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Link to Handout: PowerPoint
The California Department of Social Services, in partnership with the Resource Center for Family-Focused Practice, offers Child-Specific Complex Care Case Coaching to assist county practitioners in learning more about complex care best practices and equip them with the knowledge and tools to enhance their daily practice.
This webinar will include a panel of speakers including permanency coaches and county partners who have participated in case coaching and will share valuable insights and practical strategies to support youth presenting with complex care needs. Participants will learn ways to foster meaningful connections and a sense of belonging in the lives of children to build trust, promote healing, and support permanency.
Presenters:
Debi Grebenik trains internationally and is known for her expertise in healing child trauma. She also trains on Vicarious Trauma within child welfare and judicial systems as well as for first responders and medical professionals. She also trains on Reflective Supervision and Emotional Intelligence. She is known for her engaging and enthusiastic presentations on healing for children, youth, families, teams, and systems. Debi is the Managing Director of Healing and Belonging, a nonprofit organization focused on innovations for people and systems impacted by childhood trauma. Previous to Alia, Debi served as the Executive Director of Maple Star Colorado, a child welfare agency providing foster care, domestic violence advocacy, human trafficking services, clinical services, autism supports, placement prevention, and other innovative programming.
Kate Messina PhD, LCSW has worked with foster and adoptive parents for more than 30 years. She maintains a private practice in Fair Oaks, CA, and is the founder of the WisdomPath Way Reparative Parenting Approach, a trauma-informed, neurodevelopmental coaching model for resource and adoptive parents. In addition, she provides training and coaching to state, county and private agencies throughout California in the implementation of culturally relevant strategies and techniques for helping children recover and mature from the impact of early adverse experiences.
Sharon Zone is an Infant-Family and Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist, practicing clinician and faculty Reflective Practice Mentor with UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education’s Napa Infant-Parent Mental Health Fellowship. Zone’s past experience includes program development and support for the delivery of infant-parent mental health services through the UC Davis CAARE Center and the State of California, where she specialized in early care and education, early intervention and early impacts of child welfare services. She is a certified trainer in the Ages and Stages Questionnaire, Brazelton Touchpoints, the Newborn Behavioral Observation system and the Neurosequential Model.