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  Play Therapy: When toys are a child's words

  Kathryn Dumond

  This training, led by an RJC Clinical Therapist, explores how play serves as a child’s natural medium for communication, emotional healing, and behavioral growth.

  Audience: Child welfare professionals, caregivers, and clinicians

  For questions related to this training or others, please email [email protected]

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  In Utero Drug Exposure: Behavioral Impacts and Interventions

  Samiha Islam and Clinton Smith

  This training aims to help participants by:

  • Identifying common developmental delays and executive functioning challenges (such as attention deficits and emotional regulation difficulties) related to In Utero Drug Exposure.
  • Helping to understand the intersection of trauma, attachment, and neurodevelopment.
  • Implementing evidence-based early interventions and supportive caregiving strategies

  Audience: Child welfare workers, educators, clinicians, and foster parents seeking practical tools to support children affected by IUDE

  For questions about this training or others, please email [email protected].

  childrens.com/fostercare

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  When Behavior Speaks: Responding to Children Who Have Endured

  Jyotsna Panthee, PsyD

  Children who’ve experienced trauma often replay their pain through behavior. This training can help adults better understand children’s behaviors and respond to children in a trauma-informed manner to promote a sense of safety, trust, and resilience.
  
  Participants can earn 1 Social Work CEUs or 1 NCPD (ANCC Contact Hour) or a certificate upon successful completion.

  Audience: Child welfare professionals, advocates, and attorneys

  For a certificate of participation or questions, please email [email protected]

  childrens.com/fostercare

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  Understanding and Navigating ADHD for Children in Foster Care

  Mohsin Khan, MD

  Supporting children with ADHD in foster care requires an understanding of how trauma, instability, and changes in caregivers and environments can affect behavior and development. This training provides practical strategies to better recognize ADHD presentations, identify common challenges at home and school, and provide effective, trauma-informed support. Participants will explore strength-based approaches that promote stability, build on children’s strengths, and support positive outcomes in daily life. Complete the video lecture and quiz at your convenience while strengthening your ability to provide responsive, informed care and maintain professional requirements.
  
  Participants can earn 1 Social Work CEUs or 1 NCPD (ANCC Contact Hour) or a certificate upon successful completion.

  Audience: Caregivers, child welfare professionals, advocates, and attorneys

  For a certificate of participation or questions, please email [email protected]

  childrens.com/fostercare

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  Understanding Psychotropic Medications

  Mohsin Khan, MD

  Psychotropic medications are often used for children and youth with complex behavioral health needs. Dr. Khan discusses commonly prescribed psychotropic medications and what to watch for as a caregiver and/or advocate.

  Audience: Caregivers, child welfare professionals and advocates

  For a certificate of participation or questions, please email [email protected]

  childrens.com/fostercare

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  Parent Child Interaction Therapy

  Kathryn Dumond, M.Ed., LPC-S, RPT-S and Carly Scudder, MS, LPC

  Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) is a modality used to help caregivers gain behavior management skills to mitigate their child's behaviors. In this presentation, two Rees-Jones therapists, Kathryn and Carly, provide a deeper look at this therapy practice and explain who may benefit.

  Audience: Caregivers, child welfare professionals and advocates

  For a certificate of participation or questions, please email [email protected]

  childrens.com/fostercare

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  Trauma-Informed Behavior Management & De-Escalation Strategies for Challenging Behaviors

  Laura Lamminen, PhD and Kristin Scott, PhD

  A foster child who has experienced abuse and neglect often has specialized health care needs. This 1-hour activity is designed to provide knowledge and skills to better care for children who have experienced abuse, neglect, and other childhood traumas. This online educational enduring material is designed for physicians and clinical staff. Its purpose is to bridge the gap between the medical knowledge and current practice with evidence-based practice guidelines to achieve optimal patient outcomes through discussions and examinations of interesting, real-world cases.

  Audience: Child welfare professionals, advocates, and attorneys

  For questions, please email [email protected]

  childrens.com/fostercare

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  My Traumatized Child Needs Therapy...Now What?

  Kathryn Dumond, M.Ed., LPC-S, RPT-S and Hallie Brady, MA, LPC

  Navigating mental health services can be tricky, so how do you know where to start?

  Audience: Caregivers and child welfare professionals

  For a certificate of participation or questions, please email [email protected]

  childrens.com/fostercare