Part 1 of a 4-Part Training Series (Tuesdays 6/3, 6/17, 7/8 & 7/22 from 10-11:30 AM) Presenter - Darla Belflower, LCSW Session #1: Substance Use and Mental Health: Understanding the Brain, Behavior, and the Paths to Recovery. Participants will: Explore how substance use alters brain function, decision-making, and behavior, creating a foundation for compassion and… Read More »Hope & Healing: Empowering Advocates to Support Families Impacted by Substance Use Disorders

This training describes parental resilience, why resilience is important, and covers how caring for children who have experienced trauma, separation, or loss can impact a caregiver’s own well-being. This theme also covers the behaviors that foster a protective environment for parents and children. This training helps participants understand the importance of self-care and practical ideas… Read More »Kinship Caregiving: Building Resilience

This training is an introduction to attachment and helps participants understand the importance of attachment in parenting both for the children and parents who are fostering or adopting. It covers the impact of fractured attachments/lack of attachments on children’s ability to attach and identifies strategies to develop healthy attachment bonds. This theme also covers developing… Read More »Attachment 101

This training acknowledges the complexities associated with caring for children who are related, including: divided loyalties, redefining roles and relationships, setting boundaries with parents and other relatives, and the range of emotions including anger, resentment, guilt, and/or embarrassment that caregivers can feel. Strategies for how to manage family dynamics and conflicts, identify triggers, and effectively… Read More »Kinship Parenting: It’s Complicated!

Part 2 of a 4-Part Training Series (Tuesdays 6/3, 6/17, 7/8 & 7/22 from 10-11:30 AM) Presenter - Darla Belflower, LCSW Session #2: Breaking Barriers: Addressing Stigma and Supporting Rural Families Affected by Substance Use Disorders Participants will: Learn how stigma affects individuals with SUD and their families Discover tools to advocate without judgment Identify… Read More »Hope & Healing: Empowering Advocates to Support Families Impacted by Substance Use Disorders

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This training will discuss characteristics for caregivers, understanding potential developmental impacts of prenatal exposure, understanding Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and their impact on development, common challenges faced by caregivers and how to reframe them. 2 hours training credit Enroll Here

Children and youth who have experienced the trauma of separation, loss and grief, often have a difficult time building new attachments and allowing themselves to trust the new caregivers in their lives. Take our Attachment 101 Training to the next level with this new training which focuses on identifying your own attachment style, building trusting… Read More »Attachment 2.0