FKCE Registration: Mental Health Services & Medication Management in Foster Care | Thursday, May 9, 2024 | 6-9pm via Zoom
If you have trouble filling out this registration form, please reach out to vcfostercare@vcccd.edu for assistance.
Prepare for a deep dive into mental health services and medications available for your youth in foster care!
In this informative course, instructor Lori Switanowski will spend the first half by identifying the common mental health disorders diagnosed in foster youth and how they may be expressed internally and outwardly. The second half will introduce you to intervention strategies you can introduce in your home to enhance cognitive development and empower your child to cope as well as medications and what you need to ask and know from the prescriber.
The more informed you are on the different diagnoses, prescriptions, and alternatives, the better equipped you'll be to advocate for the mental health and overall well-being of the child in your care.
This training fulfills: Section 8-01 (e) (8) of the Written Directives for Resource Parents. Certifcates will be provided to those that complete the class and registration materials.PLEASE NOTE: For your convenience, join us for Part 1 only from 6-7:30pm or stay for the entire three hours. Credit will be provided based on hours attended.
Your Instructor: Lori Switanowski has been a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist for over 30 years! She is an adoptive mom, an FKCE Program Director alumni and founder of Our Family Comes First, specializing in working with traumatized children and their families. She teaches parenting classes throughout the state of California and Texas. She brings a wealth of both personal and professional experience with her.
