Foster Care Training

Many providers do not practice stress reduction techniques despite endorsing the importance of self-care ideas, techniques, and recommendations with caregivers, youth, and families. With research demonstrating that the amount of time spent working with traumatized clients strongly predicted secondary trauma in helping professionals and caregivers, the necessity of self-care as a critical component of managing vicarious trauma is clear. Learning self-care practices experientially provides professionals with an additional level of familiarity in working with caregivers to implement their own self-care practices.

This course provides an in-depth overview of exploitation within the larger legal framework of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Next, the training discusses myths about involvement in CSEC as well as the demand of CSEC. The training then discusses the pathways and precursors to involvement in CSEC. Participants will hear case studies of CSEC survivors to highlight the risk factors for CSEC recruitment. Next, the training will provide an overview of the impact of CSEC, specifically looking at the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social impacts of CSEC involvement. Participants will learn about Stockholm Syndrome and trauma bonds and be able to relate these concepts to CSEC victims. This will be […]

This two-hour course reviews the concept of the Escalation Curve when working with youth in care and provides opportunities for participants to discuss and practice support strategies to maintain safety as well as means of deescalating situations verbally.

This course explores legal and ethical issues for licensed professionals working in youth and family services and child welfare. Topics include an overview of liability issues, the sources of procedure in our work, and how to minimize liability. Liability issues specific to youth and family services will be reviewed including consent, confidentiality, and mandated reporting laws.

Groups play a crucial role in the treatment and wellness of many individuals. Groups provide opportunities for youth to learn new skills, get support from peers, etc. Many social service providers provide workshops and groups for at-risk youth and many have not been formally taught how to facilitate groups. This training will provide an overview of best practices of group facilitation. Participants will also learn how to navigate challenging situations in groups such as redirecting a youth, a youth monopolizing the conversation, etc.

This training will take a developmental approach, focusing on the various emotional and physical boundaries that inevitably arise with working with system involved youth and children in foster care. This training will also utilize case vignettes and small group sharing to dig deep into the various counter-transference experiences we may face when working with system involved youth and children in foster care and how counter-transference may impact our information gathering efforts and strategies to support them. To register please email Human Resources at [email protected].

The purpose of this training is to create a renewed and heightened awareness of boundary issues in work with foster youth. Having boundaries is not just a matter of being professional. Appropriate boundaries are a key ingredient in providing the children in our care with the highest quality of care, which often times requires us to build trusting and healing relationships with them. Frequently the relationships we build with clients can have ambiguous boundaries, making it important to develop an awareness of possible danger signs for boundary issues that might result in poor practice or which might be red flags for potential exploitation of clients.

This training session is designed to prepare Intensive Care Coordinators at WestCoast Children’s Clinic to effectively utilize connection maps when working with ofster youth. Participants will gain a deep understanding of the purpose and structure of connection maps, develop practical skills in creating and interpreting them, and learn to apply these maps with foster youth. The training also emphasizes enhancing youth engagement, fostering cultural competence, and promoting collaboration.

In this training session, the trainer will present information on self-care and its importance in managing the effects of secondary trauma on caregivers and support personnel working with foster youth, using a combination of lecture and PowerPoint presentation. The trainer will explore the personal and professional impacts of compassion fatigue on helping professionals. The training materials will also outline ethical self-care principles, along with a statement of responsibility for self-care within the team of professionals supporting foster youth. Included in the materials will be assessment tools for identifying vulnerability to stress and quality of life scales. The session will also address how many caregivers may use denial as a coping […]

In this training session, the trainer will present information on self-care and its importance in managing the effects of secondary trauma on caregivers and support personnel working with foster youth, using a combination of lecture and PowerPoint presentation. The trainer will explore the personal and professional impacts of compassion fatigue on helping professionals. The training materials will also outline ethical self-care principles, along with a statement of responsibility for self-care within the team of professionals supporting foster youth. Included in the materials will be assessment tools for identifying vulnerability to stress and quality of life scales. The session will also address how many caregivers may use denial as a coping […]

In this training session, the trainer will present information on self-care and its importance in managing the effects of secondary trauma on caregivers and support personnel working with foster youth, using a combination of lecture and PowerPoint presentation. The trainer will explore the personal and professional impacts of compassion fatigue on helping professionals. The training materials will also outline ethical self-care principles, along with a statement of responsibility for self-care within the team of professionals supporting foster youth. Included in the materials will be assessment tools for identifying vulnerability to stress and quality of life scales. The session will also address how many caregivers may use denial as a coping […]

Youth who have been recently removed and who spend time at the temporary receiving center/shelter of the Assessment Center of Alameda County may at times experience over-stays and challenges in obtaining a stable placement in a foster home. Youth (and providers) may experience hopelessness and increased acuity in their needs when these challenges arise. This training reviews strategies for navigating youth needs and the systemic barriers to identifying placements. The participants in this training utilize case presentations in order to discuss and develop an understanding of youth challenges and to discuss strategies for decreasing escalation of youth in that setting.

Many providers do not practice stress reduction techniques despite endorsing the importance of self-care ideas, techniques, and recommendations with caregivers, youth, and families. With research demonstrating that the amount of time spent working with traumatized clients strongly predicted secondary trauma in helping professionals and caregivers, the necessity of self-care as a critical component of managing vicarious trauma is clear. Learning self-care practices experientially provides professionals with an additional level of familiarity in working with caregivers to implement their own self-care practices.

This course provides an in-depth overview of exploitation within the larger legal framework of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Next, the training discusses myths about involvement in CSEC as well as the demand of CSEC. The training then discusses the pathways and precursors to involvement in CSEC. Participants will hear case studies of CSEC survivors to highlight the risk factors for CSEC recruitment. Next, the training will provide an overview of the impact of CSEC, specifically looking at the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social impacts of CSEC involvement. Participants will learn about Stockholm Syndrome and trauma bonds and be able to relate these concepts to CSEC victims. This will be […]

This two-hour course reviews the concept of the Escalation Curve when working with youth in care and provides opportunities for participants to discuss and practice support strategies to maintain safety as well as means of deescalating situations verbally.

