An introduction to the benefits of sharing adopted pets with adopted children and families. Therapeutic interventions assist with improved bonding, self esteem, and positive attachment.
Ciara J. Bal has experience as a therapist providing services to children, families, couples and individuals. She has a Master's degree in Human Development and Family Studies and has worked for organizations such as Orchard Place and the Couple and Family Therapy Clinic of Iowa State University. Her experience includes providing in-home therapy, developing treatment plans, and connecting clients to community resources. Currently, she manages digital outreach for the pregnancy prevention program "Parenting: It's a Life."
This document discusses factors that influence people's decisions to become foster parents, programs that support foster families, the needs of foster children, and strategies to effectively develop and support foster families. It provides examples of Washington state's Fostering Together program and a 2011 event in Seattle where Native American foster parents and children came together to make drums and learn about their culture. The overall goal discussed is maintaining a pool of well-prepared and supported foster families who can provide stability and permanency for children in foster care.
This document discusses factors that influence people's decisions to become foster parents, programs that support foster families, the needs of foster children, and strategies to effectively develop and support foster families. Some key points include:
Factors that motivate people to foster include a desire to help children in need, religious or moral duty, and having the necessary resources. Programs like Fostering Together in Washington State aim to recruit and support more foster families. Foster children come from diverse backgrounds and may have physical, emotional, or developmental needs. Effective family development involves integrated support from the start, ongoing training, and partnerships between agencies and foster parents.
This document outlines the 2016-2021 strategic plan for Illinois Child Welfare Transformation. The plan aims to promote prevention, child safety, permanency and well-being. Key goals include strengthening families to keep children safe at home whenever possible, achieving permanency through foster care by reuniting families or finding new permanent homes expeditiously, and supporting a successful transition to adulthood for youth in care. The plan calls for a trauma-informed, family-centered approach and emphasizes providing stable placements, consistent case managers, and permanent families for all children and youth in care.
There is a shortage of foster families willing to care for children. Many children, especially those with disabilities, have difficulty finding permanent homes. The responsibilities and costs of caring for foster children, particularly those with special needs, may exceed the amount of funding provided by the government. As a result, these vulnerable children face feelings of loneliness and lack of stability as they move between homes, waiting for a family to adopt them. All children deserve to grow up in a nurturing environment, regardless of their abilities or circumstances.
This document provides information about various evaluation measures and outcomes for Delaware's B.E.S.T. program for young children and their families. It includes descriptions of parent-report measures such as the DECA, PreBERS, and EQ-R2, as well as observational measures like the DPICS. Graphs display outcomes over time for factors like child strengths, caregiver skills, and school readiness. The document also acknowledges those involved in the development and evaluation of the program.
This workshop is designed to help Awana leaders and volunteers develop strategies for serving kids at risk for behaving aggressively during ministry activities.
Ciara J. Bal has experience as a therapist providing services to children, families, couples and individuals. She has a Master's degree in Human Development and Family Studies and has worked for organizations such as Orchard Place and the Couple and Family Therapy Clinic of Iowa State University. Her experience includes providing in-home therapy, developing treatment plans, and connecting clients to community resources. Currently, she manages digital outreach for the pregnancy prevention program "Parenting: It's a Life."
This document discusses factors that influence people's decisions to become foster parents, programs that support foster families, the needs of foster children, and strategies to effectively develop and support foster families. It provides examples of Washington state's Fostering Together program and a 2011 event in Seattle where Native American foster parents and children came together to make drums and learn about their culture. The overall goal discussed is maintaining a pool of well-prepared and supported foster families who can provide stability and permanency for children in foster care.
This document discusses factors that influence people's decisions to become foster parents, programs that support foster families, the needs of foster children, and strategies to effectively develop and support foster families. Some key points include:
Factors that motivate people to foster include a desire to help children in need, religious or moral duty, and having the necessary resources. Programs like Fostering Together in Washington State aim to recruit and support more foster families. Foster children come from diverse backgrounds and may have physical, emotional, or developmental needs. Effective family development involves integrated support from the start, ongoing training, and partnerships between agencies and foster parents.
This document outlines the 2016-2021 strategic plan for Illinois Child Welfare Transformation. The plan aims to promote prevention, child safety, permanency and well-being. Key goals include strengthening families to keep children safe at home whenever possible, achieving permanency through foster care by reuniting families or finding new permanent homes expeditiously, and supporting a successful transition to adulthood for youth in care. The plan calls for a trauma-informed, family-centered approach and emphasizes providing stable placements, consistent case managers, and permanent families for all children and youth in care.
There is a shortage of foster families willing to care for children. Many children, especially those with disabilities, have difficulty finding permanent homes. The responsibilities and costs of caring for foster children, particularly those with special needs, may exceed the amount of funding provided by the government. As a result, these vulnerable children face feelings of loneliness and lack of stability as they move between homes, waiting for a family to adopt them. All children deserve to grow up in a nurturing environment, regardless of their abilities or circumstances.
