ADOPTS Training
The following workshops are available for booking. For availability and cost information, call us at 616.224.7617 or email us at childtrauma@bethany.org.
Our ADOPTS staff have trained over 1,500 parents and professionals on child trauma and model interventions. We have spoken at national and regional conferences, service provider trainings, schools, churches and parent support groups. Furthermore, we have a variety of staff available to provide trainings for your group or organization. If you have a topic on trauma that you would like us to discuss, but do not see it listed here, give us a call.
WORKSHOPS
In Defense of the Self: Complex trauma in children
Length: 2-14 hours (negotiable)
Audience: Human services professionals and management
CEU: Available with 3 months booking notice
Children continually exposed to abuse and neglect experience the world as a threat. In ‘In Defense of the Self’ learn about how adverse environments change how children view the world, and how the ADOPTS trauma-informed treatment model fosters healing for pre and post adoptive children. Presented by Mark Peterson, LMSW, ACSW and Jeremy Moore, MPA of the ADOPTS national, post-adoptive trauma initiative.
In this workshop you will learn:
- The physiological and psychological aspects of acute and complex trauma
- The prevalence of traumatized children within the foster care and adoptive system
- Research-based intervention for trauma interventions
Raising an abused or neglected child: Top 10 things a parent needs to know
Length: 1-4 hours (negotiable)
Audience: Primarily for parents, but helpful for human services professionals as well
CEU: Available with 3 months booking notice
This training is based on conversations with hundreds of parents and ADOPTS therapists. Raising a child that has been traumatized before their placement in adoption or foster care is often difficult. This training will focus on the most important knowledge and skills that are demanded of parents in these situations, what issues to expect and how parents can address these common issues. ADOPTS works with children and families on developing "felt safety" in their relationships, regulation of their emotions in their communication and how to develop a sense of healthy self.
In this workshop you will learn:
- How abuse and neglect impacts a child’s brain and behavior
- Lessons learned in the field working with parents and children
- The primary skills a parent needs to know in raising a traumatized child
Some feedback on recent ADOPTS trainings
Very effective, knowledgeable, and helpful – wonderful speaker
Very interesting and informative – WONDERFUL!
The presenters all did a wonderful job of addressing the topic and also answering questions. The experiential parts were great!
The presenters did a great job! They seem to have a lot of experience!
Very helpful and accessible. Appreciate their humor
They were energetic and able to keep us engaged in the training.
Very clear, articulate, entertaining, knowledgeable and interested in teaching us – THANKS!