By Topic
- Child Abuse and Neglect
Child Abuse and Neglect User Manual Series Child Welfare Information Gateway
Mandatory Reporting SOA, DHSS, OCS
- Child Development
- Child Welfare
Alaska Child Welfare Conference 2021
Child Protective Services: A Guide for Caseworkers (2018)Children's Bureau
Child Welfare League of America
What is Child Welfare? A Guide for Domestic Violence Services Advocates Child Welfare Information Gateway
What is Child Welfare? A Guide for Behavioral Health/Mental Health Professionals Child Welfare Information Gateway
What is Child Welfare? A Guide for Health Care Professionals Child Welfare Information Gateway
- Diversity and Culture
Cultural Resource Guide: Traditional Health and Resource Guide DHSS/OCS
Cultural Support Services- CSS (5:38) OCS
Family Assessment: Understanding Bias Capacity Building Center for Tribes
How to Overcome Bias Capacity Building Center for Tribes
- Domestic Violence
10 Shocking Domestic Violence Statistics (2:51) Children of Domestic Violence
Alaska's Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (CDVSA)
Casework Practice With Families Affected by Domestic Violence Child Welfare Information Gateway
Child Protection in Families Experiencing Domestic Violence Child Welfare Information Gateway
Why We Stayed (7:43)
We Believe Moms Matter: Enhancing Child Welfare Responses to Mothers Experiencing Domestic Violence (1:27:47) NCJFCJ
- Ethics
- FASDFetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- ICWA
ICWA Handbook (PDF) updated January 2023
ICWA: Protecting our Children and Our Future (Video 15:24) DHSS/OCS
- Mental Health
- OCS Practice Model
- Racial Equity
Anti-Racist Practice Series for Human Services
Anti-Racism Series (UC Davis - Parts 1, 2, & 3)
Nice White Parents A limited series podcast from Serial Productions. Chana Joffe-Walt explores racial integration of a New York school, white parents' influence over the changes to this one school, and its history over the last 60 years.
Promoting Racial Equity Through Workforce and Organizational Actions
Racial Equity Discussion Guide
Racial Equity Part 1 (1:49:26)
Racial Equity Part 2 (46:17)
- Safety
Safety Evaluation For Emergency Placements (January 2021)(51:23)
Unlicensed Relative or Prospective Foster Home Safety Evaluation (PDF)
- Sexual Abuse/Assault
- Strengthening Families
Strengthening Families Alaska DHSS
Strengthening Families Alaska Children's Trust
- Substance Abuse
- Trauma
- Tribal Co-Signer Training
Licensing Assist Training (July 8, 2020 5:34:44)
Licensing Assist Training (July 9, 2020 6:02:11)
Safety Evaluations of Unlicensed Relative Homes Training (July 16, 2020 2:51:12)
Family Contact Training (July 23, 2020 morning session 1:27:55)
Family Contact Training (July 23, 2020 afternoon session 2:08:43)
- Workforce DevelopmentSupervising Child Protective Services Caseworkers Child Welfare Information Gateway