resource family training institute

training for foster parents, adoptive parents, and kinship care providers

http://fosterparent.dshs.wa.gov

presents:

“the paper trail”– documentation training

for caregivers

· Have you ever wondered what your records should include?

· What should you document?

· How to appropriately document?

· What you must report?

· And to whom you must report?

This 3 hour class will help you unravel the mysteries of record-keeping and

help you create your own “Paper Trail”. This is an excellent class for both

new and experienced foster parents and relative caregivers.

Thursday, March 01, 2012 Christian Life Center 1780 SE Lincoln Room 202 Port Orchard, WA. 98366 Time: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

To register Contact: Lynne Welton, MA (253) 983-6435 lywe300 Linda Falcocchio, MSW (253) 983-6474 fali300

Pre-Registration is Required

Contact for Special Needs 10 days prior

American Resource Families Institute

Providing education to resource families across America

Federal Tax Benefits for Resource Families

It’s not too late! Attend a Tax Workshop for Foster, Adoptive, and Kinship Families Have you ever wondered… What types of foster care payments are taxable? Can you take a foster child as a dependent? Are there benefits for kinship providers? Are there tax deductions available to foster parents? What expenses are deductable? What is the Adoption Credit? Join us as we explore the wonderful world of taxes and foster care. Workshop presented by Kathy Suits, EA and Christin Kundert, Foster/Adopt Parent

Come to the workshop and receive a printed copy of the 2011 Federal Tax Guide for Resource Families (1 copy per family)

March 17, 2012 9:30am-11:30am Workshop fee: $20.00 per family Renton Technical College 3000 NE Fourth Street, Room C-110 Renton , WA 98056-4195

American Resource Families Institute To Register, visit: www.ARFInstitute.org Phone: 253-988-2275 ckundert P.O. Box 112079 Tacoma, WA 98411-2079 ARFI is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization

To remove your name from our mailing list, please click here. Questions or comments? E-mail us at info or call (253) 988-2275 Please forward to resource families… thank you.

De-escalation Techniques for Children – Real Tools for Foster Parents, Adoptive Parents, Relative Care Providers, Staff

With

Scott Hanauer, MA

Scott Hanauer is Clinical Director of Community Youth Services, Olympia.

He has worked with “at risk” children and their families within the residential setting for over 30 years with the Children’s Home Society of Washington, Seattle and now is Director of Community Youth Services in Olympia.

Scott has extensive experience working with children who have “Reactive Attachment Disorder” as part of their diagnosis. Scott also was a Parent Educator for the Bureau of Prisons, providing a non-traditional approach to Parent Education Services within that setting.

Time: 9:00am to 4:00pm

When: Thursday, March 29, 2012

Where: Christian Life Center

1780 SE Lincoln Room 202

Port Orchard, WA. 98366

Topics included in this 6 hour workshop are:

Part One: Being the Second Family; Part Two: Changing Brain Neurology of

– The Impact of Trauma on the Behavior Children through Effective Parenting;

of the Child & Caregivers – Developing Therapeutic Environments

– Diagnostic Profiles: Reactive Attachment, – Neuro-Imbedding, Mirror Imaging

– Post Traumatic Stress, Depression – Supporting Caregivers…Adoptive, Foster, Kinship

(Anxiety), Conduct Disorder, ODD – Collaborating with Schools.

– Managing Escalated Behavior.

Please note: This training is purchased with funds from the Resource Family Training Institute. Training for Foster Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Kinship Care Providers, Children’s Administration. Anyone working with the foster care population is welcome to attend on a space available basis. There is no charge to participants.

Pre-Registration is required. Please call or e-mail to Linda Falcocchio, Resource Family Training Institute, fali300 or 253-983-6474 or 360-475-3586 or Lynne Welton at 253-983-6435 or Lynne.Welton@dshs.wa.gov

For Special Needs, Please advise 10 days prior to presentation.

De-escalation Techniques for Children – Real Tools for Foster Parents, Adoptive Parents, Relative Care Providers, Staff

With

Scott Hanauer, MA

Scott Hanauer is Clinical Director of Community Youth Services, Olympia.

He has worked with “at risk” children and their families within the residential setting for over 30 years with the Children’s Home Society of Washington, Seattle and now is Director of Community Youth Services in Olympia.

