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Training Updates from the OCR

Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Training Tuesdays from the Office of the Child's Representative (OCR) is an email bulletin for OCR attorneys and other child welfare stakeholders detailing upcoming OCR sponsored or approved training, outside training opportunities, new resources, and more!  If you have questions or a training resource that you would like to see featured in a future bulletin, please contact michellejensen@coloradochildrep.org

OCR Sponsored or Approved Trainings

Reminder for OCR Contract Attorneys: 5 of the 10 annual required training hours must be from an OCR SPONSORED training
September, 2020
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Join Us! 

Understanding the Foster Care Provisions of the Every Student Succeeds Act

September 2, 2020 | OCR Sponsored | Webinar

This webinar is intended to provide an overview of the foster care provisions in the Every Student Succeeds Act and pertinent Colorado State Statute related to the educational rights for children and youth in foster care. Attendees will be provided information to assist them in advocating for educational stability for the young people they represent and have the opportunity to ask specific questions to the presenters.

Presenters:
Kristin Myers, Foster Care Education Coordinator, CDE
Samantha Garrett, Education Specialist, CDHS

Registration
September, 2020
14-15

Registration Open!

OCR Annual Fall Conference

September 14-15, 2020 | OCR Sponsored | Virtual 


Due to continuing COVID-19 and social distancing concerns, this year's annual conference will be held virtually.  Please visit the registration page for additional details. 

Please contact Michelle at MichelleJensen@coloradochildrep.org with any questions. 
 
Registration

Other Training Opportunities

Note: The training opportunities below are not OCR sponsored or approved trainings for the purpose of claiming credits on your yearly Training Verifications Form. Please check with each organization for specific CLE or certificate of attendance information. 
September, 2020
11

Colorado Bar Association

Immigration & Transgender Asylum

September 11, 2020 | Webinar

Please see Colorado Bar Association website for more information. 

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September, 2020
16

Association of Family & Conciliation Courts  

Dealing with Difficult Clients: Who's Side Are You on Anyway?

September 16, 2020 | Webinar

Effectively managing relationships with difficult clients is a worthy skill set.  Whether engaged with a difficult client seeking your expertise as a mental health professional or as an attorney, learning how to identify high conflict people and having the right tools to effectively and efficiently manage those relationships can make your practice more enjoyable, help distinguish your practice from others not up for the challenge, and enable you to provide a valuable service to clients in desperate need of help during the most difficult times in their lives.  This webinar will focus on how to identify difficult clients, the tools you need to help them define and achieve reasonable goals, and how acquiring and utilizing this specialized skill set will lead to a greater sense of enjoyment and accomplishment in your professional practice. 

Jeffrey A. Soilson is a partner at Fitch Law Partners LLP in Boston, Massachusetts where he represents clients in a broad range of family law matters with a focus on high-conflict custody cases and complex financial issues in divorce.  He serves as a certified divorce mediator, trained conciliator and parenting coordinator - often in an effort to reduce the negative impact of high-conflict litigation on children of divorce and separation.

Please contact AFCC for CLE information.

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September, 2020
9

National Association of Counsel for Children

Online Red Book Training

September 9-October 21, 2020 | Virtual


September 9-October 21, 2020

This online Red Book Training Course is designed to assist you in preparing for the Child Welfare Law Specialist (CWLS) examination. It can also serve as an overall review of dependency competency areas. The course will consist of seven weekly webinars. The material covered in the course is drawn from Child Welfare Law and Practice: Representing Children, Parents, and State Agencies in Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency Cases (3rd Edition). The course is intended to assist you in breaking the material down, focusing on important concepts, and guiding you through the material in the Red Book. This course will not cover every chapter. The instructor has made intentional decisions about what information to cover in the time that is allotted for the course. If a chapter is not covered, that does not mean that content from that chapter will not appear on the exam. Therefore, you should incorporate any chapters that are not covered into your self-study plans.

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October, 2020
1

Colorado Juvenile Defender Center

Annual Celebration and Fundraiser

October 1, 2020 | Virtual


CJDC Turns 10!

Just like the rest of the world, we are doing things differently this year.  But our work and the need for juvenile advocates never changes.

Please join us for a very special presentation by Dr. Apryl Alexander, Mr. Ian Friedman and Bresha Meadows. If you aren't familiar with Ms. Meadows' story, listen to her story here!  

Earn a CLE credit and then join us for our virtual fundraiser and the  2020 CJDC awards presentation. 

If you would like to sponsor the event, please email admin@cjdc.org to learn more about the various levels of support as we continue to update the sponsorship packet.

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November, 2020
9-13

Association of Family & Conciliation Courts 

14th Symposium on Child Custody

November 9-13, 2020 | Virtual


The Future of Child Custody: Stacking the Deck in Favor of Children

Please see the AFCC website for more information. 

 

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