This document provides information about various evaluation measures and outcomes for Delaware's B.E.S.T. program for young children and their families. It includes descriptions of parent-report measures such as the DECA, PreBERS, and EQ-R2, as well as observational measures like the DPICS. Graphs display outcomes over time for factors like child strengths, caregiver skills, and school readiness. The document also acknowledges those involved in the development and evaluation of the program.
This workshop is designed to help Awana leaders and volunteers develop strategies for serving kids at risk for behaving aggressively during ministry activities.
This document discusses the use of a trauma-informed approach for working with children in out-of-home care. It notes that children in care often have high rates of mental health disorders, placement disruptions, and poor outcomes due to unaddressed trauma histories. While these children need services, uptake is low. The document advocates using a trauma lens to understand children's behaviors and difficulties forming attachments with carers. It describes a therapeutic foster care training program developed to address these issues by educating carers on the impacts of trauma, attachment, and effective parenting strategies to meet children's neurodevelopmental and attachment needs.
This document discusses promoting a trauma-informed lens when assessing the well-being of children in the child welfare system. It defines trauma and explains how chronic or complex trauma can negatively impact brain development in children. The high rates of trauma experienced by children in the system are also discussed. The document recommends training child welfare staff on trauma-informed practices, conducting trauma assessments, and partnering with trauma-informed service providers to help decrease repeated maltreatment and improve outcomes for children and families in the system.
This document discusses strategies for identifying and housing unsheltered homeless families in New Orleans. It provides data on the extent of homelessness after Hurricane Katrina, including over 7,000 people living on the streets or in abandoned buildings. Outreach teams work to find families living in unsafe conditions and connect them to housing and social services. Three case studies describe families that were living in vehicles, abandoned homes, and on the street, and how outreach and housing assistance helped transition them to permanent housing. Key steps include temporary shelter, comprehensive assessments, medical/mental health support, and long-term housing subsidies.
This workshop helps ministry leaders to recognize situations when anxiety represents a barrier to participation in Awana activities and develop strategies for welcoming and including kids with all types of anxiety into your programming.
Jennifer Hanratty presentation from the 2021 Reaching Out, Supporting Families conference on building connections to strengthen families in Northern Ireland.
How to identify families expecting a baby and having child maltreatment risk?BASPCAN
Intervention Study in Finland
Eija Paavilainen, PhD Professor
School of Health Sciences
University of Tampere
Research Group: Noora Ellonen, Sari Lepisto and Mika Helminen
FINLAND
Monday earthquake presentation for facultyadamclark_yis
This document provides guidance for teachers and staff on supporting students returning to school after an earthquake and tsunami. It recommends acknowledging students' experiences, normalizing their feelings, and emphasizing resilience. Teachers should provide opportunities for students to discuss their experiences in a safe environment. It also stresses the importance of taking care of one's own needs to better help students, and outlines potential signs of emotional difficulty in students.
Tweddle Child and Family Health Service is a statewide early intervention organization that aims to support families with children from birth to school age. It has operated for 93 years in Footscray, Victoria, focusing on health and vulnerable families. The document outlines Tweddle's strategic plan from 2012-2017 to continue providing services like parenting programs, health education, and therapeutic support. The goals are to expand services, support families facing various challenges, deliver services in areas of high need, build organizational capacity, and collaborate with other organizations.
Foster care is meant to provide a temporary safe place for children who cannot live with their family due to abuse, neglect, or a family crisis. In New York in 2009, there were 24,605 children in foster care, with 55% being discharged and 45% remaining in the system. Children in foster care often experience instability, being moved to new homes or facilities an average of 2-8 times per year, and may face abuse, running away from their placements, and separation from siblings. While foster care aims to reunite children with their families or find permanent placements, the realities are that many children spend prolonged periods in the system or return to it repeatedly.
This document is a resume for Christine Kovach Hom, LCSW. It summarizes her experience and qualifications. She has over 15 years of experience in project management, program development, clinical social work, and grant writing. Her experience includes securing over $1.65 million in project funding and managing multiple projects at the Florida Institute for Health Innovation. She also has experience developing and directing social work programs for caregiving youth and former foster youth.
The document discusses resilience from an ecological perspective, recognizing that individual, family, and environmental factors all interact to influence a child's resilience. It defines resilience as the ability to recover from adversity and identifies both risk factors, such as parental mental health issues or discrimination, and protective factors, like strong family support or a sense of cultural belonging, that impact resilience. The document emphasizes that responses to risk are heterogeneous and that understanding a child's full ecological context is important for properly assessing resilience and needs.
The document is a community calendar from The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital that provides information on various autism and health-related programs and events taking place in April 2013. It discusses Saint Peter's comprehensive approach to autism treatment, including establishing autism programs in Ghana, Africa and at a school in Edison, New Jersey. It also lists support groups, health screenings, education classes, and special events related to autism, cancer, diabetes and other health topics happening that month.
Wulf Livingston's talk at the Conwy & Denbighshire LSCB Conference, March 2013.
