Advanced Training in Therapy with Adoptive and Foster Families

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

Continuing Education

Advanced Training in Therapy with Adoptive and Foster Families •

A series of advanced, evidence-based courses on specialized theories and practices for treating adopted and foster children and their families

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Relevant for those working with children and families impacted by adoption, foster care, and relative care, and by child abuse, trauma, and neglect

2012–2013

Advanced Training in Therapy with Adoptive and Foster Families

The objectives for this program are to: •

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Increase accessible and affordable mental health support for adopted/foster children and their families with professionals competent in using evidence-based strategies for the emotional, behavioral, and mental health issues of children with histories of child abuse, trauma, and neglect Reduce the risk of adoptive, foster, kinship, and guardianship family dissolution

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This program is a collaboration among PSU Continuing Education/Graduate School of Education, PSU Graduate School of Social Work/Child Welfare Partnership, Oregon Post Adoption Resource Center (ORPARC), and Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS).

Adoption Training

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PO Box 751 Portland OR 97207-0751

Continuing Education

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

Flexible format & convenient distance learning •

Advanced training workshops and online courses

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Postgraduate training certificate

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Available for continuing education or academic credit

This important training is easy to access! The flexible format offers each course as a stand-alone workshop, or you may complete all of the courses for a full certificate. To save you time and money, we also offer the convenience of distance learning. Not only do we have online courses, but we also video stream the face-to–face workshops. For technical requirements, check the program website at pdx.edu/ceed/adoption.

Postgraduate training certificate information Licensed mental health professionals who have been admitted to the program receive a certificate of completion in adoption and foster therapy upon successful completion of the program. The certificate can be completed in one year if begun in September and all workshops are taken in consecutive order. All workshops are offered one time per year. Professionals can enter the program at any time during the year. The training certificate includes: 1. Admission to the program 2. Access to the program wiki 3. Seven face-to-face workshops, video streaming available 4. Four online courses

Directory Mental health professionals who earn the postgraduate training certificate are part of a core group of clinicians available to serve adoptive and foster families throughout Oregon. A directory of mental health professionals who have completed this training certificate is available from the Oregon Post Adoption Resource Center (ORPARC) website and linked to from the PSU program site. Therapists from other states are also listed in the Directory.

Faculty Each element of the program features national and regional experts. Our in–class and online facilitators are experienced adoption professionals. Click the Faculty link on our website for more information.

Admissions There is no application or admission process for professionals taking an individual workshop or course. An application is only necessary for mental health therapists who wish to earn the postgraduate training certificate and be listed in the directory. Applications are accepted throughout the year. See website for admission requirements. An administrative fee of $150 is due upon acceptance into the program. For questions or to request an application packet, please contact: • Kellie Herold 503-725-8539 or [email protected] • Marion Sharp 503-725-4876 or [email protected] Application packets are also available online at pdx.edu/ceed/ adoption. Click the Admissions link on the far left.

Structured Educational Consultation Group Upon completion of the Therapy with Adoptive and Foster Families certificate, licensed therapists have the opportunity to participate in the Structured Educational Consultation Group sponsored by Cascadia Training, a program division of Northwest Resource Associates, the parent organization of the Oregon Post Adoption Resource Center (ORPARC). For more information, go to pdx.edu/ ceed/adoption and click the Certificate Info link.

Online/Distance format All face-to-face classes on campus are also available via video stream. Please indicate this choice at the time of registration. Fully online classes will be listed as “Online.” Participants do not have to be online at specific times but will need to follow the schedule closely. For information on using PSU’s online system, go to pdx.edu/ceed/ noncredit-distance-learning or email [email protected].

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To Register

For complete certificate requirements, please visit pdx.edu/ceed/ adoption and click the Certificate Info link.

To register online, go to pdx.edu/ceed/adoption and click the Current Courses and Registration” link and then the course title.

CE hours may be used toward Oregon and Washington counseling or social work licensure renewal. Check with your licensing board or professional association to verify.

Note: Courses are available for both Continuing Education (CEU) credit and academic credit. Select the appropriate course listing when registering online. If you encounter technical difficulties, contact Registration at [email protected] or call 503-725-9968 or 1-800-547-8887 ext 59968.

