Continuing Your Education on

the Unique Needs of Children

in Foster and Adoptive Homes

C P R a n d F i r s t A i d R e g i s t r a t i o n F o r m

The CPR course IFAPA offers is not a certified course. IFAPA’s CPR class meets the requirements for foster care licensing, but may not be appropriate for other licensing situations (i.e. childcare, nursing, EMT, etc.). 1st Participant ____________________________________________ 2nd Participant ____________________________________________ Mailing Address ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ City _________________________________________________________ State ________________ Zip _____________________________ Cell Phone _____________________________________________ Email ______________________________________________________ Class Date __________________________ Class Time ____________________________ Class City _________________________________ Cost ______________________ x $40 + $10 = $_____________________ # of participants Cost Per Person Late Fee Total Amount Due (if applicable)

There are NO REFUNDS due to participant cancellations or non-attendance. There is a $10 late fee per person if payment is not received by the dates listed in this brochure. To register for a class via mail, complete this form and mail with your payment to IFAPA (6864 NE 14th St, #5 - Ankeny, IA 50023). To pay by credit card, visit our website (ifapa.org).

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TRAININGS FOR PARENTS

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FALL 2016

F A L L T R A I N I N G S

Classes coming to:

Ames Ankeny Cedar Falls Cedar Rapids Charles City Council Bluffs Davenport

Dubuque Fort Dodge Indianola Iowa City Ottumwa Sheldon Sioux City

OCTOBER TRAININGS VISIT THE IFAPA WEBSITE TO FIND TRAINING LOCATION DETAILS

Date & Time City Name of Training & Trainer Credit

Sat., Oct. 1, 2016 (9am-4:30pm) Cedar Rapids L.E.A.N. Start - Lifestyle, Exercise, Attitude, Nutrition (Christine Trochesset) 6 hours

Sat., Oct. 1, 2016 (9am-12:15pm) Council Bluffs Fostering Attachment Within Our Families to Build Connection, Effective Consequences & Restored Hope (Lois Smidt)*

3 hours

Sat., Oct. 1, 2016 (1:15pm-5:30pm) Council Bluffs CPR and First Aid (To avoid late fees, register and pay by Sunday, Sept. 18) 4 hours

Sat., Oct. 8, 2016 (9am-12:15pm) Ankeny Everything You Wanted to Know About Foster Care But Were Afraid to Ask (Bambi Schrader) 3 hours

Sat., Oct. 8, 2016 (1:15pm-5:30pm) Ankeny CPR and First Aid (To avoid late fees, register and pay by Sunday, Sept. 25) 4 hours

Sat., Oct. 8, 2016 (9am-12:15pm) Cedar Falls Mandatory Child Abuse Reporter Training 3 hours

Sat., Oct. 8, 2016 (1:15pm-5:30pm) Cedar Falls CPR and First Aid (To avoid late fees, register and pay by Sunday, Sept. 25) 4 hours

Sat., Oct. 8, 2016 (9am-12:15pm) Indianola Trauma in Children & Teens: What It Really Is & What Really Works (Warren Phillips, Ph.D.)* 3 hours

Sat., Oct. 8, 2016 (1:15pm-4:30pm) Indianola Decoding the Mystery of ADHD (Warren Phillips, Ph.D.)* 3 hours

Sat., Oct. 15, 2016 (9am-12:15pm) Ankeny The Brain: Normal Development vs. Brain After Trauma (Joann Seeman Smith, Ph.D.)* 3 hours

Sat., Oct. 15, 2016 (1:15pm-4:30pm) Ankeny The Magic of Healing the Brain & Fostering a Secure Attachment (Joann Seeman Smith, Ph.D.)* 3 hours

Sat., Oct. 15, 2016 (9am-4:30pm) Cedar Falls For Better or Worse: Couples Who Foster (Mike McGuire) 6 hours

Sat., Oct. 15, 2016 (9am-4:30pm) Davenport Foster Care Meets Mental Health: A Foster Parent Dilemma! (Christy Meyer) 6 hours

Sat., Oct. 22, 2016 (9am-12:15pm) Fort Dodge Mandatory Child Abuse Reporter Training 3 hours

Sat., Oct. 22, 2016 (1:15pm-5:30pm) Fort Dodge CPR and First Aid (To avoid late fees, register and pay by Sunday, Oct. 9) 4 hours