Watch a video of his talk here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uesatpv7bZQ
The document discusses several risk factors for adverse childhood experiences, including domestic abuse, substance abuse, parental mental illness, and poverty. It then summarizes research from the Adverse Childhood Experiences study, which found strong links between these risk factors in childhood and negative health outcomes later in life, such as heart disease, cancer, chronic lung disease, and substance abuse. Initial evaluations of programs to help families experiencing these issues show improvements in parents' protective behaviors and children's self-esteem, though more data is still needed to demonstrate reductions in behavioral problems.
The document outlines the services provided by Madera County Social Services including emergency response to allegations of child abuse and neglect. The department aims to protect children, elders, and dependent adults while delivering services respectfully and strengthening families. Services include investigating abuse reports, family maintenance and reunification programs, and permanent placement options for children who cannot safely remain at home. The goal is to empower individuals and families while ensuring public health and safety.
Mental Health Protocol launch, Conwy & Denbighshire LSCB ConferenceScarletFire.co.uk
This document outlines a multi-agency protocol for supporting children and parents where the parent has a mental illness, substance misuse issue, or both. It was created in response to a serious case review where two children were killed by their father who had a history of mental illness. The protocol aims to facilitate coordinated support and safeguard children through improved information sharing and joint working between adult and children's services. It provides guidance on referrals, assessments, and keeping the needs and safety of children as the top priority when working with families affected by parental mental health or substance misuse issues.
The document describes a counselling approach used with a family where the children had been removed by Child Youth and Family (CYF) due to concerns about unsafe visitors and the parents' ability to care for the children's needs. A co-gender counselling approach was used with two counsellors, a male and female, to work collaboratively with both the family and CYF. Over multiple counselling sessions, the counsellors helped strengthen the parents' relationship and parenting skills. As a result of the counselling, the children were able to return home safely and the parents were actively engaged in caring for the children and household.
This document provides an overview of key concepts in social group work practice from the textbook "An Introduction to Group Work Practice" by Toseland and Rivas. It defines social group work, discusses values of participation, cooperation and mutual decision making. It also outlines the differences between natural/formed groups and treatment/task groups. Historical developments that promoted the field in the 1960s-1970s are examined, as well as influential treatment group models and theories that informed empirically-based practice.
Web 2 and web 1.0 technology in teaching.dalumaca77
This document discusses the use of technology in teaching foreign languages. It describes how information and communication technologies (ICT) have increasingly been incorporated into education curriculums at all levels, both formal and informal. Reframing the role of teachers is seen as central to meaningfully including technology in classrooms. The document argues that strengthening teacher training seems to be the key way forward. It provides some examples of how unconventional teaching and learning contexts using technologies like listservs, virtual collaborative projects, and virtual magazines could work. The conclusion states that using ICT in education should be a central focus, and that ongoing research and reflection will help guide its effective educational use, though the path is long and uncertain as technology always presents new
What adults told us were areas for improvement for children’s homes, fosterin...Ofsted
Each year Ofsted asks children and young people, parents, carers, foster carers, adopters, staff and other professionals for their views about children’s social care services.
For the 2015 questionnaires there are two slide presentations and a spreadsheet with the numbers of responses to the questions.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-care-questionnaires-2015-what-children-young-people-and-adults-told-ofsted
What children and young people living in children’s homes or with foster care...Ofsted
Each year Ofsted asks children and young people, parents, carers, foster carers, adopters, staff and other professionals for their views about children’s social care services.
For the 2015 questionnaires there are two slide presentations and a spreadsheet with the numbers of responses to the questions.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-care-questionnaires-2015-what-children-young-people-and-adults-told-ofsted
The impact of social pedagogy and interviews with children and young people i...BASPCAN
This document discusses a study evaluating the impact of introducing a social pedagogy approach in foster care. The study has three modules: 1) examining the impact on children and youth through interviews; 2) assessing the impact on foster carers and practices through surveys and interviews; and 3) analyzing the implementation process and systemic changes through manager interviews and case studies. Preliminary findings suggest social pedagogy affirms the role of foster carers and helps children and youth map their lives and relationships. However, fully assimilating this approach presents complexity as foster carers work to integrate it into existing practices. Next steps involve follow up interviews and a cost analysis comparing outcomes and expenses over time between traditional and social pedagogy-based foster
This document discusses the use of a trauma-informed approach for working with children in out-of-home care. It notes that children in care often have high rates of mental health disorders, placement disruptions, and poor outcomes due to unaddressed trauma histories. While these children need services, uptake is low. The document advocates using a trauma lens to understand children's behaviors and difficulties forming attachments with carers. It describes a therapeutic foster care training program developed to address these issues by educating carers on the impacts of trauma, attachment, and effective parenting strategies to meet children's neurodevelopmental and attachment needs.
