Foster/Adopt Training Schedule
MUSKINGUM COUNTY Summer - Fall 2011
Muskingum County CSB, 205 North Seventh Street, Zanesville, OH 43701
To register, contact your licensing agency's foster care specialist. For Muskingum County CSB foster parents, contact either Lisa Wayt, Jennifer Johnston-Baker, or Donna Cole at 740.455.6710.
Opening the Door to Independent Living - Part I: Overview
Saturday, September 17 _9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon_ Presenter: Kathy Lowery Topic Area: 941
Learning Description: This workshop will introduce foster parents to the many challenges that adolescents face when leaving foster care and moving toward independent living. Be prepared for an interactive, hands-on workshop that will enlighten and encourage foster parents in helping your adolescent have a more successful transition to independent living.
Navigating the Path to Independent Living - Part II: Process
Saturday, September 17 _1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.__. Presenter: Kathy Lowery Topic Area: 941 Prerequisite: Participants must attend Opening the Door (morning session) to attend this learning.
Learning Description: In this workshop, foster parents will learn about the tools and resources available to assist adolescents reach their goals of emancipation. The following will be introduced: Ansell-Casey Life Skills Assessment, Scored Report of the Assessment, Guides for Developing Plans, the Independent Living Roadmap, and the Emancipation Preparation Goal Contract. Tips on motivating teens will be examined.
Note: Two Independent Learning sessions offered on September 17.
Dealing With the Impact of Early Sexual Trauma
Monday, October 3 - 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Topic Area: 943 Presenter: David Zidar, L.I.S.W.
Learning Description: Foster parents are frequently asked to care for children who have been sexually traumatized earlier in their lives. Parents in this class will learn about the potential impact of early trauma on current behavior and learn skills to help them interact and intervene in ways that are helpful. This class will take parents through the developmental stages of childhood to provide them with the needed skills at each level. This class is full of practical skills that parents will start to apply that day.
Understanding and Building Attachment
Saturday, Nov. 5 - 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Presenter: Kathy Lowery Foster Care Fundamental: 924-FF7-S Topic Areas: 924, 925, and 926
Learning Description: This workshop focuses on the initiation and development of attachment in children and is designed for licensed foster caregivers with placement experience. The first half of the training distinguishes characteristics of secure attachment from those of insecure attachment and provides information on how the crisis created by separation and placement impacts and is impacted by the child's attachment pattern. Because research demonstrates that the most consistent predictors of secure attachment are caregiver variables, the last half of the workshop presents a template for parenting children with insecure attachment. Participants will be provided with case scenarios and asked to consider attachment patterns and formulate strategies to maintain/build attachment with their foster children.
Tattoo Youth, Sporting Ink May Mean More Than You Think!
Wednesday, Dec. 7 - 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Topic Area: 984 Presenter: Anthony President, B.A.
Learning Description: It is estimated that upwards of 5% of the U.S. population (or 1.5 million people) have at least one tattoo, and the number of new tattoos are ever increasing (Journal of Health). The reasons young people get tattoos vary as much as the different types of tattoos they choose to wear. Should there be concern over tattoos in general? Are there certain types of tattoos that indicate cult, gang, or hate group involvement? If so, what do they look like? Can tattoos be therapeutic to youth? Should caregivers be culturally relative about tattoos? These and other provocative questions will be answered in this workshop as we explore the world of Generation Y and tattoos. Participation,
FALL PRE-SERVICE SESSION
Please contact Lisa Wayt, Jennifer Johnston-Baker, or Donna Cole anytime after September 4, 2011 at 740-455-6710 to register. Classes will be held in the ground floor conference room or a meeting room on the 2nd floor (signs will be posted) at 205 N. Seventh Street, Zanesville.
Tues. Oct. 4, 2011 Orientation and Overview (PS1) David Zidar 6pm - 9pm
Thurs. Oct. 6, 2011 The Child Protection Team (PS2) David Zidar 6pm - 9pm
Tues. Oct. 11, 2011 The Effects of Child Abuse or Neglect on Child Development (PS3) David Zidar 6pm - 9pm
Tues. Oct. 18, 2011 Attachment, Separation, and Placement (PS4) David Zidar 6pm - 9pm
Thurs. Oct. 20, 2011 Managing Behavior (PS5) David Zidar 6pm - 9pm
Tues. Oct. 25, 2011 Preventing and De-escalating Crisis (PS6) David Zidar 6pm - 9pm
Thurs. Oct. 27, 2011 Cultural Issues in Placement (PS7) David Zidar 6pm - 9pm
Tues. Nov. 1, 2011 Understanding Primary Families (PS8) David Zidar 6pm - 9pm
Thurs. Nov. 3, 2011 Caring for Children Who Have Been Sexually Abused (PS9) David Zidar 6pm - 9pm
Foster/Adoptive Caregiver Caboose
Tues. Nov. 8, 2011 The Effects of Caregiving on the Caregiver Family (PS10) David Zidar 6pm - 9pm
Thurs. Nov. 10, 2011 Permanency Issues for Children/Pizza (P11) David Zidar 6pm - 9pm
Thurs. Nov. 17, 2011 Permanency Issues for Families/Panel (P12) David Zidar 6pm - 9pm
All classes will be held from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Please make sure you are not more than fifteen minutes late for any training in order to receive your training credit.
