Foster Care Training

Conscious Nonviolent Parenting is an intentionally chosen and practiced lifestyle of raising children in a safe, respectful, environment where clearly delineated high expectations, high values, and high mutual regard reign within a consciousness of ‘the personal is political’. Woke, means to be awake and aware, conscious, and concerned about social injustices with the context of current socio-political landscape of our society.

This course is designed to provide participants with practical strategies to address the increasing issue of school refusal among system involved students. Participants will gain a deep understanding of the causes and impact of school refusal, learn to identify signs of school refusal, and explore evidence-based approaches to support system involved students in returning to school. Through case studies, interactive discussions, and practical exercises, participants will leave with the knowledge and tools necessary to implement individualized strategies for students experiencing school refusal. The material will be delivered by PowerPoint presentation, short video clips, group discussion, breakout (small group) discussions and participant workbook (handout).

Many system-involved youth and young adults struggle with mood disruptions so it’s crucial for providers to know how to support them. This training will build off “Strategies to support system-involved youth with mood disruptions” where providers learn the different types of mood disruptions and some engagement strategies. This training will provide you with additional strategies to support with mood disruptions, how and when to involve parents/caregivers, and how parents/caregivers can support their youth with a mood disruption. This training will also include discussions around common co-occurring disruptions youth and young adults may struggle with and learning-related challenges. Please register at: Register Here

Given the prevalence of learning disabilities of system-involved youth, it’s crucial for to understand how to best support youth. This training will provide an overview of what learning disabilities are and different types of learning disabilities. It’s important for social service providers to recognize learning disabilities to advocate for system-involved youth to be assessed for learning disabilities when necessary and to advocate for adequate support in learning environments. Please register at: Register Here

“While male sexual abuse is fairly common, the predominant dialogue is about the sexual abuse of women and girls. This training will equip social service providers of needed knowledge about male sexual abuse. The training will provide information about the prevalence of childhood male sexual abuse, myths of sexual abuse, impact of male sexual abuse and strategies to support males who have experienced sexual abuse as minors. Please register at: Register Here “

System-involved youth can engage in risky behaviors such as running away, using substances, involvement in the commercial sex industry, etc. and not be ready to stop engaging in those behaviors. If providers try to pressure youth into changing their behaviors before they’re ready, we can experience a lot of resistance. The Stages of Change Model and Motivational Interviewing help providers better assess where one is at in their change process and how to support them on identifying goals and steps to achieve those goals.

System-involved youth can engage in risky behaviors such as running away, using substances, involvement in the commercial sex industry, etc. and not be ready to stop engaging in those behaviors. If social service providers try to pressure youth into changing their behaviors before they’re ready, we can experience a lot of resistance. The Stages of Change Model and Motivational Interviewing help social service providers better assess where one is at in their change process and how to support them on identifying goals and steps to achieve those goals. Please register at: Register Here

From the time they enter the state’s care and likely long before, foster youth experience trauma that can severely alter their physical, emotional, and psychological well-being. The impact of trauma on foster youth can mean that this vulnerable population faces numerous additional challenges as they grow and develop into adulthood. Foster youth experience trauma in many ways, often starting at home. Youth will enter the foster care system because they have experienced physical or sexual abuse, neglect, a loss of a parent, or abandonment, forcing the state to step in. Other family stress factors such as poverty, substance abuse, mental illness, and incarceration can lead to a child’s removal from […]

Examine the reasons why you chose to work in this field. They can be a “double-edged sword”- by being both the very things that make us excellent at our work and that can also lead to compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma. Explore how our own “stuff” impacts our work with system-involved youth and their families and, if you are a supervisor, how to support those you supervise with all of this. Discuss self-disclosure with system involved youth and families, explore ourselves and countertransference, identify how we know when we are over-involved with those we support, and review ways to address this.

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV.

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV.

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.

When caring for and supporting foster youth you can often face challenges of crises, placement instability, or system pressures. These can lead to quick decisions or unintended consequences for youth and families, especially when the needs and strengths of youth are not maintained as a guiding force. This training focuses on the importance of self-reflection, humility and self-care as a means of building capacity to deliver care for foster youth who experience trauma.

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.

“While foster care providers must address the challenges of improving child safety, well-being, and stability, they also must meet the needs of an increasingly culturally and ethnically diverse child welfare population. This series of trainings will review how important it is to consider culture when working with youth in out of home care, how to improve communication across diverse cultures and to support foster parents provide culturally relevant caregiving. “

Mental Health Providers working at the Assessment Center are often collaborating with Child Welfare Workers, caregivers, and other providers to support the wellbeing of youth in foster care. Providers attending this training will learn about how placement is determined for youth in foster care. Participants will also review how to develop a case plan and learn strategies on how to support youth transitioning into placement in foster care and connect them to resources in the community.

Foster youth are faced with complex systems of care all striving to address their complex needs. Teaming is a component of care that is both unifying and expansive through shifting to collective and collaborative approaches. This training gets to the heart of the purpose and benefits of team based care and zooms in on how to integrate teaming practices, such as Shared Decision Making and Relational Therapy techniques, to improve team dynamics and outcomes for foster youth.

Conscious Nonviolent Parenting is an intentionally chosen and practiced lifestyle of raising children in a safe, respectful, environment where clearly delineated high expectations, high values, and high mutual regard reign within a consciousness of ‘the personal is political’. Woke, means to be awake and aware, conscious, and concerned about social injustices with the context of current socio-political landscape of our society.

This course is designed to provide participants with practical strategies to address the increasing issue of school refusal among system involved students. Participants will gain a deep understanding of the causes and impact of school refusal, learn to identify signs of school refusal, and explore evidence-based approaches to support system involved students in returning to school. Through case studies, interactive discussions, and practical exercises, participants will leave with the knowledge and tools necessary to implement individualized strategies for students experiencing school refusal. The material will be delivered by PowerPoint presentation, short video clips, group discussion, breakout (small group) discussions and participant workbook (handout).

