Courts
Resources from the Office of the State Courts Administrator
- A Caregiver's Guide to Dependency Court
- A Family Guide to Dependency Court (Video)
- A Parent's Guide to Dependency Court brochure (w/case plan insert)
- Florida's Dependency Benchbook for Judges (Online Benchbook)
- Florida's Family Court Tool Kit: Trauma and Child Development (Online Toolkit)
- Hearing Your Voice: A Guide to Your Dependency Court Case (ABA, 2008)
- Relative Caregivers Project (Legal Aid of Palm Beach County) - Spanish, Creole
- Make Your Voice Heard: A Guide to Dependency Court (Video)
- Psychotropic Medications Judicial Reference Guide (Fl Courts, 2010)
- What's Happening in Dependency Court- A Guide for Young Children
Additional Guides and Tools
- Engaging Parents in Child Abuse and Neglect Hearings lessons Learned from Judicial Leaders (NCJFCJ, 2019)
- Bench Cards for the Trauma-Informed Judge (NCTSN, 2013)
- Birth Parents with Trauma Histories -A Guide for Judges and Attorneys (NCTSN, 2011)
- Child Safety: A guide for Judges and Attorneys (2009)
- Engaging Noncustodial Fathers in Child Welfare Cases: A Guide for Children's Attorneys and Lawyer GAL (2011)
- F4CF.org - Florida Dependency Law Center
- Healthy Beginnings, Healthy Futures - A Judges Guide (2009)
- Helping Traumatized Children - Tips for Judges
- Judicial Checklist Regarding Engaging Fathers
- Judicial Guide to Implementing the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (ABA Center on Children and the Law, 2011)
- Lawyer's Manual on Domestic Violence: Representing the Victim (2015)
- National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges - Trauma Informed Systems of Care
- Psychotropic Medication and Children in Foster Care: Tips for Advocates and Judges (ABA, 2011)
- The CCC Preliminary Protective Hearing Benchcard (to reduce disproportionality and disparities)