GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Continuing Education
Advanced Training in Therapy with Adoptive and Foster Families
Advanced Training in Therapy with Adoptive and Foster Families • A series of advanced, evidence-based courses on specialized theories and practices for treating adopted and foster children and their families • Relevant for those working with children and families impacted by adoption, foster care, and relative care, and by child abuse, trauma, and neglect
Flexible format • Advanced training workshops and online courses • Postgraduate training certificate This important training is easy to access! The flexible format
2010–2011
offers each course as a stand-alone workshop or online course for mental health professionals. To save you both time and money, we also offer the convenience of distance learning. Not only do we have online courses, but we also video stream the face-toface workshops. For more information, see The convenience of
The Therapy with Adoptive and Foster Families program provides a series of advanced, evidence-based workshops/courses for
Registration
www.ceed.pdx.edu/adoption >>>
Printed at no expense to taxpayer. Please share any extra copies with a colleague. PSU is an affirmative action/equal opportunity institution.
www.ceed.pdx.edu/adoption
This program is a collaboration among PSU Continuing Education/ Graduate School of Education, PSU Graduate School of Social Work/ Child Welfare Partnership, Oregon Post Adoption Resource Center (ORPARC), and Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS).
2010–2011
PSU is an affirmative action/equal opportunity institution.
PO Boxon751 Printed recycled paper. Portland OR 97207-0751
Continuing Education
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
The program
www.ceed.pdx.edu
Continuing education hours One hundred contact hours of continuing education are available for the whole program. CE hours may be used toward Oregon and Washington counseling or social work licensure renewal. They may also be appropriate for Oregon psychology continuing education. They are NBCC certified. Continuing Education Units from PSU are typically accepted in all states. Check with your licensing board or professional association to verify. Academic credit is now available for all classes. Faculty Each element of the program features national and regional experts. Our in-class and online facilitators are experienced adoption professionals. See the faculty link on our website for more information.
distance learning section later in this brochure.
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Oregon Directory Mental health professionals who earn the postgraduate training certificate are part of a core group of clinicians available to serve adoptive and foster families throughout Oregon. A directory of mental health professionals who have completed this training certificate is available from Oregon’s Department of Human Services, the Oregon Post Adoption Resource Center (ORPARC), Oregon-licensed private adoption agencies, and online from ORPARC and the PSU adoption program website.
mental health therapists. These courses focus on the specialized theories and practices for working with children who have
Registration is available online or by phone.
their family systems; and for enhancing parents’ and children’s
Online Go to the program website, www.ceed.pdx.edu/adoption, and click on Current Courses, then course title.
resiliencies. Mental health professionals are able to use these new
Phone Call 503-725-4832 or 1-800-547-8887 ext 54832.
histories of abuse, trauma, and neglect; for strengthening
skills to work with other nontraditional families, such as blended, kinship, and guardianship.
The objectives for this program are to: • Increase accessible and affordable mental health support for adopted/foster children and their families with professionals competent in using evidence-based strategies for the emotional, behavioral, and mental health issues of children with histories of child abuse, trauma, and neglect • Reduce the risk of adoptive, foster, kinship, and guardianship family dissolution
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Continuing Education
Advanced Training in Therapy with Adoptive and Foster Families
Advanced Training in Therapy with Adoptive and Foster Families • A series of advanced, evidence-based courses on specialized theories and practices for treating adopted and foster children and their families • Relevant for those working with children and families impacted by adoption, foster care, and relative care, and by child abuse, trauma, and neglect
Flexible format • Advanced training workshops and online courses • Postgraduate training certificate This important training is easy to access! The flexible format
2010–2011
offers each course as a stand-alone workshop or online course for mental health professionals. To save you both time and money, we also offer the convenience of distance learning. Not only do we have online courses, but we also video stream the face-toface workshops. For more information, see The convenience of
The Therapy with Adoptive and Foster Families program provides a series of advanced, evidence-based workshops/courses for
Registration
www.ceed.pdx.edu/adoption >>>
Printed at no expense to taxpayer. Please share any extra copies with a colleague. PSU is an affirmative action/equal opportunity institution.
www.ceed.pdx.edu/adoption
This program is a collaboration among PSU Continuing Education/ Graduate School of Education, PSU Graduate School of Social Work/ Child Welfare Partnership, Oregon Post Adoption Resource Center (ORPARC), and Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS).