This course explores legal and ethical issues for licensed professionals working in youth and family services and child welfare. Topics include an overview of liability issues, the sources of procedure in our work, and how to minimize liability. Liability issues specific to youth and family services will be reviewed including consent, confidentiality, and mandated reporting laws.

Groups play a crucial role in the treatment and wellness of many individuals. Groups provide opportunities for youth to learn new skills, get support from peers, etc. Many social service providers provide workshops and groups for at-risk youth and many have not been formally taught how to facilitate groups. This training will provide an overview of best practices of group facilitation. Participants will also learn how to navigate challenging situations in groups such as redirecting a youth, a youth monopolizing the conversation, etc.

This training will take a developmental approach, focusing on the various emotional and physical boundaries that inevitably arise with working with system involved youth and children in foster care. This training will also utilize case vignettes and small group sharing to dig deep into the various counter-transference experiences we may face when working with system involved youth and children in foster care and how counter-transference may impact our information gathering efforts and strategies to support them. To register please email Human Resources at [email protected].

The purpose of this training is to create a renewed and heightened awareness of boundary issues in work with foster youth. Having boundaries is not just a matter of being professional. Appropriate boundaries are a key ingredient in providing the children in our care with the highest quality of care, which often times requires us to build trusting and healing relationships with them. Frequently the relationships we build with clients can have ambiguous boundaries, making it important to develop an awareness of possible danger signs for boundary issues that might result in poor practice or which might be red flags for potential exploitation of clients.

This training session is designed to prepare Intensive Care Coordinators at WestCoast Children’s Clinic to effectively utilize connection maps when working with ofster youth. Participants will gain a deep understanding of the purpose and structure of connection maps, develop practical skills in creating and interpreting them, and learn to apply these maps with foster youth. The training also emphasizes enhancing youth engagement, fostering cultural competence, and promoting collaboration.

In this training session, the trainer will present information on self-care and its importance in managing the effects of secondary trauma on caregivers and support personnel working with foster youth, using a combination of lecture and PowerPoint presentation. The trainer will explore the personal and professional impacts of compassion fatigue on helping professionals. The training materials will also outline ethical self-care principles, along with a statement of responsibility for self-care within the team of professionals supporting foster youth. Included in the materials will be assessment tools for identifying vulnerability to stress and quality of life scales. The session will also address how many caregivers may use denial as a coping […]

In this training session, the trainer will present information on self-care and its importance in managing the effects of secondary trauma on caregivers and support personnel working with foster youth, using a combination of lecture and PowerPoint presentation. The trainer will explore the personal and professional impacts of compassion fatigue on helping professionals. The training materials will also outline ethical self-care principles, along with a statement of responsibility for self-care within the team of professionals supporting foster youth. Included in the materials will be assessment tools for identifying vulnerability to stress and quality of life scales. The session will also address how many caregivers may use denial as a coping […]

In this training session, the trainer will present information on self-care and its importance in managing the effects of secondary trauma on caregivers and support personnel working with foster youth, using a combination of lecture and PowerPoint presentation. The trainer will explore the personal and professional impacts of compassion fatigue on helping professionals. The training materials will also outline ethical self-care principles, along with a statement of responsibility for self-care within the team of professionals supporting foster youth. Included in the materials will be assessment tools for identifying vulnerability to stress and quality of life scales. The session will also address how many caregivers may use denial as a coping […]

Youth who have been recently removed and who spend time at the temporary receiving center/shelter of the Assessment Center of Alameda County may at times experience over-stays and challenges in obtaining a stable placement in a foster home. Youth (and providers) may experience hopelessness and increased acuity in their needs when these challenges arise. This training reviews strategies for navigating youth needs and the systemic barriers to identifying placements. The participants in this training utilize case presentations in order to discuss and develop an understanding of youth challenges and to discuss strategies for decreasing escalation of youth in that setting.

Many providers do not practice stress reduction techniques despite endorsing the importance of self-care ideas, techniques, and recommendations with caregivers, youth, and families. With research demonstrating that the amount of time spent working with traumatized clients strongly predicted secondary trauma in helping professionals and caregivers, the necessity of self-care as a critical component of managing vicarious trauma is clear. Learning self-care practices experientially provides professionals with an additional level of familiarity in working with caregivers to implement their own self-care practices.

This course provides an in-depth overview of exploitation within the larger legal framework of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Next, the training discusses myths about involvement in CSEC as well as the demand of CSEC. The training then discusses the pathways and precursors to involvement in CSEC. Participants will hear case studies of CSEC survivors to highlight the risk factors for CSEC recruitment. Next, the training will provide an overview of the impact of CSEC, specifically looking at the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social impacts of CSEC involvement. Participants will learn about Stockholm Syndrome and trauma bonds and be able to relate these concepts to CSEC victims. This will be […]

This two-hour course reviews the concept of the Escalation Curve when working with youth in care and provides opportunities for participants to discuss and practice support strategies to maintain safety as well as means of deescalating situations verbally.

This course explores legal and ethical issues for licensed professionals working in youth and family services and child welfare. Topics include an overview of liability issues, the sources of procedure in our work, and how to minimize liability. Liability issues specific to youth and family services will be reviewed including consent, confidentiality, and mandated reporting laws.

Groups play a crucial role in the treatment and wellness of many individuals. Groups provide opportunities for youth to learn new skills, get support from peers, etc. Many social service providers provide workshops and groups for at-risk youth and many have not been formally taught how to facilitate groups. This training will provide an overview of best practices of group facilitation. Participants will also learn how to navigate challenging situations in groups such as redirecting a youth, a youth monopolizing the conversation, etc.

This training will take a developmental approach, focusing on the various emotional and physical boundaries that inevitably arise with working with system involved youth and children in foster care. This training will also utilize case vignettes and small group sharing to dig deep into the various counter-transference experiences we may face when working with system involved youth and children in foster care and how counter-transference may impact our information gathering efforts and strategies to support them. To register please email Human Resources at [email protected].

The purpose of this training is to create a renewed and heightened awareness of boundary issues in work with foster youth. Having boundaries is not just a matter of being professional. Appropriate boundaries are a key ingredient in providing the children in our care with the highest quality of care, which often times requires us to build trusting and healing relationships with them. Frequently the relationships we build with clients can have ambiguous boundaries, making it important to develop an awareness of possible danger signs for boundary issues that might result in poor practice or which might be red flags for potential exploitation of clients.

