Lowery Training Associates provides learning experiences for caseworkers, counselors, foster and adoptive
parents. All of our programs are based on sound clinical theory
and presented in an upbeat, imaginative and relevant format that trainees really enjoy. Course evaluations consistently reflect
great satisfaction with these programs.
Lowery Training Associates
is an approved Ohio Child Welfare Training Program (OCWTP) provider of Caseworker, Foster, Adoptive and Kinship
Parent Training. We are also approved for social work (#RSX080301)
and counselor (#RCX110602) continuing professional education CPE’s, through the State of Ohio Counselor,
Social Worker, Marriage and Family Therapist Board. Social workers and counselors
who attend these sessions will be awarded CPE's and a certificate
of attendance.
Please review our course
offerings and brief descriptions below. We would be delighted to send you a detailed
course description for any of our programs, including:
·
Complete course outline
·
Learning objectives
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Competencies addressed
If you have a need for
one or more specialized courses that you do not see here, feel free to contact us. We
are always interested in developing new courses and materials to further enhance the educational advancement of both child
welfare workers and foster/adoptive parents.
Caseworker, Specialized, and Related Workshops
Verbal De-escalation
in Child Welfare
Substance Abuse, Chemical
Dependency and Kids
Educational Advocacy:
Improving Outcomes for Children in Out-of-Home Care
Creating Safe &
Healing Environments for Children Who Have Been Sexually Abused
Navigating the Whitewater of Reunification: Primary Family, Agency and Caregiver Collaboration
Understanding and Assessing Risk and Behavior in Adolescents
Acting Your Way into Better Thinking: Reinforcement Theory into Action
Casework Interviewing, Problem Solving and Crisis Intervention
Real World Case Plans for the Emancipating Adolescent
Bleeding Heart or Purple Heart: Assessing Parenting Styles and Basic
Parenting Education
Reality Therapy and Other Cognitive Approaches to Counseling
Don't Talk...Don't Trust...Don't Feel: Growing Up with an Addicted Parent
Motivational Interviewing: Preparing Clients for Change - Part 1, Building Motivation
Motivational Interviewing: Preparing Clients for Change - Part 2, Strengthening Commitment to Change
Culture and Diversity Issues in Foster Care - (3 hours - satisfies OCSWMFT Board requirement for ETHICS training)
Creating Trauma-Informed Child Welfare Practice (a 4 Part Series) :
- Introduction & Essential Elements: What is Traumatic Stress? (3 Hours)
- The Impact of Trauma on
Children's Behavior, Development & Relationships (3 Hours)
- Assessment of a Child's
Trauma Experiences (3 Hours)
- Providing Support to the
Child, Family and Caregivers; Managing Professional & Personal Stress (3 Hours)
Supervisor/Manager Specialized & Related Workshops
Creative Employee
Discipline in Human Services Management (3 or 6 hours)
Foster and Adoptive Parent Ongoing Workshops
Behavior Management I – Managing Surface Behaviors with Acting-Out
Children
Behavior Management II - Techniques of Avoiding and De-escalating Physical Crisis Situations
Attachment, Separation and Loss in Foster Care
“Don’t Talk…Don’t Trust…Don’t Feel”…Growing Up
with an Addicted Parent
Substance Abuse, Chemical Dependency, & Kids
Opening the Door to Independent Living – Overview – Part 1
Navigating the Path to Independent Living – Process
– Part 2
Educational Advocacy: Helping Your Foster Child Succeed in School
Culture and Diversity Issues in Foster Care
Advancing Sexual Safety and Promoting Healing in Foster Care
Fostering Physical and Emotional Health in the Caregiver
Managing the Whitewater of Reunification: Primary Family, Agency and Foster Parent Collaboration
"Holy Chaos, Batman!": Addressing Risk and Behaviors in Adolescents
Bleeding Heart or Purple Heart: Parenting Today's Troubled Youth
Hands On Behavior Management for Younger and Developmentally Delayed Children
"Do You Feel Me?": Talking, Listening and Problem Solving with Your Foster Child
Beyond Time-Out: Managing the Behavior of Maltreated Pre-school Age Children
Peek-a-Boos and Terrible Twos: Managing Behavior of Maltreated Infants and Toddlers
Caregiver Toolkit: Using Reality Therapy with Foster
Children
“You Can’t Make Me”: Managing Behavior of Maltreated School Age Children
The Emotional & Behavioral Sequel to Maltreatment
Verbal De-escalation in Child Welfare
Managing the Hurt: When A Foster Child Leaves
Preparing Foster Youth for Change: Motivational Interviewing for Resource Parents
Caring for Children who have Experienced Trauma
