Strategies for Parenting Challenging Children

Class Description:

This day and a half training will assist foster/adoptive parents to develop strategies for parenting emotionally disturbed or challenging children. Co-trained by a foster/adoptive parent and an experienced caseworker, participants will also learn skills to cope with the stresses of parenting challenging children.

Target Audience:

Foster parents, kinship care providers, adoptive parents, and interested child welfare professionals.

Competencies:

Understand the principles of good parenting
Understand the difference between behavior management and behavior modification
Understand how abuse and neglect impact brain development and child development
Understand the effects of prenatal substance exposure and mental illness on children
Understand the characteristics of successful foster parenting

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Trained by:

Debra Mixon Mitchell
Collette Solano
Beth Woods

Class Code & Date:

SPCC120508D: Dec. 5-6, 2008
SPCC031309NE: March 13-14, 2009
SPCC062609SE: June 26-27, 2009

Training Flyer:

SPCC_Dec2008.pdf
SPCC_March2009.pdf

Training Location:

Dec. 5-6, 2008
CDHS Training Facility
550 Thornton Pkwy, Suite 240B
Thornton, CO 80229

March 13-14, 2009
Timberline Church
2908 S. Timberline Rd
Fort Collins, CO 80525

June 26-27, 2009
Colorado Springs Police Dept.
Falcon Division
7850 Goddard St.
Colorado Springs, CO 80920

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Time:

4:30 pm - 9:00 pm on Friday
8:30 am - 4:30 pm on Saturday

Attendance is required on both days

This training is eligible for 12 continuing training hours.

Cost:

FREE for all Colorado County Foster Parents/Kinship Care Providers, and Colorado County Caseworkers.

$25.00 if you are with a Private Agency or an Adoptive Parent.