Psychotropic Medication in Foster Care (Virtual Training)

This training provides an overview of the uses, benefits and risks of psychotropic medication.

After attending this training, participants will be able to:

Understand how trauma can inform care and treatment decisions
Create treatment plans and team with families and other professionals (e.g., public health nurses, behavioral health providers, school personnel, doctors, juvenile probation officers, CASAs and other individuals in the family support network such as coaches, clergy, etc.) to make and monitor treatment decisions
Locate and use the forms and informational materials related to psychotropic medication in the court approval process (JV-220)

CEUs

0.6

Section Number

244SSA957

Instruction Method

Online class

Association Credits

CA Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (BBS)

5.50 Hours

Section Notes

Professional Credit
UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs. Course meets the qualifications for 5.5 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Provider number 050148. Certificates of completion will be sent to participants within 4 weeks after the course (after attendance and number of credits to be received are verified).

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Section Schedule

Tues., Jun 3rd, 2025, 9:00am to 4:00pm

Fees

Instructors

Sara Gordon

Sara Gordon, M.S., has served as an instructor and mentor in child welfare for more than 20 years. Since 2005, Gordon has been training, coaching, consulting and developing curricula on a variety of topics relevant to child welfare professionals and caregivers, including childhood trauma, attachment, prenatal substance exposure, therapeutic caregiving, harm reduction, child development, birth family contact and professionalism. She has helped create more than 40 hours of RFA compliant training for Foster Family Agencies in Northern California. In addition to nearly two decades as an instructor, Gordon has 18 years of personal experience engaging with the child welfare system as a foster and adoptive parent and draws from her academic and personal history to support, inform and engage participants in her trainings.