Event:
Sexually Abused Children in Adoption & Foster Care: What You Need to Know (Minneapolis)
Date:
Feb 21st, 2012
Time:
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Fee:
Individual Adult: $15.00 per person
Adult Couple: $20.00 per parenting couple
Available Spaces:
40
Spaces Remaining:
12
Presenter(s):
Deena McMahon, MSW, LICSW
Location:
Lutheran Social Service, 2400 Park Avenue, Mpls
Description:
A training for parents, caregivers and professionals who serve adoptive, foster and kinship families
Please join Deena McMahon as she shares what parents and professionals need to know when helping children heal from the trauma of sexual abuse. McMahon will discuss the impact of sexual abuse has on adopt-ed and foster children, offer parenting strategies and talk about the possible outcome for these children.
Deena McMahon, MSW, LICSW is a licensed social worker and family therapist with more than 25 years of experience working with families and children. She speaks throughout Minnesota and nationally on the dy-namics of attachment, brain development and early trauma and how to effectively serve children and fami-lies involved in the child welfare system. McMahon also has expertise on child sexual abuse and frequently serves as an expert witness in court proceedings regarding permanency issues.
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