This training session is designed to prepare Intensive Care Coordinators at WestCoast Children’s Clinic to effectively utilize connection maps when working with ofster youth. Participants will gain a deep understanding of the purpose and structure of connection maps, develop practical skills in creating and interpreting them, and learn to apply these maps with foster youth. The training also emphasizes enhancing youth engagement, fostering cultural competence, and promoting collaboration.

In this training session, the trainer will present information on self-care and its importance in managing the effects of secondary trauma on caregivers and support personnel working with foster youth, using a combination of lecture and PowerPoint presentation. The trainer will explore the personal and professional impacts of compassion fatigue on helping professionals. The training materials will also outline ethical self-care principles, along with a statement of responsibility for self-care within the team of professionals supporting foster youth. Included in the materials will be assessment tools for identifying vulnerability to stress and quality of life scales. The session will also address how many caregivers may use denial as a coping […]

In this training session, the trainer will present information on self-care and its importance in managing the effects of secondary trauma on caregivers and support personnel working with foster youth, using a combination of lecture and PowerPoint presentation. The trainer will explore the personal and professional impacts of compassion fatigue on helping professionals. The training materials will also outline ethical self-care principles, along with a statement of responsibility for self-care within the team of professionals supporting foster youth. Included in the materials will be assessment tools for identifying vulnerability to stress and quality of life scales. The session will also address how many caregivers may use denial as a coping […]

In this training session, the trainer will present information on self-care and its importance in managing the effects of secondary trauma on caregivers and support personnel working with foster youth, using a combination of lecture and PowerPoint presentation. The trainer will explore the personal and professional impacts of compassion fatigue on helping professionals. The training materials will also outline ethical self-care principles, along with a statement of responsibility for self-care within the team of professionals supporting foster youth. Included in the materials will be assessment tools for identifying vulnerability to stress and quality of life scales. The session will also address how many caregivers may use denial as a coping […]

Youth who have been recently removed and who spend time at the temporary receiving center/shelter of the Assessment Center of Alameda County may at times experience over-stays and challenges in obtaining a stable placement in a foster home. Youth (and providers) may experience hopelessness and increased acuity in their needs when these challenges arise. This training reviews strategies for navigating youth needs and the systemic barriers to identifying placements. The participants in this training utilize case presentations in order to discuss and develop an understanding of youth challenges and to discuss strategies for decreasing escalation of youth in that setting.

Many providers do not practice stress reduction techniques despite endorsing the importance of self-care ideas, techniques, and recommendations with caregivers, youth, and families. With research demonstrating that the amount of time spent working with traumatized clients strongly predicted secondary trauma in helping professionals and caregivers, the necessity of self-care as a critical component of managing vicarious trauma is clear. Learning self-care practices experientially provides professionals with an additional level of familiarity in working with caregivers to implement their own self-care practices.

This course provides an in-depth overview of exploitation within the larger legal framework of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Next, the training discusses myths about involvement in CSEC as well as the demand of CSEC. The training then discusses the pathways and precursors to involvement in CSEC. Participants will hear case studies of CSEC survivors to highlight the risk factors for CSEC recruitment. Next, the training will provide an overview of the impact of CSEC, specifically looking at the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social impacts of CSEC involvement. Participants will learn about Stockholm Syndrome and trauma bonds and be able to relate these concepts to CSEC victims. This will be […]

This two-hour course reviews the concept of the Escalation Curve when working with youth in care and provides opportunities for participants to discuss and practice support strategies to maintain safety as well as means of deescalating situations verbally.

This course explores legal and ethical issues for licensed professionals working in youth and family services and child welfare. Topics include an overview of liability issues, the sources of procedure in our work, and how to minimize liability. Liability issues specific to youth and family services will be reviewed including consent, confidentiality, and mandated reporting laws.

Groups play a crucial role in the treatment and wellness of many individuals. Groups provide opportunities for youth to learn new skills, get support from peers, etc. Many social service providers provide workshops and groups for at-risk youth and many have not been formally taught how to facilitate groups. This training will provide an overview of best practices of group facilitation. Participants will also learn how to navigate challenging situations in groups such as redirecting a youth, a youth monopolizing the conversation, etc.

This training will take a developmental approach, focusing on the various emotional and physical boundaries that inevitably arise with working with system involved youth and children in foster care. This training will also utilize case vignettes and small group sharing to dig deep into the various counter-transference experiences we may face when working with system involved youth and children in foster care and how counter-transference may impact our information gathering efforts and strategies to support them. To register please email Human Resources at [email protected].

The purpose of this training is to create a renewed and heightened awareness of boundary issues in work with foster youth. Having boundaries is not just a matter of being professional. Appropriate boundaries are a key ingredient in providing the children in our care with the highest quality of care, which often times requires us to build trusting and healing relationships with them. Frequently the relationships we build with clients can have ambiguous boundaries, making it important to develop an awareness of possible danger signs for boundary issues that might result in poor practice or which might be red flags for potential exploitation of clients.

This training session is designed to prepare Intensive Care Coordinators at WestCoast Children’s Clinic to effectively utilize connection maps when working with ofster youth. Participants will gain a deep understanding of the purpose and structure of connection maps, develop practical skills in creating and interpreting them, and learn to apply these maps with foster youth. The training also emphasizes enhancing youth engagement, fostering cultural competence, and promoting collaboration.