Many system-involved youth and young adults struggle with mood disruptions so it’s crucial for providers to know how to support them. This training will build off “Strategies to support system-involved youth with mood disruptions” where providers learn the different types of mood disruptions and some engagement strategies. This training will provide you with additional strategies to support with mood disruptions, how and when to involve parents/caregivers, and how parents/caregivers can support their youth with a mood disruption. This training will also include discussions around common co-occurring disruptions youth and young adults may struggle with and learning-related challenges. Please register at: Register Here

Given the prevalence of learning disabilities of system-involved youth, it’s crucial for to understand how to best support youth. This training will provide an overview of what learning disabilities are and different types of learning disabilities. It’s important for social service providers to recognize learning disabilities to advocate for system-involved youth to be assessed for learning disabilities when necessary and to advocate for adequate support in learning environments. Please register at: Register Here

“While male sexual abuse is fairly common, the predominant dialogue is about the sexual abuse of women and girls. This training will equip social service providers of needed knowledge about male sexual abuse. The training will provide information about the prevalence of childhood male sexual abuse, myths of sexual abuse, impact of male sexual abuse and strategies to support males who have experienced sexual abuse as minors. Please register at: Register Here “

System-involved youth can engage in risky behaviors such as running away, using substances, involvement in the commercial sex industry, etc. and not be ready to stop engaging in those behaviors. If providers try to pressure youth into changing their behaviors before they’re ready, we can experience a lot of resistance. The Stages of Change Model and Motivational Interviewing help providers better assess where one is at in their change process and how to support them on identifying goals and steps to achieve those goals.

System-involved youth can engage in risky behaviors such as running away, using substances, involvement in the commercial sex industry, etc. and not be ready to stop engaging in those behaviors. If social service providers try to pressure youth into changing their behaviors before they’re ready, we can experience a lot of resistance. The Stages of Change Model and Motivational Interviewing help social service providers better assess where one is at in their change process and how to support them on identifying goals and steps to achieve those goals. Please register at: Register Here

From the time they enter the state’s care and likely long before, foster youth experience trauma that can severely alter their physical, emotional, and psychological well-being. The impact of trauma on foster youth can mean that this vulnerable population faces numerous additional challenges as they grow and develop into adulthood. Foster youth experience trauma in many ways, often starting at home. Youth will enter the foster care system because they have experienced physical or sexual abuse, neglect, a loss of a parent, or abandonment, forcing the state to step in. Other family stress factors such as poverty, substance abuse, mental illness, and incarceration can lead to a child’s removal from […]

Examine the reasons why you chose to work in this field. They can be a “double-edged sword”- by being both the very things that make us excellent at our work and that can also lead to compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma. Explore how our own “stuff” impacts our work with system-involved youth and their families and, if you are a supervisor, how to support those you supervise with all of this. Discuss self-disclosure with system involved youth and families, explore ourselves and countertransference, identify how we know when we are over-involved with those we support, and review ways to address this.

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV.

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV.

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.

When caring for and supporting foster youth you can often face challenges of crises, placement instability, or system pressures. These can lead to quick decisions or unintended consequences for youth and families, especially when the needs and strengths of youth are not maintained as a guiding force. This training focuses on the importance of self-reflection, humility and self-care as a means of building capacity to deliver care for foster youth who experience trauma.

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.

“While foster care providers must address the challenges of improving child safety, well-being, and stability, they also must meet the needs of an increasingly culturally and ethnically diverse child welfare population. This series of trainings will review how important it is to consider culture when working with youth in out of home care, how to improve communication across diverse cultures and to support foster parents provide culturally relevant caregiving. “

Mental Health Providers working at the Assessment Center are often collaborating with Child Welfare Workers, caregivers, and other providers to support the wellbeing of youth in foster care. Providers attending this training will learn about how placement is determined for youth in foster care. Participants will also review how to develop a case plan and learn strategies on how to support youth transitioning into placement in foster care and connect them to resources in the community.

Foster youth are faced with complex systems of care all striving to address their complex needs. Teaming is a component of care that is both unifying and expansive through shifting to collective and collaborative approaches. This training gets to the heart of the purpose and benefits of team based care and zooms in on how to integrate teaming practices, such as Shared Decision Making and Relational Therapy techniques, to improve team dynamics and outcomes for foster youth.

Conscious Nonviolent Parenting is an intentionally chosen and practiced lifestyle of raising children in a safe, respectful, environment where clearly delineated high expectations, high values, and high mutual regard reign within a consciousness of ‘the personal is political’. Woke, means to be awake and aware, conscious, and concerned about social injustices with the context of current socio-political landscape of our society.

This course is designed to provide participants with practical strategies to address the increasing issue of school refusal among system involved students. Participants will gain a deep understanding of the causes and impact of school refusal, learn to identify signs of school refusal, and explore evidence-based approaches to support system involved students in returning to school. Through case studies, interactive discussions, and practical exercises, participants will leave with the knowledge and tools necessary to implement individualized strategies for students experiencing school refusal. The material will be delivered by PowerPoint presentation, short video clips, group discussion, breakout (small group) discussions and participant workbook (handout).

Many system-involved youth and young adults struggle with mood disruptions so it’s crucial for providers to know how to support them. This training will build off “Strategies to support system-involved youth with mood disruptions” where providers learn the different types of mood disruptions and some engagement strategies. This training will provide you with additional strategies to support with mood disruptions, how and when to involve parents/caregivers, and how parents/caregivers can support their youth with a mood disruption. This training will also include discussions around common co-occurring disruptions youth and young adults may struggle with and learning-related challenges. Please register at: Register Here

Given the prevalence of learning disabilities of system-involved youth, it’s crucial for to understand how to best support youth. This training will provide an overview of what learning disabilities are and different types of learning disabilities. It’s important for social service providers to recognize learning disabilities to advocate for system-involved youth to be assessed for learning disabilities when necessary and to advocate for adequate support in learning environments. Please register at: Register Here

“While male sexual abuse is fairly common, the predominant dialogue is about the sexual abuse of women and girls. This training will equip social service providers of needed knowledge about male sexual abuse. The training will provide information about the prevalence of childhood male sexual abuse, myths of sexual abuse, impact of male sexual abuse and strategies to support males who have experienced sexual abuse as minors. Please register at: Register Here “

System-involved youth can engage in risky behaviors such as running away, using substances, involvement in the commercial sex industry, etc. and not be ready to stop engaging in those behaviors. If providers try to pressure youth into changing their behaviors before they’re ready, we can experience a lot of resistance. The Stages of Change Model and Motivational Interviewing help providers better assess where one is at in their change process and how to support them on identifying goals and steps to achieve those goals.