Sat., Oct. 22, 2016 (9am-12:15pm) Sioux City A Guide to Trauma and PTSD in Children (Jolene Philo)* 3 hours

Sat., Oct. 22, 2016 (1:15pm-4:30pm) Sioux City You Can’t Push My Buttons Anymore: Resolving Your Own Trauma so You Can Effectively Parent Traumatized Children (Jolene Philo)*

3 hours

Fri., Oct. 28, 2016 Coralville IFAPA Fall Conference More details on the following page - visit IFAPA’s website to register 6 hours

Sat., Oct. 29, 2016 Coralville IFAPA Fall Conference More details on the following page - visit IFAPA’s website to register 6 hours

Foster, adoptive and kinship parents are welcome to attend any of our trainings. All of our trainings are approved for foster parent credit. There is no cost to attend our trainings (with the exception of our spring and fall conferences and CPR/First Aid classes). Classes that are approved for Social Worker CEUs have been noted (*) next to the training titles. To register, call 800-277-8145 or visit ifapa.org.

ABOUT OUR

TRAININGS

Fall Training Schedule

ALL FOSTER PARENTS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE RPPS TRAINING BY END OF SEPTEMBER

In September 2014, Congress passed the “Prevent Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families” Act, H.R. 4980. This law establishes prudent parent standards throughout the United States. As part of this federal law, foster parents are now required to complete the Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard Training (RPPS) by September 30, 2016. The Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard allows foster parents to give their foster children permission to do age-appropriate activities that promote cognitive, emotional, physical and behavioral growth. All states are now required to promote normalcy for children in care.

In order to complete this requirement, foster parents must visit the IFAPA website (www.ifapa.org) to view the 30 minute RPPS training video. Upon completion of the video, foster parents will be directed to a form to complete. After the form is submitted, a confirmation email will be sent to the training participant that completed this required training. Foster parents must forward the email confirmation to their Iowa KidsNet Renewal/Support Specialist in order to demonstrate they have completed this required course. While this training is required of all foster parents, they will not receive any training credit to apply toward their license renewal. Each foster parent will only need to complete this training once and there is no cost.

NOVEMBER TRAININGS VISIT THE IFAPA WEBSITE TO FIND TRAINING LOCATION DETAILS

Date & Time City Name of Training & Trainer Credit

Sat., Nov. 5, 2016 (9am-4:30pm) Ankeny Utilizing the Nurtured Heart Approach...Children with Challenging Behaviors (Kim Combes)* 6 hours

Sat., Nov. 5, 2016 (8am-12:15pm) Davenport CPR and First Aid (To avoid late fees, register and pay by Sunday, Oct. 23) 4 hours

Sat., Nov. 5, 2016 (1:15pm-4:30pm) Davenport Mandatory Child Abuse Reporter Training 3 hours

Sat., Nov. 5, 2016 (9am-4:30pm) Dubuque What Are You Trying to Tell Me? Responding Effectively to Troubling Behaviors (Lois Smidt & Krista McCalley)*

6 hours

Sat., Nov. 12, 2016 (9am-4:30pm) Ames Hope For Healing: Trust Based Relational Intervention (Darcie Van Voorst)* 6 hours

Sat., Nov. 12, 2016 (9am-12:15pm) Ankeny Mandatory Child Abuse Reporter Training 3 hours

Sat., Nov. 12, 2016 (1:15pm-5:30pm) Ankeny CPR and First Aid (To avoid late fees, register and pay by Sunday, Oct. 30) 4 hours

Sat., Nov. 12, 2016 (9am-12:15pm) Cedar Falls The ABC’s of Early Childhood Connections: Nurturing Social & Emotional Development in Infants & Toddlers (Gwen Babberl, LMHC, CADC)*

3 hours

Sat., Nov. 12, 2016 (1:15pm-4:30pm) Cedar Falls Everything You Wanted to Know About Foster Care But Were Afraid to Ask (Bambi Schrader) 3 hours

Sat., Nov. 12, 2016 (9am-4:30pm) Council Bluffs Foster Care Meets Mental Health: A Foster Parent Dilemma! (Christy Meyer) 6 hours

Sat., Nov. 12, 2016 (9am-4:30pm) Davenport The Grieving Process: How to Help You and Your Kids Heal (Matthew Hiveley, Ph.D.) 6 hours

Sat., Nov. 12, 2016 (9am-12:15pm) Ottumwa Grrr...I’m Just So Mad - Helping Young Children Deal w/Anger (Joann Seeman Smith, Ph.D.)* 3 hours

