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Thank you so much for your interest in our camp! We’ll be in touch by June 14 to let you know whether we are able to offer a spot to your camper! If you don’t receive an email from us, please don’t hesitate to contact us at tmerrick@fhfnola.org (unfortunately, our emails sometimes go to spam). The camp cost is $250 per week. A two-week-long summer camp from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and we focus on disability justice, celebrating neurodiversity, and simply encouraging everyone to explore and have fun in a safe, supportive environment! We welcome all applications. This 10-day camp is designed for neurodiverse individuals to have an opportunity to explore coding with Texas Instruments Technology. Activities include daily competitions involving games, robotic vehicles, microcontrollers, calculators, and PYTHON programming. We aim to create a low-pressure, sensory-friendly environment that supports all types of communication.
This webinar, hosted by Justice and Joy National Collaborative, will provide an overview of intersectionality and discuss how it can be used as a lens to better observe and address overlapping systems of discrimination and disadvantage. The presentation will discuss how intersectionality can reveal the complications and barriers faced by individuals who belong to multiple marginalized groups and why taking intersectionality into account is vital in creating programs and opportunities for girls of color.
Join other child-serving professionals to create a plan of action for preventing child sexual abuse of youth in your care.
Learn the signs and symptoms of child sexual abuse, mandated reporter and stakeholder responsibilities. Identify strengths and weaknesses of current prevention practices, and develop an action plan, using the Strategic Prevention Dashboard, for your organization.
This course is open to all members of child serving organizations such as preschool, after-school care, summer camps, church groups, athletic associations or others responsible for the care of minors.
Upon completion of this training, you will be able to:
- Identify signs and symptoms of child sexual abuse
- Identify community stakeholders and define their roles in preventing child sexual abuse
- Define Mandated Reporter and their legal and ethical responsibilities
- Identify strengths and weaknesses of stakeholder current prevention practices
- Create an action plan to improve the prevention of child sexual abuse within your organization/agency (internally) and throughout your community (externally)
Empowering early childhood professionals through community. Here’s what you’ll get:
- Cutting-edge information and research, discussion focused on innovations in the field and a chance to share your insights on where we’re heading.
- Networking opportunities with top administrators, teachers, clinicians, adult educators, researchers and those involved in shaping policy and programs.
- More than 70 sessions on early childhood topics you won’t find anywhere else.
- Continuing Education Units for all ZERO TO THREE LEARN Conference attendees.
Team Dynamics is gathering national experts to form a new and exciting virtual conference series focused on resiliency, determination, community and individual skills for successful survival of trauma, poverty, and other challenges that make forward progress difficult.
Our organization provides conference management, training and communications for many government and nonprofit organizations. We hope you will attend, learn something that you can use immediately and pass the goodness forward.
If you have questions about The Dynamics of Hope Series – please do not hesitate to give us a call or send an email to us.
Susan Shaffette, CGMP – susan@teamdyn.com
Dr. Sharon Delvisco, LMSW, CGMP – sharon@teamdyn.com
Join us for this month’s Coffee and Conversations series for this session focused on the role of advocacy in shaping policies that protect children, the process of developing and promoting legislative measures, and the importance of community and stakeholder involvement. Attendees will gain insights into effective advocacy strategies, understand the legislative process, and learn how to engage with policymakers to champion the cause of child protection. This session will provide practical examples, aimed at empowering participants to become strong advocates for safeguarding children from abuse and neglect.
Speaker:
Susan East Nelson, JD
Executive Director, Louisiana Partnership
for Children and Families
LCTF grantees are required to attend the annual education day. FY24/25 Grantees will meet on August 28,2024. Education day will be held at the West Baton Rouge Conference Center, located in Port Allen, Louisiana (Lobdell exit from I-10).
Promoting Positive Change in Communities by Confronting Poverty
Louisiana CASA is excited to host our third webinar series. This series is brought to you in partnership with the Louisiana Children’s Trust Fund so we are required to ask participants certain demographic questions during registration. Once you register, an email will be sent to you that includes the link to join the webinar. We hope to see you there!
Understanding the Impact of Poverty on Child Maltreatment
The first in a series of public educational seminars, the presentation will explore how family poverty significantly increases the risk of child maltreatment and share research-backed findings on how economic adversity indirectly contributes to maltreatment. We will highlight promising prevention pathways that make a difference in the cycle of maltreatment by buffering risk factors and supporting vulnerable families.
Join us for the September Idea Exchange where we will continue the conversation following the Practice Academy course — Intentional Integration: How to Identify and Support Parents with Co-Occurring Disorders. Many dependency court professionals recognize the prevalence of co-occurring disorders. Still, due to complexities in screening, assessment, diagnosis, and securing mental health services, FTCs may not appropriately identify and treat parents with co-occurring disorders. Come take part in a lively conversation with peers from across the country and discuss strategies, share innovations, and brainstorm solutions to challenges and barriers!
Promoting Positive Change in Communities by Confronting Poverty
Louisiana CASA is excited to host our third webinar series. This series is brought to you in partnership with the Louisiana Children’s Trust Fund so we are required to ask participants certain demographic questions during registration. Once you register, an email will be sent to you that includes the link to join the webinar. We hope to see you there!
Promoting Family Economic Well-Being Beyond Poverty
Child poverty is rooted in decades-long trends of economic hardships among families across the nation. From the grassroots movement of United Ways, measures of financial hardships have emerged through the measurements of ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed). Join us in discovering the impacts of United Ways’ data collection and the ALICE movement that promotes well-being for families beyond poverty.