x The Coaching Toolkit for Child Welfare Practice
Acknowledgments
This project received funding from Casey Family Programs. We
thank them for their support. Special thanks to Casey Family
Programs leaders Peter Pecora and Dana Blackwell for their
consultation and useful suggestions.
Many individuals contributed their expertise to this toolkit; in
particular, Mary O’Brien, consultant, National Child Welfare
Resource Center for Organizational Improvement; Ann Comstock,
associate director, National Child Welfare Resource Center for
Organizational Improvement; Heather Meitner, LCSW, senior
program specialist, Children's Research Center; Karen Lofts-Jarboe,
UC Davis coach and retired child welfare manager; Mike McIver,
UC Davis coach and retired child welfare manager, Alan Hafer,
Ed.D., retired superintendent; Phonecia Stone, Yolo County Child
Welfare Services; Lisa Muller, Yolo County Child Welfare Services;
Chelsea Cornell, Butte County Department of Employment Services.
The authors want to thank all of the above for their support in
making this Toolkit possible.
© University of California, Davis. For more information about this
Toolkit contact the Northern California Training Academy at
1632 DaVinci Court, Davis, CA 95618. Visit our website at
http://www.humanservices.ucdavis.edu/academy