System-involved youth can engage in risky behaviors such as running away, using substances, involvement in the commercial sex industry, etc. and not be ready to stop engaging in those behaviors. If social service providers try to pressure youth into changing their behaviors before they’re ready, we can experience a lot of resistance. The Stages of Change Model and Motivational Interviewing help social service providers better assess where one is at in their change process and how to support them on identifying goals and steps to achieve those goals. Please register at: Register Here

From the time they enter the state’s care and likely long before, foster youth experience trauma that can severely alter their physical, emotional, and psychological well-being. The impact of trauma on foster youth can mean that this vulnerable population faces numerous additional challenges as they grow and develop into adulthood. Foster youth experience trauma in many ways, often starting at home. Youth will enter the foster care system because they have experienced physical or sexual abuse, neglect, a loss of a parent, or abandonment, forcing the state to step in. Other family stress factors such as poverty, substance abuse, mental illness, and incarceration can lead to a child’s removal from […]

Examine the reasons why you chose to work in this field. They can be a “double-edged sword”- by being both the very things that make us excellent at our work and that can also lead to compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma. Explore how our own “stuff” impacts our work with system-involved youth and their families and, if you are a supervisor, how to support those you supervise with all of this. Discuss self-disclosure with system involved youth and families, explore ourselves and countertransference, identify how we know when we are over-involved with those we support, and review ways to address this.

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV.

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV.

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.

When caring for and supporting foster youth you can often face challenges of crises, placement instability, or system pressures. These can lead to quick decisions or unintended consequences for youth and families, especially when the needs and strengths of youth are not maintained as a guiding force. This training focuses on the importance of self-reflection, humility and self-care as a means of building capacity to deliver care for foster youth who experience trauma.

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.

“While foster care providers must address the challenges of improving child safety, well-being, and stability, they also must meet the needs of an increasingly culturally and ethnically diverse child welfare population. This series of trainings will review how important it is to consider culture when working with youth in out of home care, how to improve communication across diverse cultures and to support foster parents provide culturally relevant caregiving. “

Mental Health Providers working at the Assessment Center are often collaborating with Child Welfare Workers, caregivers, and other providers to support the wellbeing of youth in foster care. Providers attending this training will learn about how placement is determined for youth in foster care. Participants will also review how to develop a case plan and learn strategies on how to support youth transitioning into placement in foster care and connect them to resources in the community.

Foster youth are faced with complex systems of care all striving to address their complex needs. Teaming is a component of care that is both unifying and expansive through shifting to collective and collaborative approaches. This training gets to the heart of the purpose and benefits of team based care and zooms in on how to integrate teaming practices, such as Shared Decision Making and Relational Therapy techniques, to improve team dynamics and outcomes for foster youth.

Conscious Nonviolent Parenting is an intentionally chosen and practiced lifestyle of raising children in a safe, respectful, environment where clearly delineated high expectations, high values, and high mutual regard reign within a consciousness of ‘the personal is political’. Woke, means to be awake and aware, conscious, and concerned about social injustices with the context of current socio-political landscape of our society.

This course is designed to provide participants with practical strategies to address the increasing issue of school refusal among system involved students. Participants will gain a deep understanding of the causes and impact of school refusal, learn to identify signs of school refusal, and explore evidence-based approaches to support system involved students in returning to school. Through case studies, interactive discussions, and practical exercises, participants will leave with the knowledge and tools necessary to implement individualized strategies for students experiencing school refusal. The material will be delivered by PowerPoint presentation, short video clips, group discussion, breakout (small group) discussions and participant workbook (handout).

Many system-involved youth and young adults struggle with mood disruptions so it’s crucial for providers to know how to support them. This training will build off “Strategies to support system-involved youth with mood disruptions” where providers learn the different types of mood disruptions and some engagement strategies. This training will provide you with additional strategies to support with mood disruptions, how and when to involve parents/caregivers, and how parents/caregivers can support their youth with a mood disruption. This training will also include discussions around common co-occurring disruptions youth and young adults may struggle with and learning-related challenges. Please register at: Register Here

Given the prevalence of learning disabilities of system-involved youth, it’s crucial for to understand how to best support youth. This training will provide an overview of what learning disabilities are and different types of learning disabilities. It’s important for social service providers to recognize learning disabilities to advocate for system-involved youth to be assessed for learning disabilities when necessary and to advocate for adequate support in learning environments. Please register at: Register Here

“While male sexual abuse is fairly common, the predominant dialogue is about the sexual abuse of women and girls. This training will equip social service providers of needed knowledge about male sexual abuse. The training will provide information about the prevalence of childhood male sexual abuse, myths of sexual abuse, impact of male sexual abuse and strategies to support males who have experienced sexual abuse as minors. Please register at: Register Here “

System-involved youth can engage in risky behaviors such as running away, using substances, involvement in the commercial sex industry, etc. and not be ready to stop engaging in those behaviors. If providers try to pressure youth into changing their behaviors before they’re ready, we can experience a lot of resistance. The Stages of Change Model and Motivational Interviewing help providers better assess where one is at in their change process and how to support them on identifying goals and steps to achieve those goals.

System-involved youth can engage in risky behaviors such as running away, using substances, involvement in the commercial sex industry, etc. and not be ready to stop engaging in those behaviors. If social service providers try to pressure youth into changing their behaviors before they’re ready, we can experience a lot of resistance. The Stages of Change Model and Motivational Interviewing help social service providers better assess where one is at in their change process and how to support them on identifying goals and steps to achieve those goals. Please register at: Register Here

From the time they enter the state’s care and likely long before, foster youth experience trauma that can severely alter their physical, emotional, and psychological well-being. The impact of trauma on foster youth can mean that this vulnerable population faces numerous additional challenges as they grow and develop into adulthood. Foster youth experience trauma in many ways, often starting at home. Youth will enter the foster care system because they have experienced physical or sexual abuse, neglect, a loss of a parent, or abandonment, forcing the state to step in. Other family stress factors such as poverty, substance abuse, mental illness, and incarceration can lead to a child’s removal from […]

Examine the reasons why you chose to work in this field. They can be a “double-edged sword”- by being both the very things that make us excellent at our work and that can also lead to compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma. Explore how our own “stuff” impacts our work with system-involved youth and their families and, if you are a supervisor, how to support those you supervise with all of this. Discuss self-disclosure with system involved youth and families, explore ourselves and countertransference, identify how we know when we are over-involved with those we support, and review ways to address this.

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV.

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV.

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.

When caring for and supporting foster youth you can often face challenges of crises, placement instability, or system pressures. These can lead to quick decisions or unintended consequences for youth and families, especially when the needs and strengths of youth are not maintained as a guiding force. This training focuses on the importance of self-reflection, humility and self-care as a means of building capacity to deliver care for foster youth who experience trauma.

