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    Caseworker visits with children in foster care

    Training videos

    Frequent, quality visits by caseworkers with children in foster care are essential to their safety and well-being at all ages. At each developmental stage, children's needs change, and so do the purposes of the visits. 

    These nine brief videos each provide best-practice suggestions for different scenarios involving foster children.

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    Overview
    March 12, 2021 Length: 0:7:32 Direct Link
    Visits with Infants and Toddlers
    March 12, 2021 Length: 0:6:43 Direct Link
    Visiting an Elementary-age Children
    March 12, 2021 Length: 0:8:10 Direct Link
    Caseworkers Visits with Children Ages 10-12
    March 12, 2021 Length: 0:7:52 Direct Link
    Youth Placed in Group Homes or Residential Facilities
    March 12, 2021 Length: 0:5:59 Direct Link
    Preparing Foster Children for Visits with Birth Parents
    March 12, 2021 Length: 0:5:47 Direct Link
    Quality Visits
    March 12, 2021 Length: 0:9:26 Direct Link
    Building Stable Placements
    March 12, 2021 Length: 0:5:53 Direct Link
    Preparing Older Youth for Adulthood
    March 12, 2021 Length: 0:13:22 Direct Link

    Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy

    The Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy (MNCWTA) is a collaboration between the Child Safety and Permanency Division at the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW) at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. The mission is to train, develop, and support the skills, expertise, and well-being of Minnesota’s child welfare workforce while nurturing a commitment to equitable child welfare practice.

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