Helping LGBTQ Families Navigate the Child Welfare System

Traci Tippett, L.C.S.W., Melinda Feola-Mahar, Karey Scheyd, M.P.A., Kristopher Shultz, M.A., and Jackson Wright Shultz, M.A.
CE Hours: 1.5

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Online Test and Certificate: $10.00

"PLEASE NOTE; this item is for the purchase of the post-test and CE certificate only."

This webinar will provide an overview of the challenges faced by LGBTQ families who need to navigate the child welfare system either as prospective foster and adoptive families or as families in need of services. As the legal landscape changes to provide equal protections and rights for LGBT individuals and couples, increasing numbers of LGBT families are coming forward to provide temporary and permanent care for children and youth living in foster care. Yet marriage equality and other legal actions are not enough to help prospective LGBT families navigate the child welfare system. Agencies and organizations must work to create policies and procedures in order to ensure an organizational culture that is inclusive and knowledgeable about the unique needs of LGBTQ families.

 

Continuing Education

Satisfactory Completion
Participants must have paid course fee, completed evaluation, and completed post-test with passing grade of 75% in order to receive a certificate. Failure to complete and submit these materials will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available.

Social Workers
CA: The Board of Behavioral Sciences has deferred CE course approvals to APA for its licensees. See those approvals under Psychologists and Social Workers
NY: R. Cassidy Seminars is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider (#0006) of continuing education for licensed social workers. This program is approved for (1.5) contact hours self-study.
OH: Provider approved by the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board for (1.5) clock hours, #RCST110701

Counselors/Marriage and Family Therapists
CA: The Board of Behavioral Sciences has deferred CE course approvals to APA for its licensees. See those approvals under Psychologists and Social Workers.
Other States: If your state is not specifically listed, nearly all state Counselor and MFT boards accept either APA approval, or are reciprocal with other state licensing board approvals, such as those listed below. Check with your board to be sure. The Ohio Board includes Counselors and MFTs.
IL: Illinois Dept of Professional Regulation, Approved Continuing Education Sponsor, #168-000141.  (1.5) hours.
OH: Provider approved by the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board for (1.5) clock hours, #RCST110701
TX: Approved CE Sponsor through the Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage & Family Therapists. Provider #151 (1.5) CE hours.

Chemical Dependency Counselors
CA: Provider approved by CFAAP/CAADAC, Provider #4N-00-434-0220 for (1.5) CEHs. CAADAC is an ICRC member which has reciprocity with most ICRC member states
TX: Provider approved by the TCBAP Standards Committee, Provider No. 1749-06, (1.5) hours general. Expires 3/31/2019.  Complaints about provider or workshop content may be directed to the TCBAP Standards Committee, 1005 Congress Avenue, Ste. 460, Austin, Texas 78701, Fax Number (512) 476-7297.

Educators
IL: Provider approved by the Illinois State Board of Certification #080304164719171. (1.5) CE Hours.
TX: R. Cassidy Seminars is an approved provider with the Texas Education Agency CPE# 501456. This course is (1.5) CE Hours.

Nurses
CA: Provider approved by the CA Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CeP12224, for (1.5) contact hours

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