Sat., Nov. 12, 2016 (1:15pm-4:30pm) Ottumwa Parenting the Willful Child: Helping Your Child Use Their Power for Good, Not Evil (Joann Seeman Smith, Ph.D.)* 3 hours

Sat., Nov. 12, 2016 (9am-4:30pm) Sheldon Utilizing the Nurtured Heart Approach...Children with Challenging Behaviors (Kim Combes)* 6 hours

Sat., Nov. 19, 2016 (9am-4:30pm) Ankeny Integrative Parenting: Strategies for Raising Children Affected by Attachment Trauma (Renae Jones, MS, LMHC)*

6 hours

Sat., Nov. 19, 2016 (9am-12:15pm) Cedar Rapids Cultivating Spirituality in Youth - Even When Different from Your Own (Rebecca Dickinson) 3 hours

Sat., Nov. 19, 2016 (1:15pm-4:30pm) Cedar Rapids Communicating with Your Child Through Play (Rebecca Dickinson) 3 hours

Sat., Nov. 19, 2016 (9am-4:30pm) Charles City Family Matters - Working with Birth Families in the 21st Century (Mike McGuire)* 6 hours

Sat., Nov. 19, 2016 (9am-12:15pm) Sioux City Mandatory Child Abuse Reporter Training 3 hours

Sat., Nov. 19, 2016 (1:15pm-5:30pm) Sioux City CPR and First Aid (To avoid late fees, register and pay by Sunday, Nov. 6) 4 hours

WORKSHOP TOPICS INCLUDE :

Building the Best Team

Supporting Healthy Transitions

Human Trafficking

Supportive Environments for LGBTQ Youth

Psychotropic Medications

Effects of Disrupted Attachment to a Child

Drug Culture

Making Friends

Trauma Impact on Children in Foster Care

Adolescent Identity Formation in Adoption

Culturally Responsive Parenting

KEYNOTE AND WORKSHOP PRESENTER:

Lark Eshleman, PhD TRAUMA & ATTACHMENT EDUCATOR & AUTHOR

FRIDAY KEYNOTE:

Building the Best Team: Why, How and What to Expect We all WANT to change and grow to become the best parents and professionals we can be. A strong team is the support you and your family need and deserve. The question is, how do we get there? What are the steps? What do we do? Join us for our keynote to outline the hands-on, concrete ways to create, educate, and lead your family’s team.

FRIDAY WORKSHOP:

Supporting Healthy & Sustainable Transitions: From Your Hearts to Other Hands

IFAPA’S FALL CONFERENCE Friday & Saturday - October 28 & 29, 2016 | Marriott Hotel & Conference Center - Coralville

PLEASE NOTE: IFAPA WILL NOT BE OFFERING ANY TRAININGS DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.

VISIT THE IFAPA WEBSITE TO REGISTER FOR THE

FALL CONFERENCE

C O N T I N U I N G Y O U R E D U C A T I O N O N T H E U N I Q U E N E E D S

O F C H I L D R E N I N F O S T E R A N D A D O P T I V E H O M E S

The Brain: Normal Development vs Brain After Trauma The brain is such an interesting and sometimes confusing topic. In this session we will discuss normal brain development, from in utero through young adulthood. We will examine the role that genetics and environment play in brain development. We will then compare normal brain development with brain development of someone who has experienced trauma. Together we will look at the structural changes that trauma can have on the brain, as well as, chemical and neuronal pathway changes that can occur. We will discuss what can be done for those who have a brain that has developed through trauma.

Everything You Wanted to Know About Foster Parenting But Were Afraid to Ask Whether you just finished your PS-MAPP course or have been a foster parent for years, questions about the nitty, gritty aspects of foster parenting always arise. Whether it is questions about navigating the system, licensing rules and regulations, what steps to take if you find yourself facing an allegation of abuse or questions about working with birth parents, having answers can extend placements and maintain calm in your home. This course focuses on the answers by providing up-to-date information through a trauma lens while providing participants with a deeper understanding of the reason behind the rules, everyday resources and ways to protect yourself and your home.