Part
1 – Trauma 101
Part
2 – Understanding Trauma's Effects & Building a Safe Place
Part
3 – Dealing with Feelings &Behavior, and Connections & Healing
Part
4 – Becoming an Advocate & Taking Care of Yourself
OCWTP Foster Care Fundamentals Offerings
Understanding and Building Attachment
(F13 - 6 Hours)
Primary Family to Foster Family
(F-15 - 6 Hours)
Foster Families and How They Grow: Understanding the Effects of Fostering (F16 - 6 Hours)
Fostering Self-Reliance in Children and Youth: Roots & Wings
(6 Hours)
Discipline in Foster Care: Managing Our Behaviors to Manage Theirs (6 Hours)
Recognizing and Responding to Children Who Have Been Sexually Abused
(6 Hours)
Foster and
Adoptive Parent Pre-Service Training
- Orientation and Overview of Foster Care, Adoption and
Kinship Care
- Teambuilding
- Child Development and the Impact of Abuse & Neglect
- Attachment and Separation
- Discipline
- Preventing and De-escalating Crisis
- Cultural Issues in Placement
- Working with Primary Families
- Effects of Care giving on the Family
- Caring for Children Who Have Been Sexually Abused
- Permanency Issues for Children
- Permanency Issues for Families
- Preparing Adolescents for Independent Living
- Educational Advocacy
Verbal De-escalation in Child Welfare
(Caseworker Workshop)
This class will review the skills of active listening,
non-violent communication and verbal de-escalation. Levels of crisis development
and the conflict cycle are discussed, emphasizing appropriate staff response. Trainees
will participate in exercises and demonstrations concerning proxemics, body posture and motion.
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Substance Abuse, Chemical Dependency and Kids
(Caseworker Workshop)
Drug and alcohol abuse takes an enormous toll on families. It may be a factor in two-thirds of all substantiated cases of abuse and neglect. This class will give staff an understanding of substance abuse and chemical dependency
and how it affects the family. Through case studies, we will examine risk and
protective factors determining the appropriateness of child removal or reunification.
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Educational Advocacy: Improving Outcomes for Children in Out-of-Home Care
(Caseworker Workshop)
One of the best ways case workers can help to improve
educational outcomes for at risk youth is to know the facts, to identify roadblocks that may hamper educational success, and
to make a plan. This class will provide caseworkers a skill building model to
use with biological or substitute parents in improving educational outcomes for their children. This course also examines special education for children with disabilities, and serves as a basic introduction
to Surrogate Parenting.
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Advancing Sexual Safety and Promoting Healing in Children Services
(Caseworker Workshop)
This workshop is designed for professionals interested
in developing their knowledge in addressing the special needs of their children who have been sexually abused. Special emphasis will be devoted to creating an environment of safety, developing a sexual safety plan
and talking with children who have been abused.
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Navigating the Whitewater of Reunification: Primary Family, Agency and Caregiver
Collaboration
(Caseworker Workshop)
Historically, children service agencies have aligned themselves
with children to protect them from their parents. Yet, in doing so, they jeopardize the connection between parents and their
children, which undermine efforts to preserve or rebuild birth families. This class will examine the complex dynamics facing
principal actors before, during and after placement. Emphasizing the advantages of safe reunification of children with birth
families, this training will develop a framework for shared parenting, including promoting and building the “parent
- foster parent team.” Further, it will explore the relationships between foster parents and agency staff, and potential
organizational and value conflicts that may obstruct therapeutic parenting and case management of children.
Return to Caseworker Workshop List
Understanding and Assessing Risk and Behavior in Adolescents
(Caseworker Workshop)
This class reviews the fundamentals of behavioral assessment
in adolescents within the context of their physical, cognitive and psycho-social development.
It will explore issues related to family and culture and their effect on behavior.
Further, it explores the behavioral manifestations of common adolescent emotional problems, including depression, eating
disorders and cutting and suggests various treatment options available.
