New FSW Foundations Training
Listed below are different published MidSOUTH FSW Training curricula that are available for download only to MidSOUTH staff. Please submit any questions about this site to <webmaster@midsouth.ualr.edu>.
Templates For Regional Support Specialists (RSS)
General Foundations Classroom Posters & Flyers
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- At One Table Values Poster
- Learning Objectives (Bowl) Poster
- Mission Statement Poster (Updated 11-2023) (PDF)
General Table Copies for Print and Reuse (as needed):
Optional General Resources for Trainers
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- NEW!! Kahoot Tipsheet_How to display answers for classroom visibility on cell phones (PDF)
- DCFS Cell Phone Policy Flyer (2-2024)
- Sign In Reminder Flyer (2-2024)
- Feelings Thermometer (2-2024)
- DCFS Area Map (Updated 1-2025)
- Updated!! MidSOUTH Curriculum Outline (Updated 11-2024) (PDF)
- Six Trumps Infographic (PDF)
- SOP Language Shift Table (added 1/2025) (PDF)
- TRIPS Infographic – DCFS (for color print) (updated 1-2025)
CHRIS Orientation & Navigation (O&N):
CHRIS O&N Trainer Guide (05-2019) (PDF)
CHRIS O&N Desk Guide (05-2019) (PDF)
CHRIS O&N Participant Manual (01-2025) PDF
CHRIS O&N Agenda (01-2025) PDF
Unit 1: Online Only
Unit 2: Revised Materials
(Ongoing Tools Rollout – For Immediate Use for Classes Starting After May 1, 2025)
- Trainer Guide (Updated 4-2025) (PDF)
- Participant Manual (Updated 4-2025) (PDF)
- Online Training Guide (Updated 4-2025) (PDF)
Supplementary (Optional) Trainer Resources
- NEW!! Day 1 Supplemental Resource: Brain Mapping Infographic Fill-in-the-Blank Activity (PDF)
- NEW!! Day 1: At One Table Values Fill-in-the-Blank Activity (PDF)
- Day 2 Supplemental Resource: 5 Trauma Responses Poster (5-2024) (PDF)
- Supporting Brain Development in Traumatized Children and Youth Article (PDF)
- Understanding the Effects of Maltreatment on Brain Development Article (PDF)
- How Trauma Affects the Brain Poster (PDF)
- DCFS Entry Level Competencies (Full List) (last revised 6-2016)
Handouts and Table Copies (all for color print)
- Unit 2 Handouts (Combined and updated 4-2025) (PDF)
- Hexagonal Thinking Activity (updated 4-2025) (PDF)
PowerPoint & Other Media
- Day 1 PPT – Practice Model: Safety Organized Practice Overview (updated 4-2025) (PPT)
- Day 2 PPT – Understanding Trauma (updated 4-2025) (PPT)
- Corrected – Day 3 PPT – Working With and Across Differences (updated 4-2025) (PPT)
Unit 2 Post Test (updated 4-2025) (PDF)
Unit 2 Post Test Answer Key (corrected 6-2025) (PDF)
Unit 3: Revised Materials
(Ongoing Tools Rollout – All Foundations Series Starting After May 15, 2025)
- Trainer Guide (Updated 4-2025) (PDF)
- Participant Manual (Updated 4-2025) (PDF)
- Trainer Resources (Updated 4-2025) (PDF)
- Online Trainer Guide (Updated 8-2024) (PDF)
Handouts and Table Copies
- Handouts (Updated 4-2025) (PDF)
- AR Safety and Risk SDM Manual (one per participant to take home)
PowerPoint & Other Media
- Legal Definitions of Child Maltreatment (Updated 3-2024) (PPT)
- Indicators of Abuse (Updated 3-2024) (PPT)
- Life of a Case (Updated 3-2024) (PPT)
- Day 1: Nadine Burke TED TALK (15:58)
- Day 1: Generational Cycles – Repeating Patterns of Child Abuse in Families (5:54)
- Day 2: Through Our Eyes: Children, Violence and Trauma (7:53)
- Day 3: The Clock is Ticking: A Review of Court Processes (11:50)
- Day 3: ICWA Video- Lukas (5:35)
Supplementary (Optional) Trainer Resources
- Children’s Bureau Child Maltreatment (All years reported)
DCFS Forms & Publications
- 2023 Arkansas Annual Report Card Link (DCFS)
- PUB 357: The Child Maltreatment Investigation Determination Guide (revised 8-2024)
Unit 3 Post Test (PDF)
Unit 3 Post Test Key (PDF)
Unit 4: Revised Materials
(Ongoing Tools Rollout – All Foundations Class Series Starting After May 15, 2025)
