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DCS Talks about Caring Dads Sep 25, 2023

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In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness month, DCS Talks about the Caring Dads program.

DCS Talks about Early Education and Childcare Jul 25, 2023

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Join DCS Foster Parent trainer Toney Horton as he interviews current foster parents on their experiences with daycare and childcare facilities. Through this discussion topics such as prioritizing children's individual needs, daycare disruptions due to trauma behavior, and staff improvement through being trauma informed.

DCS Talks: Focus on you, Heal the Healer with Laurie Ellington Jun 23, 2023

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DCS Talks with Laurie Ellington CEO & Founder, Ancient Science, Inc. Inner Alchemy and The Path to Human Flourishing about the importance of self care as a caregiver.

DCS Talks about Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Jun 08, 2023

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In this episode of DCS Talks, DCS podcaster, Sirena Wilson will discuss a basic concept in the Human Sciences, Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Many of us who have placed a focus in human sciences by studying, social work, psychology, sociology, or health were introduced to Maslow’s concepts early on in our education, the ideas that are outlined are fundamental to understanding the basic needs of people. If you have a vocational path in these areas, you too are familiar with Maslow’s but if you are not we think a basic introduction would be very helpful in understanding the work we do in child welfare and we’d like to share that with you in this podcast.

DCS Talks about Infant Mental Health with Jennifer Drake Croft Jun 06, 2023

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Jennifer Drake Croft works as a Project Director in the Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) Technical Assistance Center at Georgetown University, she serves as a profession coach at the Association of Infant Mental Health in Tennessee (AIMHiTN), an Adjunct professor at the University of Tennessee, and where I first worked with Ms. Drake Croft she served as the Director of Child Well-Being at the TN Commission of Children and Youth and lead an extremely successful campaign to support local, state, and national response and knowledge mobilization to prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and promote resilience.

DCS Talks about the Foster Home Quality Team with Program Leader Melina Smith Apr 19, 2023

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In this episode of DCS Talks we interview Melina Smith, the Program Manager of the Foster Home Quality Team at DCS. If there are concerns about a foster home, that home may be investigated by a special investigation unit, part of the process of that investigation includes that the case is reviewed by a group of child welfare professionals to help make determinations about the foster home that is in question.

DCS Talks about the Mentorship Certification Program Mar 03, 2023

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DCS Talks about the process of developing leadership at the department through the Mentorship Certification Program.

DCS Talks about Teen Placement and Advocacy Feb 16, 2023

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On this episode of DCS Talks, Foster Parent trainer Toney Horton sits down with Founder of Jonathan's Path, Carrie DuRard, as they discuss the importance of fostering, adopting, and advocating for our teens in care.

DCS Talks about the Independent Living program with director, Courtney Matthews Jan 23, 2023

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In this episode of DCS Talks, Courtney Matthews, the Director of Independent Living at DCS is interviewed. The Independent Living program offers help to youth who are in foster care and who may turn 18 and as an adult will “age out” of the child welfare system. These services include creating a personalized transition plan with each child that address topics such as education, housing, employment, finances, physical and mental health. The Independent Living program offers help through services designed to assist youth in foster care as they work toward self-sufficiency.

DCS Talks about the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths assessment (CANS) Aug 05, 2022

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DCS talks to Michelle Reiter and Nena Horton about the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths assessment or as we refer to it the CANS assessment. Michell Reiter serves as a program director that has a focus on formal and informal assessments. Nena Horton serves a senior mental health consultant with Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Both Ms. Reiter and Ms. Horton are experts as they have worked as CANS consultants and trainers for many years in child welfare. The CANS is a tool that is used nation wide in children’s service agencies to support decision making about the direction a family may go in their experiences with the child welfare system. The CANS helps our agency to make decisions about where a child is placed and what services they need if they come into foster care.

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