MODULE I: WELCOME, INTRODUCTIONS & LEARNING OBJECTIVES MODEL ICWA JUDICIAL CURRICULUM

WELCOME MODEL ICWA JUDICIAL CURRICULUM INSERT TRAINING TITLE TRAINING DATE TRAINING SPONSORS TAINING PARTNERS FACULTY

Introductions  Faculty Introductions  Participant Introductions Let’s Hear About You and Your Goals What do you want to share with the group? Relevant experiences, knowledge What do you want to know or learn? Most important take away? Burning question or challenge?

Training Purpose  Reflection  Understanding  Commitment What do you hope to get out of this training?

Approach  Build and support judicial leaders  Equip judicial leaders in a continual process of ensuring justice for Indian children, families and tribes in child welfare cases  Assist judges to identify areas in which knowledge can be strengthened to ultimately ensure that children and families are provided with the full enforcement in spirit and letter of ICWA

Learning Objectives  Participants will recognize the historical, philosophical, and legal basis for the ICWA  Participants will understand the role of the judge in ensuring positive outcomes for Indian children, their families and tribes  Participants will be able to apply the provisions of ICWA  Inquiry and Investigation of Native Ancestry  Noticing of Tribes  Active Efforts  Use of Expert Witnesses  Adoption and Foster Care Placement Requirements

Learning Objectives (cont’d)  Participants will value how critical it is to identify Indian children during the initial stages of child welfare proceedings and the ongoing duty to inquire throughout the case.  Participants will value engaging and working with tribes as resources for decision-making throughout the case.  Participants will value Indian children’s connection to their tribe and community including membership in their tribe.  Participants will understand their role in promoting equity and fairness by ensuring ICWA is followed.

Agenda  Training Agenda  Housekeeping Items

A Few Group Agreements …  Cherish diversity  Be open and honest  No question is a bad question  It’s okay to disagree –but don’t be disagreeable  All responses are valued  Respect one another  No cell phone zone

Bringing Our Children Home Bringing Our Children Home: Introduction to the ICWA “ …a reason why ICWA exists”

Reflections and Questions