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NACC is pleased to announce our new and expanded Infants & Toddlers series. This comprehensive four-session series is tailored for attorneys for the agency, children, or parents, as well as judges and social workers in infant and toddler cases.
Dive deep into the nuances of providing high-quality legal representation in cases involving our youngest and most vulnerable clients. From compassionate advocacy and understanding the unique harms faced by infants and toddlers to navigating the removal decision and fostering collaboration for families, each session is designed to equip you with the specialized knowledge and skills needed to effectively advocate for these young individuals.
Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your practice and make a meaningful impact in the lives of infants and toddlers. Register now to secure your spot in this essential series. All registrants also receive electronic access to last year’s recordings and materials from the High-Quality Legal Representation for Infants and Toddlers Training Series.
Session One: Compassionate Advocacy in Infant & Toddler Cases
- The Importance of Cultural Humility for Attorneys in Infant & Toddler Cases
- Trauma-Informed Representation
- Engaging w/ infants and toddlers
- Personal/Peer Care and Compassion for Attorneys in Infant & Toddler Cases
Parenting is challenging, particularly when you are parenting a child from a hard place. TBRI® Connecting Principles will provide and in-depth look at connection and attachment and will give you strategies and skills for helping children and families heal. This multi-disciplinary training is designed to give caregivers, volunteers, and professionals who serve children and families the knowledge and practical skills they need to bring hope and healing.
This multi-disciplinary training is designed to give caregivers, volunteers, and professionals who serve children and families the knowledge and practical skills they need to bring hope and healing. This live, online training has 4 video-conferencing modules, giving participants the opportunity learn in an interactive environment.
Please Note: Participants must attend TBRI Introduction and Overview prior to attending this training.
Module 1: Introduction and Insight
Learning objectives:
1. Gain knowledge & insight about infant attachment that will build a foundation for awareness of your own attachment history as well as how to build secure connections with children.
Module 2: Attachment (when things go wrong) and Mindfulness Strategies ( May 15)
Learning objectives:
1. Gain knowledge regarding the effects of insecure attachment on the ability to regulate behavior.
2. Gain insight on how our own attachment styles and histories influence the relationships we have with others.
Module 3: Engagement Strategies
Learning objective:
1. Gain strategies and techniques that make it easier to relate to children in the ways they communicate best – non verbally and through playful interaction.
Module 4: Building Trust by Giving Voice
Learning objectives:
1. Gain understanding and compassion regarding the fact that children from hard places often crave control of their environments, which is a product of having no control over their past.
2. Gain strategies that teach children that their words have power and safe adults will listen to their needs.
Become a Certified Facilitator for the My Life My Choice Prevention Curriculum, an evaluated and nationally‐acclaimed exploitation prevention curriculum aimed at changing adolescent girls’ perceptions of the commercial sex industry, building self-esteem and personal empowerment. Participants learn to run psycho-educational groups with vulnerable girls in a variety of settings to prevent exploitation and/or re-victimization. It is the first comprehensive, survivor-led curriculum in the US and has been used in 36 states. It is both gender specific and gender responsive.
Participants will:
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Understand the research behind the My Life My Choice Curriculum
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Learn how to use the Curriculum to run psycho-educational groups with vulnerable girls in a variety of settings to prevent exploitation and/or re-victimization
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Learn best practices for facilitating a prevention group and explore potential challenges
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Practice facilitation skills and receive feedback in small and large group settings
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Receive a copy of the My Life My Choice Curriculum and membership to our prevention-focused Online Community