Description:
Designed for family advocates who work in child advocacy centers, this training teaches the essential skills required for family advocates as determined by the credentialing standards of the National Children’s Alliance.
This training series is a blended approach containing instructor-led and asynchronous lessons. You must complete all the training components within 3 months to earn credit.
In 2025, the Project Harmony Training Institute will offer the following cohort dates:
- January 14, 16, 21, 23, 28, 30
- March 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20
- May 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22
This curriculum includes interactive discussions and applications of:
- An overview of child abuse and neglect
- Cultural intelligence, ethics, and trauma-informed care
- Crisis assessment and intervention
- Risk assessment and safety planning
- Interview best practices
- Empathic strain
- Unconscious bias
- Work with multidisciplinary teams
- Testifying
- Documentation