Robert G. Lewis Consulting Services
To keep our promise of a permanent family for every child

Child Welfare Consultant, Trainer, Speaker, and Writer
Expertise: Incorporating Permanence
Real safety and well-being can only be achieved through permanence

STRATEGY FOR INCORPORATING PERMANENCE

• Assessment of programmatic and staff needs
• Training based on identified need
• Consultation on policy, practice and implementation
• Re-training based in specific practice especially in areas of difficulty, hesitation and/or resistance
• Case consultation to demonstrate principles, methods and practices

METHODS

Consultation and Program Development:

• Unique: Just-in-time case consultation Consultation for supervision, individual cases, development and planningfollowing training or separately, using live, WebEx online meeting space as needed for workers & supervisors or teams to identify concrete next steps.
• Recorded WebEx meeting sessions where participants can return to for refreshers as needed
• Recorded case consulting services
• Work with management and program coordinators, social work staff, caregivers and/or teams to incorporate individual case and program-wide permanence tools.
• Case consultation to address "permanence fatigue"
• Case and programatic consultation to follow up permanence training for staff, children and families
• Consultation to incorporate new practice to enhance permanence outcomes
• Consultations for programs, staff, children and families
• Demonstration/modeling work with youth, staff and parents
• Consultation and training for working with families

SPECIFIC CONSULTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS

Assessment of Program Effectiveness

• Identification of policies, practices that impact permanence
• Work with families, youth, managers, supervisors, social workers to identify programmatic needs

Preparing Children & Youth for Permanence

• ½ day workshop: "How to Talk to Children and Youth about Permanence"
• ½ day workshop:" Getting Beyond "No": Loyalty Issues - Persistence, Respect and Engagement"
• Also New 1 day workshop: Engaging Staff and Children and Youth using "Seeing the Voices of Children & Youth: Setting the Record Straight" in The Video Project and 10 follow on remote consulting sessions.
  Endorsed by The Children's Bureau Express
• ½ day workshop: "Preparing Children and Youth for Permanence"

The Family Bound Program training for group leaders

• 1 day: Introduction to the curriculum including direct practice of all nine sessions.
• 2 day: Day one, plus training on recruitment and incorporation of families into the program

Custom designed workshops covering the whole "Continuum of Permanence"

• 1 or 2 day workshop developed in consultation with individual agencies to address their unique challenges
• 1 or 2 day training focused on any topic in the continuum of permanence coupled with hands-on practice

Publications:
Adolescents & Families for Life: A Toolkit For Supervisors
The Family Bound Program: A Toolkit for Preparing Teens for Permanent Family Connections
Families for Teens: A Toolkit for Focusing, Educating and Motivating Staff (available electronically and hard copy)
Engaging Youth & Those Around Them In the Process of Permanence: Click here to download a free copy

What do you Think? A forum of ideas for practice.

Speeches
Keynotes, plenary, groups of every size

Rates
$2,500 per day (2 day minimum)
The second day may be used for "Just-in-time" consultation
Rates may be negotiable based on length of contract

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND DETAILS ON CONSULTATIONS, WORKSHOPS AND SPEECHES, Email: Bob@RGLewis.com