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.

“While foster care providers must address the challenges of improving child safety, well-being, and stability, they also must meet the needs of an increasingly culturally and ethnically diverse child welfare population. This series of trainings will review how important it is to consider culture when working with youth in out of home care, how to improve communication across diverse cultures and to support foster parents provide culturally relevant caregiving. “

Mental Health Providers working at the Assessment Center are often collaborating with Child Welfare Workers, caregivers, and other providers to support the wellbeing of youth in foster care. Providers attending this training will learn about how placement is determined for youth in foster care. Participants will also review how to develop a case plan and learn strategies on how to support youth transitioning into placement in foster care and connect them to resources in the community.

Foster youth are faced with complex systems of care all striving to address their complex needs. Teaming is a component of care that is both unifying and expansive through shifting to collective and collaborative approaches. This training gets to the heart of the purpose and benefits of team based care and zooms in on how to integrate teaming practices, such as Shared Decision Making and Relational Therapy techniques, to improve team dynamics and outcomes for foster youth.

Conscious Nonviolent Parenting is an intentionally chosen and practiced lifestyle of raising children in a safe, respectful, environment where clearly delineated high expectations, high values, and high mutual regard reign within a consciousness of ‘the personal is political’. Woke, means to be awake and aware, conscious, and concerned about social injustices with the context of current socio-political landscape of our society.

This course is designed to provide participants with practical strategies to address the increasing issue of school refusal among system involved students. Participants will gain a deep understanding of the causes and impact of school refusal, learn to identify signs of school refusal, and explore evidence-based approaches to support system involved students in returning to school. Through case studies, interactive discussions, and practical exercises, participants will leave with the knowledge and tools necessary to implement individualized strategies for students experiencing school refusal. The material will be delivered by PowerPoint presentation, short video clips, group discussion, breakout (small group) discussions and participant workbook (handout).

Many system-involved youth and young adults struggle with mood disruptions so it’s crucial for providers to know how to support them. This training will build off “Strategies to support system-involved youth with mood disruptions” where providers learn the different types of mood disruptions and some engagement strategies. This training will provide you with additional strategies to support with mood disruptions, how and when to involve parents/caregivers, and how parents/caregivers can support their youth with a mood disruption. This training will also include discussions around common co-occurring disruptions youth and young adults may struggle with and learning-related challenges. Please register at: Register Here

Given the prevalence of learning disabilities of system-involved youth, it’s crucial for to understand how to best support youth. This training will provide an overview of what learning disabilities are and different types of learning disabilities. It’s important for social service providers to recognize learning disabilities to advocate for system-involved youth to be assessed for learning disabilities when necessary and to advocate for adequate support in learning environments. Please register at: Register Here

“While male sexual abuse is fairly common, the predominant dialogue is about the sexual abuse of women and girls. This training will equip social service providers of needed knowledge about male sexual abuse. The training will provide information about the prevalence of childhood male sexual abuse, myths of sexual abuse, impact of male sexual abuse and strategies to support males who have experienced sexual abuse as minors. Please register at: Register Here “

System-involved youth can engage in risky behaviors such as running away, using substances, involvement in the commercial sex industry, etc. and not be ready to stop engaging in those behaviors. If providers try to pressure youth into changing their behaviors before they’re ready, we can experience a lot of resistance. The Stages of Change Model and Motivational Interviewing help providers better assess where one is at in their change process and how to support them on identifying goals and steps to achieve those goals.

System-involved youth can engage in risky behaviors such as running away, using substances, involvement in the commercial sex industry, etc. and not be ready to stop engaging in those behaviors. If social service providers try to pressure youth into changing their behaviors before they’re ready, we can experience a lot of resistance. The Stages of Change Model and Motivational Interviewing help social service providers better assess where one is at in their change process and how to support them on identifying goals and steps to achieve those goals. Please register at: Register Here

From the time they enter the state’s care and likely long before, foster youth experience trauma that can severely alter their physical, emotional, and psychological well-being. The impact of trauma on foster youth can mean that this vulnerable population faces numerous additional challenges as they grow and develop into adulthood. Foster youth experience trauma in many ways, often starting at home. Youth will enter the foster care system because they have experienced physical or sexual abuse, neglect, a loss of a parent, or abandonment, forcing the state to step in. Other family stress factors such as poverty, substance abuse, mental illness, and incarceration can lead to a child’s removal from […]

Examine the reasons why you chose to work in this field. They can be a “double-edged sword”- by being both the very things that make us excellent at our work and that can also lead to compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma. Explore how our own “stuff” impacts our work with system-involved youth and their families and, if you are a supervisor, how to support those you supervise with all of this. Discuss self-disclosure with system involved youth and families, explore ourselves and countertransference, identify how we know when we are over-involved with those we support, and review ways to address this.

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV.

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV.

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.

When caring for and supporting foster youth you can often face challenges of crises, placement instability, or system pressures. These can lead to quick decisions or unintended consequences for youth and families, especially when the needs and strengths of youth are not maintained as a guiding force. This training focuses on the importance of self-reflection, humility and self-care as a means of building capacity to deliver care for foster youth who experience trauma.

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.

“While foster care providers must address the challenges of improving child safety, well-being, and stability, they also must meet the needs of an increasingly culturally and ethnically diverse child welfare population. This series of trainings will review how important it is to consider culture when working with youth in out of home care, how to improve communication across diverse cultures and to support foster parents provide culturally relevant caregiving. “

Mental Health Providers working at the Assessment Center are often collaborating with Child Welfare Workers, caregivers, and other providers to support the wellbeing of youth in foster care. Providers attending this training will learn about how placement is determined for youth in foster care. Participants will also review how to develop a case plan and learn strategies on how to support youth transitioning into placement in foster care and connect them to resources in the community.

Foster youth are faced with complex systems of care all striving to address their complex needs. Teaming is a component of care that is both unifying and expansive through shifting to collective and collaborative approaches. This training gets to the heart of the purpose and benefits of team based care and zooms in on how to integrate teaming practices, such as Shared Decision Making and Relational Therapy techniques, to improve team dynamics and outcomes for foster youth.

Conscious Nonviolent Parenting is an intentionally chosen and practiced lifestyle of raising children in a safe, respectful, environment where clearly delineated high expectations, high values, and high mutual regard reign within a consciousness of ‘the personal is political’. Woke, means to be awake and aware, conscious, and concerned about social injustices with the context of current socio-political landscape of our society.