2010–2011
PSU is an affirmative action/equal opportunity institution.
PO Boxon751 Printed recycled paper. Portland OR 97207-0751
Continuing Education
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
The program
www.ceed.pdx.edu
Continuing education hours One hundred contact hours of continuing education are available for the whole program. CE hours may be used toward Oregon and Washington counseling or social work licensure renewal. They may also be appropriate for Oregon psychology continuing education. They are NBCC certified. Continuing Education Units from PSU are typically accepted in all states. Check with your licensing board or professional association to verify. Academic credit is now available for all classes. Faculty Each element of the program features national and regional experts. Our in-class and online facilitators are experienced adoption professionals. See the faculty link on our website for more information.
distance learning section later in this brochure.
>>>
Oregon Directory Mental health professionals who earn the postgraduate training certificate are part of a core group of clinicians available to serve adoptive and foster families throughout Oregon. A directory of mental health professionals who have completed this training certificate is available from Oregon’s Department of Human Services, the Oregon Post Adoption Resource Center (ORPARC), Oregon-licensed private adoption agencies, and online from ORPARC and the PSU adoption program website.
mental health therapists. These courses focus on the specialized theories and practices for working with children who have
Registration is available online or by phone.
their family systems; and for enhancing parents’ and children’s
Online Go to the program website, www.ceed.pdx.edu/adoption, and click on Current Courses, then course title.
resiliencies. Mental health professionals are able to use these new
Phone Call 503-725-4832 or 1-800-547-8887 ext 54832.
histories of abuse, trauma, and neglect; for strengthening
skills to work with other nontraditional families, such as blended, kinship, and guardianship.
The objectives for this program are to: • Increase accessible and affordable mental health support for adopted/foster children and their families with professionals competent in using evidence-based strategies for the emotional, behavioral, and mental health issues of children with histories of child abuse, trauma, and neglect • Reduce the risk of adoptive, foster, kinship, and guardianship family dissolution
Program schedule Each face-to-face class can be taken as a stand-alone workshop. All courses are offered one time per year. Professionals can enter the program at any time during the year. September Face-to-face Fri Overview of Adoption and the Oregon Child Welfare System Sat Central Elements of Preserving Placements October Online Clinical Practice with Adoptive and Foster Families November Face-to-face Fri Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) and Other Drug Effects on Adoptive and Foster Families Sat The Impact of Abuse, Trauma, and Neglect on Child Neurodevelopment December OFF January Online Attachment and Bonding in Adoptive and Foster Families February Face-to-face Fri Trauma and Dissociative Disorders: Working with Adoptive and Foster Families Sat Promoting Positive Sexual Development Following Abuse March Online Clinical Practice with Diverse Adoptive and Foster Families April Online Family-Based Therapeutic Strategies: Coaching Adoptive and Foster Parents May Face-to-face Fri–Sat Putting Adoption Therapy into Practice
2010–11 Workshops Overview of Adoption and the Oregon Child Welfare System DATE LOCATION FEES CERTIFICATION
Fri 8:30am–5pm Sep 24 303 Urban Center Building, Portland State University campus $150 7 hours
Child welfare involves a dynamic array of systems—governmental, institutional, and legal. This session addresses the impact those systems have on children from the initial foster care placement through adoption. Topics include Child Protective Services (CPS), the foster care system, juvenile court oversight, the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA), sibling policy, permanency planning, the Oregon Safety Model, and the stages of placement. Explore how DHS, therapists, and families can work together to assist in making placements successful. A dynamic panel shares the real impact of these processes on their families.
