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E1 Wraparound Implementation within the California Well-Being Project

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The California Well Being Project provides participating counties with the flexibility to invest existing resources more effectively in proven and innovative approaches that better ensure the safety of children and the success of families. This flexibility enables the opportunity to reinvest resources into more cost efficient approaches that achieve better outcomes. One project focus is Wraparound for probation youth exhibiting delinquency risk factors that put them at risk of entering foster care. This workshop offers an overview of the project, the state’s Wraparound intervention and intersecting project outcome changes with Wraparound.

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Author: Resource Center for Family-Focused Practice

E2 Cultural Competence and Trauma, Part 2

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This workshop is designed to explore and discuss the importance of cultural competency when providing services to children and families experiencing trauma. Different perspectives will be explored, as well as self reflection of the participants own biases. Different degrees of sociohistorical trauma, environmental trauma and psychological trauma will be discussed. Participants will leave with the knowledge and understanding needed to provide culturally responsible services.

Material Type: Lecture Notes

Author: Resource Center for Family-Focused Practice

E10 Effective Teaming: Behind the Wheel

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Teaming on a highway of different participation styles is a skill often given little development. The norm is to put teams together, toss the dice and hope for synergy. This workshop will impact the way you team, by focusing on understanding and working with different “driving” or team participation styles. We will discuss how to keep the team moving toward integration and not get lost. You will leave this workshop with personal insight on your participation style and develop skills to collaborate with other or different participation styles

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Author: Resource Center for Family-Focused Practice

E12 Proven Strategies of Parent Partner Effectiveness, Part 2

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This presentation will provide a foundation of effective parent partner strategies and effective team strategies. Presenters will provide engagement strategies, concrete family tools and resource mapping. The workshop will also highlight the success of the monthly Parent Retreat, a support group which provides affirmation and enhances social and emotional connection through brainstorming and peer support.

Material Type: Lecture Notes

Author: Resource Center for Family-Focused Practice

F1 Natural Supports and Shaping our Growth through Storytelling

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Fred Finch Youth Center Wraparound is once again taking the forefront in creative, outside the box ways to engage youth and families in the process of change, while likewise integrating fun and interaction back into the training process for our colleagues in the field. This workshop offers a chance to share how Wraparound providers can help youth and family develop a new, healthier perception of themselves. This creative method uses facets of storytelling in the context of essential Wraparound principles. Employing the framework of meaning making and the importance of uncovering context, this training encourages development in creative methods of finding supports as well as practicing strength based reframes.

Material Type: Lecture Notes

Author: Resource Center for Family-Focused Practice

F3 The Benefits of Lead Supervisors in Wraparound

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Staff employed within Wraparound programs often work with very intense and complex families which may cause greater risk of staff experiencing compassion fatigue, team conflict and burn out. In addition, due to the “whatever is takes” and the 24/7 availability Wraparound philosophies, staff may struggle with finding a balance in meeting client, program and fiscal needs on a daily basis. This presentation will detail the structure of Casa Pacifica’s Wraparound program in Santa Barbara county—in particular, the implementation of peer support supervisors titled lead supervisors and the benefits of having lead supervisors address the challenges Wraparound staff experience regularly. In addition, this presentation will detail how implementing lead supervisors in Wraparound makes good business sense from a fiscal, contract, and programmatic level.

Material Type: Lecture Notes

Author: Resource Center for Family-Focused Practice

F6 Are You Ready for Group Care Reform? Tales from the Front Lines of California’s Residentially Based Services (RBS) Pilot Project

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This workshop will give a background to California’s Residentially Based Service (RBS) Pilot and focus on the experiences of implementing a different approach to providing residential care which included the incorporation of Wraparound process and roles. Lessons learned from service delivery, cultural readiness and teaming with county partners will be shared to help those impacted by the upcoming statewide reform. Participants will explore their agency and county readiness for the upcoming changes.

Material Type: Lecture Notes

Author: Resource Center for Family-Focused Practice

F8 Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)

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PCIT is founded on social learning and attachment theories, and it treats children between 2 and 7 years of age with disruptive or externalizing behavior problems. Participants will examine the interpersonal aspects of child maltreatment and how PCIT is an effective intervention for these families. Participants will learn about the basic PCIT concepts and their application to several different treatment settings (clinics, home visits, school and Head Start). This workshop is for Wraparound staff, providers, clinicians, paraprofessionals, home visitors and school based professionals evaluation system. He also leads CalSWEC’s efforts to foster evidence based practice in child welfare, and to address disparities in the child welfare system.

Material Type: Lecture Notes

Author: Resource Center for Family-Focused Practice

F10 Communicating and Coaching: Strategies for Achieving Extraordinary Outcomes with Families and Staff

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If we believe that families hold the keys of wisdom to knowing what they really need in order to be self sufficient and thriving, then should we be extremely thoughtful about the ways in which we communicate with all members within the circle of support for each family? Should we consider modifications to current thought processes as to how, in the future, we can train our own staff to partner most effectively? Using a technique called appreciative inquiry, participants will explore conversations about how listening and the conscious pooling of collective strengths can transform how we relate to each other every day in our most significant and impactful field of work. Goal setting strategies will be presented for discussion and one of the most effective secrets to creating, sustaining and deepening the quality of our relationships will be revealed for consideration among the engaged participants in this workshop.

Material Type: Lecture Notes

Author: Resource Center for Family-Focused Practice

F11 Hiring Parent Partners

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Parent or family partners have gained respect as agency efforts to ensure the family voice and choice is present. They can link family culture to services, shift the perception many families have about involvement in services and bridge the divide from worker to client. Unfortunately, those same factors that make them appealing as a family change agent or agency informant on policy and practice can make it difficult to hire staff. This workshop will be presented by parent partner champions who have found the way to hire and support staff. Come hear how it can be done and get inspired to be a champion in your agency.

Material Type: Lecture Notes

Author: Resource Center for Family-Focused Practice

F12 Facilitating Attachment and Health Transitions for Foster Youth

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This workshop is intended to enhance understanding of the attachment disruptions that commonly occur in foster children who experience multiple placements. Discussion will help caregivers and professional providers identify common behaviors and accompanying needs of youth with attachment difficulties, and identify ways of facilitating relationship development for children who have difficulty forming healthy attachments. Lastly, we will discuss how to facilitate transitions for foster youth in a way that supports attachment and relationship permanence.

Material Type: Lecture Notes

Author: Resource Center for Family-Focused Practice