Communities Connected for Kids

March 2025 Board of Directors Meeting
2025-03-25 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom
The March 2025 meeting of the Board of Directors will be held on March, 25th. This is a public meeting; for Zoom meeting link, please contact Elisabeth Eugene at elisabeth.eugene@cckids.net or 772-521-5890.
CCKids Board Packet

Conversational Communication
2025-03-12 13:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
This training discusses the elements of successful communication, the importance of the skill of listening, and will assist with constructing questions to assist in information gathering and assessment.

Casework Practice
2025-02-26 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-01-22 09:00 - 12:00, 2024-12-09 09:00 - 12:00, 2024-11-07 09:00 - 12:00, 2024-10-09 09:00 - 12:00, 2024-08-28 09:00 - 12:00, 2024-06-05 09:00 - 12:00, 2024-05-09 09:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
**Note: class is for Provisionally Certified DCM staff only

February 2025 Board of Directors Meeting
2025-02-25 15:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
The February 2025 meeting of the Board of Directors will be held on Tuesday, February 25th. This is a public meeting; for Zoom meeting link, please contact Elisabeth Eugene at elisabeth.eugene@cckids.net or 772-521-5890.
CCKids Board Packet

Motivational Interviewing - the Next Steps
2025-02-06 13:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
Please join us for a discussion of how we can further our motivational interviewing skills by looking at the importance of self-efficacy.
This training is for CCK staff and CPI staff

Getting More with Less
2025-01-29 09:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
A look inside how we communicate with one another.

January 2025 Board of Directors Meeting
2025-01-28 15:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
The January 2025 meeting of the Board of Directors will be held on Tuesday, January 28th. This is a public meeting; for Zoom meeting link, please contact Elisabeth Eugene at elisabeth.eugene@cckids.net or 772-521-5890.
CCKids Board Packet

Car Seat Safety and Installation Training
2025-01-10 09:00 - 12:00 | CCKids HQ, 549 NW Lake Whitney Plaza, Suite 204, Port Saint Lucie, FL, 34986, United States
This training is for CCKids or CHS staff who transports children (FSW, DCM, DCMS, etc)
The training will begin with classroom instruction and discussion related to 4 child safety restraint devices. Then, we will move outdoors where you will get hands-on practice installing each of the child safety devices in a vehicle! Please wear work appropriate clothing that allows for movement during the outdoor installation piece.

Safety Planning in Cases of Intimate Partner Violence
2025-01-09 09:00 - 12:00, 2024-10-03 13:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
The training covers Safety Planning in cases of intimate partner violence. It discusses how to hold the batter accountable and create safety plans to control the danger threat.

Quality Home Assessments
2025-01-07 13:00 - 16:00, 2024-10-03 09:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
This training reviews policy, procedure, and best practice when conducting a home assessment.

Impending Danger Refresher
2024-12-17 13:00 - 16:00, 2024-08-12 09:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
Join us in exploring the danger threshold criteria and assessment of impending danger! Get a refresher on how factors like child vulnerability and caregiver protective capacities impact that assessment.
This training is for provisional and certified case management staff.

Compassion, Empathy, and Other Things that Work
2024-10-30 09:00 - 12:00, 2024-06-19 13:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
Participants will learn how empathy and compassion work in partnership to assist in the change process.

Addressing Safety During Home Assessments
2024-10-29 13:00 - 16:00, 2024-08-28 13:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
Participants will learn policy, procedure, and best practice regarding their responsibilities when conducting a home assessment. The training will also discuss the role that the Safety Plan plays in controlling the danger threat, a review of interviewing skills to assess child safety, and the next steps required if the safety plan is not controlling the threat.

The Florida Academy for Child Protection and Family Resiliency - Field Expectations & Assessment Overview for New Trainees
2024-08-20 13:00 - 15:30, 2024-08-20 09:00 - 11:30 | CCKids HQ, 549 NW Lake Whitney Plaza, Suite 204, Port Saint Lucie, FL, 34986, United States
This training is for managers, supervisors and specialists.

Quality Home Assessments for CCKids staff
2024-07-02 13:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
This training is a refresher in the three phases that occur in the assessment process with children and families. This training is for case management staff only.

Learning Circle: Engaging Parents with a Substance Abuse Disorder
2024-05-22 10:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
This training is a peer to peer learning session facilitated by the training department. The goal is to implement new communication tools that will assist with the rapport building process in cases where there is parental substance misuse.

Learning Circle Part 2: Outlining Batterer’s behaviors, why, the how, the documentation
2024-05-14 09:30 - 12:00 | CCKids HQ, 549 NW Lake Whitney Plaza, Suite 204, Port Saint Lucie, FL, 34986, United States
To register for this training, completion of “Learning Circle: how systems coming together can change the impact of intimate partner violence on a family” is required.
In this Learning Circle, we will discuss outlining the batterer’s behaviors. Discussion will center around the how, the why, and the documentation.
