SPRING CAREGIVER'S CONFERENCE
March 19 & 20, 2020
College of the Redwoods, Eureka Campus
7351 Tompkins Hill Road, Eureka
Thursday, 9:00pm - 3:00pm and Friday, 9:00am - 3:00pm
Spring Caregiver's Conference
Foster Kinship Care Education Program at College of the Redwoods, in collaboration with Department of Health & Human Services, offers this event of training and speakers to provide quality education and support opportunities to caregivers of children and youth in out-of-home care.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
THURSDAY
8:00am - 9:00am Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00am - 10:30am Session 1 SB89 Reproductive Health
Session 2 Working with Birth Parents
10:45am - 12:15pm Session 1 Gender Non-Conforming Rights
Session 2 Trauma Informed Care
1:15pm - 1:45pm Session 1 ICWA & Child Welfare
Session 2 Therapeutic Foster Care
FRIDAY
8:00am - 9:00am Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00am - 10:30am Session 1 Caregiver Mental Health
Session 2 Gangs and Drugs In Humboldt County
10:45am - 12:15pm Session 1 TRANSforming Organizations Training
Session 2 SELPA, IEP & Special Needs Children
1:15pm - 3:00pm Final Session Former Foster Youth Panel
3:00pm Conference Ends.
Speakers:
Wiilow Anderson, Redwood Community Services
Josephina Cortez, Changing Tides
Calla Peltier-Olson, Humboldt County Transition Age Youth
Chelsey Castiglione, Six Rivers Planned Parenthood
Blair Kreuzer, MSW, Two-Feathers
Mindy Fattig, Humboldt-Del Norte SELPA
Deb Gee, MFT, former manager at Child Welfare
Humboldt County Sheriff's Gang Resource Intelligence Team
This is a free event and open to the public.
Space is limited for childcare and MUST be reserved online.
If you do not have access to the internet, please call 476-4455 to register and reserve your childcare.