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ARCHIVED WEBINARS

 #1101 “Tough Questions, No Easy Answers: Some Useful Tips for Raising Hurt Kids” with Deena McMahon (August 2009) Deena McMahon has developed expertise in the areas of childhood trauma, childhood sexual abuse, grief and loss, family violence, adoption and attachment and continues to work as a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with a private practice in Minnesota. Learn how to care for children who have been hurt and how you can provide a safe and calm environment for these children in your home.

#1102 “Back to School with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)” with Kari Fletcher (September 2009) Kari Fletcher understands that students with FASD can have a variety of learning and behavioral challenges and providing them with appropriate educational services. Kari felt the best fit in the school system for children is by adapting the educational environment and approach to learning, ultimately creating changes that will not only benefit your kids but other students in the classroom as well.

#1103 “Silent Night: Calming the Holidays for Children with Sensory and Neurological Differences” with Kari Fletcher (December 2009) Kari Fletcher is an adoptive parent of two children who had prenatal exposure to drugs and alcohol and often struggle with anxiety and sensory processing disorders. In this one-hour presentation she shares some of her strategies for “calming the holiday” chaos for her children at home, at family gatherings, in school and in the community.

#1104 “The Mosiac: When Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) Meets Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)” with Deena McMahon and Wendylee Raun (February 2010) Two of the most seen diagnoses in adoption are RAD and FASD. Learn more about these conditions and how they overlap. Both are disorders of circumstance that play out in behavior. How will this effect your family and what can be done? What does the long term picture look like? Hear from two experts from different arenas, therapist Deena McMahon and parent and adoption professional Wendylee Raun. Hear what they have learned over 20+ years of working and living with RAD and FASD.

 #1105 “Great Ideas for Increasing Biculturalism in Transracial Families” with Robert O’Connor (March 2010) Join us for this one-hour presentation as Robert O'Connor shares practical ideas on how to live a more diverse and bicultural life with your children, both in the home and in the community. You will be amazed by the added value living a multicultural life can have for you and your family.

#1106 “Avoiding Power Struggles & Healing Hearts: Responsive Parenting to Engage the Reactive Child” with Paul Buckley (July 2010) Children or youth who generate power struggles are often seeking parental connection while at the same time avoiding the frightening burden of vulnerability and/or intimacy. Join Paul Buckley as he reveals the child’s motivation for control while providing you with a better understanding for the psychological purpose and cause of power struggles. Paul Buckley will provide three strategies that work to induce cooperation and strengthen bonds between child and caregiver.

 #1107 "Practical Strategies for Helping Troubled Adopted Children with Complex Histories: Focus On Anger Issues" with Dr. Richard J. Delaney (August 2010) Many adopted children are “multiply impacted” by prenatal exposure to drugs and/or alcohol, neglect, trauma, abuse and/or multiple out-of-home placements. This 90-minute presentation by internationally known speaker, acclaimed author and consultant to foster, kinship and adoptive parents, Dr. Rick J. Delaney will address adoptive parenting issues that include, how to get to the bottom of why children behave and how to approach problems, especially social aggression and anger outburst.

#1108 "Adolescence, RAD & Attachment: Guiding the Adopted Teen Towards Adulthood (Sept 2010) with Krista Nelson Children with Reactive Attachment Disorder grow up and become teenagers who then become adults! This webinar is for parents raising teens with attachment trauma histories who are asking “What do I do now?” Gain tools to help a teen move forward from destructive behaviors to find safer ways of coping, communicating and connecting to others.

#1100 8 disc set - $105.00 ($120.00 value)
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