Wraparound Child Welfare Partner Orientation

Wraparound Certification

Completion of training offers certification in ND Wraparound, a certificate in the North Dakota Wraparound Partner Child Welfare Orientation, and satisfies the eligibility requirements to become an enrolled provider of ND Medicaid for Wraparound Targeted Case Management billing.

Wraparound Child Welfare Partner Orientation is designed to provide an overview of child welfare practice in North Dakota as well as offer guidance regarding the newly implemented Safety Framework Practice Model.

Concepts covered in training include:

• Wraparound values, principles, and beliefs
• Assessment of the family unit
• Impact of personal bias, beliefs, and value system including cultural competency
• Review of ND's Child Protection process to include intake, CPS assessments, legal rights of parents, and responsibilities of a child protection worker.
• Overview of the legal system to include an understanding of the Indian Child Welfare Act along with the role of the states attorney and juvenile court
• Understanding and working with children and families in out-of-home care with emphases on attachment and separation issues, concurrent and permanency planning, visitation, reunification, and providing support to the foster family.
• North Dakota's Safety Framework Practice Model, which includes defining safety, overview of criteria for removal and reunification, review of parental or caregiver protective capacities, and potential involvement within a present danger/safety plan as well as case plan.

Training Details

Training will be held online via zoom from June 8-12, 2026. Training will run from 9:00am to 3:00pm CST on Monday through Thursday, and Friday from 9:00am to 12:00pm. 

Training Handouts

We encourage you to print out or have on hand electronically.

Day One: June 8

• North Dakota Child Welfare Values
  • Training Exercise Handout: Dalgliesh Scale Handout
• North Dakota Values, Principles, & Beliefs of Wraparound 
  • Training Exercise Handout: Cultural Exercise Handout

Day Two: June 9

• Family Engagement & Assessment
  

Day Three: June 10

• Safety Framework Practice Model
  • Safety Framework Practice Model Community Partner Resource Guide

Day Four: June 11

• Broken Links in Native Families-The Basics & Need for Indian Child Welfare Act
• Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)
• Child Protection Services Overview 
  • Administrative Assessments, Referrals, and Terminated In Progress Assessments
  • Legal Rights of Parents
  • Child Protection Services Process,Assessments, and Roles/Responsibilities
  • Additional Handouts:
    • Alternative Response Parent Brochure
    • Educational Neglect vs. Truancy Handout
    • North Dakota Supervision Guidelines
    • Substance Exposed Infants
• Legal overview
  • Juvenile Court & Introduction to Legal Process
  • Role of the Prosecuting Attorney

Day Five: June 12

• Case Management Overview
  • Child and Family Team Meeting (CFTM) Outline
  • During Team Meetings-Teen Guide
• The Chafee Program
  • Additional Handout: Chafee Independent Living Program
• Foster/Adopt PRIDE & Mutual Family Assessment Process

Additional potential useful resources: 

• Foster Care Provider Handbook 
• ND Foster Care Handbook for Youth 
• Child Welfare Roadmap
• North Dakota Interactive Mandated Reporter Training
• North Dakota Baby Safe Haven Training

Day Two Related Videos:

• Genogram
• Ecomap
• Timeline
• Structural Family Map

North Dakota Wraparound Partner Child Welfare Orientation Training Course Contact

Amy Oehlke, MSW, LMSW
UND CFSTC Director
701.777.3261
amy.oehlke@UND.edu