Training Programs for Adoption
These workshops are available by request.
If your organization or group is interested in any these workshops please contact: Sandra Marshall – Coordinator, Training and Development, training@ckmconsultation.com
Understanding and Managing Behaviours of Children/Youth in Out-of-home Placements
Length: 1 day
Children and youth in placements are often diagnosed with learning difficulties, mental health problems, and trauma. Children who feel unloved and unattached are often rageful and rebellious, often becoming locked in defiant opposition with adults. Working and living with ‘adult-wary’ children and youth can be an exhausting endeavor, requiring constant vigilance and practice to establish and maintain positive therapeutic relationships.
This training will address the key issues involved in caring for these challenging children/youth. The training is both theoretical and practical; focusing on strengthening the residential worker/foster parents’ important role in managing children/youth’s behaviour. The training will provide participants with an understanding of effective strategies.
This workshop will address:
- Why children/youth behave the way they do, and why they are relationship-resistant
- How abused and traumatized children/youth understand the world around them, and how they interact with others
- How abuse/trauma issues manifest in behaviour and ongoing challenges with anxiety, trauma triggers, mental health issues, and relationship struggles
- The importance and significance of the foster parent and/or residential workers in the child’s life
- How to develop therapeutic relationships; common mistakes made in parenting these children; and tips on helping foster parents and/or residential workers develop capacity to provide better care
- How to strengthen the residential workers/foster parents’ role in managing children/youth’s behaviour
- Effective strategies to use with challenging children/youth
Who Should Attend:
This workshop is designed for Residential Staff, Foster Parents, and Clinicians who are working with children in out-of-home placements.