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Agenda 2 A Home Within Introduction to A Home Within Fostering Relationships Identity Formation Small Groups – Identity Deck Debrief Small Groups – Leadership Decks Debrief
What we do… A Home Within promotes the emotional health of foster children and youth and those who care for them by creating and supporting lasting, caring relationships. Assist foster care community ✲ Direct services ✲ Professional training ✲ Public awareness ✲ Advocacy 3 A Home Within
What we offer Clinical Chapters ✲ Clinicians in private practice offer weekly pro bono psychotherapy ✲ Theoretical education ✲ Clinical discussion 4 A Home Within
What we offer Fostering Relationships ✲ Web-based program for staff and volunteers ✳ Education ✳ Online training ✳ Curriculum decks ✳ Expertise in relationship-based practices 5 A Home Within
Fostering Relationships Knowledge Sharing Platform ✲ Supports relationships between foster youth and adults ✲ Tools for overcoming developmental impact Caseworkers, staff, and foster parents often have little training or support ✲ Low morale ✲ High turnover rates ✲ Compounding the history of loss for youth 6 A Home Within
What we’ve learned: Education by experts Interactive trainings Typical development Across the spectrum Impact of trauma 7 A Home Within
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Fostering Relationships: 10 Decks 10 A Home Within About Me Identity Nurturing Parents Relationship – Based Practices I Relationship – Based Practices II Self Care Sense Abilities Separations Fostering Transitions Working Well
Fostering Relationships: Spanish 11 A Home Within
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We can’t expect youth to think for themselves unless we first teach them to think with us. 14 A Home Within
Sample Discussion Topics Drugs Incarceration Parenting Relationships Saying goodbye Sex 15 A Home Within
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Fostering Relationships: Decks 17 A Home Within Parenting
Fostering Relationships: Identity 18 A Home Within
Fostering Relationships: Suggested Uses 19 A Home Within
Fostering Relationships: Decks 20 A Home Within Identity
21 A Home Within SimilaritiesDifferencesBelongingAcceptance Joined Alone Fears Dreams
Identity Card Front and Back 22
Vertical vs. Horizontal Identities Vertical Identity ✲ Genetic traits passed from parents to children ✳ Values ✳ Behavior ✳ Culture Horizontal Identity ✲ Identities independent from parents 23 A Home Within
Foster Care Affects Horizontal Identity Associations within the foster care system Shared experience Sense of belonging 24 A Home Within
Foster Care Affects Vertical Identity Disconnected from parents and family Untethered from their culture Heightened struggle to establish identity 25 A Home Within
Theorist: Eric Erikson 26 A Home Within
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Fostering Relationships: Leadership Booklet 28 A Home Within
Leadership 29 A Home Within EndingsUncertaintyBeginningsRenewal Mind Body Heart Soul
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Fostering Relationships: Decks 31 A Home Within Leadership
My contact information Phone: Additional Information: ✲ Website: ✲ Facebook: ✲ ✲ LinkedIn: ✲ Blog: 32 A Home Within Toni Heineman, LCSW, DMH. Founder & Executive Director
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