Calendar of Events

Mental Health Lunch and Learn: New Year, New Money Habits

Mental Health Lunch and Learn: Winter SeriesDate & TimeDec 9, 2024 12:00 PM Alaska Positive ParentingDec 16, 2024 12:00 PM Alaska Sleep SolutionsDec 23, 2024 12:00 PM Alaska Trouble in ParadiseDec 30, 2024 12:00 PM Alaska New Year New Money HabitsMeeting ID992 6711 3608

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Support Weekly Drop In: Parents, foster providers, and direct supporters of all ages

Support Group Sponsored by: Nate at https://cognitivesupports.com/about/ Contact: http://www.cognitivesupports.com/dropin When: Reoccurring Mondays: 10am Thursdays: 4pmPacific Time Zone (PST) Drop-In with Nate Join Nate Sheets during his drop-in hours to ask questions, get advice, or just say hi! Everyone is welcome, regardless of location. Click the image for the Zoom link! Nate leaves after 15 minutes if no one shows up. Catch you ...

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ADDRESSING COMPLEX BEHAVIORS TRAINING

ADDRESSING COMPLEX BEHAVIORS TRAINING Supporting Neurodiversity: Utilizing FASCETS Neurobehavioral Model The Alaska Center for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) is sponsoring this training with generous support from the Alaska Center for Resource Families (ACRF). Trainings will be offered in Anchorage, Juneau, and Fairbanks, with trainers Jenn Wagaman and Tami Eller. See details below. To register, or for questions, please email the ...

Tools for Working with Families: Trauma and Families January 2025

Many Alaskan families experience trauma which may include disruptive childhood experiences, current, ongoing traumatic events, and historical, or intergenerational trauma.  People working with families must develop an understanding of how these events impact families and the individuals that make up those families. In this session, learners will sharpen their insight into adverse childhood experiences, social determinants of health, and the ...

Case Management Series Part 1: Foundations of Case Management & Documentation January 2025

This comprehensive training will cover the process of case management by introducing necessary skills and supportive tools to utilize in providing best practices related to case management, including documentation tips. This training day is designed to give a basic foundation of case management to attendees with an emphasis on people who have never done case management. The history, theories, and ...

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD): What Is It and What Do We Do About It? (*2CEs, 2.5CLEs)

Thursday, January 30, 2025, from 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST / 11 am – 1 pm CT.Cost:  FREE, $10 for CLEs An Introduction to Understanding FASD DESCRIPTION: Of all substances of abuse, alcohol causes the most serious long-term effects in a fetus, resulting in permanent brain damage. Many children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome go undiagnosed and suffer lifelong social ...

Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI®) Caregiver Training (12 CEs) – 6 Sessions

TBRI® Caregiver Training – Jan 30 – March 6, 2025  (Thursdays on 01/30, 2/6, 2/13, 2/20, 2/26, 3/06) from 12pm-2pm EST, 11am-1pm CT, 10am-12pm MT, 9-11am PSTCost:  $130 single / $245 double Early-bird until midnightJanuary 6; then $150 single/ $285 double DESCRIPTION:TBRI® is an attachment-based, evidence-based, and trauma-informed intervention that is designed to meet the complex needs of vulnerable children. ...

“What are They Thinking?!”: How to Support Grieving Kids from 6 to 11 Years

January 31, 2025 @ 07:30 am  Free Children in this stage of development are learning to navigate many structures, obstacles, challenges, and relationships.  Adding grief into the mix brings them additional stressors to navigate, but they don’t always have the skills or awareness to do so successfully.  Join us to learn about how children in this age range view the ...

Families Moving Forward Specialist Training (PAE & FASD)

Families Moving Forward (FMF) Specialist Training, 6 day training February 10, 11, 18, 24 and March 3, 10, 2025 (depending on training size, possible training date of March 14 or 17) from 10:30 am – 4:30 pm EST. $2,500.00 – Submit your application today!  The deadline is January 20, 2025.  There is no fee to apply.  By completing the “registration” ...

Tools for Working with Families: Family Violence February 2025

Family work often involves working with families where violence is occurring, whether we realize it or not. The dynamics of family violence can be quiet, hidden, and secretive, or obvious, acknowledged, and visible. Violence may include physical aggression, verbal abuse, or psychological harm. This can occur between intimate partners, parents and children, siblings, or it may be multigenerational. Authorities may ...

Attachment: Knowledge, Tools and Interventions to Promote/Repair Security February 2025

In this webinar, participants will learn how to recognize markers in the dyad that define the attachment relationship and the infant?s developing stress response system. Using an observational framework and tool, participants will learn how to observe the caregiver?s behavior pattern when their infant cues distress. Once completed, the tool can then be actively used to support the caregiver to ...