IFAPA I 6864 NE 14th St., Suite 5 - Ankeny, IA 50023 I 800.277.8145 I 515.289.4567 I www.ifapa.org I OFFICE HOURS 8AM - 4:30PM IFAPA Classes Thurs., Sept. 17 6pm-8pm SHELDON - It's Not About You: Invisible Suitcase Sat., Sept. 19 9am-12:15pm ANKENY - Building Relationships Through Play Sat., Sept. 19 1:30pm-4:45pm ANKENY - But What Does Therapy Do? Demystifying the Therapy Process Sat., Sept. 19 1:30pm-4:45pm COUNCIL BLUFFS - When Old Parenting Strategies Don't Work! Sat., Sept. 19 8am-12:15pm DAVENPORT - CPR & First Aid Cost - $40 Sat., Sept. 19 1:30pm-4:45pm DAVENPORT - Mandatory Child Abuse Reporter Training Sat., Sept. 19 9am-4:30pm FORT DODGE - Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking & Its Impact on Foster Kids Sat., Sept. 19 9am-4:30pm SIOUX CITY - Utilizing the Nurtured Heart Approach with Challenging Behaviors Thurs., Sept. 24 6:30pm-8:30pm ESSEX - It's Not About You: Invisible Suitcase Thurs., Sept. 24 6pm-8pm SPENCER - It's Not About You: Invisible Suitcase Sat., Sept. 26 9am-4:30pm ANKENY - Get Me Off This Roller Coaster: Coping Skills for Emotional Intensity Issues Sat., Sept. 26 9am-12:15pm CEDAR RAPIDS - How to Talk So Everyone Will Listen Sat., Sept. 26 1:30pm-4:45pm CEDAR RAPIDS - Working Through Anger Sat., Sept. 26 9am-4:30pm COUNCIL BLUFFS - Working with Birth Families Sat., Sept. 26 9am-12:15pm MARSHALLTOWN - Alakazam! Does It Take Magic to Create a Healthy, Positive Attachment with Foster & Adoptive Children? Was previously scheduled as: Decoding the Mystery of ADHD Sat., Sept. 26 1:30pm-4:45pm MARSHALLTOWN - Worrywarts & How You Can Help Them: Anxiety in Children & Teens CLASS CANCELLED Sat., Sept. 26 9am-12:15pm SIOUX CITY - How to Organize Time & Paperwork While Raising Kids Sat., Sept. 26 1:30pm-4:45pm SIOUX CITY - A Guide to Childhood Trauma in Kids with Special Needs To Register: 800-277-8145 or REGISTER HERE Learning to Let Go: Coping with Reunification Anxiety From the moment a child enters your home, the fear of reunification can also move in. How will you say goodbye? Will the child be returning to a safe and stable environment? How will the other kids in your care react when this child leaves? The first goal of foster care is often reunification. And, while you may have known that this was the goal from the start, that doesn’t mean that, when the time comes to say goodbye, anxiety can’t happen. Reunification anxiety can happen to anyone, but understanding what to do in certain situations may help you cope with some of those feelings. CONTINUE READING Iowa College Aid Success Story Iowa College Aid Success Story Randie Camp is a recipient of the All Iowa Opportunity Foster Care Grant and an ETV Grant recipient who has proven that statistics don’t always tell the full story when it comes to education. After entering the foster care system in 3rd grade, Randie finished high school early before continuing on to Iowa State University to complete both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees. As she embarks on her doctoral studies at ISU, Camp sat down to talk about overcoming the challenges that lead to only 3% of foster youth completing their bachelor’s degree by age 26 and how she hopes to see more foster youth take the next step beyond high school. This is the first of a two-part series focusing on Camp’s story and the work being done in Iowa to increase higher education opportunities for foster youth. WATCH VIDEO View the COLLEGE PLANNING section of IFAPA’s website for information on the ETV and All Iowa Opportunity Foster Care Grant. Randie Camp
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IFAPA I 6864 NE 14th St., Suite 5 - Ankeny, IA 50023 I 800.277.8145 I 515.289.4567 I www.ifapa.org I OFFICE HOURS 8AM - 4:30PM
I F A P A C l a s s e s Thurs., Sept. 17
6pm-8pm
SHELDON - It's Not About You: Invisible
Suitcase
Sat., Sept. 19
9am-12:15pm
ANKENY - Building Relationships
Through Play
Sat., Sept. 19
1:30pm-4:45pm
ANKENY - But What Does Therapy Do?