Family Matters - Working with Birth Families in the 21st Century Today’s foster parents, kinship and relative caregivers are key partners in helping children and families move through the system toward positive outcomes. During this class, we will explore the history of working with birth families along with the expectations and opportunities that exist today. We will explore how trauma impacts individuals, families, and the process of moving through the system and engaging the change process. We will explore the Family Interaction Initiative. The class will focus on specific practical tools for communication, documentation, and goal setting that will help to de-mystify the birth family-foster family relationship and provide a path for positive change.

For Better or For Worse: Couples Who Foster This class focuses on the impact that taking foster and adoptive children into your home can have on the parents’ relationship and your family as a whole. We will discuss strategies to help keep the relationship fresh, fun and supportive as couples

deal with daily stress and especially parenting. This class is intended for couples ONLY, and both partners must attend the class together.

Foster Care Meets Mental Health: A Foster Parent Dilemma! Do your foster children sometimes come with a diagnosis you do not understand or appear to have behaviors that no one has addressed? Have you ever had to send a child away because you didn't know what to do? Many children placed in the system are currently struggling with issues because of the trauma they have experiences. In this class we will review the basics of many diagnoses that are common. We will learn how to recognize the symptoms of mental health distress and suicide risk. We discuss how trauma effects children and look at how those symptoms are sometimes made worse by our reactions.

Fostering Attachment Within Our Families to Build Connection, Effective Consequences & Restored Hope In this workshop, we will explore the effects of trauma on attachment and understand the connection between attachment and understanding consequences. We will learn practical, effective and FUN tools for fostering attachment within our families. We will then delve more deeply into understanding troubling behaviors such as chronic lying, stealing, and harm to self or others. We will explore the difference between punishment that increases difficulty with attachment and effective trauma-informed consequences that restore hope and dignity to the child, and further restore him/her to family and community. *If you have attended either of the Fostering

Hope and Attachment with Youth or What Are You Trying to Tell Me: Responding Effectively to Troubling Behaviors trainings presented by Krista McCalley and Lois Smidt, some, of this will be a refresher; however new information will be incorporated.

The Grieving Process - How to Help You & Your Kids Heal Throughout our lives we have all experienced physical pain and injury. When we’ve experienced these injuries we also accept that there is a healing process involved that is normal and necessary in order for us to be able to effectively return to our everyday responsibilities. What many of us forget at times is that this same healing process is necessary any time we have experienced a loss on an emotional level. Not grieving is equivalent to not allowing your body to heal after major physical trauma or injury. Similar to other emotional difficulties in life, though, we tend to minimize the importance of the grieving process and this can result in anger, bitterness, resentment, depression, and anxiety that can negatively impact one’s life. The purpose of this workshop is to help participants understand the

grieving process and how to help children, adolescents, and adults heal emotionally from loss in a healthy manner.

Hope for Healing: Trust Based Relational Intervention Overwhelmed? Frustrated? Worn Out? Running out of options? In this workshop, you will be introduced to the three principles of TBRI (empowering, connecting, and correcting). TBRI will give you the tools you need to create a healing environment for your child. TBRI not only provides an understanding of the child’s challenges, but also provides practical tools on how to alleviate the challenges. While exploring TBRI principles, participants will learn how to get their child back on the normal developmental trajectory and on the road of healing.

Integrative Parenting: Strategies for Raising Children Affected by Attachment Trauma Integrative Parenting is a class that will empower foster parents, parents of adopted children, and parents of children impacted by trauma, with effective techniques to improve relationships with their challenging children. Integrative Parenting will help parents identify the root of their children’s misbehaviors, learn effective methods to calm reactive and misbehaving children and identify the impact of past trauma on your relationship with your child. You will also learn how to help your child heal through attunement, nurturing messages and comforting touch.

L.E.A.N Start - Lifestyle, Exercise, Attitude, Nutrition A comprehensive prevention plan to help children reach their optimal level in four pillars of health. The LEAN start program is based upon scientific research and designed by Dr. William Sears, “America’s pediatrician” as well as other experts in the field of children’s nutrition, health and fitness. These four areas work together to make families healthier - at any age and any stage of life.

The Magic of Healing the Brain and Fostering a Secure Attachment When a child has been removed from their home or has experienced a trauma we are told about the negative effects on the brain. It is often thought of as impossible to break through and work towards healing and acquiring a secure attached relationship. Together we will explore activities that will work towards healing the traumatized brain and towards creating a healthy secure attachment. We will discuss how to modify these activities from infants through teenagers as it is never too late to intervene and try to change your relationship.

TRAINING DESCRIPTIONS

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