Caregiver Core Training A foundational course designed for relative caregivers and for those considering the role of a foster or adoptive parent University of Washington • Eastern Washington University • University of Washington Tacoma • DSHS Children’s Administration • Partners for Our Children
Session 5 Growing up with Trauma, Grief, and Loss allianceforchildwelfare.org
What stands out? Sessions 1-4 or field experience Choose something from one of the categories and write it down. The Child Welfare System Teaming and Advocacy Cultural Connections Visitation Birth Parents Disproportionality The Children in Care allianceforchildwelfare.org
Brain development in a nutshell Brain Builders https://vimeo.com/album/4097475/video/179227407 allianceforchildwelfare.org
Why is it important to understand basic child development? allianceforchildwelfare.org
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Unsafe Sleep Safe Sleep allianceforchildwelfare.org
Keep your baby safe it’s as simple as abc I sleep lone B on my ack C in a bare naked rib allianceforchildwelfare.org
The Period of PURPLE Crying https://vimeo.com/album/4097475/video/179227419 allianceforchildwelfare.org
P U R P L E The letters in purple stand for: Peak of Crying Your baby may cry more each week, the most in month 2, then less in months 3-5 Unexpected Crying can come and go and you don’t know why Resists Soothing Your baby may not stop crying no matter what you try Pain-like Face A crying baby may look like they are in pain, even when they are not Long Lasting Crying can last as much as 5 hours a day, or more Evening Your baby may cry more in the late afternoon and evening P U R P L E allianceforchildwelfare.org
Prenatal exposure to alcohol allianceforchildwelfare.org
diagnoses A diagnosis may be no more than a glimpse at previous behaviors. A diagnosis may change over time. allianceforchildwelfare.org
Baby Chris Baby Terry allianceforchildwelfare.org
ATTACHMENT CONTINUUM Secure Anxious Ambivalent Disorganized Unattached allianceforchildwelfare.org
Trauma allianceforchildwelfare.org
Developmental domains Physical Cognitive Social Emotional Moral allianceforchildwelfare.org
ESSENTIAL CONNECTIONS Information We Need Significant Persons Group My Meaningful Role Means of Support Source of Joy System of Values Places Culture History ESSENTIAL CONNECTIONS allianceforchildwelfare.org
Stages of grief Signs of Healing Self-Medication Bargaining Anger Shock & Denial Anger Bargaining Self-Medication Signs of Healing allianceforchildwelfare.org
What can we do to help maintain or create connection? allianceforchildwelfare.org