2012-2013 Workshops Each class can be taken as a stand alone workshop. All courses are offered one time per year. Professionals can enter the program at any time during the year. Courses are available for both continuing education (CEU) credit and academic credit. To register, visit pdx.edu/ceed/adoption and click the Current Courses link. Overview of Adoption and Child Welfare Systems DATE

LOCATION FEES

CERTIFICATION

Fri 8:30am–5pm Sept 21, 2012 Portland State University Urban Center Building 304 $150 Noncredit 7 hours CEUs

Child welfare involves a dynamic array of systems—governmental, institutional, and legal. This session addresses the impact those systems have on children from the initial foster care placement through adoption. Topics include Child Protective Services (CPS), the foster care system, juvenile court oversight, the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA), sibling policy, permanency planning, and the stages of placement. Explore how child welfare, therapists, and families can work together to assist in making placements successful. A dynamic panel shares the real impact of these processes on their families.

Central Elements of Preserving Placements DATE LOCATION FEES

CERTIFICATION

Sat 8:30am–5pm Sept 22, 2012 Portland State University Urban Center Building 304 $150 Noncredit 7 hours CEUs

This session examines the central elements of placement preservation and effective response to families in crisis, including de-escalating child behavior problems. Learn about the common dynamics in troubled placements and how to intervene on multiple levels to assist children in developing an integrated, positive sense of self. This training explores the factors that are most likely to cause challenges for children and their families and addresses interventions that promote family functioning, including using life storybooks in therapy and enhancing attachments in adoptive and permanent foster families.

Clinical Practice with Adoptive and Foster Families DATE

Oct 1–31, 2012

FEES

$150 Noncredit 10 hours CEUs

LOCATION Online CERTIFICATION

Adopted and foster children enter the family with a unique history, including their experience with and connection to their birth family, siblings, genetic background, and specific resiliencies. This class considers how adoption and foster care impacts all members of the family system throughout their lives. Adoptive parents go through a unique process in order to become parents, often without the support and sanctions that are available for biological parents. The adopted child has at least two families and thus may experience a chronic tension between belonging to one or to the other. This class explores the following core clinical issues: attachment and bonding, loss and grief, divided loyalties, identity, issues of control, and entitlement and gratitude.

Register now! > Visit pdx.edu/ceed/adoption for a list of current program courses and specific dates and times of classes. Get course numbers for registration.

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) and Other Drug Effects on Adoptive and Foster Families DATE

LOCATION FEES

CERTIFICATION

Fri 8:30am–5pm Nov 16, 2012 Portland State University Urban Center Building 303 $150 Noncredit 7 hours CEUs

Professionals and parents must first understand the link between brain development and behavior before they can develop skills to support children who have neurological challenges. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) and other alcohol- and drug-related neurological disorders can shape a child’s behavior and relationships. This class identifies the common phenomenon of children accumulating numerous DSM diagnoses, which suggests the greater likelihood of underlying brain involvement. Explore the importance of identifying FASD to assist families in reframing behaviors and understanding primary and secondary behavioral symptoms. Learn skills for coaching families to develop accommodations for their neurologically impaired child.

The Impact of Abuse, Trauma, and Neglect on Child Neurodevelopment DATE

LOCATION FEES

CERTIFICATION

Sat 8:30am–5pm Nov 17, 2012 Portland State University Urban Center Building 303 $150 Noncredit 7 hours CEUs

Exciting new brain research indicates that positive relationships can rewire and repair the damage from trauma, abuse, and alcohol/drug-related neurological disorders. Compare normal childhood development and its tasks with development clouded by abuse, neglect, and trauma. Learn about intervention strategies such as affect regulation, Circle of Security, sensory integration, early identification of neurodevelopmental profile risk, parent education on expected behavioral/developmental patterns, the role of psychopharmacological interventions, and, most importantly, the healing power of relationships. Identify specialized parenting skills to promote positive neurological progress.

Attachment and Bonding in Adoptive and Foster Families DATES

Jan 7–Feb 6, 2013

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Attachment issues are endemic to children who have experienced abuse and neglect. This course presents attachment-oriented theory and explores various interventions to help parents facilitate their child’s attachment. The issues of adult attachment difficulties and how they interface with the child’s attachment style are critically important. Learn to think more carefully about some of the problems that are often misdiagnosed and therefore mistreated.

