course »Resource Parent Pre-Approval Training Session 3 & 4

Date: 11/10/2018, 9:00 am—3:30 pm
County: Contra Costa County
Location: eConcord
Sponsor: Alternative Family Services (AFS)
Phone: (916) 254-5200
This training is the final session of a 4 part series of trainings designed to prepare resource families to work with youth in the foster care system. Participants will review in depth Child Growth, Appropriate Developmental milestones, Medication Guidelines and Management, Discipline Childhood trauma and what loss and transition looks like for youth in the foster care.

Objectives:
  1. Learn about child development and be aware of some of the common challenges that youth entering foster care tend to face.
  2. Understand long term effects child abuse has on the child’s brain.
  3. Increase knowledge of appropriate medication management and documentation.
  4. Strategies for positive parenting when working with traumatized youth.
  5. Steps to create an environment that promotes children’s social emotional, cognitive, and physical development
LOCATION:
Concord Senior Center
2727 Parkside Circle
Concord, CA