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Building Competencies and Confidence for
Working with Complex Children
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The Oregon Alliance of Children's Programs in partnership with the Oregon Child & Family Service Council and DHS are excited to bring you the Child Welfare Training Series
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​BUILDING COMPETENCIES AND CONFIDENCE FOR WORKING WITH COMPLEX CHILDREN

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Children in the child welfare system are struggling with more trauma and escalating behaviors.
​Their lives are difficult on many fronts, and their trauma-responses may be complex.
These FREE trainings will address five of the most common challenging behaviors. Trainings will include trauma lenses, understanding the cause of behaviors, strategies to de-escalate, and turn around behaviors. 
Trainers have been vetted for expertise, great training experience, and positive reviews.

In 2013, an Elsevier study looked specifically at national certification for these workers. In summary, they found that certified practitioners are
2.7 times more ​likely to be the high performers than non-certified practitioners.
COA's new child welfare standards will recognize CYC certification as a direct care quality indicator and a mechanism for meeting or exceeding some standards.  
Recent increases in staff and foster parent turnover has resulted in more staff with less experience. Even with the requirement that half of direct care staff hold Bachelors degrees, their field and practice experiences are lacking. This results in more errors, and more challenges to keep behaviorally complex children safe.
Providing additional training which focuses on targeted competency development as a professional in the field, as well as on some clinical foundation competencies, has the potential to increase child safety. It also has the possibility for improving retention, longer careers in child welfare, and safer children.
Focusing on professional competencies by the direct care staff in the child welfare field  through certification, has data-supported outcomes for competency.

Child & Youth Care Certification Board, Inc.
Presenting:
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​Frank Eckles, Cindy Carraway-Wilson,  Dr. Dale Curry
 One-Day Overview of Child & Youth Care Certification Summit

October 3, 2018 – Hotel deLuxe, Portland
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Kathy Becker
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Deanna Colahan
DSP Solutions Coaching, LLC
Trainers: Maren Gibson
Subjects: Day-1: Managing Aggressive Behaviors for Success
Day-2: Engaging Difficult Children

June 18-19, 2018 – Motive Space; The Barn Nonprofit Center, Portland
June 21-22, 2018 – Hearts with a Mission; The City Life Bldg., Medford 
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Charlie Appelstein, MSW
Children's Alliance of Kansas
Trainers: Denise Gibson & Kathy Stepp
Subjects: Day-1 Helping Children Manage Anger Responses & Understanding and Managing Sexual Acting Out Behaviors
Day-2 Oregon Training of Trainers
April 2nd-3rd, 2018 –
  Hearts with a Mission,Medford
April 5th-6th, 2018 – Options Counseling & Family Services, Eugene
March 2nd, 2018 
– Boys & Girls Aid, Portland
Mainstream Nonprofit Solutions
Trainers: Kathy Becker & Deanna Colahan
Subjects: 3 Hour Live Webinar: Understanding Runaway Behaviors

July 9, 2018 – DHS; Cherry Avenue Training Center, Salem
July 9, 2018 -  Jasper Mountain; SAFE Center, Springfield 
July 9, 2018 - Dept. of Human Services Building, Grants Pass 
July 12, 2018 – Trillium Family Services; Parry Center, Portland 
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Maren Gibson

​Appelstein Training Resources, LLC
Trainers: Charlie Appelstein
Subjects: Engagment; "No Such Thing as a Bad Kid!" 
May 22nd, 2018 – Hotel deLuxe, Portland
May 23rd, 2018 – Hilton Garden Inn, Springfield
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Denise Gibson
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Kathy Stepp
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Kelli Downey
Oregon Training and Consultation
Trainer: Kelli Downey
Subjects: Addressing Mental Health Behaviors
February 27th, 2018 – Looking Glass Community Services, Eugene
February 28th, 2018 – Boys & Girls Aid, Portland
March 2nd, 2018 
– Hilton Garden Inn, Medford 

The Oregon Alliance  Safe Kids, Healthy Families, Strong Communities

We advocate for the needs of children and families, and for the people who provide them services. We work to assure Oregon is prioritizing children as its top investment.

Contact Us

Phone: (503) 399-9076
15 82nd Drive
Suite 20
Gladstone, OR 97027

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  • Who We Are
    • Who We Are
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    • Why You Should Join
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    • What We Do
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  • Events
    • Training
    • 2020 Membership Summit
    • Past Summits
  • Contact us
  • Resources
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