Learn. Practice. Prepare.
Practical Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) training for tribes, attorneys, families, and child welfare agencies. Build skills in active efforts documentation, tribal collaboration, and Qualified Expert Witness (QEW) preparation.
Choose your audience to explore relevant topics. Sessions can also bring several roles together.
For tribal ICWA staff, representatives, social services teams, and leadership.
For attorneys representing parents, Tribes, and child welfare agencies.
For parents, Indian custodians, relatives, foster families, and community advocates.
For social workers, supervisors, and state, county, and nonprofit child welfare teams.
Build a session around the questions and responsibilities your participants face.
Practice documenting services, family engagement, and the work to maintain or reunite a family.
Work through information gathering, tribal contacts, notice preparation, and recordkeeping.
Explore expert qualifications, case review, testimony preparation, and examination questions.
Use case examples to discuss placement searches, tribal preferences, and supporting records.
Discuss intervention, transfer to tribal court, and communication among families, Tribes, and agencies.
Review example case files, identify gaps, and practice organizing information for court.
Choose a starting point. We’ll discuss the scope and timing with you before scheduling.
60–90 minutes
A focused session on a specific topic, practice question, or update.
3–4 hours
Topic instruction, case examples, discussion, and practical exercises.
6–7 hours
More time for case scenarios, record review, and testimony preparation.
Tailored schedule
A series of sessions for case file review, staff coaching, and follow-up practice.
Tell us who will attend, what you want to cover, and your preferred dates. We’ll follow up to discuss a training plan and availability.