Scott has extensive experience working with children who have “Reactive Attachment Disorder” as part of their diagnosis. Scott also was a Parent Educator for the Bureau of Prisons, providing a non-traditional approach to Parent Education Services within that setting.

Time: 9:00am to 4:00pm

When: Thursday, March 29, 2012

Where: Christian Life Center

1780 SE Lincoln Room 202

Port Orchard, WA. 98366

Topics included in this 6 hour workshop are:

Part One: Being the Second Family; Part Two: Changing Brain Neurology of

– The Impact of Trauma on the Behavior Children through Effective Parenting;

of the Child & Caregivers – Developing Therapeutic Environments

– Diagnostic Profiles: Reactive Attachment, – Neuro-Imbedding, Mirror Imaging

– Post Traumatic Stress, Depression – Supporting Caregivers…Adoptive, Foster, Kinship

(Anxiety), Conduct Disorder, ODD – Collaborating with Schools.

– Managing Escalated Behavior.

Please note: This training is purchased with funds from the Resource Family Training Institute. Training for Foster Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Kinship Care Providers, Children’s Administration. Anyone working with the foster care population is welcome to attend on a space available basis. There is no charge to participants.

Pre-Registration is required. Please call or e-mail to Linda Falcocchio, Resource Family Training Institute, fali300 or 253-983-6474 or 360-475-3586 or Lynne Welton at 253-983-6435 or Lynne.Welton@dshs.wa.gov

For Special Needs, Please advise 10 days prior to presentation.

De-escalation Techniques for Children – Real Tools for Foster Parents, Adoptive Parents, Relative Care Providers, Staff

With

Scott Hanauer, MA

Scott Hanauer is Clinical Director of Community Youth Services, Olympia.

He has worked with “at risk” children and their families within the residential setting for over 30 years with the Children’s Home Society of Washington, Seattle and now is Director of Community Youth Services in Olympia.

Scott has extensive experience working with children who have “Reactive Attachment Disorder” as part of their diagnosis. Scott also was a Parent Educator for the Bureau of Prisons, providing a non-traditional approach to Parent Education Services within that setting.

Time: 9:00am to 4:00pm

When: Thursday, March 29, 2012

Where: Christian Life Center

1780 SE Lincoln Room 202

Port Orchard, WA. 98366

Topics included in this 6 hour workshop are:

Part One: Being the Second Family; Part Two: Changing Brain Neurology of

– The Impact of Trauma on the Behavior Children through Effective Parenting;

of the Child & Caregivers – Developing Therapeutic Environments

– Diagnostic Profiles: Reactive Attachment, – Neuro-Imbedding, Mirror Imaging

– Post Traumatic Stress, Depression – Supporting Caregivers…Adoptive, Foster, Kinship

(Anxiety), Conduct Disorder, ODD – Collaborating with Schools.

– Managing Escalated Behavior.

Please note: This training is purchased with funds from the Resource Family Training Institute. Training for Foster Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Kinship Care Providers, Children’s Administration. Anyone working with the foster care population is welcome to attend on a space available basis. There is no charge to participants.

Pre-Registration is required. Please call or e-mail to Linda Falcocchio, Resource Family Training Institute, fali300 or 253-983-6474 or 360-475-3586 or Lynne Welton at 253-983-6435 or Lynne.Welton@dshs.wa.gov

For Special Needs, Please advise 10 days prior to presentation.

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDERS

Presented by:

Randi Hankins, CSW, CMHS

Randi Hankins is an Associate Professor of Clinical Social Work in the Masters of Social Work program at Walla Walla College. She has worked in the community mental health system as a therapist and clinical director and has been a practicing County Designated Mental Health Professional for the past 28 years. She is a Certified Social Worker and is both a Child Mental Health Specialist and a Developmental Disabilities Mental Health Specialist. Her primary areas of clinical practice and expertise include sexually reactive children, adolescent disruptive behaviors, psychotropic medications, crisis intervention and suicide prevention.

Foster parents and relative caregivers are increasingly called upon to deal with Attention Deficit Disorder for children placed in care. This training will focus on hands-on techniques to circumvent, defuse, and redirect acting out behaviors to reduce conflict and drama, while increasing communication and cooperation within the home.

