Products and Resources
Children's Home Society of Florida's Center for Applied Innovation researches and analyzes creative techniques and relative data improve outcomes for children and families. Products help organizations improve the integrity of vital client information, enhance communication between individuals and organizations, and better serve and more effectively reach children. To help break the cycles of abuse and neglect for increasing numbers of children, we offer the following products:
->fosterTRACK™
fosterTRACK™ – Web-based Recruitment and Retention System
To inquire about a live demonstration, e-mail Innovation@chsfl.org or call 321/397-3000.
- Supports timely licensure and re-licensing of foster parents
- Provides effective recruitment
- Records important events such as incident reports, respite periods and closures
- Improves communication between child-placing agencies and foster parents
To inquire about a live demonstration, e-mail Innovation@chsfl.org or call 321/397-3000.
->caseTRACK/Florida
caseTRACK/Florida – Web-based Client Information System
To inquire about a live demonstration, e-mail Innovation@chsfl.org or call 321/397-3000.
- Tracks client progress
- Determines patterns of care
- Facilitates best practices
- Evaluates costs
- Communicates with network providers, SACWIS and accounting systems to reduce dual entry
To inquire about a live demonstration, e-mail Innovation@chsfl.org or call 321/397-3000.
->Interactive Journals for Children in Out-of-Home Care
Interactive Journals for Children and Youth in Out-of-Home Care
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For more information, or to purchase journals, visit http://www.changecompanies.net/fostercare.htm or call toll free 888/889.8866.
- Culturally sensitive to address issues unique to children and youth living in a group home, kinship or foster care
- Use evidence-based strategies to engage pre-teens and youth, and to promote confidential self-disclosure, self-awareness and change
- Caregiver Guides accompany each journal to help caregivers support youth as they progress through their own journals
- Pre-Teen Titles
- My Place
- Self-Care
- My Feelings
- Avoiding Risky Behaviors
- My Future
- My Relationships
- Teen Titles
- My Place
- How To Deal With Feelings
- What I Think Matters
- Relationships
- Avoiding High-Risk Behaviours
- Self-Care
- Finding the Right Job
- My Future
For more information, or to purchase journals, visit http://www.changecompanies.net/fostercare.htm or call toll free 888/889.8866.
->Online Learning
Online Training Courses for Professionals and Volunteers
- Meet your training requirements and acquire “best practice” knowledge with our self-paced, online courses.
- Each course is cutting-edge, practical and promotes a positive outcome.
To order, contact Learning Edge International at 904-885-0404
www.learningedgeintl.com
- Online Course Topics
- Children & Trauma: Tracking Fear In Kids
- Children & Meth: Understanding Methamphetamine and Child Abuse & Neglect
- When You Visit My House: Assessing Risk Where Children Live
- Protecting Yourself on the Job
- Ethical Decision Making for Human Service Professionals
- Substance Abuse and Child Abuse & Neglect
- Burnout & Compassion Fatigue in Human Service Work
- Dependency Litigation Steps: Making a Positive Impression in Court
- Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorders in Children
Courses will take about one hour each and include a facilitator’s guide, pre-test and post-test (located on each CD root directory). To order, call 904-885-0404.
->Books and Other Resources
Books and Other Resources
We recommend the following child welfare, caregiver, policy maker and worker-related book titles. Order your copies by clicking here.
