What is the Safety Framework Training?
JCIP’s Safety Framework Training is a regional, in-person training series focused on applying the ABA Safety Framework in dependency cases. This hands on, skills-based training is designed to equip judges and legal professionals with a comprehensive analytical approach to make critical safety decisions, including removal, conditions for return, and family time.
Judges will be joined by local attorneys and a select group of court partners, fostering a collaborative environment that encourages shared learning and supports continued use of the Framework in practice.
The training will cover a range of topics, including relevant statutes and OARs, the neuroscience of decision-making, motivational interviewing, improving families' court experience, bias mitigation, and cultural considerations.
Safety Framework Benefits
- Provides a clear structure for creating a detailed and accurate court record
- Improves skills in gathering and analyzing safety related facts and evidence
- Organizes information judges need to make safety decisions
- Improves clarity and understanding of safety decisions for families
A Legal Training, Collaboratively Designed
This training series was designed by JCIP in collaboration with Casey Family Programs and an Oregon team that included a judge, attorneys, child welfare, CASA, and a parent mentor with lived expertise.
Introduction to the ABA Safety Model Training Video (click to expand)
This introduction video is intended to provide a broad overview of the ABA Safety Framework for professionals working in Oregon dependency courts. It will dive into the specifics of the ABA Safety Framework, its application to legal arguments and decisions about child safety, and the potential outcomes of implementing the framework. This introduction is not intended to replace participation in JCIP’s Safety Framework Training, solely to provide a grounding and shared understanding of the framework and its applications.
This asynchronous training is approximately one hour and fifteen minutes. CLE for this training video is pending and will be provided here upon approval.
Currently Scheduled Trainings
If you are interested in having the Safety Framework Training in your jurisdiction, please contact the
Juvenile Team at OSCA.