Kinship, Cultural Connections, and the Ever-Changing Family DATES

Feb 7–Mar 6, 2013 LOCATION Online FEE $150 Noncredit CERTIFICATION 10 hours CEUs Diversity is a major theme of adoption and foster care given the demographics of the children needing families and the ever-changing composition of families. Issues of belonging, identity and differences affect children and parents alike. Families vary in structure, composition, racial makeup and dynamics. Clinical practice and therapeutic strategies must be tailored to families in a manner that respect their unique composition and culture. This course presents a framework for individualizing practice with relative and kinship placements. Learn about the ever changing family, including gay, lesbian, single parent, and transracial families, and the dynamics that shape the family’s experiences.

Trauma and Dissociative Disorders: Working with Adoptive and Foster Families DATE

LOCATION FEE

CERTIFICATION

Fri 8:30am–5pm March 8, 2013 Portland State University Urban Center Building 303 $150 Noncredit 7 hours CEUs

Trauma and traumatic stress can directly impact the development of affect regulation and empathy in children. Understand the hyper arousal continuum and the dissociative continuum. This class builds on The Impact of Abuse, Trauma, and Neglect on Child Neurodevelopment class by continuing to explore the brain and trauma, including hopeful new work in neuroplasticity. It includes extensive coverage of treatment approaches and coaching strategies for working with parents.

Promoting Positive Sexual Development Following Abuse DATE

LOCATION FEE

CERTIFICATION

Sat 8:30am–5pm March 9, 2013 Portland State University Urban Center Building 303 $150 Noncredit 7 hours CEUs

Many adopted and foster children have been sexually abused. This training explores the impact of sexual abuse on children throughout their development and the impact on the adoptive or foster family. This training introduces practices and interventions to assist families in facilitating positive sexual development and minimize problem behaviors following the aftermath of abuse.

Family-Based Therapeutic Strategies: Coaching Adoptive and Foster Parents DATES

April 1–30, 2013

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Often adopted and foster children exhibit behavioral challenges, learning disorders, and other special needs that defy traditional parenting techniques, tax educational and social services, and exact a toll on the child and family. Gain a detailed framework for understanding significant behavioral problems and relationship difficulties in specialneeds adoptions. Emphasis is placed on practical ways for mental health providers to consult with adoptive and foster parents on dealing with classic problems such as food/eating disorders, lying, stealing, bedwetting, encopresis, sleep problems, anger outbursts, fire setting, and parentified behavior. Focus on understanding behavior problems in the context of the child’s history of past exposure to maltreatment and to dysfunctional family roles.

Putting Adoptive and Foster Family Therapy into Practice DATE

LOCATION FEE

CERTIFICATION

F–S 8:30am–5pm May 17–18, 2013 (two day class) Portland State University Urban Center Building 303 $300 Noncredit 14 hours CEUs

Foster and adopted children typically have complex histories with multiple impacts from experiences such as neglect, trauma, exposure to drugs and alcohol, separation and multiple out of home placements. This two-day workshop provides best practices for professionals working with families raising children with many complicated issues, including practical yet flexible ways to integrate children into their new families. The overlapping themes of grief and trauma are addressed: hyper vigilance, avoidance of loss, anger, and guilt. Learn to develop home and school approaches as well as protocols for family-centered therapy for this specialty population, including the development and implementation of treatment plans. These families need professionals who are thoroughly prepared and who support them–not just through the placement and adoption process but also as the family grows.

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Course schedule COURSES

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Overview of Adoption and Child Welfare Systems

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Central Elements of Preserving Placements

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Clinical Practice with Adoptive and Foster Families

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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) and Other Drug Effects

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The Impact of Abuse, Trauma, and Neglect on Child Neurodevelopment

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Attachment and Bonding in Adoptive and Foster Families

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Kinship, Cultural Connections, and the Ever-Changing Family

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Trauma and Dissociative Disorders In Adoptive and Foster Families

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Promoting Positive Sexual Development following Abuse

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Family-Based Therapeutic Strategies: Coaching Adoptive and Foster Parents

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Putting Adoption/Foster Family Therapy into Practice

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For more information: Marion Sharp [email protected]

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