In this training session, the trainer will present information on self-care and its importance in managing the effects of secondary trauma on caregivers and support personnel working with foster youth, using a combination of lecture and PowerPoint presentation. The trainer will explore the personal and professional impacts of compassion fatigue on helping professionals. The training materials will also outline ethical self-care principles, along with a statement of responsibility for self-care within the team of professionals supporting foster youth. Included in the materials will be assessment tools for identifying vulnerability to stress and quality of life scales. The session will also address how many caregivers may use denial as a coping […]

In this training session, the trainer will present information on self-care and its importance in managing the effects of secondary trauma on caregivers and support personnel working with foster youth, using a combination of lecture and PowerPoint presentation. The trainer will explore the personal and professional impacts of compassion fatigue on helping professionals. The training materials will also outline ethical self-care principles, along with a statement of responsibility for self-care within the team of professionals supporting foster youth. Included in the materials will be assessment tools for identifying vulnerability to stress and quality of life scales. The session will also address how many caregivers may use denial as a coping […]

In this training session, the trainer will present information on self-care and its importance in managing the effects of secondary trauma on caregivers and support personnel working with foster youth, using a combination of lecture and PowerPoint presentation. The trainer will explore the personal and professional impacts of compassion fatigue on helping professionals. The training materials will also outline ethical self-care principles, along with a statement of responsibility for self-care within the team of professionals supporting foster youth. Included in the materials will be assessment tools for identifying vulnerability to stress and quality of life scales. The session will also address how many caregivers may use denial as a coping […]

Youth who have been recently removed and who spend time at the temporary receiving center/shelter of the Assessment Center of Alameda County may at times experience over-stays and challenges in obtaining a stable placement in a foster home. Youth (and providers) may experience hopelessness and increased acuity in their needs when these challenges arise. This training reviews strategies for navigating youth needs and the systemic barriers to identifying placements. The participants in this training utilize case presentations in order to discuss and develop an understanding of youth challenges and to discuss strategies for decreasing escalation of youth in that setting.

Many providers do not practice stress reduction techniques despite endorsing the importance of self-care ideas, techniques, and recommendations with caregivers, youth, and families. With research demonstrating that the amount of time spent working with traumatized clients strongly predicted secondary trauma in helping professionals and caregivers, the necessity of self-care as a critical component of managing vicarious trauma is clear. Learning self-care practices experientially provides professionals with an additional level of familiarity in working with caregivers to implement their own self-care practices.

This course provides an in-depth overview of exploitation within the larger legal framework of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Next, the training discusses myths about involvement in CSEC as well as the demand of CSEC. The training then discusses the pathways and precursors to involvement in CSEC. Participants will hear case studies of CSEC survivors to highlight the risk factors for CSEC recruitment. Next, the training will provide an overview of the impact of CSEC, specifically looking at the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social impacts of CSEC involvement. Participants will learn about Stockholm Syndrome and trauma bonds and be able to relate these concepts to CSEC victims. This will be […]

This two-hour course reviews the concept of the Escalation Curve when working with youth in care and provides opportunities for participants to discuss and practice support strategies to maintain safety as well as means of deescalating situations verbally.

This course explores legal and ethical issues for licensed professionals working in youth and family services and child welfare. Topics include an overview of liability issues, the sources of procedure in our work, and how to minimize liability. Liability issues specific to youth and family services will be reviewed including consent, confidentiality, and mandated reporting laws.

Groups play a crucial role in the treatment and wellness of many individuals. Groups provide opportunities for youth to learn new skills, get support from peers, etc. Many social service providers provide workshops and groups for at-risk youth and many have not been formally taught how to facilitate groups. This training will provide an overview of best practices of group facilitation. Participants will also learn how to navigate challenging situations in groups such as redirecting a youth, a youth monopolizing the conversation, etc.

This training will take a developmental approach, focusing on the various emotional and physical boundaries that inevitably arise with working with system involved youth and children in foster care. This training will also utilize case vignettes and small group sharing to dig deep into the various counter-transference experiences we may face when working with system involved youth and children in foster care and how counter-transference may impact our information gathering efforts and strategies to support them. To register please email Human Resources at [email protected].

The purpose of this training is to create a renewed and heightened awareness of boundary issues in work with foster youth. Having boundaries is not just a matter of being professional. Appropriate boundaries are a key ingredient in providing the children in our care with the highest quality of care, which often times requires us to build trusting and healing relationships with them. Frequently the relationships we build with clients can have ambiguous boundaries, making it important to develop an awareness of possible danger signs for boundary issues that might result in poor practice or which might be red flags for potential exploitation of clients.

This training session is designed to prepare Intensive Care Coordinators at WestCoast Children’s Clinic to effectively utilize connection maps when working with ofster youth. Participants will gain a deep understanding of the purpose and structure of connection maps, develop practical skills in creating and interpreting them, and learn to apply these maps with foster youth. The training also emphasizes enhancing youth engagement, fostering cultural competence, and promoting collaboration.

In this training session, the trainer will present information on self-care and its importance in managing the effects of secondary trauma on caregivers and support personnel working with foster youth, using a combination of lecture and PowerPoint presentation. The trainer will explore the personal and professional impacts of compassion fatigue on helping professionals. The training materials will also outline ethical self-care principles, along with a statement of responsibility for self-care within the team of professionals supporting foster youth. Included in the materials will be assessment tools for identifying vulnerability to stress and quality of life scales. The session will also address how many caregivers may use denial as a coping […]

In this training session, the trainer will present information on self-care and its importance in managing the effects of secondary trauma on caregivers and support personnel working with foster youth, using a combination of lecture and PowerPoint presentation. The trainer will explore the personal and professional impacts of compassion fatigue on helping professionals. The training materials will also outline ethical self-care principles, along with a statement of responsibility for self-care within the team of professionals supporting foster youth. Included in the materials will be assessment tools for identifying vulnerability to stress and quality of life scales. The session will also address how many caregivers may use denial as a coping […]

In this training session, the trainer will present information on self-care and its importance in managing the effects of secondary trauma on caregivers and support personnel working with foster youth, using a combination of lecture and PowerPoint presentation. The trainer will explore the personal and professional impacts of compassion fatigue on helping professionals. The training materials will also outline ethical self-care principles, along with a statement of responsibility for self-care within the team of professionals supporting foster youth. Included in the materials will be assessment tools for identifying vulnerability to stress and quality of life scales. The session will also address how many caregivers may use denial as a coping […]

Youth who have been recently removed and who spend time at the temporary receiving center/shelter of the Assessment Center of Alameda County may at times experience over-stays and challenges in obtaining a stable placement in a foster home. Youth (and providers) may experience hopelessness and increased acuity in their needs when these challenges arise. This training reviews strategies for navigating youth needs and the systemic barriers to identifying placements. The participants in this training utilize case presentations in order to discuss and develop an understanding of youth challenges and to discuss strategies for decreasing escalation of youth in that setting.

