1. 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

2. Session 5 Growing up with Trauma, Grief, and Loss
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3. 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
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4. Brain development in a nutshell
Brain Builders
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5. Why is it important to understand basic child development?
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7. Unsafe Sleep
Safe Sleep
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8. Keep your baby safe it’s as simple as abc
I sleep
lone B
on my
ack C
in a bare naked
rib
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9. The Period of PURPLE Crying
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10. 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
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11. Prenatal exposure to alcohol
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12. diagnoses
A diagnosis may be no more than a glimpse at previous behaviors.
A diagnosis may change over time.
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13. The development of trust, attachment, and the foundations of love
Child feels discomfort
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14. The development of trust, attachment, and the foundations of love
Child feels discomfort
Child expresses discomfort (a need)
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15. The development of trust, attachment, and the foundations of love
Child feels discomfort
Parent comforts child (meets need)
Child expresses discomfort (a need)
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16. The development of trust, attachment, and the foundations of love
Child feels comfort
Child feels discomfort
Parent comforts child (meets need)
Child expresses discomfort (a need)
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17. The development of trust, attachment, and the foundations of love
Child feels comfort
Child feels discomfort
Parent comforts child (meets need)
Child expresses discomfort (a need)
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18. Neglect and… trust, attachment, and the foundations of love
Child feels discomfort
Parent fails to meet the need
Child expresses discomfort (a need)
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19. Neglect and… trust, attachment, and the foundations of love
Child escalates to anger
Child feels discomfort
Parent fails to meet the need
Child expresses discomfort (a need)
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20. Neglect and… trust, attachment, and the foundations of love
Child escalates to anger
Child feels discomfort
Fear
Parent fails to meet the need
Child expresses discomfort (a need)
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21. Neglect and… trust, attachment, and the foundations of love
Child escalates to anger
Child feels discomfort
Anger
Fear
Parent fails to meet the need
Child expresses discomfort (a need)
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22. ATTACHMENT CONTINUUM Secure Anxious Ambivalent Disorganized Unattached
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23. Trauma
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24. Developmental domains
Physical
Cognitive
Social
Emotional
Moral
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25. 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
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26. Stages of grief Signs of Healing Self-Medication Bargaining Anger
Shock & Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Self-Medication
Signs of Healing
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27. What can we do to help maintain or create connection?
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