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Child Protective Defense Minimum Standards Training


Description

This course will teach attorneys the basics of representing parents in child protective cases. The course will track the stages of a child protection case from the preliminary protective order through a termination of parental rights proceeding. This course satisfies the initial training requirements set forth by Commission Rule 94-649 C.M.R. Ch. 2. 

Content
  • Section 1: Introduction
  • Video unit
  • Section 2: Intro to the Child & Family Services & Child Protection Act
  • Section 3: I Got the Petition. Now What?
  • Section 4: FTMs, Reunification, & the Alphabet Soup of DHHS cases
  • Section 5: The Jeopardy Stage
  • Section 6: Attachment
  • Section 7: The Judicial Review Stage
  • Judicial Reviews PPT.pdf
  • Section 8: Turning your PC Case into an FM Order.
  • Section 9: The Termination of Parental Rights Stage
  • Termination PPT.pdf
  • TPR Assignment 1 (Theory of the Case and Witness and Exhibit Lists)
  • Section 10: Next Steps
  • Next Steps
  • Next Steps Test Video
  • Edited Test Video
  • Discussion #1
  • Final Course Test
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed
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