Training Title: Retired ~ Foster Care, Part B, Attachment Issues in Children’s in Foster Care
Clock Hours: 1
Objectives: • Understand when vicarious traumatization occurs in the therapist.
• Learn methods of assessing the attachment levels of these children.
Description: Recent figures show 513,000 children were in foster care in the United States and as many as 5.4 million children living with grandparents. In this program we explore the issues of foster care and parental alternatives from a number of viewpoints, with a special emphasis on understanding attachment theory and trauma, which are both the backdrops and main features in work with this population. Nancy Boyd Webb, D.S.W,. Social Work, MSSW, discusses the ramifications of grief and loss in children in foster care, and offers specific play therapy methods for assessing the attachment levels of these children.
Approval Bodies
Association of Social Work Boards Approved Continuing Education (ACE)
CAADE - California Association for Alcohol/Drug Educators
California Association of DUI Treatment Programs
California Board of Registered Nursing
California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals (CCAPP)
Connecticut Certification Board, Inc.
Florida Board of Nursing
Florida Board of Psychology
Florida Dept. of Health (Board of Social Work, Marriage & Family, Mental Health Counseling)
NAADAC, National Association for Addiction Professionals
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