This course is designed to provide participants with practical strategies to address the increasing issue of school refusal among system involved students. Participants will gain a deep understanding of the causes and impact of school refusal, learn to identify signs of school refusal, and explore evidence-based approaches to support system involved students in returning to school. Through case studies, interactive discussions, and practical exercises, participants will leave with the knowledge and tools necessary to implement individualized strategies for students experiencing school refusal. The material will be delivered by PowerPoint presentation, short video clips, group discussion, breakout (small group) discussions and participant workbook (handout).

Many system-involved youth and young adults struggle with mood disruptions so it’s crucial for providers to know how to support them. This training will build off “Strategies to support system-involved youth with mood disruptions” where providers learn the different types of mood disruptions and some engagement strategies. This training will provide you with additional strategies to support with mood disruptions, how and when to involve parents/caregivers, and how parents/caregivers can support their youth with a mood disruption. This training will also include discussions around common co-occurring disruptions youth and young adults may struggle with and learning-related challenges. Please register at: Register Here

Given the prevalence of learning disabilities of system-involved youth, it’s crucial for to understand how to best support youth. This training will provide an overview of what learning disabilities are and different types of learning disabilities. It’s important for social service providers to recognize learning disabilities to advocate for system-involved youth to be assessed for learning disabilities when necessary and to advocate for adequate support in learning environments. Please register at: Register Here

“While male sexual abuse is fairly common, the predominant dialogue is about the sexual abuse of women and girls. This training will equip social service providers of needed knowledge about male sexual abuse. The training will provide information about the prevalence of childhood male sexual abuse, myths of sexual abuse, impact of male sexual abuse and strategies to support males who have experienced sexual abuse as minors. Please register at: Register Here “

System-involved youth can engage in risky behaviors such as running away, using substances, involvement in the commercial sex industry, etc. and not be ready to stop engaging in those behaviors. If providers try to pressure youth into changing their behaviors before they’re ready, we can experience a lot of resistance. The Stages of Change Model and Motivational Interviewing help providers better assess where one is at in their change process and how to support them on identifying goals and steps to achieve those goals.

System-involved youth can engage in risky behaviors such as running away, using substances, involvement in the commercial sex industry, etc. and not be ready to stop engaging in those behaviors. If social service providers try to pressure youth into changing their behaviors before they’re ready, we can experience a lot of resistance. The Stages of Change Model and Motivational Interviewing help social service providers better assess where one is at in their change process and how to support them on identifying goals and steps to achieve those goals. Please register at: Register Here

From the time they enter the state’s care and likely long before, foster youth experience trauma that can severely alter their physical, emotional, and psychological well-being. The impact of trauma on foster youth can mean that this vulnerable population faces numerous additional challenges as they grow and develop into adulthood. Foster youth experience trauma in many ways, often starting at home. Youth will enter the foster care system because they have experienced physical or sexual abuse, neglect, a loss of a parent, or abandonment, forcing the state to step in. Other family stress factors such as poverty, substance abuse, mental illness, and incarceration can lead to a child’s removal from […]

Examine the reasons why you chose to work in this field. They can be a “double-edged sword”- by being both the very things that make us excellent at our work and that can also lead to compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma. Explore how our own “stuff” impacts our work with system-involved youth and their families and, if you are a supervisor, how to support those you supervise with all of this. Discuss self-disclosure with system involved youth and families, explore ourselves and countertransference, identify how we know when we are over-involved with those we support, and review ways to address this.

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV.

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV.

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.

When caring for and supporting foster youth you can often face challenges of crises, placement instability, or system pressures. These can lead to quick decisions or unintended consequences for youth and families, especially when the needs and strengths of youth are not maintained as a guiding force. This training focuses on the importance of self-reflection, humility and self-care as a means of building capacity to deliver care for foster youth who experience trauma.

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.

“While foster care providers must address the challenges of improving child safety, well-being, and stability, they also must meet the needs of an increasingly culturally and ethnically diverse child welfare population. This series of trainings will review how important it is to consider culture when working with youth in out of home care, how to improve communication across diverse cultures and to support foster parents provide culturally relevant caregiving. “

Mental Health Providers working at the Assessment Center are often collaborating with Child Welfare Workers, caregivers, and other providers to support the wellbeing of youth in foster care. Providers attending this training will learn about how placement is determined for youth in foster care. Participants will also review how to develop a case plan and learn strategies on how to support youth transitioning into placement in foster care and connect them to resources in the community.

Foster youth are faced with complex systems of care all striving to address their complex needs. Teaming is a component of care that is both unifying and expansive through shifting to collective and collaborative approaches. This training gets to the heart of the purpose and benefits of team based care and zooms in on how to integrate teaming practices, such as Shared Decision Making and Relational Therapy techniques, to improve team dynamics and outcomes for foster youth.

Conscious Nonviolent Parenting is an intentionally chosen and practiced lifestyle of raising children in a safe, respectful, environment where clearly delineated high expectations, high values, and high mutual regard reign within a consciousness of ‘the personal is political’. Woke, means to be awake and aware, conscious, and concerned about social injustices with the context of current socio-political landscape of our society.

This course is designed to provide participants with practical strategies to address the increasing issue of school refusal among system involved students. Participants will gain a deep understanding of the causes and impact of school refusal, learn to identify signs of school refusal, and explore evidence-based approaches to support system involved students in returning to school. Through case studies, interactive discussions, and practical exercises, participants will leave with the knowledge and tools necessary to implement individualized strategies for students experiencing school refusal. The material will be delivered by PowerPoint presentation, short video clips, group discussion, breakout (small group) discussions and participant workbook (handout).

