Differential Response Conference
Sixth Annual Conference on Differential Response in Child Welfare — Giving Voice to Vision: Effectively Engaging Youth and Families in Child Welfare
Nov. 8-10, 2011, Chicago, Illinois.
Our goal for this conference was to provide opportunities for open dialogue and shared learning among individuals involved in or working along the child welfare continuum, with a keen interest in improving the outcomes of children and families who are involved in, or have the potential to become involved in, the child welfare system.
Conference Materials:
- Nov 9 1.30-2.45: Shaping DR Practice for Effectively Response to DV (PDF)
- Nov 9 3.15-4.45: Family Engagment & Accelerated Reunification (PDF)
- Nov 9 3.15-4.45: Formalizing a Response to Screened-Out Reports (PDF)
- Nov 9 3.15-4.45: Supporting & Strengthening Families Through a Trauma Lens (PDF)
- Nov 9 3.15-4.45: Towards a Comprehensive Child Welfare Design (PDF)
- Nov 9 10.45-12.15: CGS Differential Response (PDF)
- Nov 9 10.45-12.15: Exploring the Relationship of Safety and Self Sufficiency (PDF)
- Nov 9 10.45-12.15: Two Critical Weeks to Impact a Lifetime (PDF)
- Nov 10 2.30-4.00: Pocket Guide to Solution Focused Skills (PDF)
- Nov 10 2.30-4.00: The Ohio IPV Collaborative (PDF)
- Nov 10 2.30-4.00: They Treated Me Like a Real Person (PDF)
- Nov 10 9-10.30: DR-FAR Process Deja Vu (PDF)
- Nov 10 9-10.30: Engagement Magic or Measurable (PDF)
- Nov 10 9-10.30: Linking Process to Practice and Partnerships (PDF)
- Nov 10 9-10.30: The RED Team (PDF)
- Nov 10 12.45-2.15: DDR in Indian Country (PDF)
- Nov 10 12.45-2.15: Integrating Implementation Science in Ohio (PDF)
- Nov 10 12.45-2.15: The Implementation of DR in CPS (PDF)
- Nov 10 12.45-2.15: Understanding Families in Illinois DR (PDF)
Fifth Annual Conference on Differential Response in Child Welfare
Nov. 8-10, 2010, Anaheim, Calif.
Conference Materials:
- It Takes a Community: Visioning a Future for the Child Welfare System presented by Caren Kaplan (PPT)
- The Child Welfare Response Continuum presented by Patricia Schene (PPT)
- Differential Response 101 presented by Amy Rohm and Brenda Lockwood (PPT)
- The Power of Language presented by Ben Tanzer and Lauren Morley (PDF)
- Safety and Risk Management – Three Key Case Decisions presented by Barry Salovitz (PPT)
Booklets provided by Pat Stanislaski:
- Child Welfare Workers (PDF)
- Who Makes Families Strong? Parents (PDF)
- Child Care Providers: Working to Support and Strengthen Families (PDF)
Background on Differential Response in Child Welfare
Since the mid-1990s, an increasing number of states have been implementing differential response in their child protective services systems. Differential response, also referred to as “dual track,” “multiple track” or “alternative response,” is an approach that allows child protective services to respond differently to accepted reports of child abuse and neglect. While there is great variation among the states’ implementation of differential response, the assessment pathway is generally applied to low- and moderate-risk cases with no immediate safety concerns. The families in these cases receive a family assessment and are offered timely, strengths-based services without a formal determination or substantiation of child abuse or neglect. The investigative response is typically reserved for accepted high-risk reports that may involve egregious harm to children. While the ability to offer choices in how agencies respond to reports of child maltreatment intuitively makes sense, implementing such a child protective services system is a complex and intricate proposition. Learn more about Differential Response.
