; tribal child welfare workers, county child welfare ICWA specialists, urban ICWA workers, individuals with lived experience, the MN GAL program, and elders. Your education team will include a mixture of individuals representing these varied backgrounds. 12 CEUs.

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Course Code
TTCP x101.C | October 22-23, 2025
Format
In Person
Location
Roseville, MN
Start
Oct 22, 2025 9:00 a.m.
End
Oct 23, 2025 4:00 p.m.

This training is brought to you by the University of Minnesota Duluth Tribal Training and Certification Partnership (TTCP). This is an introductory course to the basics of the history of ICWA and application of ICWA and MIFPA. We have an education team comprised of several community trainers that come from University of Minnesota Duluth's MSW faculty and instructors, the Center for Regional and Tribal Child Welfare Studies instructors and researchers; tribal child welfare workers, county child welfare ICWA specialists, urban ICWA workers, individuals with lived experience, the MN GAL program, and elders. Your education team will include a mixture of individuals representing these varied backgrounds. 12 CEUs.

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Course Code
MI: Coaching Circles 1 | October 27, 2025 | 1:00 PM
Format
Virtual
Start
Oct 27, 2025 1:00 p.m.
End
Oct 27, 2025 2:30 p.m.
The 1.5-hour Coaching Circles are designed to help you foster a realistic self-appraisal, hone your MI skills (with practice and feedback) and increase your confidence in the approach. The topics in each course have some similarity that will prepare you to take the final skills demonstration course. Learners will need to register for each of the four sessions. Circles do not need to be completed in order. 1.5 CEUs Each.

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Course Code
MI: Instructor-Led Workshops | Cohort 38
Format
Virtual
Start
Oct 30, 2025 8:30 a.m.
End
Nov 20, 2025 12:00 p.m.
These instructor-led virtual workshops build on the Introduction to Motivational Interviewing (MI) Skills for Child Welfare Professionals: Self-Paced course. Learners will dive further into the spirit, principles, processes, and skills of MI, with an emphasis on practical application. 14.0 CEUs.

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Course Code
MI: Coaching Circles 2 | November 3, 2025 | 1:00 PM
Format
Virtual
Start
Nov 03, 2025 1:00 p.m.
End
Nov 03, 2025 2:30 p.m.
The 1.5-hour Coaching Circles are designed to help you foster a realistic self-appraisal, hone your MI skills (with practice and feedback) and increase your confidence in the approach. The topics in each course have some similarity that will prepare you to take the final skills demonstration course. Learners will need to register for each of the four sessions. Circles do not need to be completed in order. 1.5 CEUs Each.

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Course Code
TTCP x101.C for DCYF Only | November 5-6, 2025
Format
In Person
Start
Nov 05, 2025 9:00 a.m.
End
Nov 06, 2025 4:00 p.m.
This training is brought to you by the University of Minnesota Duluth Tribal Training and Certification Partnership (TTCP). This is an introductory course to the basics of the history of ICWA and application of ICWA and MIFPA. We have an education team comprised of several community trainers that come from University of Minnesota Duluth's MSW faculty and instructors, the Center for Regional and Tribal Child Welfare Studies instructors and researchers; tribal child welfare workers, county child welfare ICWA specialists, urban ICWA workers, individuals with lived experience, the MN GAL program, and elders. Your education team will include a mixture of individuals representing these varied backgrounds. 12 CEUs.

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Course Code
MI: Coaching Circles 1 | November 5, 2025 | 10:00 AM
Format
Virtual
Start
Nov 05, 2025 10:00 a.m.
End
Nov 05, 2025 11:30 a.m.
The 1.5-hour Coaching Circles are designed to help you foster a realistic self-appraisal, hone your MI skills (with practice and feedback) and increase your confidence in the approach. The topics in each course have some similarity that will prepare you to take the final skills demonstration course. Learners will need to register for each of the four sessions. Circles do not need to be completed in order. 1.5 CEUs Each.

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Course Code
MI: Coaching Circles 3 | November 10, 2025 | 1:00 PM
Format
Virtual
Start
Nov 10, 2025 1:00 p.m.
End
Nov 10, 2025 2:30 p.m.
The 1.5-hour Coaching Circles are designed to help you foster a realistic self-appraisal, hone your MI skills (with practice and feedback) and increase your confidence in the approach. The topics in each course have some similarity that will prepare you to take the final skills demonstration course. Learners will need to register for each of the four sessions. Circles do not need to be completed in order. 1.5 CEUs Each.