This document discusses promoting a trauma-informed lens when assessing the well-being of children in the child welfare system. It defines trauma and explains how chronic or complex trauma can negatively impact brain development in children. The high rates of trauma experienced by children in the system are also discussed. The document recommends training child welfare staff on trauma-informed practices, conducting trauma assessments, and partnering with trauma-informed service providers to help decrease repeated maltreatment and improve outcomes for children and families in the system.
This document discusses strategies for identifying and housing unsheltered homeless families in New Orleans. It provides data on the extent of homelessness after Hurricane Katrina, including over 7,000 people living on the streets or in abandoned buildings. Outreach teams work to find families living in unsafe conditions and connect them to housing and social services. Three case studies describe families that were living in vehicles, abandoned homes, and on the street, and how outreach and housing assistance helped transition them to permanent housing. Key steps include temporary shelter, comprehensive assessments, medical/mental health support, and long-term housing subsidies.
This workshop helps ministry leaders to recognize situations when anxiety represents a barrier to participation in Awana activities and develop strategies for welcoming and including kids with all types of anxiety into your programming.
Jennifer Hanratty presentation from the 2021 Reaching Out, Supporting Families conference on building connections to strengthen families in Northern Ireland.
How to identify families expecting a baby and having child maltreatment risk?BASPCAN
Intervention Study in Finland
Eija Paavilainen, PhD Professor
School of Health Sciences
University of Tampere
Research Group: Noora Ellonen, Sari Lepisto and Mika Helminen
FINLAND
Monday earthquake presentation for facultyadamclark_yis
This document provides guidance for teachers and staff on supporting students returning to school after an earthquake and tsunami. It recommends acknowledging students' experiences, normalizing their feelings, and emphasizing resilience. Teachers should provide opportunities for students to discuss their experiences in a safe environment. It also stresses the importance of taking care of one's own needs to better help students, and outlines potential signs of emotional difficulty in students.
Tweddle Child and Family Health Service is a statewide early intervention organization that aims to support families with children from birth to school age. It has operated for 93 years in Footscray, Victoria, focusing on health and vulnerable families. The document outlines Tweddle's strategic plan from 2012-2017 to continue providing services like parenting programs, health education, and therapeutic support. The goals are to expand services, support families facing various challenges, deliver services in areas of high need, build organizational capacity, and collaborate with other organizations.
Foster care is meant to provide a temporary safe place for children who cannot live with their family due to abuse, neglect, or a family crisis. In New York in 2009, there were 24,605 children in foster care, with 55% being discharged and 45% remaining in the system. Children in foster care often experience instability, being moved to new homes or facilities an average of 2-8 times per year, and may face abuse, running away from their placements, and separation from siblings. While foster care aims to reunite children with their families or find permanent placements, the realities are that many children spend prolonged periods in the system or return to it repeatedly.
This document is a resume for Christine Kovach Hom, LCSW. It summarizes her experience and qualifications. She has over 15 years of experience in project management, program development, clinical social work, and grant writing. Her experience includes securing over $1.65 million in project funding and managing multiple projects at the Florida Institute for Health Innovation. She also has experience developing and directing social work programs for caregiving youth and former foster youth.
The document discusses resilience from an ecological perspective, recognizing that individual, family, and environmental factors all interact to influence a child's resilience. It defines resilience as the ability to recover from adversity and identifies both risk factors, such as parental mental health issues or discrimination, and protective factors, like strong family support or a sense of cultural belonging, that impact resilience. The document emphasizes that responses to risk are heterogeneous and that understanding a child's full ecological context is important for properly assessing resilience and needs.
The document is a community calendar from The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital that provides information on various autism and health-related programs and events taking place in April 2013. It discusses Saint Peter's comprehensive approach to autism treatment, including establishing autism programs in Ghana, Africa and at a school in Edison, New Jersey. It also lists support groups, health screenings, education classes, and special events related to autism, cancer, diabetes and other health topics happening that month.
Wulf Livingston's talk at the Conwy & Denbighshire LSCB Conference, March 2013.
Watch a video of his talk here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uesatpv7bZQ
The document discusses several risk factors for adverse childhood experiences, including domestic abuse, substance abuse, parental mental illness, and poverty. It then summarizes research from the Adverse Childhood Experiences study, which found strong links between these risk factors in childhood and negative health outcomes later in life, such as heart disease, cancer, chronic lung disease, and substance abuse. Initial evaluations of programs to help families experiencing these issues show improvements in parents' protective behaviors and children's self-esteem, though more data is still needed to demonstrate reductions in behavioral problems.
The document outlines the services provided by Madera County Social Services including emergency response to allegations of child abuse and neglect. The department aims to protect children, elders, and dependent adults while delivering services respectfully and strengthening families. Services include investigating abuse reports, family maintenance and reunification programs, and permanent placement options for children who cannot safely remain at home. The goal is to empower individuals and families while ensuring public health and safety.
