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- Caregivers
- English
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For many children in foster care, the path up to, including and even after adoption can include trauma, grief and loss. As a potential adoptive parent, it’s crucial that you understand the story a foster child is bringing to you and what part you can play in that.
- Caregivers
- English
- Support Groups
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Each of these 1.5-hour education-centered discussions help caregivers develop strategies to partner with their child’s educational team and advocate for their child’s educational needs. Each session has a Treehouse educational advocate, a member of the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) team, and a DCYF education program administrator. In addition to the varying training topics, each webinar includes a discussion facilitated by a CaRES mentor to encourage caregivers to increase their educational toolkit and deliver stronger advocacy to the children in their home.
- Caregivers
- Racial Equity and Social Justice (RESJ)
- English
- Support Groups
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Each of these 1-hour culturally focused sessions help caregivers of Native American children incorporate indigenous cultural elements into your home for the benefit of the child. Led by the Alliance CaRES Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Specialist, these sessions will introduce the historical foundation of specific activities and why they are important in Native American culture. You will be introduced to embedded cultural aspects particular to Washington State Tribes, including appropriate attire and behavior during events and activities in the community.
- Caregivers
- Kinship Caregivers
- English
- Support Groups
- 8.00 Participation
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Join us for another TBRI book club! “The Connected Parent” by Karyn Purvis and Lisa Qualls. Discussion will review TBRI principles and dive into practical parenting applications and real life strategies for understanding attachment, teaching respect, understanding sensory needs, adapting strategies for teens, and taking care of yourself.
- Caregivers
- Support Groups
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Holidays and celebrations can be a time of family togetherness, but they can also be a time of stress and heightened expectations. It takes intentional planning to give the children in your care a wonderful experience that includes the things that make the holiday or celebration special for everyone.
- Caregivers
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The Individual Skill Development for Supervision-Related Compliance Agreements session supports caregivers who are under DCYF Licensing Division Compliance Agreements for child/youth supervision issues. DCYF Licensing Division staff will typically refer caregivers to receive this session when Compliance Agreements are established for supervision concerns.
- Caregivers
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This 3-hour training is designed to provide an understanding of Family Time. As caregivers, you play an important role in supporting children, siblings and families in maintaining their connections. Family Time will be developed to give parents and children quality time, in the least restrictive setting, so their family bonds and connections will be preserved while temporarily not being able to live together. You will learn what will be included in Family Time plans and the reasoning around supervision levels.
- Caregivers
- English
- Support Groups
$0.00
You have thought long and hard about what it means for you to be a foster parent. You may even have ideas of what it will be like to welcome a child into your home. While you wait for your license or first placement to arrive, this facilitated discussion will help you consider some of the needs in the fostering community and how you are suited to meet them. You’ll talk with fellow new foster parents about some of the changes and expectations that come with fostering.
- Caregivers
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This 3-hour focused topic training for caregivers will focus on how children exposed to prenatal substance abuse in their life have an increased chance of experiencing many effects, such as poor social, cognitive, and emotional development, physical, mental, and health issues, depression, anxiety, concentration and learning difficulties, trouble controlling their responses as well as other traumatic issues. The goal of this training is to identify and address the impacts Prenatal drug use has on children and set up a successful environment and coping skills.
- Caregivers
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This 3-hour focused topic training for caregivers will identify and address the various types of drugs used during pregnancy; the impacts those drugs have on the Infant, toddler, and school-age child; and recognize the effects of prenatal drug exposure so caregivers can be proactive in their care and guidance of the children in their care.