Training & Resources
The Center offers a variety of training opportunities and resources to help everyone — from seasoned professional to new parents — navigate the issues facing today’s children, teenagers and families.
Online Training
The Center's training courses are developed by experienced professionals who are highly skilled in providing behavioral health, educational, and social services to children, youth, and families.
Upon completion, most courses provide a link that directs you to a short quiz covering content from the training. Scores of 80% or higher allow you to print a certificate of completion.
The Center's training courses are:
- Portable
- Compliant with accessibility standards
- Developed for analytics
- Compatible with online coaching and apprenticeships
- Automated for certificates of completion
Training for partnering organizations
- Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) - Employee Training
- for more information, please contact Jade Snell
- Child and Family Services Division (CFSD) - MCAN New Employee Training - (MT DPHHS)
- for more information, please contact Ike Jessee
- Child and Family Services Division (CFSD) - Supervisor Training – (MT DPHHS)
- for more information, please contact Ike Jessee
- Court Improvement Program (CIP) - Facilitator and Stakeholder Guide Training for Pre-Hearing Conferences
- for more information, please contact John Guinn
- Disease Intervention Specialist
- Foster Parent Training - Keeping Children Safe (KCS) – (MT DPHHS)
- for more information, please contact Theresa Becker
- Foster Parent Training – Youth Dynamics Inc.
- for more information, please visit Youth Dynamics Inc.
- Foster Parent Training – Youth Homes
- for more information, please contact Kara Adams
- National Center for Rural School Mental Health (RSMH) - Implementation Science, MTSS, Family Engagement, and Importance of Fidelity
- for more information, please contact Carol Ewen
- School Leadership Teams – Click the CCFWD logo once you log in, then select School Leadership Teams
- for more information, please contact Carol Ewen
Free Training and Resources for the public
- Data into Action Toolkit
- Drug Paraphernalia Toolkit
- Let's Grow Montana - Montana Children's Trust Fund
- Motivational Interviewing
- Family Diversity
- Substance Use and Mental Health
- Child Development
- Leadership Fundamentals
- Organizational Leadership
- Let's Lead Montana
- Maternal Health and Drug Use
Our Resource Library
Educating and raising children is extremely difficult. The Center has developed a resource library filled with material to help professionals and parents meet the needs of Montana's children and youth.
Podcasts
- Community for Native Veterans
- Creating Community for Veterans from Finding Home to Whitewater Rafting
- Drug Impacted Babies & Children
- Family Communication for Returning Veterans
- Grandparents Raising Their Grandchildren
- Grief and Loss
- Human Trafficking
- Introduction to Psychotropic Medications
- The Assessment Interview
- The Role of Child Protection Specialists in Tribal Court
- Thoughts on Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
- Treating Children with Brain-based Disabilities: An Occupational Therapist Approach
- Understanding Trauma and its Impacts
To view the full descriptions and to listen to these podcasts, visit our podcast page.
Another great podcast series:
Practically Perfect Parenting Podcast Children do not come with instruction manuals, so this podcast pairs cutting edge research and proven technique, because nobody is perfect, but together we can be practically perfect parents.
