Child Welfare Trauma Training (Train-the-Trainer)

Date: August 30, 2011
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Offered by: The Education Consortium – a collaborative of state and private provider professional development specialists
Location: The Methodist Home, 304 Pierce Avenue, Macon, GA 31204
Fee:  $75.00 (includes, continental breakfast, lunch, and CEU certificate) Please note, in an effort to minimize cost, training packets will not be provided - Participants are asked to print the training material from The National Traumatic Stress Network website in advance   http://www.nctsnet.org/nccts/nav.do?pid=ctr_cwtool
CEU: 5.5 Core CEUs Pending for LPCs, MFTs, and SWs. 

Program Overview: This one-day, train-the-trainer workshop is an introduction to the “Child Welfare Trauma Training Toolkit”, a curriculum designed to teach basic knowledge, skills, and values about working with children who are in the child welfare system and who have experienced traumatic stress. The trainer will provide an overview of the seven modules and participants will practice several of the learning activities. Full resources to support the curriculum are available on the National Child Traumatic Stress Network website: http://www.nctsnet.org/nccts/nav.do?pid=ctr_cwtool

Module 1: Creating Trauma-Informed Child Welfare Practice: Introduction to the Essential Elements

Module 2: What is Child Traumatic Stress?

Module 3: The Impact of Trauma on Children's Behavior, Development, and Relationships

Module 4: Assessment of a Child's Trauma Experiences

Module 5: Providing Support to the Child, Family, and Caregivers

Module 6: Managing Professional and Personal Stress

Module 7: Summary  

About the Trainer: Liz Gallaspy is a Social Worker with over 24 years of experience in child welfare and inpatient psychiatric treatment.  She has been with Georgia State University Professional Excellence Program for nearly two years.  Liz has been a trainer for a number of years having been selected as a Trainer by the State of Georgia to train DFCS staff with the SHINES/SACWIS project.  This was one of the largest systemic computer project/training in recent years by DHS. It encompassed select trainers preparing over 4000 DFCS staff to be trained in a specific time frame to meet federal compliance.   For several years, Liz also trained Adoption and Foster Parents on IMPACT & MAPP.  Currently with the PE program Liz trains is:

·        Family Centered Practice, (for Administration & Case managers) Concurrent Planning

·        Interviewing Skills

·        Childhood Trauma

·        Substance Abuse (pilot project for Region 3)

·        Curriculum revision for Substance Abuse

·        FTM for Case Managers

·        Learning Circle Coach (pilot program) 

Liz received her Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Michigan in 1987.  She has been fortunate to work in various programs areas in Child Welfare.  Therapeutic Foster Care, Foster Care, Adoptions.  For a number of years she had her own Adoption and Foster Care Agency geared towards special needs adoption.  The agency, The Children’s Center of Metro Atlanta, provided placement and advocacy services for parents seeking to adopt siblings, older children and medically fragile children.  Liz continues to work at an Inpatient Psychiatric Dual Diagnosis Facility where she provides, family sessions, psychosocial assessments, process groups, individual sessions as well as outpatient substance abuse interventions.  In addition to her professional career, Liz also finds joy in participating in her two sons’ extracurricular activities. She wanted to be instrumental in ensuring the quality of programming at the recreational center, so she joined the governing Board of Directors at Welcome ALL Park.  

Target Audience: Social workers, mental health counselors, group home staff, and others professionals working with children and families.
Registration: Please use the following link to register -  http://www.regonline.com/20110830trainingsummitClick here  (Space is limited)
Contact: For additional information, email Janet.Whitten@themethodisthome.org  or call 478.751.2800.

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