- Trainer Guide (Updated 6-2025) (PDF)
- Participant Manual (Updated 4-2025) (PDF)
- Trainer Resources (Updated 4-2025) (PDF)
- Unit 4 Online Training Guide (Updated 5-2025) (PDF)
Handouts and Table Copies
- Handouts (updated 4-2025) (PDF)
- Safety Threat Concept Table Activity (Table Copy for Print and Reuse) (PDF)
- SOP Module 1 Participant Manual_Supplemental Resource (Table Copy for Print and Reuse)
- CANS Bubble Sheet Handout (PDF)
- FAST Bubble Sheet Handout (PDF)
- AR Safety and Risk SDM Manual (Table Copy for Print and Reuse (Updated 3-2024) (PDF)
- AR DCS User Guide Supplemental Handout (Color) (PDF)
- AR DCS Assessment Completion Guide Supplemental Handout (Color) (PDF)
- On-Going Tools Procedure Manual (Updated 3-31-25) (one per participant to take home) (PDF)
PowerPoint & Other Media
- Unit 4 CANS_FAST (Updated 6-2025) (PPT)
- AR DCS Training Overview (9:13)(mp4)
- CANS Video Option 1: Dr Lyons on CANS (3:12)
- CANS Video Option 2: A Conversation with Dr. John Lyons (8:02)
- WhoDunnit? Video (3:57)
- DCS Practice Site Link (Updated 9-2024)
Supplementary (Optional) Trainer Resources
DCFS Forms & Publications
- CACD/DCFS MOU (2024) (PDF)
Unit 4 Post Test Key (PDF)
Unit 5 Updated Materials
(Ongoing Tools Rollout – All Foundations Class Series Starting After May 15, 2025)
- Unit 5 Trainer Guide – Includes On-Call Materials (Updated 5-2025) (PDF)
- Trainer Materials List (PDF)
- Unit 5 Participant Manual (Updated 4-2025) (PDF)
- Unit 5 Online Training Guide (Updated 4-2025)(PDF)
Handouts and Table Copies
- Unit 5 Handout 1 (PDF)
Supplementary (Optional) Trainer Resources
- Investigations On-Call Grab Bag Handout (Color Copy) (PDF)
- NEW!! GenPro Genogram Key Sample (For color Print) (PDF)
- Jaree Three Column Map and CAP Example (PDF)
- Mary’s Genogram Example (PDF)
- Unit 5 Online Review Answers (PDF)
PowerPoint & Other Media
- Unit 5 PowerPoint (Updated 4-2025) (PPT)
- Unit 5 Jeopardy Review (PPT)
- A Day in the life of a CPS worker video (4:39)
DCFS Forms & Publications
Unit 5 Post Test (updated 4-2025)(PDF)
Unit 5 Post Test Key (updated 4-2025)(PDF)
Unit 6: Materials
Unit 6 Revised Materials (Starting in May 2025)
- Trainer Guide (Updated 4-2025) (PDF) – includes internal procedure updates
- Trainer Resources (Updated 3-2024) (PDF)
- Participant Manual (Updated 3-2024) (PDF)
- Unit 6A Online Training Guide (updated 4-2025) (PDF) – includes internal procedure updates
- Unit 6B Online Training Guide (updated 4-2025) (PDF) – includes internal procedure updates
- Unit 6C Online Training Guide (Updated 10-2024) (PDF)
Supplementary (Optional) Trainer Resources
- Trainer Resources Supplementary (Updated 3-2024) (PDF)
Handouts and Table Copies
- In progress!
PowerPoint & Other Media
- Fishing Game (Updated 3-2024) (PPT)
DCFS Forms & Publications
- PUB 14: Kinship Resource Home Guide (R. 8-2023)
- PUB 18: AR Road to Adoption(R. 8-2024)
- PUB 22: AR Road to Fostering DCFS (Color Handout) (R. 04-2024)
- PUB 30: Resource Parent Handbook (R. 3-2024)
- CFS-010: Verification of Resource Parent for Youth Driver’s Permit or License Application
- CFS-450: Prospective Provisional Resource Parent Information and Questionnaire (R. 3-2025)
- CFS-446: In Home Consultation Visit Report (R. 2-2025)
- CFS-465: Resource Parent Orientation Checklist (R. 2-2025)
- CFS-475-B: Quarterly Monitoring for Resource Homes (R. 3-2025)
- DCFS Internal Procedure 415: Opening Kinship Homes (R. 8-2024)
- DCFS Internal Procedure 425: Alternate Compliance and Policy Waiver Protocol (R. 2-2025)
- DCFS Internal Procedure 515: Permanent Separation of Siblings for Adoption (R. 3-2025)
- DCFS Internal Procedure 520: Adult Adoption from Extended Foster Care (R. 11-2024)
- Unit 6 Online: DCFS Forms & Publications Packet (R. 03-2024)
Unit 6 Post Test (PDF)
Unit 6 Post Test Key (PDF)