In partnership with several jurisdictions that are implementing Strengthening Families in their child welfare systems, CSSP has developed a scripted curriculum introducing the Protective Factors Framework and the small but significant changes workers can make in their child welfare practice. Some of the curriculum content will also be relevant for other audiences.
- Overview of the Scripted Curriculum
- MODULE 1: Introduction to Strengthening Families: A Protective Factors Framework
- MODULE 2: Understanding the Strengthening Families Protective Factors
- MODULE 3: Youth Thrive: A Protective Factors Approach for Older Youth
- Module script and activities
- PowerPoint slides
- Handouts:
- Protective and Promotive Factors Research Briefs:
- MODULE 4: Trauma and Brain Development: A Protective Factors Approach
- MODULE 5: Making Small But Significant Changes in Child Welfare Practice
- Module script
- PowerPoint slides
- Handouts:
- Strengthening Families and Child Welfare Practice Skills
- Using Protective Factors to Identify Relevant Strengths
- Using Protective Factors to Develop Case Plan Tasks and Activities
- Building Protective Factors During Casework Visits
- Using Protective Factors as a Lens to Monitor Progress Towards Case Closure
- Applying a Protective Factors Approach: Case Studies
- MODULE 6: Taking a Community Approach to Strengthening Families
- MODULE 7: The Research Behind Strengthening Families
- MODULE 8: Tools to Support Strengthening Families Implementation