Working with Traumatized Children and Families in Foster Care and Adoption – PART I

Speaker: Jeanette Yoffe, M.A., MFT

This interactive workshop is designed to familiarize participants with new and imaginative ways for working with traumatized children in foster care and adoption and their families. Participants will be provided with a wide variety of play-based methodologies and interventions that have proven successful in working with children over the age of five in foster care and adoption. Participants will learn structured treatment activities, view examples, and receive a detailed handout explaining the goals of treatment, materials needed, and the “how to” approach for each methodology.

10 Interventions Presented are:
Anger Bag
My Question & Answer Box
Wrap Me Up in Love
Animal Adoption
Hula Hoop Boundaries
All About Me Affirmation Cards
Shadow World Part I
Shadow World Part II 
Sad Bag
My Family Tree Journey 

This workshop is recommended for Social Workers, Psychotherapists, Interns, Mentors or anyone directly working with foster and adopted youth.

When: May 1st, 2012
10:00am to 1:00pm
Registration begins at 9:30am

Where: Electric Lodge
1416 Electric Ave
Venice, CA 90291

Registration Fee: $45, includes coffee and lite snack.
Continuing Education Units (3.0 CEUs) will be offered: $5 additional fee

Call for more info: 310-351-8113

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