Many system-involved youth and young adults struggle with mood disruptions so it’s crucial for providers to know how to support them. This training will build off “Strategies to support system-involved youth with mood disruptions” where providers learn the different types of mood disruptions and some engagement strategies. This training will provide you with additional strategies to support with mood disruptions, how and when to involve parents/caregivers, and how parents/caregivers can support their youth with a mood disruption. This training will also include discussions around common co-occurring disruptions youth and young adults may struggle with and learning-related challenges. Please register at: Register Here

Given the prevalence of learning disabilities of system-involved youth, it’s crucial for to understand how to best support youth. This training will provide an overview of what learning disabilities are and different types of learning disabilities. It’s important for social service providers to recognize learning disabilities to advocate for system-involved youth to be assessed for learning disabilities when necessary and to advocate for adequate support in learning environments. Please register at: Register Here

“While male sexual abuse is fairly common, the predominant dialogue is about the sexual abuse of women and girls. This training will equip social service providers of needed knowledge about male sexual abuse. The training will provide information about the prevalence of childhood male sexual abuse, myths of sexual abuse, impact of male sexual abuse and strategies to support males who have experienced sexual abuse as minors. Please register at: Register Here “

System-involved youth can engage in risky behaviors such as running away, using substances, involvement in the commercial sex industry, etc. and not be ready to stop engaging in those behaviors. If providers try to pressure youth into changing their behaviors before they’re ready, we can experience a lot of resistance. The Stages of Change Model and Motivational Interviewing help providers better assess where one is at in their change process and how to support them on identifying goals and steps to achieve those goals.

System-involved youth can engage in risky behaviors such as running away, using substances, involvement in the commercial sex industry, etc. and not be ready to stop engaging in those behaviors. If social service providers try to pressure youth into changing their behaviors before they’re ready, we can experience a lot of resistance. The Stages of Change Model and Motivational Interviewing help social service providers better assess where one is at in their change process and how to support them on identifying goals and steps to achieve those goals. Please register at: Register Here

From the time they enter the state’s care and likely long before, foster youth experience trauma that can severely alter their physical, emotional, and psychological well-being. The impact of trauma on foster youth can mean that this vulnerable population faces numerous additional challenges as they grow and develop into adulthood. Foster youth experience trauma in many ways, often starting at home. Youth will enter the foster care system because they have experienced physical or sexual abuse, neglect, a loss of a parent, or abandonment, forcing the state to step in. Other family stress factors such as poverty, substance abuse, mental illness, and incarceration can lead to a child’s removal from […]

Examine the reasons why you chose to work in this field. They can be a “double-edged sword”- by being both the very things that make us excellent at our work and that can also lead to compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma. Explore how our own “stuff” impacts our work with system-involved youth and their families and, if you are a supervisor, how to support those you supervise with all of this. Discuss self-disclosure with system involved youth and families, explore ourselves and countertransference, identify how we know when we are over-involved with those we support, and review ways to address this.

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV.

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV.

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.

When caring for and supporting foster youth you can often face challenges of crises, placement instability, or system pressures. These can lead to quick decisions or unintended consequences for youth and families, especially when the needs and strengths of youth are not maintained as a guiding force. This training focuses on the importance of self-reflection, humility and self-care as a means of building capacity to deliver care for foster youth who experience trauma.

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.

“While foster care providers must address the challenges of improving child safety, well-being, and stability, they also must meet the needs of an increasingly culturally and ethnically diverse child welfare population. This series of trainings will review how important it is to consider culture when working with youth in out of home care, how to improve communication across diverse cultures and to support foster parents provide culturally relevant caregiving. “

Mental Health Providers working at the Assessment Center are often collaborating with Child Welfare Workers, caregivers, and other providers to support the wellbeing of youth in foster care. Providers attending this training will learn about how placement is determined for youth in foster care. Participants will also review how to develop a case plan and learn strategies on how to support youth transitioning into placement in foster care and connect them to resources in the community.

Foster youth are faced with complex systems of care all striving to address their complex needs. Teaming is a component of care that is both unifying and expansive through shifting to collective and collaborative approaches. This training gets to the heart of the purpose and benefits of team based care and zooms in on how to integrate teaming practices, such as Shared Decision Making and Relational Therapy techniques, to improve team dynamics and outcomes for foster youth.

Conscious Nonviolent Parenting is an intentionally chosen and practiced lifestyle of raising children in a safe, respectful, environment where clearly delineated high expectations, high values, and high mutual regard reign within a consciousness of ‘the personal is political’. Woke, means to be awake and aware, conscious, and concerned about social injustices with the context of current socio-political landscape of our society.

This course is designed to provide participants with practical strategies to address the increasing issue of school refusal among system involved students. Participants will gain a deep understanding of the causes and impact of school refusal, learn to identify signs of school refusal, and explore evidence-based approaches to support system involved students in returning to school. Through case studies, interactive discussions, and practical exercises, participants will leave with the knowledge and tools necessary to implement individualized strategies for students experiencing school refusal. The material will be delivered by PowerPoint presentation, short video clips, group discussion, breakout (small group) discussions and participant workbook (handout).

Many system-involved youth and young adults struggle with mood disruptions so it’s crucial for providers to know how to support them. This training will build off “Strategies to support system-involved youth with mood disruptions” where providers learn the different types of mood disruptions and some engagement strategies. This training will provide you with additional strategies to support with mood disruptions, how and when to involve parents/caregivers, and how parents/caregivers can support their youth with a mood disruption. This training will also include discussions around common co-occurring disruptions youth and young adults may struggle with and learning-related challenges. Please register at: Register Here

Given the prevalence of learning disabilities of system-involved youth, it’s crucial for to understand how to best support youth. This training will provide an overview of what learning disabilities are and different types of learning disabilities. It’s important for social service providers to recognize learning disabilities to advocate for system-involved youth to be assessed for learning disabilities when necessary and to advocate for adequate support in learning environments. Please register at: Register Here

“While male sexual abuse is fairly common, the predominant dialogue is about the sexual abuse of women and girls. This training will equip social service providers of needed knowledge about male sexual abuse. The training will provide information about the prevalence of childhood male sexual abuse, myths of sexual abuse, impact of male sexual abuse and strategies to support males who have experienced sexual abuse as minors. Please register at: Register Here “

System-involved youth can engage in risky behaviors such as running away, using substances, involvement in the commercial sex industry, etc. and not be ready to stop engaging in those behaviors. If providers try to pressure youth into changing their behaviors before they’re ready, we can experience a lot of resistance. The Stages of Change Model and Motivational Interviewing help providers better assess where one is at in their change process and how to support them on identifying goals and steps to achieve those goals.