Demystifying the Therapy Process
Sat., Sept. 19
1:30pm-4:45pm
COUNCIL BLUFFS - When Old
Parenting Strategies Don't Work!
Sat., Sept. 19
8am-12:15pm
DAVENPORT - CPR & First Aid
Cost - $40
Sat., Sept. 19
1:30pm-4:45pm
DAVENPORT - Mandatory Child Abuse
Reporter Training
Sat., Sept. 19
9am-4:30pm
FORT DODGE - Domestic Minor Sex
Trafficking & Its Impact on Foster Kids
Sat., Sept. 19
9am-4:30pm
SIOUX CITY - Utilizing the Nurtured Heart
Approach with Challenging Behaviors
Thurs., Sept. 24
6:30pm-8:30pm
ESSEX - It's Not About You: Invisible
Suitcase
Thurs., Sept. 24
6pm-8pm
SPENCER - It's Not About You: Invisible
Suitcase
Sat., Sept. 26
9am-4:30pm
ANKENY - Get Me Off This Roller
Coaster: Coping Skills for Emotional
Intensity Issues
Sat., Sept. 26
9am-12:15pm
CEDAR RAPIDS - How to Talk So
Everyone Will Listen
Sat., Sept. 26
1:30pm-4:45pm
CEDAR RAPIDS - Working Through
Anger
Sat., Sept. 26
9am-4:30pm
COUNCIL BLUFFS - Working with Birth
Families
Sat., Sept. 26
9am-12:15pm
MARSHALLTOWN - Alakazam! Does It
Take Magic to Create a Healthy, Positive
Attachment with Foster & Adoptive
Children? Was previously scheduled as:
Decoding the Mystery of ADHD
Sat., Sept. 26
1:30pm-4:45pm
MARSHALLTOWN - Worrywarts & How
You Can Help Them: Anxiety in Children &
Teens CLASS CANCELLED
Sat., Sept. 26
9am-12:15pm
SIOUX CITY - How to Organize Time &
Paperwork While Raising Kids
Sat., Sept. 26
1:30pm-4:45pm
SIOUX CITY - A Guide to Childhood
Trauma in Kids with Special Needs
To Register: 800-277-8145 or REGISTER HERE
Learning to Let Go :
Coping with Reunification Anxiety
From the moment a child enters your home, the fear of
reunification can also move in. How will you say
goodbye? Will the child be returning to a safe and
stable environment? How will the other kids in your care
react when this child leaves?
The first goal of foster care is often reunification. And,
while you may have known that this was the goal from
the start, that doesn’t mean that, when the time comes
to say goodbye, anxiety can’t happen. Reunification
anxiety can happen to anyone, but understanding what
to do in certain situations may help you cope with some
of those feelings. CONTINUE READING
Iowa College Aid Success StoryIowa College Aid Success Story
Randie Camp is a recipient of the
All Iowa Opportunity Foster Care
Grant and an ETV Grant recipient
who has proven that statistics
don’t always tell the full story
when it comes to education.
After entering the foster care
system in 3rd grade, Randie
finished high school early before
continuing on to Iowa State
University to complete both her
bachelor’s and master’s degrees.
As she embarks on her doctoral studies at ISU, Camp sat
down to talk about overcoming the challenges that lead
to only 3% of foster youth completing their bachelor’s
degree by age 26 and how she hopes to see more foster
youth take the next step beyond high school. This is the
first of a two-part series focusing on Camp’s story and the
work being done in Iowa to increase higher education
opportunities for foster youth. WATCH VIDEO
View the COLLEGE PLANNING section of IFAPA’s website for
information on the ETV and All Iowa Opportunity Foster Care Grant.