Central Elements of Preserving Placements DATE LOCATION FEES CERTIFICATION
Sat 8:30am–5pm Sep 25 303 Urban Center Building, Portland State University campus $150 7 hours
This session examines the central elements of placement preservation and effective response to families in crisis, including de-escalating child behavior problems. Learn about the common dynamics in troubled placements and how to intervene on multiple levels to assist children in developing an integrated, positive sense of self. This training explores the factors that are most likely to cause challenges for children and their families and addresses interventions that promote family functioning, including using life storybooks in therapy and enhancing attachments in adoptive and permanent foster families.
Clinical Practice with Adoptive and Foster Families DATES LOCATION FEES CERTIFICATION
Oct 1–31 Distance Education $150 10 hours
Adopted and foster children enter the family with a unique history, including their experience with and connection to their birth family, siblings, genetic background, and specific resiliencies. This class considers how adoption and foster care impacts all members of the family system throughout their lives. Adoptive parents go through a unique process in order to become parents, often without the support and sanctions that are available for biological parents. The adopted child has at least two families and thus may experience a chronic tension between belonging to one or to the other. This class explores the core clinical issues: attachment and bonding, loss and grief, divided loyalties, identity, issues of control, and entitlement and gratitude.
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) and Other Drug Effects on Adoptive and Foster Families DATE LOCATION FEES CERTIFICATION
Fri 8:30am–5pm Nov 19 303 Urban Center Building, Portland State University campus $150 7 hours
Professionals and parents must first understand the link between brain development and behavior before they can develop skills to support children who have neurological challenges. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) and other alcohol- and drug-related neurological disorders can shape a child’s behavior and relationships. This class identifies the common phenomenon of children accumulating numerous DSM diagnoses, which suggests the greater the likelihood of underlying brain involvement. Explore the importance of identifying FASD to assist families in reframing behaviors and understanding primary and secondary behavioral symptoms. Learn skills for coaching families to develop accommodations for their neurologically impaired child.
The Impact of Abuse, Trauma, and Neglect on Child Neurodevelopment DATE LOCATION FEES CERTIFICATION
Sat 8:30am–5pm Nov 20 303 Urban Center Building, Portland State University campus $150 7 hours
Exciting new brain research indicates that positive relationships can rewire and repair the damage from trauma, abuse, and alcohol/drug-related neurological disorders. Compare normal childhood development and its tasks with development clouded by abuse, neglect, and trauma. Learn about intervention strategies such as affect regulation, Circle of Security, sensory integration, early identification of neurodevelopmental profile risk, parent education on expected behavioral/ developmental patterns, the role of psychopharmacological interventions, and, most importantly, the healing power of relationships. Identify specialized parenting skills to promote positive neurological progress.
Attachment and Bonding in Adoptive and Foster Families DATES Location FEES CERTIFICATION
Jan 1–31 Distance Education $150 10 hours
Attachment issues are endemic to children who have experienced abuse and neglect. This course presents attachment-oriented theory and explores various interventions to help parents facilitate their child’s attachment. Explore child attachment styles and the experiences that may have colored them. The issues of adult attachment difficulties and how they interface with the child’s attachment style are critically important. Learn to think more carefully about some of the problems that are often misdiagnosed and therefore mistreated. Explore the concept of “normative crises” that trigger old loss issues. Psychoeducation can help parents normalize behaviors, reduce symptoms, and promote attachment.
2010–2011
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Trauma and Dissociative Disorders: Working with Adoptive and Foster Families DATE LOCATION FEES CERTIFICATION
Fri 8:30am–5pm Feb 11 303 Urban Center Building, Portland State University campus $150 7 hours
Trauma and traumatic stress can directly affect the development of affect regulation and empathy in children. In this class, learn to distinguish between the various trauma and dissociative disorders as listed in the DSM-IV and examine the effects of trauma on children. Understand the hyperarousal continuum and the dissociative continuum. This class builds on the previous Impact of Abuse class by continuing to explore the brain and trauma, including the hopeful new work in neuroplasticity. It includes extensive coverage of treatment approaches and coaching strategies for working with parents.
