Training and Practice Application
Section Description/Goal
The goal of this section is to promote youth and family-driven planning and care across systems through the development and implementation of training that engages youth, families, and organizations in learning and capacity building.
The Training and Practice Application Section seeks to take best practice and research and translate information into experiential, active training methods. This section assists in the coordination and collaboration of similar projects and curriculum design across CYFCP. Collaboration across CYFCP initiatives ensures the same understanding of training and creates a common language for development of future courses.
The Training and Practice Application Section also offers courses and technical support to assist communities in creating local training teams. With a focus on partnering with family members, CYFCP approaches training in communities as one way to support independent sustainability of ongoing learning. Through trainer skills development, course offerings, training of trainers, and other avenues for creating learning environments, CYFCP hopes to ensure high quality, family driven training conducted across North Carolina on a regular basis.
Training and technical support is sustained in a variety of ways:
- Through local contracts
- State contracts
- Registrations for specific courses offered through CYFCP
- Training components within grants and initiatives
Examples of course and technical assistance include:
- Local training plan development
- Child and Family Team Meeting Facilitation Courses, both mental health specific and cross systems
- Crisis Planning
- Training of Trainers Courses
- Strengths-Based Supervision Series
- Supervisory Coaching
- CFT Facilitator Coaching
- Trainer Skills Development
- Curriculum Design and Development
- Data Collection: pre and post surveys to measure practice change, trainer skill development and clinical outcomes.
Section Initiatives/Project Names/Brief Description
Current projects include training delivery of the following courses through contracts or participant registrations:
- Strengths-Based Supervision Series in eastern North Carolina
- Person Centered Planning: A Child and Family Team Approach in eastern North Carolina
- Trainer Skills Development for CYFCP staff
- Child and Family Teams from the Family’s Perspective: Part Two - A Cross Systems Approach to Facilitating Family Driven Meetings statewide offering
- Introduction to Child and Family Teams: A Cross System Training from the Family’s Perspective - Training of Trainers Course statewide offering
- Child and Family Teams from the Family’s Perspective: Part Two - A Cross Systems Approach to Facilitating Family Driven Meetings - Training of Trainers Course statewide offering