Learning Objectives for the Pre-Institute on Infant and Toddlers in Foster Care

At the close of the Pre-Institute participants will be able to: 

• Recognize the state of foster care in this country
• Discuss the history of child welfare efforts during the past 300 years in the United States
• Analyze data pertaining to comparisons of foster care to institutional care and foster care to family preservation
• Define services provided through the state of Arizona�s largest child welfare provider
• Identify policy directions and indicatives that will support young children in foster care, as well as, other programs that serve young children and families
• Recognize signs of grief/loss reactions in infants and very young children
• Articulate issues involved in the mental health assessment of very young children, and tools and methodologies for the assessment of very young children in foster care
• Share strategies with caregivers for supporting their infant/young child during acute loss
• Describe strategies to help infants and toddlers develop security in new relationships

Learning Objectives for the 9^th Risk to Resiliency Institute

At the close of the Institute participants will be able to:

• Discuss salient issues related to the mental health needs of infants and toddlers

• Apply various assessment techniques and therapeutic approaches when working with families in crisis

• Analyze the transactional nature of child development

• Discuss relationship-based practice approaches that support social and emotional well being in the first years of life