CW Academy

The Iowa Child Welfare Provider Training Academy is a partnership between the Coalition for Family and Children's Services in Iowa and the Iowa Department of Human Services (DHS) to develop and deliver training and related services to child welfare frontline staff and supervisors throughout the state in order to improve outcomes for Iowa's children.

The Academy aspires to provide accessible, job-relevant, skill-based training using a strength-based and family-centered approach. This new knowledge should positively impact the job performance and organization results of child welfare providers to help keep kids safe.

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Planning is well underway for the Child Welfare Training Academy for this year! Scheduled trainings for September through December are being finalized and will be online by first part of September. So keep checking the calendar.

The focus this year is to connect various opportunities for front line workers in the field. Trainings though the Training Academy will be offered in person, Essential Learning online courses and through webinars. This will provide a wide range of learning opportunities to hopefully reach more front line workers.

Thanks to all who took the time to complete the July Survey – it helped to receive your input. Also, thanks to the members of Training Academy Committee for your ideas, suggestions and support. For FY2011, we will incorporate some of the basics again, such as attachment issues and de-escalation skills, as well as some new topics such as Autism Spectrum Disorders.

We are also working to increase partnership and awareness with the DHS Training Academy by promoting trainings that they offer. Many of the trainings are open to child welfare providers and we will highlight each month what is coming up that you could check out.

Craig, our computer guru, is updating the website and making it friendlier. Please let us know what you think.

If you have any ideas or suggestions, please contact me, Sue Tew at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . If you have If you have any questions about the online training opportunities on Essential Learning or registration, please contact Craig Williams at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 515-244-0074 ext. 0.

Thanks for your interest and support of the Child Welfare Training Academy.

Sue Tew

Training Academy Consultant

LIVE TRAININGS

These are trainings you attend in person with a presenter. There is usually one training session in the morning and one in the afternoon. When you attend a live training, you'll have an opportunity to interact with the presenter. You'll receive a certificate of attendance and, where appropriate, a certificate of CEU's.

ONLINE COURSES

We offer a large selection of online courses. Choose your course, then follow the link to that course's homepage and follow the instructions there. Some of these courses offer CEU's.

WEBINARS

A webinar is a live training held at a remote location. You access the training via the internet and a phone line. You'll have the opportunity to participate in the training without travel! We'll be introducing webinar trainings in the next few months as winter weather makes travel potentially difficult. Webinar participants will be able to interact with the presenter, receive certificates of attendance and CEU certificates - just as if they were attending the training in person.