Mental Health Protocol launch, Conwy & Denbighshire LSCB ConferenceScarletFire.co.uk
This document outlines a multi-agency protocol for supporting children and parents where the parent has a mental illness, substance misuse issue, or both. It was created in response to a serious case review where two children were killed by their father who had a history of mental illness. The protocol aims to facilitate coordinated support and safeguard children through improved information sharing and joint working between adult and children's services. It provides guidance on referrals, assessments, and keeping the needs and safety of children as the top priority when working with families affected by parental mental health or substance misuse issues.
The document describes a counselling approach used with a family where the children had been removed by Child Youth and Family (CYF) due to concerns about unsafe visitors and the parents' ability to care for the children's needs. A co-gender counselling approach was used with two counsellors, a male and female, to work collaboratively with both the family and CYF. Over multiple counselling sessions, the counsellors helped strengthen the parents' relationship and parenting skills. As a result of the counselling, the children were able to return home safely and the parents were actively engaged in caring for the children and household.
This document provides an overview of key concepts in social group work practice from the textbook "An Introduction to Group Work Practice" by Toseland and Rivas. It defines social group work, discusses values of participation, cooperation and mutual decision making. It also outlines the differences between natural/formed groups and treatment/task groups. Historical developments that promoted the field in the 1960s-1970s are examined, as well as influential treatment group models and theories that informed empirically-based practice.
Web 2 and web 1.0 technology in teaching.dalumaca77
This document discusses the use of technology in teaching foreign languages. It describes how information and communication technologies (ICT) have increasingly been incorporated into education curriculums at all levels, both formal and informal. Reframing the role of teachers is seen as central to meaningfully including technology in classrooms. The document argues that strengthening teacher training seems to be the key way forward. It provides some examples of how unconventional teaching and learning contexts using technologies like listservs, virtual collaborative projects, and virtual magazines could work. The conclusion states that using ICT in education should be a central focus, and that ongoing research and reflection will help guide its effective educational use, though the path is long and uncertain as technology always presents new
What adults told us were areas for improvement for children’s homes, fosterin...Ofsted
Each year Ofsted asks children and young people, parents, carers, foster carers, adopters, staff and other professionals for their views about children’s social care services.
For the 2015 questionnaires there are two slide presentations and a spreadsheet with the numbers of responses to the questions.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-care-questionnaires-2015-what-children-young-people-and-adults-told-ofsted
What children and young people living in children’s homes or with foster care...Ofsted
Each year Ofsted asks children and young people, parents, carers, foster carers, adopters, staff and other professionals for their views about children’s social care services.
For the 2015 questionnaires there are two slide presentations and a spreadsheet with the numbers of responses to the questions.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-care-questionnaires-2015-what-children-young-people-and-adults-told-ofsted
The impact of social pedagogy and interviews with children and young people i...BASPCAN
This document discusses a study evaluating the impact of introducing a social pedagogy approach in foster care. The study has three modules: 1) examining the impact on children and youth through interviews; 2) assessing the impact on foster carers and practices through surveys and interviews; and 3) analyzing the implementation process and systemic changes through manager interviews and case studies. Preliminary findings suggest social pedagogy affirms the role of foster carers and helps children and youth map their lives and relationships. However, fully assimilating this approach presents complexity as foster carers work to integrate it into existing practices. Next steps involve follow up interviews and a cost analysis comparing outcomes and expenses over time between traditional and social pedagogy-based foster
The document discusses group dynamics and provides information on key concepts such as what constitutes a group, types of groups, reasons people join groups, group structure, stages of group formation, and principles of group dynamics. It summarizes that group dynamics is concerned with the interactions between group members and the forces that influence their behavior within a social situation. The goal is to understand how groups develop and function, and their impact on individuals and the organizations they are part of.
Angela Hough-Maxwell, one of the speakers at the 2014 Psychology Festival of Learning, talks about the challenges of parenting today & how to overcome them.
Families Commission - Anne Kerslake Hendricks and Steve Attwoodihc
The IHC Childrens Rights Seminar on 23 March in Wellington which focused on Early and Sustained Support for Children with a Disability was a resounding success! Government and non-Government agencies, parents, advocates, and professionals from all sectors came together to discuss a range of issues facing children with a disability and their families in early life. The three presentations from the seminar can be accessed here and a further document stating IHC’s round up of the issues and plan for action will be released shortly.
IHC also announced the beginning of a new e-discussion group on this topic which received huge support, if you are interested in joining this group please email laura.o.donovan@ihc.org.nz indicating your interest and what you would like to get from this discussion group.
This document discusses establishing a therapeutic relationship with Sean, a 10-19 year old with cystic fibrosis, and his family. It identifies using a life span model to understand Sean's developmental needs and applying a family stress model to assess how the family is coping. The importance of patient- and family-centered care is emphasized, including empowering Sean, providing health education, building trust, and involving the family in decision making. Suggested therapies to help Sean accept his treatment and community supports available to the family are also outlined.
Supporting Abused and Neglected Children Through Early Care and PolicyHealthy City
Title: Supporting abused and neglected children through early care and policy
This webinar will make the case for supporting abused and neglected children through early care opportunities as well as describe how to use the healthycity.org site to research and identify policy solutions around foster youth and early childhood education issues.
