Foster Care Training

This training is designed to assist providers in screening mental health needs and behaviors over time, which will assist in placement, services, and supportive decisions. Specifically, this training will focus on identifying factors related to experience of developmental trauma and attachment disruption common in foster care youth. This two-hour workshop will review a case example to arrive at a person-centered understanding of the child/adolescent . Major categories for screening will be reviewed and applied to a case. Implications and recommendations for services and case plans will be discussed. Specific attention will be paid to identifying risk factors and protective factors related to developmental trauma and attachment disruption, reviewing not only applicable case information, but also research-based statistics.