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When Balancing Feels Like Juggling: Supporting Infants & Toddlers in Foster Care and the Many Relationships Surrounding Them (Parts 1 & 2)

This training will explore the unique needs and perspectives to be considered when providing infant mental health services to infants, toddlers and families involved in the child welfare system.  Professionals supporting these vulnerable children and families find themselves struggling to balance the many needs of the baby, the parents and many caregivers and the array of professionals surrounding them.   This training will cover assessment of parental capacity (i.e. what really is good enough?) and strategies for working with families who exhibit concerning attachment behaviors.   We will use lecture, case material, DVD resources and small group reflective experiences to grapple with the complexities of this important work together.

Date: October 25-26, 2018

Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, check-in at 8:30 am

Location: Muskegon Area ISD, 630 Harvey St., Muskegon, MI 49442 – Great Lakes Room

Presenter: Faith Eidson, LMSW, IMH-E®

Without the very generous and ongoing support from the Muskegon Area Intermediate School District
this incredible training opportunity would not be possible.

Continuing Education Information – 11.0 training hours:

Social Work – Approved for 11.0 Michigan SW CEU’s
IMH Endorsement® – Will count towards the requirements for the MI-AIMH Endorsement®
NEW! Licensed Professional Counselors – NBCC Hours – Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health (MI-AIMH) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No.6867.  Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.  MI-AIMH is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Learning Objectives – Participants will be able to:

• Describe each category of attachment in observable behaviors in the infant/toddler.
• Articulate clearly why attachment relationships are key when assessing children in foster care.
• Describe the stages of attachment relationships.
• Practice viewing an IMH foster care case through the experience of each person involved.
• Articulate the trauma symptoms for infants and toddlers.
• Leave with 3 concrete suggestions for best practice recommendations in IMH foster care cases.
• Name 3 evidence-based and/or research/supported IMH intervention possibilities for infants and toddlers in foster care and their caregivers.
• Leave training with ideas for “words to use,” when advocating on behalf of infants and toddlers in foster care and their families.

Key MI-AIMH Competencies addressed include: Attachment, Separation, Trauma & Loss; Family Relationships & Dynamics; Infant/young Child & Family-centered Practice; relationship-based, Therapeutic Practice; Observation & Listening; Parent-infant/very Young Child Relationship-based Therapies & Practices; Responding with Empathy; Contemplation; Curiosity; Emotional Response; Parallel Process

Registration Information 

Registration Fees: $45, $10 for Social Work/Professional Counselor Continuing Education

Registration Tips:

• Contact information, including cell phone number is required
• If you need continuing education as a Licensed Social Worker or Licensed Professional Counselor, you will be required to enter your license # during the registration process – have it handy.
• Payment options during registration:
  • You may select “Pay by Check” and be able to complete your registration easily.
  • You may pay securely by credit card through PayPal.  You do not need a PayPal account, the website will direct you through this process easily.
  • You may select “Pay by Invoice”; the email included with the Billing information will be sent a confirmation of your registration order and can use that as an invoice.  IF your agency needs a different type of invoice, please let Tiffanie Martinez know after you have registered – tmartinez@mi-aimh.org

Registration Deadlines:

Priority Registration will be open for members of the Muskegon Intermediate School District until September 5, 2018.  If there are open seats still available, registration will be open to others on September 6th.

Last Day to Register – September 18, 2018

Cancellation policy: Notice of cancellation must be submitted in writing no later than 7 days prior to the event for a refund to be issued. Send notice to tmartinez@mi-aimh.org

Note: Agency checks should be made payable to MI-AIMH. Please indicate the names of all staff attending the training and the name of the training.

Mail checks to: MI-AIMH, ATTN: Tiffanie Martinez, 13101 Allen Road, Southgate, MI 48195

For registration questions, contact Tiffanie Martinez at: tmartinez@mi-aimh.org or 734-785-7705, Ext. 7617