Parent Engagement for Advocates

This training can benefit a variety of dependency participants including attorneys, judges, parent support, CASA and FCRB volunteers, Tribal workers, and DCS staff.  Chief Justice Robert Brutinel opens the training by emphasizing the importance of engaging parents in their cases and making every attempt to ensure their understanding of the circumstances that caused their child’s removal from their home and what they, as parents, need to do to facilitate their child’s return.

This virtual training is facilitated by:

• Cynthia Bowkley, Dependency Attorney
• Lindsey Shine, Family Involvement Center
• Jennifer Garland, Department of Child Safety
• Joanne MacDonnell, Arizona Ombudsman-Citizens Aide Office
• Allison Miller, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community

Full Recorded Training  –  Guide To More Effective Communication and Representation (2:05:37)

Individual Sessions:

• Cynthia Bowkley and Lindsey Shine, Parent-Client Relationship Vignettes
• Cynthia Bowkley, How to Start Strong in the Attorney Client Relationship
• Jennifer Garland, Guide to Arizona Department of Child Safety
• Joanne MacDonnell, The Role of Arizona Ombudsman-Citizens Aide Office
• Allison Miller, The Indian Child Welfare Act and Tribal Alternatives
  
  
  

Materials

• Community Assistance Resources For Parents
• Resources – Understanding the Child Safety System