Child Welfare Summit Resources
Join us for a rich exploration of how trauma impacts children and families, and how trauma-responsive practices can be embedded into our court processes. Together, we will learn what parents need from us, to build self-awareness and the capacity for meaningful change.
Resources
2026 Child Welfare Keynote Powerpoint Handouts
Structure Characteristics of Judge Carole Clark
VERMONT COURT HEARING SDM® GUIDE
Purpose of This Document: This guide, organized by key hearings and judicial decisions, provides judicial officers with concise information and key questions they can use in considering and clarifying Vermont DCF Family Services Division (FSD) recommendations regarding children under its jurisdiction based on information that FSD staff should have from the relevant Structured Decision Making® (SDM) assessments.
This resource provides a practice model reference guide that helps workers and Vermont DCF Family Services Division (FSD) attorneys to prepare for testifying in court hearings about the purpose, structure, and findings of the Structured Decision Making® (SDM) decision-support assessments as well as information gathered and discussed with families using practice model approaches and tools.
This reference guide helps Vermont Family Services Workers (FSWs) to describe the general purpose and structure of the Structured Decision Making (SDM) assessment tools used by the Family Services Division to families, GALs, attorneys, service providers, and Courts.
2025 Child Welfare Summit Powerpoint
2025 Breakout Sessions Fillable Handouts
2024 Child Welfare Summit PowerPoint
2024 Child Welfare Summit Table Discussions
SDM and the Courts 2023 PowerPointPDF
2023 Child Welfare Summit themes