Many providers do not practice stress reduction techniques despite endorsing the importance of self-care ideas, techniques, and recommendations with caregivers, youth, and families. With research demonstrating that the amount of time spent working with traumatized clients strongly predicted secondary trauma in helping professionals and caregivers, the necessity of self-care as a critical component of managing vicarious trauma is clear. Learning self-care practices experientially provides professionals with an additional level of familiarity in working with caregivers to implement their own self-care practices.

This course provides an in-depth overview of exploitation within the larger legal framework of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Next, the training discusses myths about involvement in CSEC as well as the demand of CSEC. The training then discusses the pathways and precursors to involvement in CSEC. Participants will hear case studies of CSEC survivors to highlight the risk factors for CSEC recruitment. Next, the training will provide an overview of the impact of CSEC, specifically looking at the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social impacts of CSEC involvement. Participants will learn about Stockholm Syndrome and trauma bonds and be able to relate these concepts to CSEC victims. This will be […]

This two-hour course reviews the concept of the Escalation Curve when working with youth in care and provides opportunities for participants to discuss and practice support strategies to maintain safety as well as means of deescalating situations verbally.

This course explores legal and ethical issues for licensed professionals working in youth and family services and child welfare. Topics include an overview of liability issues, the sources of procedure in our work, and how to minimize liability. Liability issues specific to youth and family services will be reviewed including consent, confidentiality, and mandated reporting laws.

Groups play a crucial role in the treatment and wellness of many individuals. Groups provide opportunities for youth to learn new skills, get support from peers, etc. Many social service providers provide workshops and groups for at-risk youth and many have not been formally taught how to facilitate groups. This training will provide an overview of best practices of group facilitation. Participants will also learn how to navigate challenging situations in groups such as redirecting a youth, a youth monopolizing the conversation, etc.

This training will take a developmental approach, focusing on the various emotional and physical boundaries that inevitably arise with working with system involved youth and children in foster care. This training will also utilize case vignettes and small group sharing to dig deep into the various counter-transference experiences we may face when working with system involved youth and children in foster care and how counter-transference may impact our information gathering efforts and strategies to support them. To register please email Human Resources at [email protected].

The purpose of this training is to create a renewed and heightened awareness of boundary issues in work with foster youth. Having boundaries is not just a matter of being professional. Appropriate boundaries are a key ingredient in providing the children in our care with the highest quality of care, which often times requires us to build trusting and healing relationships with them. Frequently the relationships we build with clients can have ambiguous boundaries, making it important to develop an awareness of possible danger signs for boundary issues that might result in poor practice or which might be red flags for potential exploitation of clients.

This training session is designed to prepare Intensive Care Coordinators at WestCoast Children’s Clinic to effectively utilize connection maps when working with ofster youth. Participants will gain a deep understanding of the purpose and structure of connection maps, develop practical skills in creating and interpreting them, and learn to apply these maps with foster youth. The training also emphasizes enhancing youth engagement, fostering cultural competence, and promoting collaboration.

In this training session, the trainer will present information on self-care and its importance in managing the effects of secondary trauma on caregivers and support personnel working with foster youth, using a combination of lecture and PowerPoint presentation. The trainer will explore the personal and professional impacts of compassion fatigue on helping professionals. The training materials will also outline ethical self-care principles, along with a statement of responsibility for self-care within the team of professionals supporting foster youth. Included in the materials will be assessment tools for identifying vulnerability to stress and quality of life scales. The session will also address how many caregivers may use denial as a coping […]

In this training session, the trainer will present information on self-care and its importance in managing the effects of secondary trauma on caregivers and support personnel working with foster youth, using a combination of lecture and PowerPoint presentation. The trainer will explore the personal and professional impacts of compassion fatigue on helping professionals. The training materials will also outline ethical self-care principles, along with a statement of responsibility for self-care within the team of professionals supporting foster youth. Included in the materials will be assessment tools for identifying vulnerability to stress and quality of life scales. The session will also address how many caregivers may use denial as a coping […]

In this training session, the trainer will present information on self-care and its importance in managing the effects of secondary trauma on caregivers and support personnel working with foster youth, using a combination of lecture and PowerPoint presentation. The trainer will explore the personal and professional impacts of compassion fatigue on helping professionals. The training materials will also outline ethical self-care principles, along with a statement of responsibility for self-care within the team of professionals supporting foster youth. Included in the materials will be assessment tools for identifying vulnerability to stress and quality of life scales. The session will also address how many caregivers may use denial as a coping […]

Youth who have been recently removed and who spend time at the temporary receiving center/shelter of the Assessment Center of Alameda County may at times experience over-stays and challenges in obtaining a stable placement in a foster home. Youth (and providers) may experience hopelessness and increased acuity in their needs when these challenges arise. This training reviews strategies for navigating youth needs and the systemic barriers to identifying placements. The participants in this training utilize case presentations in order to discuss and develop an understanding of youth challenges and to discuss strategies for decreasing escalation of youth in that setting.

Many providers do not practice stress reduction techniques despite endorsing the importance of self-care ideas, techniques, and recommendations with caregivers, youth, and families. With research demonstrating that the amount of time spent working with traumatized clients strongly predicted secondary trauma in helping professionals and caregivers, the necessity of self-care as a critical component of managing vicarious trauma is clear. Learning self-care practices experientially provides professionals with an additional level of familiarity in working with caregivers to implement their own self-care practices.

This course provides an in-depth overview of exploitation within the larger legal framework of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Next, the training discusses myths about involvement in CSEC as well as the demand of CSEC. The training then discusses the pathways and precursors to involvement in CSEC. Participants will hear case studies of CSEC survivors to highlight the risk factors for CSEC recruitment. Next, the training will provide an overview of the impact of CSEC, specifically looking at the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social impacts of CSEC involvement. Participants will learn about Stockholm Syndrome and trauma bonds and be able to relate these concepts to CSEC victims. This will be […]

This two-hour course reviews the concept of the Escalation Curve when working with youth in care and provides opportunities for participants to discuss and practice support strategies to maintain safety as well as means of deescalating situations verbally.