Learning objectives:
1) Strengthen one’s understanding of populations that make up abused and neglected children
2) Learn how to identify data around abused and neglected children on healthycity.org
3) Understand policy opportunities to improve conditions for the youngest abused and neglected children
The document discusses family nursing and defines a family as a group of persons united through marriage, blood, or adoption. It discusses characteristics of healthy families and different types of families. The document outlines approaches to family nursing including viewing the family as context, client, system, and part of society. Several family nursing theories are described as well as the family nursing process which involves assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
Torres Family Case Study: Neill, Rodriguez, Tanner, Zehender PowerPointJennifer Neill
The document provides background information on the Torres family which consists of father Jose, mother Martha, son Aaron (17), and son Miguel (12). Aaron has known for a long time that he is homosexual but has kept it secret from his family out of fear of disapproval. The document discusses cultural considerations and strengths when working with Hispanic families. It also examines potential primary problems of chronic stress for Aaron related to his family's response and his internal conflicts regarding self-acceptance. Secondary problems could include religious conflicts and fear of discrimination. The document recommends culturally appropriate evidence-based intervention strategies such as a strengths-based perspective and narrative approach to help Aaron disclose to his family and support basic human rights.
EPU was founded in 1976 by a nurse named Whitney and a mother named Mary after Mary's daughter was diagnosed with Down Syndrome. Mary was devastated and asked Whitney "what do other mothers do?" This prompted them to start a support group for mothers of children with Down Syndrome. EPU has since expanded to provide various programs that strengthen and empower children and families facing medical, developmental, and parenting challenges.
The document discusses the connection between building protective factors in communities and appropriate responses to child abuse and neglect. It summarizes that research shows building knowledge of parenting/child development, parental resilience, social connections, concrete supports, and children's social-emotional competence can help protect families and reduce abuse. The document provides information on each protective factor and recommends strategies for service providers to support families in building these factors.
Kidsdata.org recently compiled data on Safeguards for Youth to highlight important protective factors and supportive services for California children. Learn about the Safeguards for Youth framework and where to easily access these data. Also, hear from a specialist at the Child Abuse Prevention Center about adopting a prevention mind-set and using trauma-informed practices to address adversity among children. Speakers will be available for questions immediately after the 30-minute briefing.
Caregiving involves providing physical, emotional, and other types of support to infants, toddlers, children, elderly people, and those with special needs. It includes tasks like assisting with meals, personal care, transportation, and ensuring safety and secure attachments. Caregivers also focus on understanding needs, allowing independence, staying emotionally connected, and advocating for improvements in quality of life. Maintaining a healthy and safe environment is also important for caregiving.
Family Centered Treatment Ohio 5 19 10 For Printingdebwerner
This presentation discusses family-centered treatment for women with substance use disorders. It provides an overview of families and women with substance use disorders, explores a continuum of family-based services, and discusses a comprehensive model of family-centered services. The presentation is based on papers from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and covers topics like the prevalence of substance abuse in families, the intergenerational cycle of substance abuse, the evolution of family-centered treatment, components of family-centered treatment including clinical and community support services, and adopting a paradigm shift to a family-centered approach.
The document discusses the various functions of the family, which include providing stable satisfaction of sexual needs between partners, offering a home for raising children, socializing children by teaching appropriate behaviors and emotions, establishing patterns of interaction, offering emotional support, fulfilling reproductive needs to continue society, meeting economic needs of supporting children, providing education, enabling religious activities, addressing health concerns, allowing for recreation, preserving culture, and more. However, when families fail to adequately provide for these functions, they are considered dysfunctional, which can negatively impact the development of family members.
SPIRITT Family Services Annual Report FY14Daisy Pizana
This document summarizes the work of SPIRITT Family Services, a nonprofit organization that provides support services to strengthen families and individuals in crisis. SPIRITT has been serving the community for over 42 years, assisting over 7,000 people annually with programs in counseling, education, prevention, and treatment for issues like poverty, abuse, addiction, and mental health concerns. The document highlights the stories of individuals and families who have benefited from SPIRITT's services, including programs that help with substance abuse recovery, parenting skills, family counseling, and building healthy relationships.
From Uganda to Lebanon: Experiences with Integrating Early Childhood Developm...CORE Group
This document discusses integrating early childhood development, health and nutrition programs in Uganda and Lebanon. It provides an overview of early childhood development and the importance of a holistic approach. It then details a project in Northern Uganda that trained health staff and peer educators to provide early childhood development messages to caregivers. Evaluation findings showed improvements in caregiver-child relationships, health behaviors, and decreased family violence. The document argues that early childhood development can help address protection issues by promoting nurturing relationships and protective factors against child abuse and neglect.
