Citizen Review Panel Program

Volunteer Pre-Service Training FALL 2025

Pre-Training Learning

Day 1 – Wednesday, 10/8/2025

Introduction to Florida Foster Care Review and Citizen Review Panel Program

• Read FFCR and CRP Overview

Overview of the Child Welfare System and Dependency Court Process

• Read What Is Child Abuse and Neglect? Recognizing Signs and Symptoms 1-8
  • Answer Questions 1-2

• Read Addressing Bias in Delinquency and Child Welfare Systems 1-12

• View Path of a Case Video (45 minutes)
  • Answer Questions 1-6

• Read Conditions for Return 1-6
  • Answer Questions 1-3

Understanding the Children & Families Involved with the Child Welfare System

• Read Parental Substance Use and the Child Welfare System 1-5
  • Answer Questions 1-3

• Read Domestic Violence and the Child Welfare System 1-7
  • Answer Questions 1-3

• Read How can we better engage fathers in prevention 1-6

• Read A Pathway to Engaging Fathers and Paternal 1

• Read Victimized Twice: The Reasonable Efforts Requirement in Child Welfare Cases When Parents Have a Mental Illness 3-14
  • Answer Questions 1-3

Day 2 – THURSDAY, 10/16/2025

• Read Supporting School Stability for Children in Foster Care during COVID-19 & Beyond 1-9

• Read Child Maltreatment and Brain Development 1-18
  • Answer Questions 1-3

• Read Kinship Care and the Child Welfare System 1-15
  • Answer Questions 1-3

Day 3 – THURSDAY, 10/23/2025

Promoting Permanency, Safety, and Well-Being

• Read Psychotropic Medication and Children in Foster Care: Tips for Advocates and Judges 1-21
  • Answer Questions 1-2 (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/pretraining11u)

• Read Protecting the Rights and Providing State Services to Youth LGBTQIA2S+ 1-7

• Read Access to Juvenile Justice Irrespective of Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression (SOGIE) 1-6

• View Alliance for LGBTQ+ Youth Training video, October 2024 (90 minutes)
  • Use the Passcode: j!?NGF75
  • Answer Questions 1-4

Independent Living and Extended Foster Care

• Read Extended Foster Care Overview 172-180