About the workshop
This workshop describes the impacts on children’s development when they are moved between caregivers, sexually or physically abused, prematurely given the responsibility of taking care of themselves-or other children, or told they are worthless by words or actions.
This workshop also looks at the requisites for developing a healthy sense of self as an adopted person. It describes techniques and concepts, stage by stage, to help children who are grieving their birthparents.
Attendees will look at normal emotional development in children, contrasting them with the beliefs that ensue after the damaging experiences from maltreatment. How does the clinician help rebuild a solid sense of worth in children? Stage by stage the successive impacts of development will be discussed, as well as methods to help children who are impacted at particular developmental stages.
The growth of empathy after neglect, and the methods and resources that work best in rebuilding empathy will be described in depth. This session will work very specifically on rebuilding reciprocity and emotional intelligence in children.
This workshop will be rich in looking at the ways in which the brain is altered by maltreatment. It will describe, concretely, methods that work best in all contexts for children whose brains processes have been shaped by neglect and abuse.
This workshop is required for those enrolled in the Certificate Program in Adoption and Foster Care Therapy.