Healing on the Land Program at the Charles J Andrew Youth Treatment ProgramNNAPF_web
The Charles J. Andrew Youth Treatment Centre (CJAY) opened in 2000 to address substance abuse and suicide crises among Indigenous youth. It provides holistic healing programs grounded in Indigenous culture and traditions. CJAY's family program, piloted in 2013, offers 6-week residential treatment that is 50% clinical and 50% land-based cultural activities. Being on the land helps strengthen families and youths' cultural identities while teaching traditional skills, with participants reporting it is a highlight that promotes healing, peace, and bonding.
The Charles J. Andrew Youth Treatment Centre (CJAY) opened in 2000 to address substance abuse and suicide crises among Indigenous youth. It provides holistic healing programs grounded in Indigenous culture and traditions. CJAY's family program, piloted in 2013, offers 6-week residential treatment that is 50% clinical and 50% land-based cultural activities. Being on the land helps strengthen families and youths' cultural identities while teaching traditional skills, with participants reporting it is a highlight that promotes healing, peace, and bonding.
This document provides definitions and information about family nursing and home nursing. It defines family as a social group that lives together and shares common residence, economic cooperation and reproduction. Family health nursing aims to provide care, services and health promotion to family members irrespective of age or sex.
The document discusses several frameworks for understanding the family, including general systems theory, structural functional theory, and development theory. It also covers nursing process as applied to family nursing, including assessment of health beliefs, communication patterns, coping mechanisms and risk factors. Challenges in family nursing include issues with delegation and cultural sensitivity. Home nursing aims to provide essential treatment and comfort in the home setting.
Providing Therapeutic Transition to Schools for Children who have Experienced Trauma.
Presented by:
Angela Kretz, Program Co-ordinator, Act for Kids Wooloowin
Marina Ringma-Mclaren, Early Intervention Teacher, Act for Kids Wooloowin
Arrow Adoption Training for Kinship FamiliesArrowMarketing
This document provides information on various topics related to foster care and adoption. It discusses separation, grief, loss, the roles of Child Protective Services and Arrow case managers. It also covers special needs adoption, transracial and cross-cultural adoption, ways to prevent disruption or dissolution, and community resources. Regarding transracial adoption, it suggests finding mentors and role models for the child's culture, making new connections in diverse communities, acknowledging racism, embracing new traditions, and keeping open conversations about race.
Resources for families, building protective factors and how communities can prevent child maltreatment.
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2. Mission Statement
AFCA is a non-profit
organization who pairs
successfully adopted
animals with families and
children of the foster and
adoption care system.
3.
4. Goal of AFCA
Bridge existing resources for children and
families of the adoption and foster care
system with resources
AAT approved volunteers from community
facilitate and assist adoptive/ foster
children and families with a least harm
transition
Mental health providers and parents
engaged with treatment and outcome
5. Design
• Collaboration of school social workers and psychologists,
child care workers, and other family support
• Connect local county and state Mental Health
multidisciplinary teams
• Animal adoptions approved by Delta Society and other AAT
programs and volunteers CBI verified
• Primary Care Physicians/Nurse Practitioners will use
screening tools and referral sources for children
• State and Federal support from the adoption and foster
care
6. Purpose
To ensure children of adoptive and foster
care safety, protective, and nurturing
environments
Assist children and families with
attachment, positive behavior, & creativity
Create a transitional space where the child
and family are needed to actively participate
in supportive services
7. Cost benefit
Aurora Mental Health
Early Childhood and Family Center
Utilize existing support programs- Project
BLOOM for young children and families of
adoptive and foster care
Denver Dumb Friend League
Colorado Humane Society animal
walking/petting program
Delta Society, HABIC & AAT approved
animals
8. Organizational Structure of AFCA
• Elected volunteer • Community
board (every 3 volunteers
years) of
multidisciplinary
mental health, • Delta Society
physicians, CFO,
and community • AASW program at
members DU interns
• Paid positions
(Operations • UCHSC interns
Management,
Community MSW
Liaisons, Executive • Aurora Mental
Dir., office staff) Health and
coalitions
9. Services of Aurora Mental Health
• Home visitation and family,
community programs have
mental health resources,
education, and support for
young children
• Services and supports are
accessible, culturally, and
linguistically competent
• Families are equal partners
in a supportive and
collaborative service
delivery process
• Community will use formal
and informal agreements to
support collaboration and
accountability
(AMH, 2005) Photo courtesy of J. M.
