You all have access to free training funded by the State of Washington and coordinated by the University of Washington-Alliance for Child Welfare Excellence. You can see the whole training catalog at http://www.dshs.wa.gov/ca/fosterparents/training.asp. There are also a ton of free online trainings that you can get credit for. I will try to send the other areas of the state in the next few days or you can check them out at the website above. Space is limited at these classes so register early and if you are not able to attend, please cancel so someone else can attend.
KING County-Region 4
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| Child Development and Effects of Child Maltreatment on Child Development | ||||
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| Dates | 4/21/2014 - 4/21/2014 | |||
| Time | 9:30 am- 2:00pm | |||
| Location | 9900 Willows RD NE, Redmond, WA 98052 - Overlake Church | |||
| Trainer | Emma Nierman | |||
| Comments | This workshop is for foster parents and relative/ kinship caregivers who are interested in learning more on how child abuse, neglect and maltreatment effect the development of children in their care. Presented by: Gary Benton. Gary is a native of the Northwest. He has been in social work for 30+ years, providing marriage and family therapy anger management and domestic violence treatment. He is a local and national consultant, trainer and seminar presenter providing programs on anger management, domestic violence, dealing with difficult children, customer service, goal setting, communication skills, managing change, grief and loss in the work place, stress reduction, building self-esteem in children, team building and more. Pre registration required to attend this class, please provide you full & complete name, mailing address along with your zip code, area code & telephone number and e-mail address to Emma Nierman at region2s@uw.edu Please note: NO childcare provided PLEASE DO NOT BRING CHILDREN to this training. | |||
| To register email region2s@uw.edu or call (206)923-4914 | ||||
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| Allegations/Investigations A Survival Training | |
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| Dates | 5/19/2014 - 5/19/2014 |
| Time | 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm |
| Location | Kent DCFS Office 1313 W. Meeker (Tahoma Rm), Kent, WA 98032 (Please use the West Entrance) |
| Trainer | El-Freda Stephenson |
| Comments | Luanne Hawley has been a licensed foster parent for 25 years, as well as a relative care provider and adoptive parent. She has been an advocate for Foster Parents and Care Providers having provided support services through the FIRST (Foster Intervention and Retention Support Team) program for many years. Please join us as Luanne shares how the investigation process works, reviews common practices and procedures, shares ways to minimize the risk of an allegation, gives tips on how to best protect yourself once an allegation has been made, and tells you how best to survive the process. Please join us for this informative training. Pre-registration is required. To register email El-Freda Stephenson at region2s@uw.edu, please provide your mailing address, area code, phone number and email address when registering. You will receive written confirmation five (5) working days prior to the workshop via US mail and/or e-mail. PLEASE NOTE THERE ARE NO CHILD CARE PROVISIONS FOR THIS WORKSHOP, CHILDREN WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO ATTEND THIS TRAINING. |
| To register email region2s@uw.edu or call 206-923-4922 | |
| Attachment Disorders: Attachment Challenges in Foster Care, Real Tools for Caregivers | |
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| Dates | 6/16/2014 - 6/16/2014 |
| Time | 9:00am- 4:00pm. |
| Location | Delridge DCFS Office, 4045 Delridge Way SW, Seattle, WA 98106: Pine Room |
| Trainer | Emma Nierman |
| Comments | Presented By Scott Hanauer.Scott Hanauer is the clinical director of Community Youth Services in Olympia WA. He has worked with at risk children and their families within a residential setting for over 30 years. Scott has extensive experience dealing with children with reactive attachment disorders and other attachment and bonding issues. He has been a parent educator for the Bureau of Prisons, and has been training foster parents for over 10 years. Join us as we discuss how attachment develops, how trauma impacts attachment, and most importantly, what to do with children and adolescents who have escalating and challenging behaviors. Pre registration required to attend this class, please provide you full & complete name, mailing address along with your zip code, area code & telephone number and e-mail address to Emma Nierman at region2s@uw.edu Please note: NO childcare provided PLEASE DO NOT BRING CHILDREN to this training. |
| Emma Nierman, MSW, Child Welfare Training Manager, region2s@uw.edu | |
| My Drug Exposed Infant is Growing Up... Now What? | |
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| Dates | 6/27/2014 - 6/27/2014 |
| Time | 9:30 am - 3:30 pm |
| Location | 39015 172nd Avenue South East, Auburn, WA - Muckleshoot Indian Reservation, Phillip Starr Building |
| Trainer | Yolonda Marzest |
| Comments | This workshop is presented by Sean Maloney, MA, the director of cliniical training at Catholic Community Services of Wester Washington. This training will review newborn risk factors of infants exposed prenatally to drugs and then will focus on behavioral characterists that are often present in older children. Intervention strategies for difficult behaviors will be also discussed. There is no charge for this training. Please DO NOT bring children, as NO childcare is available. Pre-registration is required to attend. To register contact Yolonda Marzest, MSW, region2s@uw.edu. |
| To register send your contact Yolonda Marzest, MSW, Manager of Program Operations Region 2, region2s@uw.edu | |
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