Therapeutic Foster Care at Kennedy Krieger Institute.

iconProfessional Development Training Schedule - 2012

Professional Development Meetings are provided to support foster, respite, and adoptive parents in their work with children in care. Meeting formats include both formal and informal presentations and interactive workshops. The goal of presentations and workshops are to provide information, training, and skill development opportunities that will support and enhance foster, respite, and adoptive parents in their role. See calendar for all support group meeting dates.


All trainings are held at 2901 East Biddle Street in Baltimore, MD (unless otherwise noted).


Wednesday Night Training:
Jan 4th, 2012Support Group6:30- 8:30pm
Jan 18th, 2012Topic Group: Creative Parenting (Getting Ready for the ARC), Caregiver Affect Management, Attunement6:30- 8:30pm
Feb 1st, 2012Permanency Group6:30- 8:30pm
Feb 15th, 2012Topic Group: ARC -- Consistent Response, Routines, and Rituals 6:30- 8:30pm
Mar 7th, 2012Permanency Group6:30- 8:30pm
Mar 21st, 2012Support Group6:30- 8:30pm
Apr 4th, 2012Topic Group: ARC -- Affect Identification, Affect Modulation, and Affect Expression6:30- 8:30pm
Apr 18th, 2012Support Group6:30- 8:30pm
May 2nd, 2012Permanency Group6:30- 8:30pm
May 16th, 2012Support Group6:30- 8:30pm
June 6th, 2012Permanency Group6:30- 8:30pm
June 20th, 2012Topic Group: ARC -- Executive Functions, Self-Development & Identity, and Trauma Experience Integration6:30- 8:30pm
July 11th, 2012Support Group6:30- 8:30pm
July 25th, 2012Topic Group: Computers and Social Media -- What You Should Know!6:30- 8:30pm
Aug 1st, 2012Permanency Group6:30- 8:30pm
Aug 15th, 2012Support Group6:30- 8:30pm
Sep 19th, 2012Permanency Group6:30- 8:30pm
Oct 3rd, 2012Support Group6:30- 8:30pm
Oct 17th, 2012Topic Group: IEP Meetings and Advocating for Your Child6:30- 8:30pm
Nov 7th, 2012Topic Group: Working with Birth Families6:30- 8:30pm


Saturday Training:
Mar 31st, 2012Town Hall: ARC -- Why the ARC Model is Right for Our Program8:30am - 3:30pm
May 19th, 2012Regulation and the ARC Model: An Intensive Look at the Second Tier of the Model8:30am - 3:30pm
Sep 8th, 2012Vicarious Traumatization: Trauma and the Effects on the Treatment Parent8:30am - 3:30pm

PARENTS MUST RSVP TO ALL TRAININGS THEY WISH TO ATTEND!

IF YOU NEED CHILD CARE PLEASE CALL STEPHANIE WEST AT (443)923-3817 AT LEAST THREE DAYS PRIOR TO THE TRAINING!

This is a tentative schedule that will provide foster parents with 57 training hours, excluding other trainings they may also attend.


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