10. AMH Established Relationships
Arapahoe County Early Childhood
County
Arapahoe Department of Human
Services-TANF
Arapahoe Department of Humans
Services-Child Protection
Adams Department of Human Services
Aurora Public Schools
Developmental Pathways
Tri-County Health
Early Childhood Connections
Family Members/Parent Youth
Children’s World
Cherry Creek Public Schools
Arapahoe County CASA
(Court Appointed Special Advocate)
Head Start/Early Head Start
11. Population:
Early Childhood & Families
• 0-6 year old adopted/ foster children and
families
• Animal assisted therapy available
through collaboration of mental health,
community organizations, and AFCA
• Each AAT experience is case sensitive
and carefully monitored by
multidisciplinary teams
12. Keys to a Successful
Program
Appropriate selection
of species for
client(s)
AAT approved animal
care
Structured and
flexible animal time
with clients
Sensitivity and
trained alertness of
stress and warning
signs for animals and
clients
13. Critical Considerations
Animal handler and therapists need to know and act upon
animal and client signs of stress
Be sure animal has a safe zone with fresh water to retreat
Animal finds the interaction a pleasurable experience
Animal has plenty of sleep (16-18 hours) and plenty of play
time
Limited therapeutic time frame 1 hour per day
(HABIC, 2005)
15. Need for AAT with adopted/ foster
children and families
Families Children
Establish attachment Assurance of physical
with children and emotional safety
Awareness of habits Experience
and responses unconditional love from
another living creature
Awareness of
destructive parental Improved self esteem
behavior
Understanding limits
Provide parents with set by trustworthy
possibilities for change adults
17. Animal-assisted therapy and
child development
Preschool children’s human-animal
bond is directly related to empathy
for humans
AAT significantly increases
communication between children of
neglect and abuse with their social
worker and psychologist
20. Attachment
Relational bond is the attachment
which caregivers convey availability
and caring;
• Responsiveness to attune selves to the
children’s affects and behaviors
• Sensitively attend to the physical and
emotional needs
• Emotional well-being and sense of
security.
(Timberlake & Cutler, 2001)
21. Emotions of adopted and
foster children
• Coping with sadness
• Anger
• Abandonment
• Grief and emptiness
• Neglect
• Physical, emotional,
and sexual abuse
• Feel responsible for
placement and loss
• Intense shame and
guilt
(Timberlake & Cutler, 2001)
22. Attachment problems, loss,
and separation from home
• Losses become
truncated
• Defensive
attachment
• Acting out
• Harmful to self,
animals, and others
(Timberlake & Cutler, 2001)
23. Animals help with…
• Insight
• Trusting
• Making &
maintaining basic
human connections
• Verbalizing feelings
• Regulating affect
(Timberlake & Cutler, 2001)
24. Psychosocial benefits with
children and families
• Attachment is the strongest and
most beneficial with mental health
when an animal is involved (Fine, 2000)
• Family morale is raised (Fine, 2000)
• Over 70% of families in the US
have an animal at home
25. Cognitive benefits of AAT
Reading improves with an animal
present – R.E.A.D. program (Jalango, Astorino &
Bomboy, 2004)
Social skills increase with peers
Identify disabling patterns and move
them out to reframe new experiences
Create new patterns
Increased degree of creative and
imaginary expression
(Levine & Levine, 2000)
26. Common threads of adoption/fostering
Children & Animals
In need of a safe and secure home
Need consistent nurturing of emotional,
physical, and social support
Regular sleep (children 8-12 hours, dogs
12-15 hours daily)
Good nutrition and exercise
27.
28. Termination / Rites of Passage
• Openly discuss termination
• Termination should be case unique and handled
delicately
• Offer client choices to create rite(s) of passage
together with therapist: drawing, photos, painting,
craft, letters, crayon, etc.
• Client terminated with a positive experience with
trustworthy adults
29. Families Track & AASW
University of Denver
Graduate School of Social Work
Families track provides
students with knowledge
and skills to work from a
systems perspective with
a wide variety of clients.
This includes individuals,
couples, families, peer
groups, work associates,
school classmates, and
organizations. Clients are
viewed in the larger
context of religion, race,
class, gender, sexual
Photo courtesy of B. Frontella family
orientation, national
origin, age, etc..
(GSSW, 2005)
31. References
Delta Society. (1996). Standards of practice, Delta Society, 289 Perimeter
Road East. Renton, WA 98055-1329.
Fine, A. (Ed.) (2000) Handbook on animal-assisted therapy: Theoretical
foundations and guidelines for practice. San Diego, CA: Academic
Press.
Jalango, Mary Renck, Astorino, Terri, & Bomboy, Nancy. (Aug 2004).
Canine visitors: The influence of therapy dogs on young children's
learning and well-being in classrooms and hospitals. Netherlands:
Kluwer Academic Publishers. vol. 32(1). 9-16.
Reichert, Elisabeth, LCSW, PhD. (June 1998). Individual counseling for
sexually abused children: a role for animals and storytelling. Human
Sciences Press: Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, vol. 15(3).
177-185.
University of Denver, Tedeschi, Phil, MSSW, LCSW. (2005). Master of
Social Work course: Integration of animals into therapeutic settings. in
class notes July 22, 23, 29 & 30).
Zoltán, Kovács. (2004). Animal-assisted therapy for middle aged
schizophrenic patients living in a social institution, a pilot study. APA:
Clinical Rehabilitation. vol.18. 483-486.
32. AFCA
Adopted/ Foster
Children & Animals
Hendel
Rose R. K. Smith
Tel: (303) 907-8853
Email:Rksmith@du.edu
Website:
http://portfolio.du.edu/rksmith