Promoting Positive Sexual Development Following Abuse DATE LOCATION FEES CERTIFICATION
Sat 8:30am–5pm Feb 12 303 Urban Center Building, Portland State University campus $150 7 hours
Many adopted and foster children have been sexually abused. This training explores the impact of sexual abuse on children throughout their development and the impact on the adoptive or foster family. This training introduces practices and interventions to assist families in facilitating positive sexual development following the aftermath of sexual abuse, including interventions for promoting positive sexual identification and coaching parents to promote healthy relationships to increase well-being, create safety plans, and minimize problem behaviors.
Clinical Practice with Diverse Adoptive and Foster Families DATES LOCATION FEES CERTIFICATION
Mar 1–31 Distance Education $150 10 hours
Fri–Sat 8:30am–5pm May 20–21 303 Urban Center Building, Portland State University campus $300 14 hours
This two-day workshop provides best practices for professionals working with families raising children with many complicated issues. This class applies the concepts and skills learned throughout the program, including practical yet flexible ways to integrate children into their new families. The overlapping themes of grief and trauma, hypervigilance and avoidance of loss, anger, and guilt are addressed. Participants develop home and school approaches that encourage children to flourish even after trauma and neglect. Participants also learn protocols for family-centered therapy for this specialty population, including the development and implementation of treatment plans. Adoptive and foster families need professionals who thoroughly prepare and support them—not just through the placement and adoption process but also as the family grows.
Postgraduate training certificate information Professionals who have been admitted to the program receive a certificate of completion in adoption and foster therapy upon successful completion of the program. Those completing the entire program earn 100 contact hours of continuing education. The certificate can be completed in one year if begun in Sepember and all workshops are taken in consecutive order. All workshops are offered one time per year. Professionals can enter the program at any time during the year.
1. Admission to the program
Family-Based Therapeutic Strategies: Coaching Adoptive and Foster Parents Apr 1–30 Distance Education $150 10 hours
Often adopted and foster children exhibit behavioral challenges, learning disorders, and other special needs that defy traditional parenting techniques, tax educational and social services, and exact a toll on the child and family. This session provides a detailed framework for understanding significant behavioral problems and relationship difficulties in special needs adoptions. Emphasis is placed on practical ways to consult with adoptive and foster parents on dealing with classic problems such as food issues and eating disorders, lying, stealing, bedwetting, encopresis, sleep irregularities, anger outbursts, fire setting, and parentified behavior. This session focuses on understanding behavior problems in the context of the child’s history of past exposure to maltreatment and to dysfunctional family roles.
Advanced Training with Adoptive and Foster Families
DATES LOCATION FEES CERTIFICATION
The 100 continuing education (CE) hour postgraduate training certificate requirements include:
Issues of difference, identity, and belonging affect adopted and foster children and parents alike. Parents may feel they are different from biological parents because of their circumstances. Children feel confusion because of their histories and connections to two families. The differences may be compounded by issues related to transracial or transcultural adoptions, adoption by gay or lesbian couples, single parents, and adoption by a child’s relatives. In the public child welfare system, waiting children are disproportionately children of African American and Native American heritage. Clinicians need tools to tailor their interventions to the cultural, social, and familial dynamics that shape the family’s experiences. This course presents a framework for understanding and working with diverse families.
DATES LOCATION FEES CERTIFICATION
Putting Adoption Therapy into Practice
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2010–2011
2. Certificate program DVD 3. Seven face-to-face workshops, video streaming available 4. Four online courses 5. A final four-page paper
For complete certificate requirements, please visit our website at www.ceed.pdx.edu/adoption and go to the Certificate Information link.
