In my 8 years working in child welfare within multiple states and counties, I was never given this information and now I am feeling so heartbroken for the youth that I worked with that they are missing such crucial pieces of their own life history because of my lack of knowledge on the subject.
Past Participant
Child Welfare Staff, if you:
- Would like young people to have access to their history.
- Are interested in the laws and requirements around preserving life history.
- Have heard about Lifebooks, but don’t know much about them.
- Would like more families to prioritize preserving children’s history.
- Want to hold information with privacy, not secrecy.
Then this training is for you.
*2-hour training certificate provided after an evaluation is received.
What Participants Are Saying
This training is a must. (Workers) need to know how important this piece of the puzzle is to the kids and their future. – Susan Arellano
I loved the step-by-step details that were given, especially when it came to the “tough stuff” plan & ways to involve the different parties of the case.
I really enjoyed this training. (The presenter’s) background in fostering, adopting, and social work really make it an enjoyable interesting trying. She is able to input a lot of personal first hand perspective into her training material. – Susan Arellano
(The presenter) is so excellent and explained everything in details. Clear format.
Alisa is well-informed and obviously has a lot of knowledge when it comes to child welfare, the importance of life books, and completing such documentation herself. The information was presented in a manner that was easy to follow and I loved the resources given for my own future research into the process.
In this live 2-hour training, we will:
- Learn from one another how to best complete life histories
- Review current research
- Think about how we equip parents to be partners in this work
- View examples of a Lifebook and Social Medical History
Learn:
- Ways to capture foster youth and adoptees’ stories
- About the benefits of capturing the essence of their story
- The laws are around Social Medial Histories and Lifebooks in Minnesota and beyond
Practical tips:
- How to include youth in the process
- Hands-on tools you can use with young people
- How to get birth, foster, and adoptive parent buy-in
Also check out the Foster and Adoptive Parent Workshop: Practical Tips to Preserve Kids’ History
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