Talking with Children About Foster Care and Adoption Christina Bast, MSW, LICSW and Kelly Pieper, MSW, LICSW ONLINE WEBINAR Tuesday, May 10, 2016 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM (Central Time) Fee $18 per person; $30 webinar + CD CEUs are available for an addional $30/person Certificates of Attendance will be distributed Register online at www.mnadopt.org/post-adopt-training/ Questions? Contact Janet Hammer at 612-746-5125 or [email protected] Creating Permanency, Empowering Families Whether your child verbalizes it or not, children who have been adopted or placed in foster care do think about their past. Children somemes wonder: Why was I placed for adopon? Did my first parents love me? Do I have brothers and sisters? Meanwhile, caregivers with children on the permanency spectrum oſten ponder: When do I start talking about their birth family? Should I tell my child all of the details—even the painful ones? What if I don’t know any informaon at all? As clinicians or caregivers, we need to be thoughul about how we share truth with the children we care for. This 90-minute online webinar will provide the framework for how to talk to your children about adopon and foster care. This training will include the following objecves: Foundaonal and anecdotal principles from clinicians, adopve parents, and adoptees Praccal tools to facilitate communicaon using the developmental perspecve How to promote a healthy family environment or conducive therapeuc seng Date Tuesday, May 10, 2016 Time 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM (Central Time) Online All you need is a computer with internet access and telephone Christina Bast, MSW, LICSW is a clinical supervisor and outpaent therapist at Fraser. Chrisna completed the Center for Adopon Support and Educaon’s Permanency and Adopon Competency Cerficate Course at the University of Minnesota in 2013. Chrisna has experience providing individu- al and family therapy, preschool mental health day treatment, psychoeducaon groups, and collabo- rave services. Chrisna’s passion for her clients anchors her convicon to advocate for family cohe- siveness and healthy connecons for parents and children across the permanency spectrum. Kelly Pieper, MSW, LICSW is an associate mental health professional and serves as an outpaent therapist at Fraser. She also provides preschool mental health consultaon to the Anoka Washington Head Start program. Kelly completed the Center for Adopon Support and Educaon’s Permanency and Adopon Competency Cerficate Course at the University of Minnesota 2013. Kelly’s current therapy course load includes children and family on the permanency spectrum, from foster care through adopon. Kelly enjoys helping families and service providers understand the unique needs of children through their permanency journey.