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” ...

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 ...

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 ...

In this webinar we will discuss the basic components of reflective parenting, which are manifest in parents? behavioral sensitivity as well as their capacity for reflective functioning (PRF). Both are evidence of the parents? capacity to mentalize or imagine what the child is thinking and feeling and respond accordingly, particularly in moments of high intensity arousal (both positive and negative). ...

It’s safe to assume that as you work with families, you will be supporting families where substance use disorders are an issue. These concerns are a pervasive, ongoing challenge for many families in Alaska. In this session, you will develop an understanding of use disorders and what makes changing behavior so difficult. We will look at approaches to helping families ...

An in-depth dive into the first phase of case management, the intake phase. Suitable for both new and experienced case managers, this training will explore the intake process, gathering collateral information, and the first face to face meeting, as well as documentation skills.