Safety-Care for Families - Advanced Skills
2024-11-15 12:30 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Westbrook Training & Resource Center, 15 Saunders Way, Ste 700, Westbrook, ME, 04092, United States
Prerequisites: Safety-Care for Families – Essential Skills and Safety-Care for Families – Intermediate Skills
This class is intended for parents/caregivers/family members, and is only available to families receiving services through Woodfords, or families receiving services through agencies that are working closely with Woodfords. Advanced Skills topics include: emergency physical intervention, one-person stability hold, two-person stability hold (optional), releasing from stability hold, recovery and debriefing.
This course requires a referral form signed by a state-licensed social worker, BCBA, psychologist or physician.
The course is free to families currently receiving services through Woodfords. The fee for other eligible participants is $25.

Understanding Trauma
2025-02-05 08:30 - 12:00 | Virtual – Adobe Connect
This training will provide parents, foster parents, care providers and professionals with an understanding of trauma and its potential effects on children, as well as the coping strategies often used by children who have experienced trauma.
Also discussed will be the importance of self-care, developing strategies for preventing burnout and secondary traumatic stress, as well as ways to build resilience in children and families.
This training is free to families currently receiving services through Woodfords; for all others the fee is $25.
Advanced registration required. Feb 2025 – Family Series Registration Packet

Sexuality and Personal Boundaries for Parents/Caregivers
2025-02-05 13:00 - 16:30 | Virtual – Adobe Connect
Discussing sexuality and personal boundaries with children can be difficult for even the most confident parents. It can be even more challenging to have these conversations with children and adolescents with developmental disabilities. However, because research shows that children with developmental disabilities are at a higher risk of being sexually abused or exploited, it is important that parents educate their children about their bodies, how to set personal boundaries and how to stay safe. This three hour training will provide participants with some basic tools and language to facilitate healthy discussions and education around sexuality and boundaries.
This training is free to families currently receiving services through Woodfords; for all others the fee is $25. Feb 2025 – Family Series Registration Packet
