Full course description
Course Introduction
During this course, participants will learn about the chronic health condition asthma and how to affects children. They will also discover DCS health care policy and their obligations and limitations in providing health care to a child in out-of-home care.
Module Topics
This course covers the following topics:
- Defining DCS Health Care Policy and resource parent/ kinship caregiver responsibilities
- Defining asthma, including symptoms, diagnosis, causes/triggers, and treatments
- Managing asthma in collaboration with the child and biological family
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Meet the Designers
The Indiana Child Welfare Education & Training Partnership is designed to provide high quality social work education and statewide training for public child welfare employees. It provides BSW students with preparation for employment as a Family Case Manager; it allows DCS employees to enroll in the School's part-time MSW Program; and it provides state-of-the-art training to current DCS employees. This partnership is recognized nationally for its success and for its joint collaborative operation. Due to these efforts, Indiana is now seen as a model for the provision of public services that support children and families.
Contact help4dcs@iu.edu for more information.