Conversations on Race, Equity, and Inclusion

CWLA is pleased to present the Conversations on Race, Equity, and Inclusion training series. The six-part training series offers opportunity for social work and human service professionals to explore the following topics:

Session 1) Being Color Brave and Culturally Humble – June 30 & July 2

Session 2) Implicit Bias and Different Types of Privilege – July 16 & 18

Session 3) The Evolution and Levels of Racism – July 22, July 29 & August 5

Session 4) Intersectionality: A Rationale for Cultural Humility – August 20 & 22

Session 5) The Intersection of Race and Trauma – August 28

Session 6) Microaggressions: An In-depth Exploration into Acts of Racism – September 9 & 11

Each training session is a stand-alone opportunity for learning and discussion. Participants are welcome to register for one or multiple sessions available from June to September.

The complete series of six training sessions will build upon one another. They provide participants with a significant opportunity to gain knowledge and understanding and will guide professionals in championing diversity and equity to foster an inclusive society.

The Complicated Case of Sibling Sexual Abuse

Tuesday, August 19 & Thursday, August 21, 2025
2:30 pm – 4:30 pm Eastern Time

Sibling sexual abuse and harmful sexual behavior is argued to be the most common form of intra-familial sexual abuse. These interactions within a family are complex and often involve multiple professional disciplines, from the initial assessment through treatment of the individuals involved and the family unit. Child welfare professionals can play an influential role in safety planning, successful case resolution, and facilitating discussions around well-being and family cooperation. To assist practitioners in examining this subcategory of child sexual abuse, CWLA is offering this introductory training focused on early identification, interruption of harmful behavior, and identification of treatment needs.

What Non-Profit Media Professionals Need to Know to Thrive in Today’s Evolving Digital Media Landscape

Wednesday, August 20, 2025
2:00 – 3:30 pm Eastern Time

CWLA is pleased to host a special webinar presentation to share insights from our new CWLA Press publication, Mediability: Mastering the Evolving Digital Media Landscape. The Mediability guide empowers non-profit media relations professionals with the knowledge, skills and tools needed to thrive, successfully navigate the digital landscape, and transform their media outreach for greater visibility, engagement, and impact. Join us for this webinar to learn about utilizing blogs and podcasts; understanding the role of citizen journalism in the modern news landscape; vital strategies for managing contemporary media relations; mastering the art of strategic storytelling; the significance and impact of social media platforms, particularly regarding interaction and collaboration, and more. The session will also address the critical matter of crisis communications and crisis management, offering strategic guidance on how to navigate media relations during a crisis or disruptive event.

How to Succeed Against Compassion Fatigue

Wednesday, August 27, 2025
1:00 – 4:00 pm Eastern Time

The human services workforce is encountering many challenges related to recruitment, retention, and staff morale. A major factor contributing to these challenges is compassion fatigue – an unintended consequence of working in helping professions. External life factors can easily exacerbate commitment to day-to-day responsibilities, resulting in missed opportunities for support, and a lack of empathy for others.

Effective leadership practices, supervision skills, and support strategies can help prevent burnout and reduce staff turnover. Using CWLA’s 4 A’s framework, this training will focus on:

• Increasing Awareness of the many challenges and contributing factors that can create/ exacerbate compassion fatigue in the workplace
• Acknowledging the complexity of these issues and the role supervisors can play in supporting self-evaluation and professional growth
• Identifying Actions supervisors and individual staff can take to create a positive work environment and promote psychological safety
• Discussing shared Accountability to empower and support staff with a proactive approach to reducing compassion fatigue and identifying measurable progress

Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse: Insights, Interventions, Interruption and Next Steps

Thursdays & Fridays, September 4, 5, 11 & 12, 2025
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm Eastern Time

CWLA is pleased to offer an expanded training of Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse: Insights, Interventions, Interruption and Next Steps presented in (4) four two-hour sessions. The training sessions will share ideas and expertise to enhance participants’ understanding, assessment of and intervention with situations involving father-, father figure-daughter incest. The topics to be covered will include prevalence rates, the application of research, literature, theory and typologies to assist practitioners to conceptualize secretive and harmful behavior. Barriers to inquiry and intervention and poor outcomes for children will be discussed. Several tools, techniques and interview questions will be offered to access hidden information.

Fostering School Success: Supporting the Educational Needs of Children

Mondays & Wednesdays, September 15, 17, 22 & 24, 2025
1:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern Time

Among child welfare service and program goals is the achievement of children and youth’s educational progress to match their potential and needs. Educational success of children and youth in the child welfare system depends, in part, on the collective efforts and collaboration of caregivers (foster, adoptive, and kinship), social workers, and agency management to address challenges and strategies for success.

CWLA is pleased to invite you to join us for this engaging skill-building opportunity that will share how to improve school experiences and long-term outcomes for children who have experienced trauma. Participants in this training will:

• Develop an understanding of common barriers to educational access and engagement for youth who have experienced trauma.
• Learn practical strategies for cultivating resilience at home that will lead to improved school performance.
• Advance their knowledge of the education system and supports available to children with special needs and circumstances.
• Expand their collaboration and advocacy toolkits to ensure children and youth have access to high quality schooling.

This training is appropriate for caregivers (foster, adoptive, and kinship) and social workers who have an interest and responsibility to better support children and youth in school as well as their educational achievement.