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Assessing Poverty

After completing course: Foundations of Child Welfare Practice Level 1 CoursesAfter completing course: Foundations of Child Welfare Practice Level 1 - Previous InternsAfter completing course: Foundations of Child Welfare Practice- Team Specialist Level 1

This course is an introduction to the topic of the "Culture of Poverty" and is intended to assist New Child Welfare Workers in beginning to think about how poverty can impact the families they work with.  It is a Pod Cast from March 23, 2009 heard on NPR's Talk of the Nation.  Sudhir Venkatesh, scholar and author, and William Julius Wilson, sociologist, are guests on this episode of Talk of the Nation. 

This course is approved for 0.75 Child Welfare Training Hours and General Social Work CEUs.

Hours: 0.75
Social Work CEUs: General Social Work CEUs
CW Training Hours: CW Training Hours
Instructor's Name: DCFS Child Welfare Training Unit
Skill Level: Beginner