Admissions There is no application or admission process for professionals taking an individual workshop or course. An application is only necessary for mental health therapists who wish to earn the postgraduate training certificate and be listed in the state directory. Applications are accepted throughout the year. See website for admission requirements. An administrative fee of $150 is due upon acceptance in the program. For questions or to request an application packet, please contact: Kellie Herold 503-725-8539 or kellieh@pdx.edu Marion Sharp 503-725-4876 or sharpml@pdx.edu Application packets are also available online at www.ceed.pdx.edu/adoption. Click on Admissions.
The convenience of distance learning This program is offered as a combined face-to-face and online program or as a fully distance program. Four of the courses are online and the remaining workshops can be taken in Portland or through the use of video streaming directly to your home computer. For technical requirements, check the program website at www.ceed.pdx.edu/adoption.
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Continuing Education
Advanced Training in Therapy with Adoptive and Foster Families
Advanced Training in Therapy with Adoptive and Foster Families • A series of advanced, evidence-based courses on specialized theories and practices for treating adopted and foster children and their families • Relevant for those working with children and families impacted by adoption, foster care, and relative care, and by child abuse, trauma, and neglect
Flexible format • Advanced training workshops and online courses • Postgraduate training certificate This important training is easy to access! The flexible format
2010–2011
offers each course as a stand-alone workshop or online course for mental health professionals. To save you both time and money, we also offer the convenience of distance learning. Not only do we have online courses, but we also video stream the face-toface workshops. For more information, see The convenience of
The Therapy with Adoptive and Foster Families program provides a series of advanced, evidence-based workshops/courses for
Registration
www.ceed.pdx.edu/adoption >>>
Printed at no expense to taxpayer. Please share any extra copies with a colleague. PSU is an affirmative action/equal opportunity institution.
www.ceed.pdx.edu/adoption
This program is a collaboration among PSU Continuing Education/ Graduate School of Education, PSU Graduate School of Social Work/ Child Welfare Partnership, Oregon Post Adoption Resource Center (ORPARC), and Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS).
2010–2011
PSU is an affirmative action/equal opportunity institution.
PO Boxon751 Printed recycled paper. Portland OR 97207-0751
Continuing Education
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
The program
www.ceed.pdx.edu
Continuing education hours One hundred contact hours of continuing education are available for the whole program. CE hours may be used toward Oregon and Washington counseling or social work licensure renewal. They may also be appropriate for Oregon psychology continuing education. They are NBCC certified. Continuing Education Units from PSU are typically accepted in all states. Check with your licensing board or professional association to verify. Academic credit is now available for all classes. Faculty Each element of the program features national and regional experts. Our in-class and online facilitators are experienced adoption professionals. See the faculty link on our website for more information.
distance learning section later in this brochure.
>>>
Oregon Directory Mental health professionals who earn the postgraduate training certificate are part of a core group of clinicians available to serve adoptive and foster families throughout Oregon. A directory of mental health professionals who have completed this training certificate is available from Oregon’s Department of Human Services, the Oregon Post Adoption Resource Center (ORPARC), Oregon-licensed private adoption agencies, and online from ORPARC and the PSU adoption program website.
mental health therapists. These courses focus on the specialized theories and practices for working with children who have
Registration is available online or by phone.
their family systems; and for enhancing parents’ and children’s
Online Go to the program website, www.ceed.pdx.edu/adoption, and click on Current Courses, then course title.
resiliencies. Mental health professionals are able to use these new
Phone Call 503-725-4832 or 1-800-547-8887 ext 54832.
histories of abuse, trauma, and neglect; for strengthening
skills to work with other nontraditional families, such as blended, kinship, and guardianship.
The objectives for this program are to: • Increase accessible and affordable mental health support for adopted/foster children and their families with professionals competent in using evidence-based strategies for the emotional, behavioral, and mental health issues of children with histories of child abuse, trauma, and neglect • Reduce the risk of adoptive, foster, kinship, and guardianship family dissolution