Return to Caseworker Workshop List
Acting Your Way into Better Thinking: Reinforcement Theory into Action
(Caseworker Workshop)
Understanding the concepts of social learning theory and
utilizing it’s principles to effect behavior change may be two entirely different matters. This class will review reinforcement theory and offer workable models to put it into practice. Those attending
will learn how to perform a functional analysis of child behavior recognizing the various drivers within the social ecology. Behavior management approaches, including token economies & behavior contracts
will be explored.
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Casework Interviewing, Problem Solving and Crisis Intervention
(Caseworker Workshop)
Acknowledging the many challenges of caseworker interviewing,
this class will present several effective interviewing techniques, including motivational interviewing, and offer strategies
to help families resolve their unique problems. Also, this workshop will examine
the dynamics of crisis and offer suggestions for crisis counseling, verbal de-escalation and stress management.
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Real World Case Plans: For the Emancipating Adolescent
(Caseworker Workshop)
This class will examine effective case planning for troubled
adolescents. The essentials of various data collection strategies, including
assessment measures and strength focused interviewing will be reviewed. Suggestions
on practical and effective case plan development will be shared. Finally, tools
for assessing adolescent readiness for independent living and strategies to assist them will be explored.
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Bleeding Heart or Purple Heart: Assessing Parenting Styles and Basic Parenting
Education
(Caseworker Workshop)
This workshop explores models of effective parenting including
STEP, PET & Behavior Modification. Special emphasis will be given to assessing parenting styles and applying discipline
strategies and parenting techniques appropriate to the child’s developmental level and individual needs. Concrete strategies
will be shared on how to help parents tackle the many challenges of parenting today’s troubled youth.
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Reality Therapy & Other Cognitive Approaches to Counseling
(Caseworker Workshop)
This class reviews the fundamentals of Reality Therapy
and it’s applications in child and family services. Strategies for creating
as strength focused environment of alignment and engagement with clients will be shared.
Finally, the efficacy of assertive individual and family communication and behavior will be explored.
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Don’t Talk..Don’t Trust…Don’t Feel: Growing up with an Addicted Parent
(Caseworker Workshop)
This class examines the dynamics of growing up with an
addicted parent, including the family drama and its emotional effects on children.
Referencing the powerful documentary: An Alternative to Slitting Your Wrist, this workshop examines issues of
co-occurring depression and a pathway to triumphant recovery.
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Motivational Interviewing: Preparing Clients for Change - Part 1 - Building Motivation
(Caseworker Workshop)
Motivational Interviewing is an evidence based counseling
style which adopts a brief intervention format, using critical elements that serve as catalysts for motivation and change.
MI addresses how to strengthen client intrinsic motivation to change and reduce ambivalence. This class serves as an introduction
to MI and focuses on strategies to build client motivation to change.
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Motivational
Interviewing: Preparing Clients for Change - Part 2 - Strengthening Commitment to Change
(Caseworker Workshop)
This class serves as a follow-up to MI Part 1 and focuses specifically on
strengthening client’s commitment to change. Completion of MI Parts 1 and
2 will give trainees the basic tools necessary to incorporate this intervention into their practice.
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Creating Trauma-Informed
Child Welfare Practice
(Caseworker Workshop)
Child welfare caseworkers
are frequently faced with the challenge of working to provide safety, permanency & wellbeing for children who are victims
of trauma. This four part series, developed in partnership with the National Child Traumatic Stress Network explores the cumulative
nature of trauma and its effects on children’s development and behavior. Further, it proposes a model of assessment
and treatment designed to guide caseworkers dealing with children who have experienced trauma.
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Behavior Management I – Managing Surface Behaviors with Acting-Out Children
(Foster/Adoptive Parent
Workshop)
This program explores pre-placement dynamics and how those
influence behavior. It also gives substitute caregivers a model for structuring a supportive and therapeutic setting for behaviorally
challenged children. Further, it reviews fundamental social learning theory; and finally examines ten tried and true techniques
for handling surface behaviors.
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Behavior Management II – Verbal De-Escalation
(Foster/Adoptive Parent
Workshop)
This class will examine how pre-placement experiences
and current stressors may affect a foster child’s behavior. The skills
of active listening, non-violent communication and de-escalation will be reviewed. Levels
of crisis development and the conflict cycle are discussed, emphasizing appropriate foster parent response. Trainees will participate in exercises and demonstrations concerning personal space, body posture, and
motion.
