Author: Denise Pudlo
October | Birth and Foster Parent Partnerships: Creating …
About Course Birth and Foster Parent Partnerships: Creating a Caregiving Network October 3, 2024 | October 10, 2024 6:00 - 8:00 pm 4 Hours Training Credit Join us for a 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. [...]
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October | Maintaining Connections for Youth
About Course Maintaining Connections for Youth October 23, 2024 6:00 - 8:30 pm 2.5 Hours Training Credit The child welfare team traditionally focuses on the immediate needs of youth and not the lifelong connections that are so important throughout life. This training will assist resource parents in understanding the need of having key people in [...]
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October | The Adoption & Guardianship Journey: Navigating Relationships with Birth Families
About Course The Adoption & Guardianship Journey: Navigating Relationships with Birth Families October 24, 2024 6:00-8:30 pm 2.5 Hours Training Credit It is not a question of 'if' your adopted child will connect with birth family, it's 'when.' This training will help participants recognize the benefits for children being aware of their adoption/guardianship story and [...]
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October | SPAULDING Adoption Training: Making the Commitment…
About Course SPAULDING Adoption Training: Making the Commitment to Adoption October 1, 2024 | October 8, 2024 | October 17, 2024 | October 22, 2024 6:00 - 9:00 pm / 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 [...]
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October | Mental Health Considerations
About Course Mental Health Considerations October 2, 2024 6:00 - 7:30 pm 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 [...]
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October | Teens: Understanding Challenging Behaviors
About Course Teens: Understanding Challenging Behaviors October 9 & October 16 6:00 - 9:00 pm 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 [...]
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Gideon
Meet 10-year-old Gideon. Gideon has the most beautiful big blue eyes that just sparkle and shine with excitement whenever you meet him. He makes his presence known with his loud and bold personality. Gideon’s favorite color is red, a perfect shade to match his will to be seen and heard. He enjoys being of Christian [...]
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September | Kinship Caregiving: Building Parental Resilience
About Course Kinship Caregiving: Building Parental Resilience September 28, 2024 9 am - 11:30 am 2.5 Hours Training Credit This training describes parental resilience, why resilience is important, and covers how caring for children who have experienced trauma, separation, or loss can impact a caregiver’s own well-being. This theme also covers the behaviors that foster [...]
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September | Separation Loss and Grief
About Course Separation Loss and Grief September 24 6 pm - 8 pm 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 [...]
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September | Kinship Parenting: It’s Complicated!
About Course Kinship Parenting: It's Complicated! September 21, 2024 9 am - 11:30 am 2.5 Hours Training Credit This training acknowledges the complexities associated with caring for children who are related including: divided loyalties, redefining roles and relationships, setting boundaries with parents and other relatives, and the range of emotions including anger, resentment, guilt and/or [...]
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September | Know your Rights, Know Your Role
About Course Know your Rights, Know Your Role September 10, 2024 6 pm - 8:30 pm 2.5 Hours Training Credit Understanding the foster care system can be challenging and overwhelming while you’re also providing care to children who’ve experienced trauma. Often, parents are given incorrect or contradictory information, leaving them feeling unsupported and frustrated. This [...]
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September | Big Behaviors: Making Sense of Lying, Stealing & Meltdowns
About Course Big Behaviors: Making Sense of Lying, Stealing & Meltdowns September 7 & 14 9 am - 11 am 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 [...]
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September | RPC Trauma Training: Caring for Children Who Have…
About Course RPC Trauma Training: Caring for Children Who Have Experienced Trauma September 5, 12, 19, 26 6 pm - 9 pm 14 Hours Training Credit Parenting children who have experienced trauma is different than parenting typically developing children. Children who have experienced the trauma of abuse, neglect, and the loss of their family of [...]
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September | The Impact of Prenatal Substance Use
About Course The Impact of Prenatal Substance Use September 3rd 6 pm - 8 pm 2 Hours Training Credit This training will discuss characteristics for caregivers, understanding potential developmental impacts of prenatal exposure, understanding Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and their impact on development, common challenges faced by caregivers, and how to reframe them. Enroll Here
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September | Attachment
About Course Attachment September 17, 6 pm - 8 pm 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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Alex
Seven-year-old Alex is the sweetest little ball of energy. She does best when active, and loves to show off her skills at the park, trampoline park, and slide park. During filming for A Place to Call Home, Alex was fearless. She slid from the tallest slides, swung from the tightrope bar, and ziplined through the [...]