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Course Code
TTCP x101.C | November 12-13, 2025
Format
In Person
Location
Roseville, MN
Start
Nov 12, 2025 9:00 a.m.
End
Nov 13, 2025 4:00 p.m.

This training is brought to you by the University of Minnesota Duluth Tribal Training and Certification Partnership (TTCP). This is an introductory course to the basics of the history of ICWA and application of ICWA and MIFPA. We have an education team comprised of several community trainers that come from University of Minnesota Duluth's MSW faculty and instructors, the Center for Regional and Tribal Child Welfare Studies instructors and researchers; tribal child welfare workers, county child welfare ICWA specialists, urban ICWA workers, individuals with lived experience, the MN GAL program, and elders. Your education team will include a mixture of individuals representing these varied backgrounds. 12 CEUs.

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Course Code
CWTA X201 | November 12, 2025
Format
In Person
Location
Roseville, MN
Start
Nov 12, 2025 9:00 a.m.
End
Nov 12, 2025 4:30 p.m.
The goal of this course is for case workers to learn about their roles and responsibilities when involved in child protection legal proceedings and collaborating with courtroom professionals. Federal and Minnesota law requires county agencies to engage in reasonable/active efforts to support families involved in the child welfare system. Learn how focusing on family’s cultures and strengths can be beneficial. In addition, gain in-depth knowledge of how to prepare for court hearings and prepare proper documentation and acquire tips for testifying at trials. 6.0 CEUs.

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Course Code
MI: Coaching Circles 2 | November 12, 2025 | 10:00 AM
Format
Virtual
Start
Nov 12, 2025 10:00 a.m.
End
Nov 12, 2025 11:30 a.m.
The 1.5-hour Coaching Circles are designed to help you foster a realistic self-appraisal, hone your MI skills (with practice and feedback) and increase your confidence in the approach. The topics in each course have some similarity that will prepare you to take the final skills demonstration course. Learners will need to register for each of the four sessions. Circles do not need to be completed in order. 1.5 CEUs Each.

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Course Code
TTCP x101.C (In Roseville) | For BSW IV-E Scholars Only | November 14-15, 2025
Format
In Person
Location
Roseville, MN
Start
Nov 14, 2025 9:00 a.m.
End
Nov 15, 2025 4:00 p.m.
This training is brought to you by the University of Minnesota Duluth Tribal Training and Certification Partnership (TTCP). This is an introductory course to the basics of the history of ICWA and application of ICWA and MIFPA. We have an education team comprised of several community trainers that come from University of Minnesota Duluth's MSW faculty and instructors, the Center for Regional and Tribal Child Welfare Studies instructors and researchers; tribal child welfare workers, county child welfare ICWA specialists, urban ICWA workers, individuals with lived experience, the MN GAL program, and elders. Your education team will include a mixture of individuals representing these varied backgrounds. 12 CEUs.

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MI: Coaching Circles 4 | November 17, 2025 | 1:00 PM
Format
Virtual
Start
Nov 17, 2025 1:00 p.m.
End
Nov 17, 2025 2:30 p.m.
The 1.5-hour Coaching Circles are designed to help you foster a realistic self-appraisal, hone your MI skills (with practice and feedback) and increase your confidence in the approach. The topics in each course have some similarity that will prepare you to take the final skills demonstration course. Learners will need to register for each of the four sessions. Circles do not need to be completed in order. 1.5 CEUs Each.

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Course Code
MI: Coaching Circles 3 | November 19, 2025 | 10:00 AM
Format
Virtual
Start
Nov 19, 2025 10:00 a.m.
End
Nov 19, 2025 11:30 a.m.
The 1.5-hour Coaching Circles are designed to help you foster a realistic self-appraisal, hone your MI skills (with practice and feedback) and increase your confidence in the approach. The topics in each course have some similarity that will prepare you to take the final skills demonstration course. Learners will need to register for each of the four sessions. Circles do not need to be completed in order. 1.5 CEUs Each.

