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Youth often struggle with finances. They struggle because of their past trauma or guidance. Foster parents are encouraged to learn how to help youth make responsible financial decisions. Ian walks the participants through the importance of having healthy financial talks with youth.
1.0 Hour
This course is a high level overview of the protective factors with focus on making them "come alive" for the audience.
1.0 Hour
This presentation is on the impact sleep has on child development, why sleep does not occur in children, medical red flags, and sleep deprivation impact on the ability to learn.
1.0 Hour
Understanding of the cultural values and practices within the community and be able to identify resources including behavioral health needs for LGBTQ+ enrollees; understanding that language is essential, such as using correct identifying pronouns, and that forms and resources account for diverse perceptions of sexuality, sex, and gender.
0.5 Hours
Foster Parents and Staff will learn the diagnostic procedures for aggression in children and youth. They will gain a knowledge of the role of psychosocial therapies and current medications to manage aggression and disruptive behavior. They will also learn the risks associated with medications used to treat aggression.
1.0 Hour
Substance use and human trafficking occur together very often. Traffickers use drugs and alcohol to groom, lure, manipulate, and control the people they are trafficking. Victims and survivors who are substance dependent are targeted by traffickers because of this vulnerability. How can those who work with adults or youth who are sex and labor trafficked understand how to best support survivors who have substance use disorders? What do substance use disorder professionals need to know about human trafficking? How can we all do more to understand the intersection of substance use and trauma and how this can impact survivors over the short and long terms?
1.0 Hour
This presentation provides an overview of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) and Substance Exposed Infants (SEI). Topics discussed include symptoms, treatment, prevention efforts, reporting and resources. The presentation emphasizes a holistic, whole person-whole family, approach to care and treatment.
0.5 Hours
A general, informative, and educational presentation to support the previous learning of caregivers who are providing care for a child with Type 1 Diabetes.
0.5 Hours
This presentation for parents is designed to provide evidence-based, practical information in dealing with Power Struggles. A trauma-informed approach is discussed to help parents understand why a reaction might occur and presents proven strategies for improvement.
0.5 Hours
Parenting a Child with Food Allergies is designed to provide evidence-based, practical information for those caring for children with serious food allergies.
0.5 Hours
As the prevalence of Autism continues to rise across our nation, now up to 1 in 44 children, more families are caring for children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Historically, children with ASD have been served using Applied Behavior Analysis, focusing on reducing problem behaviors and teaching skills. While this approach is effective, it does not take into consideration the relationship and connection that is so critical to our children’s growth and development. This session discusses the utilization of Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) with children with ASD and share how impactful this approach is using Connecting, Empowering, and Correcting Principles.
1.0 Hour
The presentation discusses several of today’s most popular technology platforms for youth and how to connect and protect them while accessing these platforms. The audience will learn the necessity of today’s technology, interventions and strategies to build safe boundaries while also maintaining connection with teens, safeguards for the most popular platforms and how to access them, and how to determine healthy and unhealthy relationships with technology.
1.0 Hour
Labor trafficked children are rarely recognized if systems and individuals zero in only on the victimization of children by sex traffickers. The children who are vulnerable to labor trafficking may have factors that can heighten the risk for them, including separation from families and supports, poverty, lack of educational opportunities and undocumented status. Child labor traffickers can be like any other traffickers: from family members to organized crime networks and forced labor of children can coincide with sex trafficking. This presentation is for anyone who has contact with children in our community: neighbors, school personnel, child welfare, law enforcement, justice system, attorneys, parents and grandparents – everyone! Experts will provide a survivor perspective and give attendees information about this current reality that is too often overlooked.
1.5 Hours
California's Just in Time Training is a web based service program designed to connect foster parents, kinship or other caregivers with training, peer experts and other resources. Questions are answered and practical solutions to care for children are discussed - all from the comfort of your home or office.