An Assessment of Privatization of Child Welfare Services: Challenges and Successes
Authors: Madelyn Freundlich and Sara Gersteinzang, CWLA Press
Building Solutions in Child Protective Services
Authors: Kim Berg and Susan Kelly, WW Norton
Children and the Law
Author: Sara H. Ramsey
Child Welfare: A Sourcebook of Knowledge and Practice
Editor: Frank Maidman, CWLA Press
Child Welfare: Policies and Best Practices
Authors: Jannah Mather, Patricia B. Lager, Norma J. Harris
Community Schools in Action
Authors: Joy G. Dryfoos, Jane Quinn, Carol Barkin, Oxford University Press
Compassion Fatigue
Authors: C.R. Figley, Brunner/Mazel
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th edition)
The American Psychiatric Association
Ego Psychology and Social Work Practice
Author: Eda Goldstein
Family Based Services: A Solution-Focused Approach
Author: Kim Berg; Norton Professional Books
Inside the Brain; Revolutionary Discoveries of How the Mind Works
Author: Ron Kotulak, Andrews McMeel Publishing
Me May Mary
Author: Mary Kilgour, CWLA Press
Motivational Interviewing; Preparing People for Change
Authors: William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick, The Guilford Press
Rebuilding Attachments With Traumatized Children
Author: Richard Kagan
Traumatized Children: How Childhood Trauma Influences Brain Development
Author: B. D. Perry
The Autism Sourcebook: Everything You Need to Know About Diagnosis, Treatment, Coping, and Healing
Authors: Karen Siff Exkorn, Regan, An Imprint of Harper Collins Publishers
The New Miracle Workers: Overcoming Contemporary Challenges in Child Welfare Work
Author: Kathryn Brohl, CWLA Press
The Out of Sync Child; Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder
Author: Carol Stock Kranowitz, A Skylight Press Book
There Is No Me Without You
Author: Melissa Fay Greene
Traumatic Stress
Authors: B.A. Van der Kolk and A.C. McFarlane, Guilford Press
Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew
Author: Sherrie Eldrige
When Your Child Has Been Molested: A Parent's Guide to Healing and Recovery
Author: Kathryn Brohl, Jossey-Bass
Working With Traumatized Children: A Handbook for Healing
Author: Kathryn Brohl, CWLA Press
We recommend the following child welfare, caregiver, policy maker and worker-related book titles. Order your copies by clicking here.
An Assessment of Privatization of Child Welfare Services: Challenges and Successes
Authors: Madelyn Freundlich and Sara Gersteinzang, CWLA Press
Building Solutions in Child Protective Services
Authors: Kim Berg and Susan Kelly, WW Norton
Children and the Law
Author: Sara H. Ramsey
Child Welfare: A Sourcebook of Knowledge and Practice
Editor: Frank Maidman, CWLA Press
Child Welfare: Policies and Best Practices
Authors: Jannah Mather, Patricia B. Lager, Norma J. Harris
Community Schools in Action
Authors: Joy G. Dryfoos, Jane Quinn, Carol Barkin, Oxford University Press
Compassion Fatigue
Authors: C.R. Figley, Brunner/Mazel
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th edition)
The American Psychiatric Association
Ego Psychology and Social Work Practice
Author: Eda Goldstein
Family Based Services: A Solution-Focused Approach
Author: Kim Berg; Norton Professional Books
Inside the Brain; Revolutionary Discoveries of How the Mind Works
Author: Ron Kotulak, Andrews McMeel Publishing
Me May Mary
Author: Mary Kilgour, CWLA Press
Motivational Interviewing; Preparing People for Change
Authors: William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick, The Guilford Press
Rebuilding Attachments With Traumatized Children
Author: Richard Kagan
Traumatized Children: How Childhood Trauma Influences Brain Development
Author: B. D. Perry
The Autism Sourcebook: Everything You Need to Know About Diagnosis, Treatment, Coping, and Healing
Authors: Karen Siff Exkorn, Regan, An Imprint of Harper Collins Publishers
The New Miracle Workers: Overcoming Contemporary Challenges in Child Welfare Work
Author: Kathryn Brohl, CWLA Press
The Out of Sync Child; Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder
Author: Carol Stock Kranowitz, A Skylight Press Book
There Is No Me Without You
Author: Melissa Fay Greene
Traumatic Stress
Authors: B.A. Van der Kolk and A.C. McFarlane, Guilford Press
Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew
Author: Sherrie Eldrige
When Your Child Has Been Molested: A Parent's Guide to Healing and Recovery
Author: Kathryn Brohl, Jossey-Bass
Working With Traumatized Children: A Handbook for Healing
Author: Kathryn Brohl, CWLA Press
