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How to Develop a Life Book for Children in Foster Care or Adoptive Families
1:00 PMThursday, March 13 2025
12:00 PMThursday, March 13 2025
11:00 AMThursday, March 13 2025
10:00 AMThursday, March 13 2025
9:00 AMThursday, March 13 2025
7:00 AM
Emily Yang, LCSW, is the Director of Recruitment at A Home Within and a Child Therapist with over 15 years experience working with youth in foster care and adoptive families. She spent several years working with children in treatment foster homes and as an Intensive In-Community Clinician where she provided in-home therapy to many children in the foster care system. She volunteers as a Consultation Group Leader for A Home Within and sits on the Professional Advisory Board of Miriam’s Heart, a non-profit which supports local adoptive and foster families. She is trained in Child Centered Play Therapy and in Trust Based Relational Intervention, a therapeutic model that guides caregivers in providing effective support and treatment for children with attachment injuries.
Life books are a tool used to help children in foster care and adoptive families write down the narrative of their history, their present and their future. This workshop will explain the purposes of life books, how to engage a child in creating one, and how life books can be used to support development of attachment between parent and child.
This course is eligible for 1.5 continuing education credits.
This course is suitable for Psychologists, LMHCs, MFTs, Social Workers, LPCs, and Counselors.
Introductory
00:00 - 00:05 - Brief introduction
00:05 - 00:20 - Purposes of Life Books
00:20 - 00:40 - How to Create a Life Book
00:40 - 01:20 - How to engage children effectively in Life Book work
01:20 - 01:30 - Q&A time
At the end of the workshop, the participant will be able to:
- List 2 purposes of life books.
- Describe 2 ways to engage a child in developing a life book.