Return to Foster & Adoptive Parent Workshop List
Attachment, Separation and Loss in Foster Care
(Foster/Adoptive Parent
Workshop)
This class introduces foster parents to the concept of
attachment and the biological bond. Separation will be addressed by reviewing the five stages of grief vis-à-vis a foster
care placement. Strategies for helping insufficiently attached and grieving
children are reviewed.
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“Don’t Talk…Don’t Trust…Don’t Feel”…Growing
Up with an Addicted Parent
(Foster/Adoptive Parent
Workshop)
This class will give
trainees an understanding of the dynamics of growing up in a home where one of the primary caregivers is abusing substances
or is addicted. We will examine roles children take on to meet their needs, bring balance to their family and how those roles
may transfer into the foster home. Foster caregivers will be armed with tools & strategies to support these children during
out of-home placement and upon return.
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Substance Abuse, Chemical Dependency & Kids
(Foster/Adoptive Parent
Workshop)
Drug and alcohol abuse takes an enormous toll on families. It may be a factor in two-thirds of all substantiated cases of abuse and neglect. This class will give trainees an understanding of substance abuse and chemical dependency
and how it affects the family. We will also examine factors related to special
risk for substance abuse, and review methods of prevention and treatment.
Return to Foster & Adoptive Parent Workshop List
Opening the Door to Independent Living – Overview –
Part 1
(Foster/Adoptive Parent
Workshop)
This workshop will introduce caregivers to the many challenges
that adolescents face when leaving foster care, and moving toward independent living.
After a review of adolescent physical, cognitive and psycho-social development, this class will identify some of the
major blocks & barriers that youth face upon emancipation and strategies caregivers can use to help them along this journey.
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Navigating the Path to Independent Living – Process – Part 2
(Foster/Adoptive Parent
Workshop)
This class is designed to systematically walk foster parents
through the process of preparing their foster youth for independent living. A very practical & helpful assessment
is introduced which will help caregivers and their youth develop a roadmap document, which will set goals and objectives
leading to successful emancipation. A model contract will be shared which will help all parties involved
make a commitment to follow through with the plan.
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Educational Advocacy: Helping Your Foster Child Succeed in School
(Foster/Adoptive Parent
Workshop)
As surely as you are your children’s most important
teachers, your children’s ideas about education and its significance begin with you. Therefore, foster parents have
a responsibility to participate actively in your children’s education. This
class will offer caregivers an opportunity to enhance their own skills to assist children with their academic achievement.
This course serves as a basic introduction to Surrogate Parenting.
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Culture and Diversity Issues in Foster Care
(Foster/Adoptive Parent
Workshop)
This class begins by introducing caregivers to the concept
of cultural sensitivity and moves them toward improving their ability to understand and work with people from different backgrounds. This is done by examining our own values and codes of conduct, making an effort to
learn more about other cultures and people, and by talking to our foster children about these issues. By the end of the session, caregivers should begin to have a greater appreciation for the unique opportunities
and blessings inherent in a diverse foster family experience.
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Advancing Sexual Safety and Promoting Healing in Foster Care
(Foster/Adoptive Parent
Workshop)
This workshop is designed for foster families who need
to develop their knowledge and parenting skills to address the special needs of children who have been sexually abused. Since sexual abuse is the ultimate betrayal of the parent-child relationship, the
primary resource available to these victimized children is understanding and committed families who can prove to them that
families can be trusted and nurturing.
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Fostering Physical and Emotional Health in the Caregiver
(Foster/Adoptive Parent
Workshop)
“You’re in time-out!” This workshop
explores the value of foster parents taking care of themselves. Trainees
will experience a mini-retreat that is chock filled with ideas and experiences that include approaches to the physical, spiritual
and mental well-being of the caretaker. Participants will walk away with a recipe for establishing daily self-nurturing practices
and routines.
