Foster Carers and Children Thriving Family Contact

Who is the Workshop For?

Foster carers from LBI partner agencies in South Australia.

Key Content

This webinar, supported by participant engagement (questions, polling and feedback), will bring focus to the following evidence-based content.

• The role and importance of family contact in the lives of children and young people, with a focus on identity and healthy processing of experiences.
• Understanding how 'adjustment’, ‘grief’ or ‘pain-based’ responses are expected after access, and this can still represent an opportunity to grow a child’s capacity for future positive outcomes.
• Understanding the key mechanisms to support children to learn to develop a healthy relationship with both biological and out-of-home care families (or multiple family members) at the same time (no ‘splitting’ and an attachment to both).
• Supporting children build a healthy family identity - one tree and two branches.
• How to positively advocate for family contact review, where there are concerns regarding the growth potential (or harm) of family contact.
• How to maintain a growth- and solution-focused mindset to family contact.

Facilitators

The session will be delivered by a LBI Foundation practitioner with significant experience in supporting children and young people within family contact arrangements.

• Dr Ivan Raymond (Clinical Psychologist)

Delivery

The session will be delivered by Zoom, which is an online web-based platform that can be accessed by smart phone, tablet and computer. All participants who register will receive an email 24 hours before the session with the Zoom code.

Workshop Cost

• Free for foster carers from LBI partner agencies. Please register through Eventbrite.

Additional Information

This workshop is a Specialist Application Module of the broader IMPACT Program. Participants completing the workshop will be invited to complete an online accreditation process and receive a certificate linked to their LBI learning record.

For additional information on the events and training conducted by LBI Foundation, click here.

This workshop can also be delivered in-house (to an agency, program site or school) by LBI Foundation.