**Due to the Coronavirus - this event is cancelled.
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.
ALL WORKSHOPS TAKE PLACE IN THE HUMANITIES BUILDING.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
THURSDAY
8:00am - 9:00am Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00am - 10:30am Session 1 SB89 Reproductive Health
Session 2 Child Welfare 101
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.
All workshops take place in the Humanities Building.
If you do not have access to the internet, please call 476-4455 to register and reserve your childcare.