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Managing the Whitewater of Reunification: Primary Family, Agency and Foster
Parent Collaboration
(Foster/Adoptive Parent
Workshop)
This class will examine the complex dynamics facing birth
families before, during and after placement. Emphasizing the advantages of safe reunification of children with birth families,
this training will help foster parents come to further appreciate the “biological bond” as well as challenge them
to consider forgiveness as a foundation of collaborative work with parents. It
will also develop a framework for shared parenting, including promoting and building the “parent - foster parent team”
and provide practical guidelines for such issues as visiting, phone calls and establishing boundaries. .” Further, it
will explore the relationships between foster parents and agency staff, and potential organizational and value conflicts that
may obstruct therapeutic parenting and of children.
Return to Foster & Adoptive Parent Workshop List
"Holy Chaos, Batman!": Addressing Risk and Behaviors in Adolescents
(Foster/Adoptive Parent
Workshop)
This class reviews the fundamentals of behavioral assessment
in adolescents within the context of their physical, cognitive and psycho-social development.
It will explore issues related to family and culture and their effect on behavior.
Further, it explores the behavioral manifestations of common adolescent emotional problems, including depression, eating
disorders & cutting and suggests various treatment options available.
Return to Foster & Adoptive Parent Workshop List
Bleeding Heart or Purple Heart: Parenting Today's Troubled Youth
(Foster/Adoptive Parent
Workshop)
This workshop explores models of effective parenting including
STEP, PET & Behavior Modification. Special emphasis will be given to discipline strategies and parenting techniques appropriate
to the child’s developmental level and individual needs. Concrete strategies will be shared on how to help foster/adoptive
parents tackle the many challenges of parenting today’s troubled youth.
Return to Foster & Adoptive Parent Workshop List
Hands-on Behavior Management for Younger and Developmentally Delayed Children
(Foster/Adoptive Parent
Workshop)
Understanding the concepts
of social learning theory and utilizing its principles to effect behavior change may be two entirely different matters. This class will review reinforcement theory and offer workable models to put it into
practice for younger and developmentally delayed children. Caregivers will learn how to perform a functional analysis of child
behavior recognizing the various drivers within the social ecology. Behavior
management approaches, including token economies & behavior charts will be explored.
Return to Foster & Adoptive Parent Workshop List
"Do You Feel Me?”: Talking,
Listening and Problem Solving with Your Foster Child
(Foster/Adoptive Parent
Workshop)
“Seek ye first to understand…then to be understood”.
Pretty good advice; but does this apply to our children? You better believe it! Lacking
a feeling of empowerment, foster children desperately need someone to truly understand the feelings they are experiencing.
This class will explore the importance of understanding and share practical strategies to help foster parents better understand
their children’s feelings. In addition, we will offer a helpful problem
solving paradigm for the family.
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Beyond Time-Out: Managing the Behavior of Maltreated Pre-school Age Children
(Foster/Adoptive Parent
Workshop)
Parenting a pre-school child in foster care is a daunting
task, especially when the child comes into care as a result of maltreatment. This workshop focuses on the special needs of
these children. Effects of abuse and neglect on the development of pre-school
children will be examined vis-à-vis the major domains of their development. Behavior problems resulting from maltreatment
will be discussed and suggestions for effective behavior management will be outlined, including Parent Child Interactive Therapy.
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Peek-a-Boos and Terrible Twos: Managing Behavior of Maltreated Infants and
Toddlers
(Foster/Adoptive Parent
Workshop)
Parenting an infant or toddler in foster care is a challenging
task, especially when the child comes into care as a result of maltreatment. This workshop focuses on the special needs of
these children. Effects of abuse and neglect on infant & toddler development will be examined vis-à-vis the major domains
of their development. Behavior problems resulting from maltreatment will be discussed and suggestions on behavior management
will be outlined.
Return to Foster & Adoptive Parent Workshop List
Caregiver Toolkit: Using Reality Therapy with Your Foster Children
(Foster/Adoptive Parent
Workshop)
This class reviews the fundamentals of Reality Therapy
and its potential applications in out of home care. Strategies for creating as
strength focused environment of alignment and engagement with children will be shared.
Finally, the efficacy of assertive individual and family communication and behavior is explored.
Return to Foster & Adoptive Parent Workshop List
“You Can’t Make Me”: Managing Behavior of Maltreated School
Age Children
(Foster/Adoptive Parent
Workshop)
Parenting a child in foster care is a challenging task,
especially when the child comes into care as a result of abuse and neglect. This workshop focuses on the special needs of
these children. Effects of abuse and neglect on school age children development will be examined vis-à-vis the major domains
of their development. Behavior problems resulting from maltreatment will be discussed and suggestions on behavior management
will be presented.
