To meet state licensing requirements and guarantee your preparedness for employment, it's essential to complete the trainings outlined below. 

New Employee & Intern Training

You will receive an email letting you know that you are now enrolled in Gladney University's Learning Management System (LMS). All of the trainings below have been added to your account.  If you've completed any of these trainings elsewhere, provide a copy of the current certificate for consideration of waiver.  If you did not receive an email from Gladney University or you have questions about using the LMS, please email Nancy Robbins. 

Orientation - Prior to Job Duties
  • Overview of Minimum Standards
  • Philosophy Structure, Policies, Services, Programs
  • Needs/Characteristics of Children

Preservice - Within 30 Days 

  • Cybersecurity Awareness Training Module 1 & Module 2

Preservice - Within 90 Days


  • Pathways 
  • Normalcy Training for Foster Parents

  • Roles in Reunification

  • Communicable Diseases

  • Emergency Preparedness

  • Infant Care - Safe Sleep, Shaken Baby, Early Child Development

  • CPR/First Aid
  • Psychotropic Medication
  • Mandatory Reporting: A Community Response Guide
  • Runaway Prevention
  • Preventing and Recognizing Youth Sexual Abuse
  • Trauma Informed Care Training - 2 hours (direct service only)
  • Cultural Competency - 1 hour (direct service only)
    • Turning the Mirror Inward (2.5 hour) 
    • Embracing the Heart, Mind, & Spirit of the Transracial Adoptee (.75 hours) 
    • Building Confidence in your African American Child (.75 hours) 
  • Adoption Competency (direct service only)
    • National Adoption Competency Mental Health Training Initiative  for Child Welfare Professionals 
  • Suicide Prevention (1 hour) 
  • Disaster and Emergency Response Plan (DERP)

Thank you for your commitment to Gladney's standards and practices.