The Butte
College Foster/Kinship Education
Program Presents: Lorraine
E. Fox, Ph.D.,C.C.C.W.
Dates: Friday and
Saturday June 20 & 21, 2008
Lorraine holds a doctorate in
clinical psychology, a doctoral certificate in organizational development, and
is a Certified Child Care Worker. She has been working over forty years in
child and youth care work and in human services. She has delivered keynote
addresses both locally and internationally, including an address at the World
Forum 2000 Conference on Children in Sydney,
Australia. Lorraine has presented at conferences and provided
services in the United States,
Australia, Canada, Guam, England, Scotland
and Czechoslovakia.
In addition to extensive work with private service agencies, Lorraine
is a contract instructor with the University
of California, Davis,
San Francisco State University
and the San Diego State University Foundation, training public service
employees serving welfare and child protective clients. She was awarded the
Outstanding Service Award for Excellence in Teaching by UC-Davis. Lorraine has published
scholarly articles, written a monthly Parenting column for her church
newsletter and co-authored an internationally recognized training curriculum. Lorraine has appeared on radio and television in the U.S.
Canada and Australia.
Time: 9am to 4pm with
a no host one hour lunch break both days
Location: 2491 Carmichael Dr. Suite 300 Chico, CA 95928
BONDING THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD:
Providing the Gift of Therapeutic Empathy
Workshop
Description
During
this two-day workshop we will explore a variety of methods for developing and
communicating a deeper understanding of what children in foster care have
experienced before coming into care.
Participants
will examine an overview of the various forms of maltreatment that result in
children being either involved with the court and/or removed from their
homes. How different experiences of
abuse and neglect influence the development of children and teens will be
explored in addition to looking at how various forms of abuse influence
children’s willingness and ability to relate to helping adults.
By
delving into exactly how children experience abuse and neglect we will work
toward developing empathy for their difficult emotions and symptomatic
behaviors.
We
will outline ways that foster parents and others involved in caring for
children and teens in substitute care or other helping roles can develop a
“therapeutic” – healing – relationship with children of all ages, and thus ease
their pain and ease them into psychological health. Specific issues to be
considered include:
- Issues affecting
outcomes of abuse and neglect and characteristics of individual resiliency
- Opening up the
“can of worms” left by maltreatment
- Becoming
comfortable with what we know about kids in our care, the secrets they may
be carrying, and the lack of self knowledge they display
- Specific
communication barriers
- Learning the
skill of “active”/empathic listening
- Understanding
scars left by emotional abuse
- Understanding
scars left by sexual abuse
- Understanding
scars left by physical abuse and exposure to domestic violence
- Understanding
scars left by neglect
- Helping
children/youth manage their anger
- Understanding
the ambivalence caused by dual loyalties to foster and birth parents
- Facilitating bonding
- Providing
feedback to increase self awareness
- Gathering
strength for the journey
Please
call Butte College Foster/Kinship Care Education at 530-897-6235 to sign-up for
any of these classes. If you are new to the program or have not
attended training recently please arrive 15 minutes early to fill out mandatory
paperwork or fill it out from the website and bring it with you. www.butte.edu/services/student/career/fostercare/
JJJ Thanks for your cooperation, it really helps!! Choose
Your Attitude AND Make It A Great Day!! JJJ