Register in the CWTS LMS When you log in to the CWTS LMS, you will arrive at the LMS home page. On this home page you will find several different categories of learning opportunities that are available for registration. Select the category you are most interested in by clicking the View Courses button.
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The DR Learning Forum comprises three types of learning experiences, each one giving you the space to ask for help in a particular DR area, the chance to learn from more experienced counties, and the opportunity to share new ways of practice and creative solutions to common issues.
Colorado’s kids are facing a mental health crisis, and summer is unlikely to ease it. When classrooms fill again, schools are expected to be impacted. Prepare NOW to advocate for students and their educational needs and services and join NOT TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL, starting July 13.
As the initial course in the Fundamentals of Colorado Child Welfare Casework Practice series, this interactive, self-guided online training is designed to give learners a basic understanding of the Colorado child welfare system.
This two-day course centers on the administrative areas of supervision. These specialized child welfare leadership and management tasks are required to motivate and maintain organization, productivity, and compliance.
This hybrid course—designed to prepare both hotline workers and caseworkers for certification—builds on personal and professional experiences that promote quality customer service and provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to successfully carry out the duties associated with the referral and screening processes.
This interactive, self-guided online course is designed to help child welfare professionals and foster, kinship, and adoptive parents understand the impact of trauma on the development of school age children who have experienced child abuse and neglect.
The New Supervisor Academy is a series of 5 courses that MUST be taken in order. Take this one first!
The training is designed to be flexible, so the amount of time it takes you to complete it may vary. Please count on spending approximately two hours. Access the Colorado Online Mandatory Reporter Training at CO4KIDS.org.
The Core Services Program was established within CDHS in 1994 and is statutorily required to provide strength-based resources and support to families when children/youth are at imminent risk of out-of-home placement, in need of services to return home, or to maintain a placement in the least restrictive setting possible. Responding to the complexity and variability in the needs of children, youth, and families across the diverse regions of Colorado, the Core Services Program combines the consistency of centralized state administrative oversight with the flexibility and accountability of a county-run system. This approach allows for individualized services to meet the needs of children, youth, and families across diverse Colorado communities. Visit the Child Welfare Core Services Program page to learn more.
If you are concerned about a child or youth's safety and well-being, please call the Colorado Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline at 844-CO-4- Kids. Call 9-1-1 if there is an immediate threat.
Colorado's child welfare system is state supervised and administered by Colorado's 64 counties. CDHS's Division of Child Welfare oversees child welfare practice, provides policy direction and provides 80 percent of the funding for services. Counties contribute approximately 20 percent of the funding through local revenues.
Research has shown that toxic stress, including abuse and/or neglect that occurs when a child is young, can have negative impacts on brain/cognitive development, attachment and academic achievement.