Don’t miss this excellent workshop!

When: Monday: March 19, 2012

Time: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Where: Christian Life Center

1780 SE Lincoln Ave.

Port Orchard, WA. 98312

There is no charge for this training. Please do not bring children as NO child care is available. For special needs please contact RFTI Trainer 10 days prior to workshop.

To register contact Linda Falcocchio, RFTI Trainer at 253-983-6474 or 360-475-3586 or e-mail : Linda. Falcocchio@ dshs.wa.gov

or Lynne Welton, RFTI Trainer at 253-983-6435 or e-mail: Lynne.Welton @ dshs.wa.gov

TACOMA

Behavior Management Skills for Caregivers

Resource Family Training Institute

Training for Foster Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Kinship Care Providers

http://fosterparent.dshs.wa.gov

Presents:

behavior management skills for caregivers:

real tools for foster parents

with gary benton

gary has been in social work for over 30 years providing marriage and family therapy, anger management, and domestic violence treatment to a widerange of participants. he is a local and national consultant, trainer, and seminar presenter providing training on a wide variety of topics. Join us for a packed day of education and information!

this presentation will:

· identify factors that lead children to act out

· strategies to prevent or minimize acting out

· strategies to improve adult response to an acting out child/youth

Monday: February 27, 2012 Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Christian Life Center 1780 SE Lincoln Room 202 Port Orchard,WA. 98366	To register Contact: Linda Falcocchio, MSW (253) 983-647 Or fali300 Lynne Welton, MA (253) 983-6435 or Lywe300

Pre-Registration is Required

Contact for Special Needs 10 days prior

SEPAC NEWS for Special Education students and those who care about them

For more information or to be added to the email group, contact Sharon Dommermuth, theupside, 360-308-0187

SEPAC informational meetings Date/ Topic: Feb 16-School Behavioral Strategies You Can Use At Home: Julie Bylin, Autism Specialist

Feb 23- PIX, PECS, and Social Stories (rescheduled from Jan. snow): Cindy Tveit, SLP

March 22- Sensory Integration: Andy Hoskins, OT

Where: Ridgetop Junior High, 10600 Hillsboro Dr. NE, Silverdale98383

Time: 6:45-8:15pm

RSVP free Childcare: Sharon, 360-308-0187, theupside

Topic: Teaching appropriate Social Behavior and a Healthy, Safe Awareness of One’s Sexuality: Jean Edwards, Professor Emeritus, Sexuality Expert, University of Portland

Where: KlahowyaSecondary School, 7606 NW Newberry Hill Rd., Silverdale, 98383

When: April 19, 4-6pm for professionals

April 19, 7-9 pm for parents and guardians

RSVP free Childcare: Sharon, 360-308-0187, theupside

Dyslexia Interest Group- for math, reading and writing challenged students

Second Wednesday of the month, Cafe Noir next to Target, 6:30-8:30 pm

Contact Birgit Zacovic, bzacovic, 360-307-0351

The Dyslexic Advantage, Author presentation and book signing: Brock and Fernette Eide

Organized by Gifts and Challenges Parent Network, Sally Kidder Davis, 206-780-0104

March 21, 7-9 pm, IslandWood, 4450 Blakely Ave. NE, BainbridgeIsland. Tickets available at the door $15 or advanced sales $10-$35 (including book or audio book) online: www.giftsandchallenges.eventbrite.com or at Eagle Harbor Book Company, Bainbridge Is.

Conferences:

***2012 Special Education Conference:

Improving Special Education and Related Services to Students of All Ages

Wed- Friday, March 7-9, 2012, ShorelineConferenceCenter

http://www.rehabseminars.org for full conference program and registration

***Fitness, Nutrition and Health for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities and resource fair

Presented by the Down Syndrome Community, www.downsyndromecommunity.org

Saturday, April 14, 2012, Blackriver Training and ConferenceCenter, Renton, WA

Registration: Anne, 206-842-9027

Dental resources for exams at the Hands on Children’s Museum.
www.hocm.org

To access the
February Caregiver Connection
Please use one of these two links:
http://www.dshs.wa.gov/pdf/ca/CaregiverConnectionFEB2012.pdf
http://www.dshs.wa.gov/ca/fosterparents/