Welcome to Training Matters

We are pleased to bring you the Training Matters, the newsletter of the North Carolina Division of Social Services' Family Support and Child Welfare Services Statewide Training Partnership. A supplement to the spring and fall child welfare training calendars you receive at your agency, each issue of Training Matters will provide you with updates on new curricula, highlight special offerings, and give you the information you need to select and get the most out of the professional development opportunities offered by the Division. If there are particular topics or training events you would like to see addressed, please let us know.

Current Issue

Vol. 8, No. 2: Support for Child and Family Team Meetings in NC

Previous Issues

	Vol. 8, No. 1: Web-based Learning for NC's Child Welfare Workforce
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	Vol. 7, No. 4: Promoting School Success: Resources for Child Welfare Workers and Families
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	Vol. 7, No. 3: ncswLearn.org: A New Tool for Child Welfare Training in NC
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	Vol. 7, No. 2: Learning Resources for Working with American Indian Families
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	Vol. 7, No. 1: Child Welfare Training: North Carolina Has Come a Long Way
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	Vol. 6, No. 3: Child Welfare Learning Resources Related to PTSD
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	Vol. 6, No. 2: Child Welfare Learning Resources Related to Meth
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	Vol. 6, No. 1: Parenting Classes and Child Welfare in North Carolina
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	Vol. 5, No. 4: Using Data in Child Welfare—Learning Resources
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	Vol. 5, No. 3: NC Kids—Good News for Adoption and Foster Care in North Carolina
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	Vol. 5, No. 2: Learn More about Working with Parents with Cognitive Limitations
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	Vol. 5, No. 1: Update on Child Welfare Training in North Carolina
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	Vol. 4, No. 3: New Cornerstones Series Promotes Family-Centered Practice
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	Vol. 4, No. 2: Supporting Partnerships Between Birth and Foster Parents
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	Vol. 4, No. 1: The Family-Centered Approach

Vol. 3, No. 4: Preservice Helps New Workers (and Supervisors) Get Their Bearings

Vol. 3, No. 3: New Training Courses Make their Debut in Spring 2002

Vol. 3, No. 2: The Collaborative

Vol. 3, No. 1: Helping Workers Apply What They Learn in Training

	Vol. 2, No. 3: Supervisor's Role in Training is Critical
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	Vol. 2, No. 2: New Distribution Strategy for Child Welfare Training Schedule

Vol. 2, No. 1: Training and Turnover in Child Welfare in North Carolina

Vol. 1, No. 4: The Preservice: A Key First Step

Vol. 1, No. 3: Getting the Most Out of the 300 Series (And All Training)

Vol. 1, No. 2: The 200 Series--Tools to Help You Cultivate Your Practice

Vol. 1, No. 1: Child Welfare--How Training Fits with Practice

Our Sponsors

Training Matters is produced by the North Carolina Division of Social Services Family Support and Child Welfare Services Statewide Training Partnership, an organization dedicated to developing and delivering competency-based, job-relevant, accessible child welfare training.

Partners include:

	N.C. Division of Social Services
	N.C. Association of County Directors of Social Services
	Appalachian Family Innovations at Appalachian State University
	Children and Family Services Association--NC
	Independent Living Resources, Inc.
	N.C. Child Welare Education Collaborative
	N.C. State University Department of Social Work
	N.C. A&T State University Department of Sociology/Social Work
	Resources for Change, Inc.
	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work (Jordan Institute for Families)
	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
	University of North Carolina at Greensboro Department of Social Work

Related Publications

	Children's Services Practice Notes, for North Carolina's Child Welfare Workers
	Fostering Perspectives, Views on Foster Care in North Carolina

We Want to Hear from You!

If you have questions or would like to comment about something that appears in Training Matters, please contact us. Address your comments to: Teresa Turner, Program Administrator, Children's Services Staff Development, N.C. Division of Social Services, 2412 Mail Service Center, 325 N. Salisbury Street, Suite 735, Raleigh, NC 27699-2412, State Courier: 56-20-25, E-mail: Teresa.Turner@ncmail.net, Tel: 919/733-7672.

Training Matters is designed and produced by John McMahon (e-mail: johnmcmahon@mindspring.com), Jordan Institute for Families, UNC-CH School of Social Work.

"The opinions and beliefs expressed herein are not necessarily those of the North Carolina Division of Social Services and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work. In an effort to serve readers, we sometimes reference other sources of information. Any reference of this sort is not necessarily an endorsement of these references."

This page was last updated on April 30, 2007
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