SOP Module: Mapping with Families

Level: Advanced Practice

Credits: 3

Intended Audience: This course is intended for social workers, supervisors and managers interested in learning about Safety Organized Practice and safety mapping with a family

Description of Course: The course provides training on how to conduct a safety mapping with a family, how to use solution-focused questions in the context of a mapping, and how mapping should occur over the life of case in order to engage a family in various planning stages.

Intended Objectives:

• Understand the purpose and definitions used in safety mapping
• Use behavioral descriptions when describing safety and danger instead of labels
• Connect Structured Decision Making to safety mapping
• Able to use three column maps
• Use solution-focused questions in the context of safety mapping

Topics Include:

• Harm and danger statements
• Safety goals
• Structured Decision Making
• Child and family engagement
• Trauma-focused practice
• Safety mapping with the family
• Solution-focused questions in the context of mapping