Attachement focus seminar

As important as it is there is never enough we can do to learn about and implement attachment for our kids. If you are recently home, soon to travel or just needing a little help or reminders about how to connect with your adopted kids, this is a seminar that would benefit you. 

This is what they say about the seminar:

The presentation will focus on the Circle of Security® Intervention for caregiver-child relationships, a prevention and early-intervention protocol that is thoroughly based on attachment theory and research.

The Circle of Security protocol has been found to be especially helpful for foster and adoptive parents, and for the professionals who support those placements. In a manner similar to this workshop, the intervention is especially effective because it uses review of videotaped parent-child interactions to coach parents in understanding the complex and often puzzling cues and behaviours used by foster and adopted children.

William Whelan Psy.D. will be the speaker for this two day event. 

Circle of Security Seminar
March 15 professionals, 8:30-4
March 16 parents and care providers 9-3
Anshutz Medical Campus
FREE
If your rsvp you will have a lunch provided for you.
You can get more information and the link to register through the following link. 

http://www.centralcoahec.org/circle.htm

Beyond Consequences

Have you heard of Beyond Consequences? Well here is your opportunity to learn more. Attend one of the Beyond Consequences seminars and start new parenting this year. It could be a turning point for you and your kids.
Here is what you will gain from this event: Learn how to connect with even the most difficult and resistant child. Defeat negative and contradictory beliefs about your child’s future. Understand fears about implementing a parenting model that is void of parental consequences. See the fear behind statements like, “You can’t make me” or “You’re not my real mom.” Learn how to help a child at his core emotional level during times of defiance, aggression, and disrespect. See why children and trauma histories are sensitive to stress. Reclaim your own self-love and understand your reactivity that can be beyond your own understanding. Find hope. For more information on Beyond Consequences and to find a seminar near you go to:  http://www.beyondconsequences.com/bcilive/index.html

teach your kids how to be "safe kids"

http://www.parentingsafekids.com/

I want to make known a great resource for parents and kids and teachers. Parenting Safe Kids . com is a great resources site. We all want to keep our kids safe. Some of our kids have experienced prior abuse, which statistically sets them up for further abuse. This is not ok with us as parents.  I want to encourage you to take a look at this site and see what great resources there are for talking to your kids about abuse and abuse prevention. The site also provides resources and training to:

• build self-esteem
  
• teach communication skills
  
• teach respectful discipline for parents
  
• teach socialization skills to children with and without disabilities
  
• teach, sexual abuse prevention skills to children and teens with and without disabilities, their parents and teachers.
  
• train adults to talk to the children in their lives about preventing abuse in an age and developmentally-appropriate way

Trauma workshop in Colorado Springs. Looks very helpful.

Early Registration Open Now!  CPCAN is excited to announce our 2012 Event Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month     Featuring Dr. Bruce Perry

Thursday April 19, 2012 8:30am - 4:15pm Colorado Springs, Colorado (Specific location TBA)    Early Registration $40  if payment received by March 9 (Regular $50)     The Impact of Trauma on Child Development  Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D.     Dr.  Bruce D. Perry is the Senior Fellow of The ChildTrauma Academy, a not-for-profit organization based in Houston (www.ChildTrauma.org) and adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University School of Medicine in Chicago.  Dr. Perry is the author of over 300 journal articles, book chapters and scientific proceedings and is the recipient of numerous professional awards and honors, including the T. Berry Brazelton Infant Mental Health Advocacy Award, the Award for Leadership in Public Child Welfare and the Alberta Centennial Medal. He has presented about child maltreatment, children's mental health, neurodevelopment and youth violence in a variety of venues including policy-making bodies such as the White House Summit on Violence, the California Assembly and U.S. House Committee on Education.   _________________________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Perry will be preceded by Karen Logan, Child Welfare Manager from the El Paso County Department of Human Services, who will present information about current child maltreatment issues.

 

Two Step Registration Process 

~#1 Pay then #2 Register~

Step 1.  Pay using PayPal "Buy Now" button below. (You do not need to have a PayPal account.) $40 Early, $50 after March 9 

Step 2.  When PayPal payment is complete click on "Return to CPCAN" and you will be directed you to the Registration Form.  Once you complete and submit this form you will be registered.

*Please note that refunds will not be given after March 9 and will be subject to $5 

processing fee.

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This looks like a great seminar. Useful for anyone adopting......... and anyone who deals with people in general.  It does not matter the age of the child you are adopting. You need to know about trauma!

Jill

Empowered to Connect Conference, two locations

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(Note from the Wayfarer blog author: We attended this event last Spring. It is well worth your time and money, even if you have to travel to attend. This is a great conference for anyone who has adopted or will be adopting children from anywhere at any age. You know the book, The Connected Child. Now hear the author speak on issues of adoption, attachment, adoption parenting, trauma, etc. You won't be sorry you went. )   So we are excited to announce two new conferences coming in the spring of 2012! The conference will be arriving in Dallas and returning to Denver: February 17-18, 2012 - Irving Bible Church - Dallas, TX April 20-21, 2012 - Mission Hills Church - Denver, CO  Register today and help us spread the word about these conferences! Please forward this to anyone you know who could benefit from these conferences, whether they be pre-adoptive or post-adoptive families, friends, teachers, ministry leaders, or professionals. We look forward to seeing you there! Blessings on your journey, Show Hope and Empowered to Connect Empowered to Connect:                  Show Hope:

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Learn more at the following websites: 
www.empoweredtoconnect.org     www.showhope.org