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Nurturing and Attachment-Based Parenting Skills: A Workshop Series for Parents, Caregivers and Clinicians – Part 1: Attachment Relationships
9:00 PMThursday, September 19 2024
8:00 PMThursday, September 19 2024
7:00 PMThursday, September 19 2024
6:00 PMThursday, September 19 2024
5:00 PMThursday, September 19 2024
3:00 PM
Kevin graduated from the University of Oregon with his masters from the Couples and Family Therapy program. His education focused on a systemic perspective of therapy which emphasized the significance of context and interaction in development of problems and their resolution. Since graduating he has completed a course through PSU to work with foster and adoptive families, child development, and collaborative problem solving. He has also worked with organizations designed to support foster and adoptive families. His drive for this work in grounded in wanting to help others find their place and recognizing their personal worth, resilience and ability.
This workshop will teach participants about attachment styles, how to recognize attachment building skills, and how to apply an attachment lens to foster sustained learning in children and caregivers.
Target Audience: Foster Parents, therapists interested in working with clients in foster care
This course is eligible for 1.5 continuing education credits.
This course is suitable for Psychologists, LMHCs, MFTs, Social Workers, LPCs, and Counselors.
Introductory
At the end of this series, participants will be able to:
Identify 1-2 trauma-informed skills to build emotional attunement with relationally traumatized foster youth.
Describe 1-2 signs and symptoms of attachment injuries in children and youth exposed to foster care.