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August | Secondary Traumatic Stress
About Course Secondary Traumatic Stress August 24, 2024 3 Hours Training Credit This training addresses the complex impact of secondary traumatic stress. It describes risk factors for and signs of secondary traumatic stress as well as prevention and self-care. This course is intended for anyone who works directly with the child welfare populations such as [...]
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August | Bullying: How it Impacts Our Children
About Course Bullying: How it Impacts Our Children August 21, 2024 2 Hours Training Credit Bullying has been a pervasive issue for youth around the world. Many children are unequipped on how to protect themselves or help their friends facing this problem. Parents, schools, and communities can be the key to giving children the confidence [...]
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August | The Importance of Sibling Bonds
About Course August 13 & 20 7 Hours Training Credit Sibling relationships are emotionally powerful and critically important not only in childhood but over the course of a lifetime. The sibling relationship is one of the longest relationships anyone will have, preparing individuals for peer relationships, teaching social skills, conflict resolution, and navigating relationship issues. [...]
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August | Birth and Foster Parent Partnerships: Creating …
About Course Birth and Foster Parent Partnerships: Creating a Caregiving Network August 10, 2024 | August 17, 2024 4 Hours Training Credit Join us for a new training on bridging the gap between birth and foster parents. For years in child welfare a major gap has existed between birth and foster parents. Fueled by fear, [...]
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August | Teens: Understanding Challenging Behaviors
About Course Teens: Understanding Challenging Behaviors August 8 & August 15 6 Hours Training Credit Parenting teens who have experienced trauma can bring additional challenges. This training will focus on topics such as rejection, aggression, social media, sex and self-harming. Learn techniques and build skills to navigate difficult situations and create safety plans for your [...]
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August | FACC VIRTUAL Open House
About Course FACC VIRTUAL Open House August 6, 2024 2 Hours Training Credit You’ve probably heard about holiday Little Wishes, but did you know the Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition offers many other services to foster and adoptive families and children? The Coalition prides itself on filling community gaps by offering educational advocacy, family finding, [...]
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August | Mental Health Considerations
About Course Mental Health Considerations August 3, 2024 1.5 Hours Training Credit This training provides a basic understanding of mental health disorders and conditions that commonly occur in childhood. Content is shared to illustrate that not all ‘survival’ behaviors or symptoms of grief are connected with mental health disorders. Commonly administered psychotropic medications are described [...]
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July | The Importance of Attachment in Parenting
About Course Attachment July 20, 9 am - 11 am 2 Hours Training Credit This training helps participants understand the importance of attachment in parenting, both for the children and parents who are fostering or adopting. It covers the impact of fractured attachments/lack of attachments on children’s ability to attach and identifies strategies to develop [...]
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July| Separation Loss and Grief
About Course Separation Loss and Grief July 13 2 Hours Training Credit This training helps participants understand the impact of separation and ambiguous loss and the different ways children grieve. Life-long grieving and the importance of providing opportunities for grieving are explored. Strategies to help children deal with grief and loss are identified. Participants will [...]
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July | Big Behaviors: Understanding and Managing …
About Course Big Behaviors: Understanding and Managing Lying, Stealing & Meltdowns July 11, 2024 | July 18, 2024 4 Hours Training Credit Youth who have experienced trauma often have behaviors that can be frustrating and challenging to manage. In general, traditional parenting techniques are not effective, leaving care providers baffled and overwhelmed. This training will [...]
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July | SPAULDING Adoption Training: Making the Commitment…
About Course SPAULDING Adoption Training: Making the Commitment to Adoption July 9, 2024 | July 16, 2024 | July 23, 2024 | July 30, 2024 12 Hours Training Credit Forming a family through adoption is different than forming one biologically or being a foster family. While adoption brings great joy and happiness to families, children [...]
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