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Child Trauma Academy
 

Rutgers School of Social Work,
Continuing Education and Professional Development Program

The Ametz Adoption Program/JCCA
Professional Training Offerings 2009-2010 in NYC

Adoption Learning Partners

Child Trauma Academy

 Every year millions of children undergo physical or emotional trauma. On this site you'll find free online courses that offer creative and practical approachesto understanding and working with maltreated children.

All of our online courses are free to all participants. Simply select the course(s) of your choice and begin. 

To visit Child Trauma Academy please click:

ChildTraumaAcademy.com



Rutgers School of Social Work,
Continuing Education and Professional Development Program

 http://socialwork.rutgers.edu/Libraries/Continuing_Education/Rutgers_Continuing_Ed_Catalog_-_Spring_Summer_2010.sflb.ashx


 

Attachment-Focused Therapy for Adoptive Families

ID: 5954
I
n this workshop, participants will learn to recognize the symptoms of impaired attachment and the impact of impaired attachment on the adoptive family.

Fee: $125.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 5.00 Clinical
Instructor: Alice Nadelman
Date: Thursday, May 6, 2010
Time: 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Location: 100 Joyce Kilmer Ave, Piscataway, NJ

 

Behavior Management and Supportive Discipline with Traumatized Adopted Children

ID: 5957

The focus of this workshop will be on discipline seen as protection and care.

Fee: $125.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 5.00 Clinical
Instructor: Gina Buck
Date: Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Time: 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Location: 100 Joyce Kilmer Ave, Piscataway, NJ
 

Clinical Work with Birth Families

ID: 5964

This workshop will provide information on adoption and clinical practice from the birth parent perspective.

Fee: $125.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 5.00 Clinical
Instructor: Brenda Mirly
Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Time: 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Location: 1719 Route 10 E., Parsippany, NJ
 

Family-Focused Therapy for Post-Institutionalized Adopted Children

ID: 5955

This workshop will provide the practitioner with the assessment tools to determine what the behavioral symptoms are and how they impact on the adoptive family.

Fee: $125.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 5.00 Clinical
Instructor: Claudine Chiarmonte
Date: Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Time: 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Location: 100 Joyce Kilmer Ave, Piscataway, NJ
 

Individual Therapy with Adopted Children

ID: 5956

In this workshop, participants will learn assessment and treatment approaches for individual therapy with the adoptee.

Fee: $125.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 5.00 Clinical
Instructor: Debra Castaldo
Date: Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Time: 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Location: 100 Joyce Kilmer Ave, Piscataway, NJ
 

Issues in Transracial Adoption

ID: 5961

This workshop will address the issues parents face when they adopt children from a different culture or race (both domestic and international). Topics include the challenges and tasks in transracial/cultural adoptions, why racial identity and culture are important to children adopted transracially/culturally, how parents can help children develop a positive racial/cultural identity, and a framework to help parents address the myths and assumptions about trans-racial/cultural adoptions.

Fee: $125.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 5.00 Clinical

Instructor: Nancy Borders, Kim Garfinkel
Date: Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Time: 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Location: Bergen County Administration Building, Hackensack, NJ


 

The Ametz Adoption Program/JCCA
Professional Training Offerings 2009-2010 in NYC
The Ametz Adoption Program/JCCA has provided domestic and international private adoption services for over 25 years. As part of this work, there is an emphasis on meeting the needs of clients in the communities in which they live. To do so effectively, Ametz strongly believes an educated professional community is necessary. Drawing on the best "adoption" minds in the New York area, we proudly present the Institute's 6th year offerings geared for those working with adoptive families and families-to-be. Each session includes a didactic presentation and time for interactive discussion. Meetings are held at JCCA's Main Office located at 120 Wall Street, Manhattan. Call 212-558-9949 for information or register online at www.jccany.org/ametztraining 


Developmental Process of Adoptees: Variations on Normative Development
Michael Colberg, JD, LCSW, MFT, Private Practice
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 from 10 am – noon. $35 per person

Adopted children have a unique developmental process. This training will explore the added layer of adoption in the development of the child and family. Understanding the rhythm of the adoptive family enhances the therapeutic relationships, as well as provides direction in helping families establish positive relationships within their community.

• Learn the developmental phases of the development of adopted children
• Learn the developmental phases of the adoptive family
• Enhancing family strengths and resilience in navigating community institutions and resources
• Timely interventions with community institutions

Michael Colberg, JD, LCSW, MFT maintains a private psychotherapy practice in New York City focusing on family systems and adoption. He has served on the Los Angeles Commission for Children's Services and the New York City Task Force on Open Adoption. Mr. Colberg is a founding member of All Children - All Families whose mission is to create opportunities for children in foster care to find permanent families with members of the LGBT community who very much want to parent. Mr. Colberg also was a founding co-director of The Center For Family Connections - New York and is a former member of the board of Friends In Adoption. He has studied, written about, taught and spoken out on behalf of families touched by adoption in many venues, including Yale and Columbia Law Schools, the International Conference on the Rights of the Child and New York City's Village Community School and he spent last summer at a seminar educating judges about open adoption. Mr. Colberg is a parent of a college-age daughter whose adoption has been open since birth.


Best Practices: Ethics and Day-to-Day Adoption Practice
Madelyn Freundlich, MSW, MPH, JD, LL.M, Child Welfare Consultant
Thursday, June 3, 2010 from 9:30 am – noon. $40 per person

What constitutes an ethical issue in adoption and how do we make decisions? By exploring actual case examples delve into legal, institutional and personal values, which can affect decision-making. Learn how to identify and sort through issues as you gain a framework for consideration and resolution of complex practice issues. Some of the issues we will consider are: Inclusion (or lack of inclusion) of certain information in Homestudy and Post Placement Reports. (When clients and agencies collide.), adoption birth order and "artificial twinning", meeting the racial/cultural identity needs of adopted children and post-adoption contact, search and reunion

• Identifying legal, institutional and personal values that can affect daily practice
• Enhancing knowledge of the needs of triad members and how to meet those needs.
• Gain a framework for thinking through complex practice issues.
• Learn when and how to obtain "outside" consultation

Madelyn Freundlich, MSW. MPH, JD is a child welfare professional with more than 20 years of experience in child welfare practice, program development and implementation, training, policy and research. She has written extensively on child welfare issues. Ms. Freundlich formerly served as General Counsel and Director of Child Welfare Services for the Child Welfare League of America, Associate Director of Planning for the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Executive Director for the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, and Policy Director for Children's Rights. In these capacities, she worked with public and private child welfare agencies and child welfare organizations across the country, providing consultation and training and developing practice, program, policy and research initiatives that have gained national recognition. Ms. Freundlich holds master degrees in social work (MSW, Louisiana State University) and public health (MPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) and two degrees in law (JD, University of Houston and LL.M., Georgetown University).

Call 212-558-9949 for additional information or register online at www.jccany.org/ametztraining
 



Adoption Learning Partners


August 4, 201012:00 1:00 PM Central Time

We're home! Now what?
Please join us for a webinar introducing adoption professionals to
WE'RE HOME!  NOW WHAT?  How to Settle in and Thrive as a New Adoptive Family.  
This webinar is for adoption professionals only.  Judy Stigger and Barbara Supergan will walk you through what families will learn in these courses and will share practical tools to get this help into the hands of families who will benefit the most.  
What's more, you'll get a free NASW-approved CEU course enrollment just for attending the webinar!
To register please click here.
 

 

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