Programs

Recently hired public child welfare workers across Maryland's 24 jurisdictions

Children ages 4-14 who experience oppositional episodes and their parents

Children and adolescents (ages 3-21) with a variety of behavioral challenges, including both externalizing (e.g., aggression, defiance, tantrums) and internalizing (e.g., implosions, shutdowns, withdrawal) who may carry a variety of related psychiatric diagnoses, and their parents/caregivers, unless not age appropriate (e.g. young adult or transition age youth)

Caregivers of youth 10 to 18 years of age in foster or kinship care placements and the youth themselves

Parents of children/youth ages 2-18 at risk for or presenting with behavior problems

Newly hired child welfare professionals

State child welfare social workers and agencies serving Native American youth in child welfare, Native American children and families, and tribes

State child welfare social workers and agencies serving Native American youth in child welfare, Native American children and families, and tribes

Parents of children ages 3-8 with behavioral, emotional, social, or attachment disorders

Parents or caregivers of children ages 0-12 years with mild-moderate emotional and behavioral concerns

Child welfare professionals who are interested in issues pertaining to workforce development

Male and female adolescents in grades 6-12 who may come from disadvantaged circumstances