This course explores legal and ethical issues for licensed professionals working in youth and family services and child welfare. Topics include an overview of liability issues, the sources of procedure in our work, and how to minimize liability. Liability issues specific to youth and family services will be reviewed including consent, confidentiality, and mandated reporting laws.

Groups play a crucial role in the treatment and wellness of many individuals. Groups provide opportunities for youth to learn new skills, get support from peers, etc. Many social service providers provide workshops and groups for at-risk youth and many have not been formally taught how to facilitate groups. This training will provide an overview of best practices of group facilitation. Participants will also learn how to navigate challenging situations in groups such as redirecting a youth, a youth monopolizing the conversation, etc.

This training will take a developmental approach, focusing on the various emotional and physical boundaries that inevitably arise with working with system involved youth and children in foster care. This training will also utilize case vignettes and small group sharing to dig deep into the various counter-transference experiences we may face when working with system involved youth and children in foster care and how counter-transference may impact our information gathering efforts and strategies to support them. To register please email Human Resources at [email protected].

The purpose of this training is to create a renewed and heightened awareness of boundary issues in work with foster youth. Having boundaries is not just a matter of being professional. Appropriate boundaries are a key ingredient in providing the children in our care with the highest quality of care, which often times requires us to build trusting and healing relationships with them. Frequently the relationships we build with clients can have ambiguous boundaries, making it important to develop an awareness of possible danger signs for boundary issues that might result in poor practice or which might be red flags for potential exploitation of clients.

This training session is designed to prepare Intensive Care Coordinators at WestCoast Children’s Clinic to effectively utilize connection maps when working with ofster youth. Participants will gain a deep understanding of the purpose and structure of connection maps, develop practical skills in creating and interpreting them, and learn to apply these maps with foster youth. The training also emphasizes enhancing youth engagement, fostering cultural competence, and promoting collaboration.

In this training session, the trainer will present information on self-care and its importance in managing the effects of secondary trauma on caregivers and support personnel working with foster youth, using a combination of lecture and PowerPoint presentation. The trainer will explore the personal and professional impacts of compassion fatigue on helping professionals. The training materials will also outline ethical self-care principles, along with a statement of responsibility for self-care within the team of professionals supporting foster youth. Included in the materials will be assessment tools for identifying vulnerability to stress and quality of life scales. The session will also address how many caregivers may use denial as a coping […]

In this training session, the trainer will present information on self-care and its importance in managing the effects of secondary trauma on caregivers and support personnel working with foster youth, using a combination of lecture and PowerPoint presentation. The trainer will explore the personal and professional impacts of compassion fatigue on helping professionals. The training materials will also outline ethical self-care principles, along with a statement of responsibility for self-care within the team of professionals supporting foster youth. Included in the materials will be assessment tools for identifying vulnerability to stress and quality of life scales. The session will also address how many caregivers may use denial as a coping […]

In this training session, the trainer will present information on self-care and its importance in managing the effects of secondary trauma on caregivers and support personnel working with foster youth, using a combination of lecture and PowerPoint presentation. The trainer will explore the personal and professional impacts of compassion fatigue on helping professionals. The training materials will also outline ethical self-care principles, along with a statement of responsibility for self-care within the team of professionals supporting foster youth. Included in the materials will be assessment tools for identifying vulnerability to stress and quality of life scales. The session will also address how many caregivers may use denial as a coping […]

Youth who have been recently removed and who spend time at the temporary receiving center/shelter of the Assessment Center of Alameda County may at times experience over-stays and challenges in obtaining a stable placement in a foster home. Youth (and providers) may experience hopelessness and increased acuity in their needs when these challenges arise. This training reviews strategies for navigating youth needs and the systemic barriers to identifying placements. The participants in this training utilize case presentations in order to discuss and develop an understanding of youth challenges and to discuss strategies for decreasing escalation of youth in that setting.

Many providers do not practice stress reduction techniques despite endorsing the importance of self-care ideas, techniques, and recommendations with caregivers, youth, and families. With research demonstrating that the amount of time spent working with traumatized clients strongly predicted secondary trauma in helping professionals and caregivers, the necessity of self-care as a critical component of managing vicarious trauma is clear. Learning self-care practices experientially provides professionals with an additional level of familiarity in working with caregivers to implement their own self-care practices.

This course provides an in-depth overview of exploitation within the larger legal framework of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Next, the training discusses myths about involvement in CSEC as well as the demand of CSEC. The training then discusses the pathways and precursors to involvement in CSEC. Participants will hear case studies of CSEC survivors to highlight the risk factors for CSEC recruitment. Next, the training will provide an overview of the impact of CSEC, specifically looking at the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social impacts of CSEC involvement. Participants will learn about Stockholm Syndrome and trauma bonds and be able to relate these concepts to CSEC victims. This will be […]

This two-hour course reviews the concept of the Escalation Curve when working with youth in care and provides opportunities for participants to discuss and practice support strategies to maintain safety as well as means of deescalating situations verbally.

This course explores legal and ethical issues for licensed professionals working in youth and family services and child welfare. Topics include an overview of liability issues, the sources of procedure in our work, and how to minimize liability. Liability issues specific to youth and family services will be reviewed including consent, confidentiality, and mandated reporting laws.

Groups play a crucial role in the treatment and wellness of many individuals. Groups provide opportunities for youth to learn new skills, get support from peers, etc. Many social service providers provide workshops and groups for at-risk youth and many have not been formally taught how to facilitate groups. This training will provide an overview of best practices of group facilitation. Participants will also learn how to navigate challenging situations in groups such as redirecting a youth, a youth monopolizing the conversation, etc.

This training will take a developmental approach, focusing on the various emotional and physical boundaries that inevitably arise with working with system involved youth and children in foster care. This training will also utilize case vignettes and small group sharing to dig deep into the various counter-transference experiences we may face when working with system involved youth and children in foster care and how counter-transference may impact our information gathering efforts and strategies to support them. To register please email Human Resources at [email protected].

The purpose of this training is to create a renewed and heightened awareness of boundary issues in work with foster youth. Having boundaries is not just a matter of being professional. Appropriate boundaries are a key ingredient in providing the children in our care with the highest quality of care, which often times requires us to build trusting and healing relationships with them. Frequently the relationships we build with clients can have ambiguous boundaries, making it important to develop an awareness of possible danger signs for boundary issues that might result in poor practice or which might be red flags for potential exploitation of clients.

