1. Introduction to Child Protective Investigations
Module 1
Introduction to Child Protective Investigations

2. Agenda
Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.0.2

3. Reviewing the Child Welfare Practice Model
Unit 1.1
Reviewing the Child Welfare Practice Model
Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.1.1

4. Learning Objectives
Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.1.2

5. Activity: Core Competencies
Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.1.3

6. Child Protective Investigations: Process and Procedures
Purpose of investigations
Immediate and On-going Safety Needs
Child Welfare Practice Model
Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.1.4

7. Information Collection Impending Danger
KEY TERMS
Present Danger
Information Collection
Impending Danger
Caregiver Protective Capacities
Safe/Unsafe
Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.1.5

8. Activity: Core Terminology Recall Game
Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.1.6

9. Overview of the Child Protective Investigation Process
Unit 1.2
Overview of the Child Protective Investigation Process
Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.2.1

10. Learning Objectives
Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.2.2

11. Activity: Determining the Focus of Your Family Functioning Assessment
Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.2.3

12. Types of investigation reports Procedural activities and processes
CPI Process
Types of investigation reports
Procedural activities and processes
Six domains of standardized information collection
FFA - the foundation of the Child Welfare Practice Model
Critical thinking
Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.2.4

13. Activity: Interactive Discussion on Critical Thinking
Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.2.5

14. Response Times Immediate 24 Hours
Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.2.6

15. Chronological case information Quality assurance process
FSFN
Chronological case information
Quality assurance process
Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.2.7

16. Family-Centered Practice and the Investigative Process
Unit 1.3
Family-Centered Practice and the Investigative Process
Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.3.1

17. Learning Objectives
Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.3.2

18. Family-Centered Practice
Enhances capacity
Focuses on family as a whole
Establishes partners in the change process
Approaches family in a developmentally sensitive way
Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.3.3

19. Activity: Family-Centered Practice
Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.3.4

20. Importance of stability Minimizing re-traumatizing children
What is Well-Being?
Importance of stability
Minimizing re-traumatizing children
Keeping sibling groups together
Visitation
Educational issues
Co-parenting
Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.3.5

21. Activity: Safety, Permanency and Well-Being
Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.3.6

22. Unit 1.4
Cultural Competence
Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.4.1

23. Learning Objectives
Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.4.2

24. Cultural Competence and Sensitivity
Your own biases
Role of stereotypes
Impact of poverty
Cultural differences
Pre-Service CPI Specialty Module 1.4.3