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Course Code
CWTA X209 | November 20, 2025
Format
In Person
Location
Roseville, MN
Start
Nov 20, 2025 9:00 a.m.
End
Nov 20, 2025 4:30 p.m.
This training will address crucial aspects of best practice in child welfare and domestic violence co-occurrence cases. Training will include historical social context setting and practice application, focusing on strengths-based practice. Partnering with non-offending parents and engaging offenders in accountability and change. In particular, participants will utilize two key protocols and practice applying them in scenario-based exercises to help build skills to enhance field work. Intended Audience: Experienced workers who have not taken Foundations training since January 2021. 6.0 CEUs.

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Course Code
CWTA X403 | Cohort 30
Format
Virtual
Start
Nov 20, 2025 6:00 p.m.
End
Jan 08, 2026 8:00 p.m.

Prospective foster care families should start by contacting the foster care licensor at their local county or tribal human services agency. Your licensor will work with you to assign training. If your licensor would like you to complete Foster Parent Training through the Training Academy, we will work with them to provide you with no-cost access to Foster Parent College self-paced modules, as well as the option to register and complete our Foster Parent Pre-Service Training (four virtual, instructor-led meetings). More information is available on our website.

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Course Code
MI: Coaching Circles 4 | November 26, 2025 | 10:00 AM
Format
Virtual
Start
Nov 26, 2025 10:00 a.m.
End
Nov 26, 2025 11:30 a.m.
The 1.5-hour Coaching Circles are designed to help you foster a realistic self-appraisal, hone your MI skills (with practice and feedback) and increase your confidence in the approach. The topics in each course have some similarity that will prepare you to take the final skills demonstration course. Learners will need to register for each of the four sessions. Circles do not need to be completed in order. 1.5 CEUs Each.

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Course Code
TTCP x101.C for DCYF Only | December 1-2, 2025
Format
In Person
Location
Roseville, MN
Start
Dec 01, 2025 9:00 a.m.
End
Dec 02, 2025 4:00 p.m.
This training is brought to you by the University of Minnesota Duluth Tribal Training and Certification Partnership (TTCP). This is an introductory course to the basics of the history of ICWA and application of ICWA and MIFPA. We have an education team comprised of several community trainers that come from University of Minnesota Duluth's MSW faculty and instructors, the Center for Regional and Tribal Child Welfare Studies instructors and researchers; tribal child welfare workers, county child welfare ICWA specialists, urban ICWA workers, individuals with lived experience, the MN GAL program, and elders. Your education team will include a mixture of individuals representing these varied backgrounds. 12 CEUs.

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Course Code
TTCP x101.C (Virtual) | For MSW IV-E Scholars Only | December 8-9, 2025
Format
In Person
Start
Dec 08, 2025 9:00 a.m.
End
Dec 09, 2025 4:00 p.m.
This training is brought to you by the University of Minnesota Duluth Tribal Training and Certification Partnership (TTCP). This is an introductory course to the basics of the history of ICWA and application of ICWA and MIFPA. We have an education team comprised of several community trainers that come from University of Minnesota Duluth's MSW faculty and instructors, the Center for Regional and Tribal Child Welfare Studies instructors and researchers; tribal child welfare workers, county child welfare ICWA specialists, urban ICWA workers, individuals with lived experience, the MN GAL program, and elders. Your education team will include a mixture of individuals representing these varied backgrounds. 12 CEUs.

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Course Code
TTCP x101.C for Supervisors Only | December 15-16, 2025
Format
Virtual
Start
Dec 15, 2025 9:00 a.m.
End
Dec 16, 2025 4:00 p.m.
This training is brought to you by the University of Minnesota Duluth Tribal Training and Certification Partnership (TTCP). This is an introductory course to the basics of the history of ICWA and application of ICWA and MIFPA. We have an education team comprised of several community trainers that come from University of Minnesota Duluth's MSW faculty and instructors, the Center for Regional and Tribal Child Welfare Studies instructors and researchers; tribal child welfare workers, county child welfare ICWA specialists, urban ICWA workers, individuals with lived experience, the MN GAL program, and elders. Your education team will include a mixture of individuals representing these varied backgrounds. 12 CEUs.

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Course Code
December 17-18, 2025
Format
In Person
Location
Roseville, MN
Start
Dec 17, 2025 9:00 a.m.
End
Dec 18, 2025 4:00 p.m.
This training is brought to you by the University of Minnesota Duluth Tribal Training and Certification Partnership (TTCP). This is an introductory course to the basics of the history of ICWA and application of ICWA and MIFPA. We have an education team comprised of several community trainers that come from University of Minnesota Duluth's MSW faculty and instructors, the Center for Regional and Tribal Child Welfare Studies instructors and researchers; tribal child welfare workers, county child welfare ICWA specialists, urban ICWA workers, individuals with lived experience, the MN GAL program, and elders. Your education team will include a mixture of individuals representing these varied backgrounds. 12 CEUs.