This training session is designed to prepare Intensive Care Coordinators at WestCoast Children’s Clinic to effectively utilize connection maps when working with ofster youth. Participants will gain a deep understanding of the purpose and structure of connection maps, develop practical skills in creating and interpreting them, and learn to apply these maps with foster youth. The training also emphasizes enhancing youth engagement, fostering cultural competence, and promoting collaboration.

In this training session, the trainer will present information on self-care and its importance in managing the effects of secondary trauma on caregivers and support personnel working with foster youth, using a combination of lecture and PowerPoint presentation. The trainer will explore the personal and professional impacts of compassion fatigue on helping professionals. The training materials will also outline ethical self-care principles, along with a statement of responsibility for self-care within the team of professionals supporting foster youth. Included in the materials will be assessment tools for identifying vulnerability to stress and quality of life scales. The session will also address how many caregivers may use denial as a coping […]

In this training session, the trainer will present information on self-care and its importance in managing the effects of secondary trauma on caregivers and support personnel working with foster youth, using a combination of lecture and PowerPoint presentation. The trainer will explore the personal and professional impacts of compassion fatigue on helping professionals. The training materials will also outline ethical self-care principles, along with a statement of responsibility for self-care within the team of professionals supporting foster youth. Included in the materials will be assessment tools for identifying vulnerability to stress and quality of life scales. The session will also address how many caregivers may use denial as a coping […]

In this training session, the trainer will present information on self-care and its importance in managing the effects of secondary trauma on caregivers and support personnel working with foster youth, using a combination of lecture and PowerPoint presentation. The trainer will explore the personal and professional impacts of compassion fatigue on helping professionals. The training materials will also outline ethical self-care principles, along with a statement of responsibility for self-care within the team of professionals supporting foster youth. Included in the materials will be assessment tools for identifying vulnerability to stress and quality of life scales. The session will also address how many caregivers may use denial as a coping […]

Youth who have been recently removed and who spend time at the temporary receiving center/shelter of the Assessment Center of Alameda County may at times experience over-stays and challenges in obtaining a stable placement in a foster home. Youth (and providers) may experience hopelessness and increased acuity in their needs when these challenges arise. This training reviews strategies for navigating youth needs and the systemic barriers to identifying placements. The participants in this training utilize case presentations in order to discuss and develop an understanding of youth challenges and to discuss strategies for decreasing escalation of youth in that setting.

Many providers do not practice stress reduction techniques despite endorsing the importance of self-care ideas, techniques, and recommendations with caregivers, youth, and families. With research demonstrating that the amount of time spent working with traumatized clients strongly predicted secondary trauma in helping professionals and caregivers, the necessity of self-care as a critical component of managing vicarious trauma is clear. Learning self-care practices experientially provides professionals with an additional level of familiarity in working with caregivers to implement their own self-care practices.

This course provides an in-depth overview of exploitation within the larger legal framework of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Next, the training discusses myths about involvement in CSEC as well as the demand of CSEC. The training then discusses the pathways and precursors to involvement in CSEC. Participants will hear case studies of CSEC survivors to highlight the risk factors for CSEC recruitment. Next, the training will provide an overview of the impact of CSEC, specifically looking at the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social impacts of CSEC involvement. Participants will learn about Stockholm Syndrome and trauma bonds and be able to relate these concepts to CSEC victims. This will be […]

This two-hour course reviews the concept of the Escalation Curve when working with youth in care and provides opportunities for participants to discuss and practice support strategies to maintain safety as well as means of deescalating situations verbally.

This course explores legal and ethical issues for licensed professionals working in youth and family services and child welfare. Topics include an overview of liability issues, the sources of procedure in our work, and how to minimize liability. Liability issues specific to youth and family services will be reviewed including consent, confidentiality, and mandated reporting laws.

Groups play a crucial role in the treatment and wellness of many individuals. Groups provide opportunities for youth to learn new skills, get support from peers, etc. Many social service providers provide workshops and groups for at-risk youth and many have not been formally taught how to facilitate groups. This training will provide an overview of best practices of group facilitation. Participants will also learn how to navigate challenging situations in groups such as redirecting a youth, a youth monopolizing the conversation, etc.

This training will take a developmental approach, focusing on the various emotional and physical boundaries that inevitably arise with working with system involved youth and children in foster care. This training will also utilize case vignettes and small group sharing to dig deep into the various counter-transference experiences we may face when working with system involved youth and children in foster care and how counter-transference may impact our information gathering efforts and strategies to support them. To register please email Human Resources at [email protected].

The purpose of this training is to create a renewed and heightened awareness of boundary issues in work with foster youth. Having boundaries is not just a matter of being professional. Appropriate boundaries are a key ingredient in providing the children in our care with the highest quality of care, which often times requires us to build trusting and healing relationships with them. Frequently the relationships we build with clients can have ambiguous boundaries, making it important to develop an awareness of possible danger signs for boundary issues that might result in poor practice or which might be red flags for potential exploitation of clients.

This training session is designed to prepare Intensive Care Coordinators at WestCoast Children’s Clinic to effectively utilize connection maps when working with ofster youth. Participants will gain a deep understanding of the purpose and structure of connection maps, develop practical skills in creating and interpreting them, and learn to apply these maps with foster youth. The training also emphasizes enhancing youth engagement, fostering cultural competence, and promoting collaboration.