System-involved youth can engage in risky behaviors such as running away, using substances, involvement in the commercial sex industry, etc. and not be ready to stop engaging in those behaviors. If social service providers try to pressure youth into changing their behaviors before they’re ready, we can experience a lot of resistance. The Stages of Change Model and Motivational Interviewing help social service providers better assess where one is at in their change process and how to support them on identifying goals and steps to achieve those goals. Please register at: Register Here

From the time they enter the state’s care and likely long before, foster youth experience trauma that can severely alter their physical, emotional, and psychological well-being. The impact of trauma on foster youth can mean that this vulnerable population faces numerous additional challenges as they grow and develop into adulthood. Foster youth experience trauma in many ways, often starting at home. Youth will enter the foster care system because they have experienced physical or sexual abuse, neglect, a loss of a parent, or abandonment, forcing the state to step in. Other family stress factors such as poverty, substance abuse, mental illness, and incarceration can lead to a child’s removal from […]

Examine the reasons why you chose to work in this field. They can be a “double-edged sword”- by being both the very things that make us excellent at our work and that can also lead to compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma. Explore how our own “stuff” impacts our work with system-involved youth and their families and, if you are a supervisor, how to support those you supervise with all of this. Discuss self-disclosure with system involved youth and families, explore ourselves and countertransference, identify how we know when we are over-involved with those we support, and review ways to address this.

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV.

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV.

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.

When caring for and supporting foster youth you can often face challenges of crises, placement instability, or system pressures. These can lead to quick decisions or unintended consequences for youth and families, especially when the needs and strengths of youth are not maintained as a guiding force. This training focuses on the importance of self-reflection, humility and self-care as a means of building capacity to deliver care for foster youth who experience trauma.

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.

“While foster care providers must address the challenges of improving child safety, well-being, and stability, they also must meet the needs of an increasingly culturally and ethnically diverse child welfare population. This series of trainings will review how important it is to consider culture when working with youth in out of home care, how to improve communication across diverse cultures and to support foster parents provide culturally relevant caregiving. “

Mental Health Providers working at the Assessment Center are often collaborating with Child Welfare Workers, caregivers, and other providers to support the wellbeing of youth in foster care. Providers attending this training will learn about how placement is determined for youth in foster care. Participants will also review how to develop a case plan and learn strategies on how to support youth transitioning into placement in foster care and connect them to resources in the community.

Foster youth are faced with complex systems of care all striving to address their complex needs. Teaming is a component of care that is both unifying and expansive through shifting to collective and collaborative approaches. This training gets to the heart of the purpose and benefits of team based care and zooms in on how to integrate teaming practices, such as Shared Decision Making and Relational Therapy techniques, to improve team dynamics and outcomes for foster youth.

Conscious Nonviolent Parenting is an intentionally chosen and practiced lifestyle of raising children in a safe, respectful, environment where clearly delineated high expectations, high values, and high mutual regard reign within a consciousness of ‘the personal is political’. Woke, means to be awake and aware, conscious, and concerned about social injustices with the context of current socio-political landscape of our society.

This course is designed to provide participants with practical strategies to address the increasing issue of school refusal among system involved students. Participants will gain a deep understanding of the causes and impact of school refusal, learn to identify signs of school refusal, and explore evidence-based approaches to support system involved students in returning to school. Through case studies, interactive discussions, and practical exercises, participants will leave with the knowledge and tools necessary to implement individualized strategies for students experiencing school refusal. The material will be delivered by PowerPoint presentation, short video clips, group discussion, breakout (small group) discussions and participant workbook (handout).

Many system-involved youth and young adults struggle with mood disruptions so it’s crucial for providers to know how to support them. This training will build off “Strategies to support system-involved youth with mood disruptions” where providers learn the different types of mood disruptions and some engagement strategies. This training will provide you with additional strategies to support with mood disruptions, how and when to involve parents/caregivers, and how parents/caregivers can support their youth with a mood disruption. This training will also include discussions around common co-occurring disruptions youth and young adults may struggle with and learning-related challenges. Please register at: Register Here

Given the prevalence of learning disabilities of system-involved youth, it’s crucial for to understand how to best support youth. This training will provide an overview of what learning disabilities are and different types of learning disabilities. It’s important for social service providers to recognize learning disabilities to advocate for system-involved youth to be assessed for learning disabilities when necessary and to advocate for adequate support in learning environments. Please register at: Register Here

“While male sexual abuse is fairly common, the predominant dialogue is about the sexual abuse of women and girls. This training will equip social service providers of needed knowledge about male sexual abuse. The training will provide information about the prevalence of childhood male sexual abuse, myths of sexual abuse, impact of male sexual abuse and strategies to support males who have experienced sexual abuse as minors. Please register at: Register Here “

System-involved youth can engage in risky behaviors such as running away, using substances, involvement in the commercial sex industry, etc. and not be ready to stop engaging in those behaviors. If providers try to pressure youth into changing their behaviors before they’re ready, we can experience a lot of resistance. The Stages of Change Model and Motivational Interviewing help providers better assess where one is at in their change process and how to support them on identifying goals and steps to achieve those goals.

System-involved youth can engage in risky behaviors such as running away, using substances, involvement in the commercial sex industry, etc. and not be ready to stop engaging in those behaviors. If social service providers try to pressure youth into changing their behaviors before they’re ready, we can experience a lot of resistance. The Stages of Change Model and Motivational Interviewing help social service providers better assess where one is at in their change process and how to support them on identifying goals and steps to achieve those goals. Please register at: Register Here

From the time they enter the state’s care and likely long before, foster youth experience trauma that can severely alter their physical, emotional, and psychological well-being. The impact of trauma on foster youth can mean that this vulnerable population faces numerous additional challenges as they grow and develop into adulthood. Foster youth experience trauma in many ways, often starting at home. Youth will enter the foster care system because they have experienced physical or sexual abuse, neglect, a loss of a parent, or abandonment, forcing the state to step in. Other family stress factors such as poverty, substance abuse, mental illness, and incarceration can lead to a child’s removal from […]

Examine the reasons why you chose to work in this field. They can be a “double-edged sword”- by being both the very things that make us excellent at our work and that can also lead to compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma. Explore how our own “stuff” impacts our work with system-involved youth and their families and, if you are a supervisor, how to support those you supervise with all of this. Discuss self-disclosure with system involved youth and families, explore ourselves and countertransference, identify how we know when we are over-involved with those we support, and review ways to address this.

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV.

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV.

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.

When caring for and supporting foster youth you can often face challenges of crises, placement instability, or system pressures. These can lead to quick decisions or unintended consequences for youth and families, especially when the needs and strengths of youth are not maintained as a guiding force. This training focuses on the importance of self-reflection, humility and self-care as a means of building capacity to deliver care for foster youth who experience trauma.

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.