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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 | 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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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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June | Kinship Caregiving: Building Parental Resilience
About Course Kinship Caregiving: Building Parental Resilience June 17, 2024 2.5 Hours Training Credit This training describes parental resilience, why resilience is important, and covers how caring for children who have experienced trauma, separation, or loss can impact a caregiver’s own well-being. This theme also covers the behaviors that foster a protective environment for parents [...]
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June | Know your Rights, Know Your Role
About Course Know your Rights, Know Your Role June 15, 2024 2.5 Hours Training Credit Understanding the foster care system can be challenging and overwhelming while you’re also providing care to children who’ve experienced trauma. Often, parents are given incorrect or contradictory information, leaving them feeling unsupported and frustrated. This training will address common questions [...]
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June | Kinship Parenting: It’s Complicated!
About Course Kinship Parenting: It's Complicated! June 4, 2024 2.5 Hours Training Credit This training acknowledges the complexities associated with caring for children who are related including: divided loyalties, redefining roles and relationships, setting boundaries with parents and other relatives, and the range of emotions including anger, resentment, guilt and/or embarrassment that caregivers can feel. [...]
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May | FACC VIRTUAL Open House
About Course FACC VIRTUAL Open House May 28, 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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May | The Adoption & Guardianship Journey: Navigating Relationships with Birth Families
About Course The Adoption & Guardianship Journey: Navigating Relationships with Birth Families May 29, 2024 2.5 Hours Training Credit This training will help participants recognize the benefits for children being aware of their adoption/guardianship story and maintaining connection with their birth families; aware of strategies for maintaining and promoting connections; understand the continuum that exists [...]
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Jamiah and Jesse
This brother-sister duo is quite the pair. Little brother, Jesse, looks up to big sister, Jamiah, in every way! The two squabble like true siblings, but love even bigger! Jamiah is a friendly and talkative 14-year-old with a big personality. She may be shy at first, but once she gets to know you, she opens [...]
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June | What’s New with Your Child’s Insurance: An Evening…
About Course What’s New with Your Child’s Insurance: An Evening with Show Me Healthy Kids June 6, 2024 2 Hours Training Credit Did you know: Your child can earn money for well care doctor visits? Birthparents can utilize transportation to visit their children? Some children qualify for a free sensory kit? Youth can receive free [...]
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April | Separation Loss and Grief…
About Course Separation Loss and Grief April 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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May | Maintaining Connections for Youth
About Course Maintaining Connections for Youth May 4, 2024 2.5 Hours Training Credit The child welfare team traditionally focuses on the immediate needs of youth and not the lifelong connections that are so important throughout life. This training will assist resource parents in understanding the need of having key people in the lives of youth [...]
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May | Teens: Understanding Challenging Behaviors
About Course Teens: Understanding Challenging Behaviors May 11 & May 18 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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Javion
Meet Javion! Javion is a confident and outgoing 16-year-old. Javion loves to play and watch sports, but basketball is his absolute favorite. Javion is very sociable & enjoys making and hanging out with friends his age. Some of Javion’s favorite things to do include riding his BMX bike around the neighborhood and playing video and [...]
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April | SPAULDING Adoption Training: Making the …
About Course SPAULDING Adoption Training: Making the Commitment to Adopt April 2, 2024 | April 9, 2024 | April 16, 2024 | April 23, 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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March | Teens: Understanding Challenging Behaviors
About Course Teens: Understanding Challenging Behaviors March 28 & April 4 5 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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March | Maintaining Connections for Youth
About Course Maintaining Connections for Youth March 26, 2024 2.5 Hours Training Credit The child welfare team traditionally focuses on the immediate needs of youth and not the lifelong connections that are so important throughout life. This training will assist resource parents in understanding the need of having key people in the lives of youth [...]
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March | Kinship Caregiving: Building Parental Resilience
About Course Kinship Caregiving: Building Parental Resilience March 14, 2024 2.5 Hours Training Credit This training describes parental resilience, why resilience is important, and covers how caring for children who have experienced trauma, separation, or loss can impact a caregiver’s own well-being. This theme also covers the behaviors that foster a protective environment for parents [...]
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March | Kinship Parenting: It’s Complicated!
About Course Kinship Parenting: It's Complicated! March 7, 2024 2.5 Hours Training Credit This training acknowledges the complexities associated with caring for children who are related including: divided loyalties, redefining roles and relationships, setting boundaries with parents and other relatives, and the range of emotions including anger, resentment, guilt and/or embarrassment that caregivers can feel. [...]
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March | Secondary Traumatic Stress
About Course Secondary Traumatic Stress March 5, 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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