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The Emotional & Behavioral Sequel to Maltreatment
(Foster/Adoptive Parent
Workshop)
Parenting a child in foster care is a challenging task,
especially when the child comes into care as a result of abuse or neglect. This course will focus on the special needs
of these children. Basic facts and issues regarding neglect and abuse (psychological, physical & sexual) and their effect
on the child’s psyche will be explored. Positive strategies for parenting are examined from school age through young
adulthood.
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Verbal De-escalation in Child Welfare
(Foster/Adoptive Parent Workshop)
This class will examine how pre-placement experiences
and current stressors may affect a foster child’s behavior. The skills of active listening, non-violent communication
and de-escalation will be reviewed. Levels of crisis development and the conflict cycle are discussed, emphasizing appropriate
foster parent response. Trainees will participate in exercises and demonstrations concerning personal space, body posture
and motion and their cultural implications.
Return to Foster & Adoptive Parent Workshop List
Managing the Hurt: When your Foster
Child Leaves
(Foster/adoptive parent workshop)
This class addresses the very real “hurt”
that resource families experience when their foster child moves to another placement.
Typical emotional reactions to this transition will be reviewed and acknowledged.
Caregivers will be given practical ideas about how to best manage this separation.
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Preparing Foster Youth for Change: Motivational Interviewing for Resource Parents
(Foster/adoptive parent workshop)
Caregivers are frequently challenged by youth’s lack of motivation to change
negative behaviors. Notwithstanding the application of behavior management strategies, some problems seem to persist. Motivational Interviewing is an evidence
based approach which caregivers can use to strengthen youth’s intrinsic motivation to change. This class serves as an
introduction to MI for resource parents and gives them the basic tools necessary to incorporate this intervention into their
parenting practice.
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Caring for Children who have Experienced Trauma
(Foster/adoptive parent workshop)
Many children in foster or kinship care have a history of exposure to trauma. Using a combination of didactic information and exercises, this training can help resource parents understand
the link between trauma and their children's often baffling behavior, feelings, and attitudes. It gives resource parents practical
tools to help their children move forward from their traumatic pasts, to recognize and reduce the impact of their children's
traumas on themselves, and to seek useful support from others.
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Understanding and Building Attachment
(F13 - 6 Hours)
(Foster Care Fundamentals)
This workshop. designed for licensed foster caregivers
with placement experience, focuses on the initiation and development of attachment in children. Distinctions between secure and insecure attachment are presented along with how separation and placement
impacts the child’s attachment pattern. A template for parenting children
with attachment problems will be advanced.
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Primary Family to Foster Family (F-15 - 6 Hours)
(Foster Care Fundamentals)
This workshop is designed for the licensed and experienced
foster family. Issues related to the foster families ability to work with primary families towards permanency & to support
contacts between children and their primary families are addressed.
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Foster Families and How They Grow: Understanding the Effects of Fostering (F16 - 6 Hours)
(Foster Care Fundamentals)
This workshop is designed for licensed foster parents
in the early years of foster parenting. Issues unique to fostering are discussed,
including: 1) Understanding and dealing with the new set of challenges; 2) Recognizing stages of adjustment and changing family
relationships; and, 3) identifying stressors and developing strategies to build a healthy fostering experience.
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Fostering Self-Reliance in Children and Youth: Roots and Wings (6 Hours)
(Foster Care Fundamentals)
This workshop presents methods to assess the needs of foster
children and youth for developing independence. Specific strategies are presented to help prepare young children as well as
teens for life as self-sufficient adults.
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Primary Family to Foster Family: Understanding Challenges, Issues, and Strategies
for Success (6 Hours)
(Foster Care Fundamentals)
This workshop provides information about why the involvement
of foster caregivers with primary families is critical and it will enhance skills of foster caregivers in engaging primary
families, managing conflict, diffusing issues, and developing strategies of support.
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Recognizing and Responding to Children Who Have Been Sexually Abused (6 Hours)
(Foster Care Fundamentals)
This workshop examines the definition and dynamics of the
sexual abuse of children, explores the pervasive pathology existing within the sexually abusing home, and presents extensive
parenting strategies to prepare the home and enhance the child’s ongoing care.
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