In this training session, the trainer will present information on self-care and its importance in managing the effects of secondary trauma on caregivers and support personnel working with foster youth, using a combination of lecture and PowerPoint presentation. The trainer will explore the personal and professional impacts of compassion fatigue on helping professionals. The training materials will also outline ethical self-care principles, along with a statement of responsibility for self-care within the team of professionals supporting foster youth. Included in the materials will be assessment tools for identifying vulnerability to stress and quality of life scales. The session will also address how many caregivers may use denial as a coping […]

In this training session, the trainer will present information on self-care and its importance in managing the effects of secondary trauma on caregivers and support personnel working with foster youth, using a combination of lecture and PowerPoint presentation. The trainer will explore the personal and professional impacts of compassion fatigue on helping professionals. The training materials will also outline ethical self-care principles, along with a statement of responsibility for self-care within the team of professionals supporting foster youth. Included in the materials will be assessment tools for identifying vulnerability to stress and quality of life scales. The session will also address how many caregivers may use denial as a coping […]

In this training session, the trainer will present information on self-care and its importance in managing the effects of secondary trauma on caregivers and support personnel working with foster youth, using a combination of lecture and PowerPoint presentation. The trainer will explore the personal and professional impacts of compassion fatigue on helping professionals. The training materials will also outline ethical self-care principles, along with a statement of responsibility for self-care within the team of professionals supporting foster youth. Included in the materials will be assessment tools for identifying vulnerability to stress and quality of life scales. The session will also address how many caregivers may use denial as a coping […]

Youth who have been recently removed and who spend time at the temporary receiving center/shelter of the Assessment Center of Alameda County may at times experience over-stays and challenges in obtaining a stable placement in a foster home. Youth (and providers) may experience hopelessness and increased acuity in their needs when these challenges arise. This training reviews strategies for navigating youth needs and the systemic barriers to identifying placements. The participants in this training utilize case presentations in order to discuss and develop an understanding of youth challenges and to discuss strategies for decreasing escalation of youth in that setting.

Many providers do not practice stress reduction techniques despite endorsing the importance of self-care ideas, techniques, and recommendations with caregivers, youth, and families. With research demonstrating that the amount of time spent working with traumatized clients strongly predicted secondary trauma in helping professionals and caregivers, the necessity of self-care as a critical component of managing vicarious trauma is clear. Learning self-care practices experientially provides professionals with an additional level of familiarity in working with caregivers to implement their own self-care practices.

This course provides an in-depth overview of exploitation within the larger legal framework of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Next, the training discusses myths about involvement in CSEC as well as the demand of CSEC. The training then discusses the pathways and precursors to involvement in CSEC. Participants will hear case studies of CSEC survivors to highlight the risk factors for CSEC recruitment. Next, the training will provide an overview of the impact of CSEC, specifically looking at the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social impacts of CSEC involvement. Participants will learn about Stockholm Syndrome and trauma bonds and be able to relate these concepts to CSEC victims. This will be […]

This two-hour course reviews the concept of the Escalation Curve when working with youth in care and provides opportunities for participants to discuss and practice support strategies to maintain safety as well as means of deescalating situations verbally.

This course explores legal and ethical issues for licensed professionals working in youth and family services and child welfare. Topics include an overview of liability issues, the sources of procedure in our work, and how to minimize liability. Liability issues specific to youth and family services will be reviewed including consent, confidentiality, and mandated reporting laws.

Groups play a crucial role in the treatment and wellness of many individuals. Groups provide opportunities for youth to learn new skills, get support from peers, etc. Many social service providers provide workshops and groups for at-risk youth and many have not been formally taught how to facilitate groups. This training will provide an overview of best practices of group facilitation. Participants will also learn how to navigate challenging situations in groups such as redirecting a youth, a youth monopolizing the conversation, etc.

This training will take a developmental approach, focusing on the various emotional and physical boundaries that inevitably arise with working with system involved youth and children in foster care. This training will also utilize case vignettes and small group sharing to dig deep into the various counter-transference experiences we may face when working with system involved youth and children in foster care and how counter-transference may impact our information gathering efforts and strategies to support them. To register please email Human Resources at [email protected].

The purpose of this training is to create a renewed and heightened awareness of boundary issues in work with foster youth. Having boundaries is not just a matter of being professional. Appropriate boundaries are a key ingredient in providing the children in our care with the highest quality of care, which often times requires us to build trusting and healing relationships with them. Frequently the relationships we build with clients can have ambiguous boundaries, making it important to develop an awareness of possible danger signs for boundary issues that might result in poor practice or which might be red flags for potential exploitation of clients.

This training session is designed to prepare Intensive Care Coordinators at WestCoast Children’s Clinic to effectively utilize connection maps when working with ofster youth. Participants will gain a deep understanding of the purpose and structure of connection maps, develop practical skills in creating and interpreting them, and learn to apply these maps with foster youth. The training also emphasizes enhancing youth engagement, fostering cultural competence, and promoting collaboration.

In this training session, the trainer will present information on self-care and its importance in managing the effects of secondary trauma on caregivers and support personnel working with foster youth, using a combination of lecture and PowerPoint presentation. The trainer will explore the personal and professional impacts of compassion fatigue on helping professionals. The training materials will also outline ethical self-care principles, along with a statement of responsibility for self-care within the team of professionals supporting foster youth. Included in the materials will be assessment tools for identifying vulnerability to stress and quality of life scales. The session will also address how many caregivers may use denial as a coping […]

In this training session, the trainer will present information on self-care and its importance in managing the effects of secondary trauma on caregivers and support personnel working with foster youth, using a combination of lecture and PowerPoint presentation. The trainer will explore the personal and professional impacts of compassion fatigue on helping professionals. The training materials will also outline ethical self-care principles, along with a statement of responsibility for self-care within the team of professionals supporting foster youth. Included in the materials will be assessment tools for identifying vulnerability to stress and quality of life scales. The session will also address how many caregivers may use denial as a coping […]

In this training session, the trainer will present information on self-care and its importance in managing the effects of secondary trauma on caregivers and support personnel working with foster youth, using a combination of lecture and PowerPoint presentation. The trainer will explore the personal and professional impacts of compassion fatigue on helping professionals. The training materials will also outline ethical self-care principles, along with a statement of responsibility for self-care within the team of professionals supporting foster youth. Included in the materials will be assessment tools for identifying vulnerability to stress and quality of life scales. The session will also address how many caregivers may use denial as a coping […]

Youth who have been recently removed and who spend time at the temporary receiving center/shelter of the Assessment Center of Alameda County may at times experience over-stays and challenges in obtaining a stable placement in a foster home. Youth (and providers) may experience hopelessness and increased acuity in their needs when these challenges arise. This training reviews strategies for navigating youth needs and the systemic barriers to identifying placements. The participants in this training utilize case presentations in order to discuss and develop an understanding of youth challenges and to discuss strategies for decreasing escalation of youth in that setting.