QIC-EY NOW

No Opportunity Wasted for Making Moments Matter with Children and Youth

This tool for child welfare professionals features real-life examples and actionable tips explaining how to engage authentically with children and youth.

Why NOW?

The Quality Improvement Center on Engaging Youth in Finding Permanency (QIC-EY) invites you to take a moment for continued learning and discovery. By embracing the opportunity to expand your knowledge about authentic engagement with children and youth, you can unlock new possibilities and make an even greater positive impact on the lives of the children and youths in your care.

Ask Yourself

Is engaging with children and youths in your caseload difficult for you?

Ask Yourself

Would you benefit from hearing the insights of fellow professionals and persons with lived expertise related to authentic engagement with children and youth?

Ask Yourself

Are you ready to take your child-and-youth engagement skills to the next level?

QIC-EY NOW offers real-life stories from the field. It includes examples and quick tips for busy professionals, bringing to life the competencies and characteristics that drive authentic engagement.

Why NOW? By investing in your skill development, you are equipping yourself to become a better partner of the children and youths in your caseload.

Why NOW? You never know when one moment could matter for a lifetime!

Now is always the time to elevate your skills and abilities to engage authentically with children and youth!

What to Expect

By walking you through a few simple steps, QIC-EY NOW will help you to validate and to deepen your child-and-youth engagement skills via audio and video examples on demand plus concrete tips.

Take a moment to explore QIC-EY NOW on your own, with a colleague or as a team. Together, if we child welfare professionals embrace the power of knowledge and continue to commit ourselves to growing and learning, we will honor our shared mission to create a world where every child and youth feels seen, heard and valued.

Characteristics and Competencies for Authentic Engagement

Use the interactive graphic below to select a competency or characteristic and view related clips and tips.

Partner with children and youth

Use a strengths-based approach Inform and prepare chldren and youth Building trusting relationships

Support cultural connections Understand child and adolescent development Use a trauma-informed approach

Use communication and listening skills Advocate for children and youth

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QIC-EY NOW

Why NOW?

Is engaging with children and youths in your caseload difficult for you?

Would you benefit from hearing the insights of fellow professionals and persons with lived expertise related to authentic engagement with children and youth?

Are you ready to take your child-and-youth engagement skills to the next level?

What to Expect

Characteristics and Competencies for Authentic Engagement

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