Attorney Academy on Reasonable & Active Efforts (Summer)

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Family & Youth Justice Programs is excited to partner with the Capacity Building Center for Courts (CBCC) to bring a Reasonable and Active Efforts Attorney Academy to Washington State on June 14th – June 15th (Summer Academy). This highly interactive, virtual training is designed to help attorneys practicing in the Washington child welfare system gain the knowledge and skills necessary to make substantive reasonable and active efforts arguments and engage in targeted out-of-court and in-court advocacy to ensure children, parents,

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Lactation and Substance Use: New Guidelines Training

South Sound Lactation is putting on a virtual presentation regarding lactation and substance use.  The presentation will cover weighing risks and benefits of infant feeding methods in the context of substance use, overview of guidelines, example cases and communication practice. It will also briefly review evidence summaries for MOUDs, opioids, benzodiazepines, stimulants, nicotine, alcohol, and cannabis use during lactation, focused primarily on infant health impacts and monitoring. There will be a Q & A session after the presentation and the

Judicial Community of Practice (JCoP)

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The Judicial Community of Practice (JCoP) is a monthly, virtual peer-learning opportunity for dependency court judicial officers. Come learn about the best-practices being used in dependency courts and talk with your peers about what they are doing in their courts. JCoP sessions are led one of our expert Jurists-in-Residence, who are retired judicial officers with years of experience hearing child dependency cases. The sessions are topic-focused and include a Dependency Practice Tip that is sent out prior to each session.

Incorporating the Family into Treatment and Recovery, Part 6: Healing Children of Parental Substance Use Disorders

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Prevention begins with helping children of parents with substance use disorder heal. Trauma and chronic stress alter brain function and can lead to negative outcomes, including ineffective coping skills, lack of impulse control, attachment adjustment, and academic challenges. Identification is hindered by invisible stigma, family rules, and the child’s fears that no one will believe them. Availability and access to help is limited and decreases with poverty and other cultural factors. Children all have internalized protective and environmental factors that

RISE23: NADCP

George R Brown Convention Center 1001 Avenida de las Americas, Houston, TX, United States

National Conference for all drug court professionals held yearly by the National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP). Mikala Meize-Bowers, PhD & Meghan R. Fitzgerald, PhD will be presenting on data and evaluation in therapeutic courts based on work started during their work with the Family Treatment Court grant

Embracing Recovery-Oriented Harm Reduction in Medication Assisted Treatment

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Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is widely accepted as the most effective form of treatment for individuals with opioid use disorder. MAT options have offered a pathway to recovery for many individuals who have found sustained, long-term recovery with the support of these medications and services. Despite this, MAT is often categorized as a form of harm reduction. In fact, MAT is known to provide many life-saving harm reduction benefits to individuals who use substances. So, which is it? A pathway to

NCSC: Family Centered Fridays “Creating User-Centered Courtrooms”,

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There, NCSC’s Nathan Hall, Principal Court Management Consultant, and David Sayles, Senior Court Management Consultant, will lead a discussion on how trauma-informed design for court spaces can support user-centered court culture. David and Nathan will be joined by Nicole Ticknor and Kimberly Ackmann, Deputy Court Administrators with Illinois’ 17th Circuit (Winnebago County), to discuss their jurisdiction’s proposal for a new, trauma-informed Family Courts Center. Attendees will have the opportunity to view plans for trauma-informed courtrooms and court service areas, hear

Keeping Families Together Act: Basics for the Bench

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The Washington State Legislature passed the Keeping Families Together Act (HB 1227) in 2021, with an effective date of July 1, 2023. This historic legislation makes significant changes to the front-end of the dependency court process and represents a fundamental shift in how courts consider child safety in decision-making. In May, Family & Youth Justice Programs (FYJP) held the 2023 Dependency Judicial Training Academy which was entirely focused on preparing courts for these monumental changes. The academy was very well-received

CFF Idea Exchange: continue the conversation from the July Practice Academy course titled, “Building Strong Futures: Increasing FTC Capacity and Scale.”

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This conversation is held as a follow up to the earlier Practice Academy on this topic, and offers a chance to discuss and strategize with peers. Come take part in a lively conversation on Tuesday, August 22, 2023 at 1:00 pm ET/10:00 am PT with peers from across the country. It’s a chance to share and discuss strategies, innovations, and challenges! Asking the questions… Do you understand your scale and whether you’re meeting the need of your community? How can