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Course Code
MI: Pathway 1 Skills Demonstration
Format
Virtual
In the final course in MI Training, you will be asked to demonstrate your Motivational Interviewing skills through a series of simulated encounters. In particular, you will watch a series of videos that simulate a person you might be working with as a child welfare professional. After each video, you will record yourself as if you were responding to this person sitting across from you in a way that is consistent with the Motivational Interviewing skills and approach. Your responses will be coded, a final score will be assigned, and you will receive feedback on your demonstration. Upon completion of the course, you will receive an email from the DHS CQI Department about the final MI phase/fidelity monitoring requirements under the FFPSA policy.

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Course Code
CWTA X410: MI Pathway 3 Skills Demonstration
Format
Virtual
In the Motivational Interviewing (MI) Skills for Child Welfare Professionals: Pathway 3 Skills Demonstration course, you will be asked to demonstrate your MI skills through a series of simulated encounters. In particular, you will watch a series of videos that simulate a person you might be working with as a child welfare professional. After each video, you will record yourself as if you were responding to this person sitting across from you in a way that is consistent with the MI skills and approach. Your responses will be reviewed at the end of the course, a final score will be assigned, and you will receive feedback on your demonstration.

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Course Code
CWTA X410: MI Pathway 3 Training Documentation Approval
Format
Virtual
The Motivational Interviewing (MI) Skills for Child Welfare Professionals: Pathway 3 Training Documentation Approval course is the first of two Pathway 3 courses for workers who have successfully completed a minimum of 15 hour Motivational Interviewing training by a MINT trainer hosted through their agencies. In this course, you will need to provide electronic documentation of a minimum of 15 hours of training that includes applied practice of basic MI skills.

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Course Code
CWTA X409: MI Pathway 2 LYSSN Proficiency
Format
Virtual
The Motivational Interviewing (MI) Skills for Child Welfare Professionals: Pathway 2 LYSSN Proficiency course is for learners who have completed MI training through a MINT trainer previously and will be submitting an ongoing fidelity skills assessment score that meets or surpasses basic advanced standards. LYSSN assessment must have been completed within the last 3 months.

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Course Code
CWTA X223 | MAPCY
Format
Virtual
This 2-hour self-paced online course is for anyone who uses the MAPCY tool, enters it into SSIS, and/or approves it, including staff at county agencies, Tribal agencies, and private agencies. This is a foundational training that is appropriate for new workers as well as a refresher for seasoned workers. The likely audience for this course is assessors who need to know how to complete the MAPCY and submit it for review and approval. The focus of this course is how to complete an accurate and high-quality assessment in a timely manner. Learners will understand MAPCY within the larger child welfare system and gain new skills to support permanency and children who are in care. 2.0 CEUs.

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Course Code
CWTA X409: MI Pathway 2 Skills Demonstration
Format
Virtual
In the Motivational Interviewing (MI) Skills for Child Welfare Professionals: Pathway 2 Skills Demonstration course, you will be asked to demonstrate your MI skills through a series of simulated encounters. In particular, you will watch a series of videos that simulate a person you might be working with as a child welfare professional. After each video, you will record yourself as if you were responding to this person sitting across from you in a way that is consistent with the MI skills and approach. Your responses will be reviewed at the end of the course, a final score will be assigned, and you will receive feedback on your demonstration.

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Course Code
CWTA X409: MI Pathway 2 Sec 1a. Training Documentation Approval
Format
Virtual
The Motivational Interviewing (MI) Skills for Child Welfare Professionals: Pathway 2 Training Documentation Approval course is the first of two Pathway 2 courses for workers who have successfully completed a minimum of 15 hour Motivational Interviewing training by a MINT certified trainer between 6/1/21 - present. If a learner successfully completed a 15-hour Motivational Interviewing training with a MINT trainer prior to 61/21, they will need to provide proof of attending and completing a refresher training if the training was held within the past 12 months. Upon completion of this course, learners will be able to register for the next course Pathway 2 Skills Demonstration.