Texting, Sexting and the World of the Internet
The average American teenager sends and receives more than 3,000 text messages per month; not to mention the hours they spend on the computer socializing with their friends. By educating yourself with the digital technology of today’s teen, you can learn to equip your children and assist them in being safe and responsible in a world where nothing is ever private.

Preventing and Solving Sibling Conflict
This informative workshop offers tips for introducing new children into the foster family, preventing sibling rivalry, and resolving sibling/peer conflicts in ways that teach children how to resolve future conflicts independently and peacefully. These techniques result in LESS competing, comparing, complaining, arguing, fighting and tattling and MORE sharing, cooperating, listening, communicating, respect, peace, and independent conflict resolution.

Toolbox For Change:  Advocating For Children with Mental Health Concerns
This three hour training highlights ways to effectively advocate for a child with mental health issues, and ways to collaborate in his/her care of psychotropic medications.  It highlights issues involved with assessment and treatments of various mental health disorders for children and teenagers, as well as foster parents’ crucial role in documentation.

Developing Self-Sufficiency Skills in Youth in Transition
Youth aging out of foster care need to develop life skills and acquire basic information related to self-sufficiency to prepare for their adult lives. Care providers need to understand the developmental needs of these youth, the realities of the transitional process in modern America, and the resources that are available to help them learn these needed skills. 

Wounded Child, Healing Homes:  Parenting Traumatized Children
This interactive workshop addresses key issues: what does a traumatized child look like? What are behavioral challenges most often felt by parents? What does happen to the foster/adoptive family? How can workers be prepared to support and guide families from the pain to the other side.  This workshop tackles tough and realistic issues faced by families but not often recognized by the professionals who work with them.

Attention, Focus, Remember
Memory, attention and focusing skills are keys to long term learning.  When learning doesn’t work for students it is important for them to know how to learn.  Memory affects students’ ability to communicate, read, and carry on conversations.  This session is designed to develop memory skills, to define three kinds of memory and how to use them effectively, to explain brain function as it relates to memory, and to identify activities to develop students' ability to remember. 

Texting, Sexting and the World of the Internet
The average American teenager sends and receives more than 3,000 text messages per month; not to mention the hours they spend on the computer socializing with their friends. By educating yourself with the digital technology of today’s teen, you can learn to equip your children and assist them in being safe and responsible in a world where nothing is ever private.

Preventing and Solving Sibling Conflict
This informative workshop offers tips for introducing new children into the foster family, preventing sibling rivalry, and resolving sibling/peer conflicts in ways that teach children how to resolve future conflicts independently and peacefully. These techniques result in LESS competing, comparing, complaining, arguing, fighting and tattling and MORE sharing, cooperating, listening, communicating, respect, peace, and independent conflict resolution.

Toolbox For Change:  Advocating For Children with Mental Health Concerns
This three hour training highlights ways to effectively advocate for a child with mental health issues, and ways to collaborate in his/her care of psychotropic medications.  It highlights issues involved with assessment and treatments of various mental health disorders for children and teenagers, as well as foster parents’ crucial role in documentation.

Developing Self-Sufficiency Skills in Youth in Transition
Youth aging out of foster care need to develop life skills and acquire basic information related to self-sufficiency to prepare for their adult lives. Care providers need to understand the developmental needs of these youth, the realities of the transitional process in modern America, and the resources that are available to help them learn these needed skills. 

Wounded Child, Healing Homes:  Parenting Traumatized Children
This interactive workshop addresses key issues: what does a traumatized child look like? What are behavioral challenges most often felt by parents? What does happen to the foster/adoptive family? How can workers be prepared to support and guide families from the pain to the other side.  This workshop tackles tough and realistic issues faced by families but not often recognized by the professionals who work with them.

Attention, Focus, Remember
Memory, attention and focusing skills are keys to long term learning.  When learning doesn’t work for students it is important for them to know how to learn.  Memory affects students’ ability to communicate, read, and carry on conversations.  This session is designed to develop memory skills, to define three kinds of memory and how to use them effectively, to explain brain function as it relates to memory, and to identify activities to develop students' ability to remember. 

Aspects of Positive Foster Care Placement - Youth Panel Discussion