Caring for a child who has special education needs or has experienced
trauma can be challenging. Come battle the mid-year blues with Yolonda
Thompson, Family Program Manager of SCAN Family Programs and Kelly
Henderson, Ph.D., Executive Director of Formed Families Forward. This
winter workshop will help refresh your parenting and problem-solving
tool kit with strategies to build resiliency and address mid-school
year challenges. Families and educational professionals will come away
with practical tools they can use at home and in the
classroom.Families are encouraged to bring questions and documents
such as Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) to problem solve
challenges they and their child are experiencing at home and in the
classroom.
Session is FREE. Inclement weather date is Monday, March 23, 2020.
Open to all interested parents, caregivers, and professionals, though
content will address issues of particular relevance to foster,
adoptive and kinship families. We offer training and support to
foster, adoptive and kinship families raising children and youth with
special needs. Older teens and young adults are welcome to attend.
Please note child care for younger children is not available.
Light refreshments will be served at 6 PM; formal program starts at
6:30 PM. No child care is available.
Download event FLYER HERE
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