Implementation Lessons Learned
This is a recording of the Lessons Learned webinar presented July 31, 2019 Description: During this webinar you will hear what we learned (sometimes the hard way), related to staffing and staff support, recruitment and retention, cost/sustainability, stakeholder collaboration, and logistics. We’ll also share concrete examples from the QIC-AG partner sites that can be applied … Read More »
Developing an Adoption Competent Network of Pediatric Providers: Partnering with Medical Providers
Description: Dr. Veenod Chulani discusses the importance of creating an adoption competent network of medical providers. He shares strategies that child welfare and medical providers can employ to promote relationships that support families who have adopted children. Posted 05-2-19.
QIC-AG Podcast Episode #2 Empowering Families to Seek Support
In this episode of the QIC-AG podcast, Melinda Lis the QIC-AG Senior Project Director and Vice President of the Academy for Family Support and Preservation Spaulding for Children and host April Dinwoodie examine the reasons families may not seek support and how the QIC-AG, guided by the permanency continuum framework, is moving the needle on … Read More »
QIC-AG PODCAST EPISODE #1 CHILD WELFARE IN THE 21ST CENTURY: SUPPORTING FAMILIES WHO PROVIDE PERMANENCE
In this episode of the QIC-AG podcast, Dr. Mark Testa, QIC-AG Professional Consortium Chair and Spears-Turner Distinguished Professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and host April Dinwoodie have a conversation about Child Welfare in the 21st Century. To see more about QIC-AG’s key messages click here and for more on Child Welfare … Read More »
Developing an Adoption Competent Network of Providers
This is a recording of the Lessons Learned webinar presented September 26th, 2018 Description: Pediatric health providers, teachers, and social service professionals play a critical role in the lives of families who have adopted. Once an adoption has been finalized, these professionals typically have more frequent contact with adoptive families than child welfare professionals. Consequently, … Read More »
Understanding the Needs of the Adoption Circle in a Culturally Competent Manner
In working with adoptive families, it’s essential to understand the needs of the entire adoption circle. Appreciating the gains and losses for everyone involved is important, especially when it comes to supporting the mental health and academic needs of adoptees. Clinicians should always consider these needs and supports through a culturally competent lens. If you … Read More »
QIChat – Wisconsin
This is a recording of the QIChat presented July 18th, 2018. This QIChat highlighted the intervention that Wisconsin has implemented to support to children and families who have achieved permanence. Wisconsin will discuss lessons learned while implementing Adoption and Guardianship Enhanced Support (AGES); a voluntary program designed to support families who face escalating stress stemming … Read More »
QIChat – Illinois
This QIChat highlights the intervention that Illinois has implemented to support to children and families who have achieved permanence. Illinois discusses lessons learned while implementing Trauma Affect Regulation: Guide for Education and Therapy (TARGET); a strengths-based, psychoeducational approach designed to teach youth about the impact of trauma on human cognition. The interactive QIChat will provide … Read More »
QIChat – New Jersey
This is a recording of the QIC-Chat presented May 16th, 2018. This QIChat highlighted the intervention that New Jersey has implemented to support to children and families who have achieved permanence. New Jersey discusses lessons learned while implementing Tuning in to Teens; a program that equips parents with strategies for responding empathically to their adolescent’s … Read More »
QIChat – VT
This is a recording of the QIC-Chat presented April 18th, 2018. This QIChat highlighted the intervention that Vermont has implemented to support children and families that have achieved permanence. Vermont will discuss lessons learned while implementing the Vermont Permanency Survey which was designed to help the site learn about the experiences of families both pre- … Read More »