“While foster care providers must address the challenges of improving child safety, well-being, and stability, they also must meet the needs of an increasingly culturally and ethnically diverse child welfare population. This series of trainings will review how important it is to consider culture when working with youth in out of home care, how to improve communication across diverse cultures and to support foster parents provide culturally relevant caregiving. “

Mental Health Providers working at the Assessment Center are often collaborating with Child Welfare Workers, caregivers, and other providers to support the wellbeing of youth in foster care. Providers attending this training will learn about how placement is determined for youth in foster care. Participants will also review how to develop a case plan and learn strategies on how to support youth transitioning into placement in foster care and connect them to resources in the community.

Foster youth are faced with complex systems of care all striving to address their complex needs. Teaming is a component of care that is both unifying and expansive through shifting to collective and collaborative approaches. This training gets to the heart of the purpose and benefits of team based care and zooms in on how to integrate teaming practices, such as Shared Decision Making and Relational Therapy techniques, to improve team dynamics and outcomes for foster youth.

Conscious Nonviolent Parenting is an intentionally chosen and practiced lifestyle of raising children in a safe, respectful, environment where clearly delineated high expectations, high values, and high mutual regard reign within a consciousness of ‘the personal is political’. Woke, means to be awake and aware, conscious, and concerned about social injustices with the context of current socio-political landscape of our society.

This course is designed to provide participants with practical strategies to address the increasing issue of school refusal among system involved students. Participants will gain a deep understanding of the causes and impact of school refusal, learn to identify signs of school refusal, and explore evidence-based approaches to support system involved students in returning to school. Through case studies, interactive discussions, and practical exercises, participants will leave with the knowledge and tools necessary to implement individualized strategies for students experiencing school refusal. The material will be delivered by PowerPoint presentation, short video clips, group discussion, breakout (small group) discussions and participant workbook (handout).

Many system-involved youth and young adults struggle with mood disruptions so it’s crucial for providers to know how to support them. This training will build off “Strategies to support system-involved youth with mood disruptions” where providers learn the different types of mood disruptions and some engagement strategies. This training will provide you with additional strategies to support with mood disruptions, how and when to involve parents/caregivers, and how parents/caregivers can support their youth with a mood disruption. This training will also include discussions around common co-occurring disruptions youth and young adults may struggle with and learning-related challenges. Please register at: Register Here

Given the prevalence of learning disabilities of system-involved youth, it’s crucial for to understand how to best support youth. This training will provide an overview of what learning disabilities are and different types of learning disabilities. It’s important for social service providers to recognize learning disabilities to advocate for system-involved youth to be assessed for learning disabilities when necessary and to advocate for adequate support in learning environments. Please register at: Register Here

“While male sexual abuse is fairly common, the predominant dialogue is about the sexual abuse of women and girls. This training will equip social service providers of needed knowledge about male sexual abuse. The training will provide information about the prevalence of childhood male sexual abuse, myths of sexual abuse, impact of male sexual abuse and strategies to support males who have experienced sexual abuse as minors. Please register at: Register Here “

System-involved youth can engage in risky behaviors such as running away, using substances, involvement in the commercial sex industry, etc. and not be ready to stop engaging in those behaviors. If providers try to pressure youth into changing their behaviors before they’re ready, we can experience a lot of resistance. The Stages of Change Model and Motivational Interviewing help providers better assess where one is at in their change process and how to support them on identifying goals and steps to achieve those goals.

System-involved youth can engage in risky behaviors such as running away, using substances, involvement in the commercial sex industry, etc. and not be ready to stop engaging in those behaviors. If social service providers try to pressure youth into changing their behaviors before they’re ready, we can experience a lot of resistance. The Stages of Change Model and Motivational Interviewing help social service providers better assess where one is at in their change process and how to support them on identifying goals and steps to achieve those goals. Please register at: Register Here

From the time they enter the state’s care and likely long before, foster youth experience trauma that can severely alter their physical, emotional, and psychological well-being. The impact of trauma on foster youth can mean that this vulnerable population faces numerous additional challenges as they grow and develop into adulthood. Foster youth experience trauma in many ways, often starting at home. Youth will enter the foster care system because they have experienced physical or sexual abuse, neglect, a loss of a parent, or abandonment, forcing the state to step in. Other family stress factors such as poverty, substance abuse, mental illness, and incarceration can lead to a child’s removal from […]

Examine the reasons why you chose to work in this field. They can be a “double-edged sword”- by being both the very things that make us excellent at our work and that can also lead to compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma. Explore how our own “stuff” impacts our work with system-involved youth and their families and, if you are a supervisor, how to support those you supervise with all of this. Discuss self-disclosure with system involved youth and families, explore ourselves and countertransference, identify how we know when we are over-involved with those we support, and review ways to address this.

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV.

This course will provide an overview and introduction (or refresher) on the impact of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) on families and children for both new and experienced clinicians. DV/IPV work truly starts where the client is; the work touches on multiple theories from the work of Dr. Bruce Perry to Harm Reduction to Attachment theory to CBT and EMDR. This training provides statistical information and current and past research to illustrate just how many people in the U.S are impacted daily by DV.

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.

When caring for and supporting foster youth you can often face challenges of crises, placement instability, or system pressures. These can lead to quick decisions or unintended consequences for youth and families, especially when the needs and strengths of youth are not maintained as a guiding force. This training focuses on the importance of self-reflection, humility and self-care as a means of building capacity to deliver care for foster youth who experience trauma.

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.

“While foster care providers must address the challenges of improving child safety, well-being, and stability, they also must meet the needs of an increasingly culturally and ethnically diverse child welfare population. This series of trainings will review how important it is to consider culture when working with youth in out of home care, how to improve communication across diverse cultures and to support foster parents provide culturally relevant caregiving. “

Mental Health Providers working at the Assessment Center are often collaborating with Child Welfare Workers, caregivers, and other providers to support the wellbeing of youth in foster care. Providers attending this training will learn about how placement is determined for youth in foster care. Participants will also review how to develop a case plan and learn strategies on how to support youth transitioning into placement in foster care and connect them to resources in the community.

Foster youth are faced with complex systems of care all striving to address their complex needs. Teaming is a component of care that is both unifying and expansive through shifting to collective and collaborative approaches. This training gets to the heart of the purpose and benefits of team based care and zooms in on how to integrate teaming practices, such as Shared Decision Making and Relational Therapy techniques, to improve team dynamics and outcomes for foster youth.