4-Part Series - Fostering School Success: How Caregivers and Social Workers Can Support the Educational Needs of Children

4-Part Series Webinar | Virtual Training

• Dates: September 21 & 28 and October 5 & 12, 2021
• Time: 9 AM - 11 AM (Pacific) | 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern Time

CWLA is pleased to invite you to join us for Fostering School Success: How Caregivers and Social Workers Can Support the Education Needs of Children virtual training. This engaging skill-building opportunity that will share how to improve school experiences and long-term outcomes for children who have experienced trauma. Participants in this training will:

• Develop an understanding of common barriers to educational access and engagement for youth who have experienced trauma.
• Learn practical strategies for cultivating resilience at home that will lead to improved school performance.
• Advance their knowledge of the education system and supports available to children with special needs and circumstances.
• Expand their collaboration and advocacy toolkits to ensure children and youth have access to high quality schooling.

This four-part training is appropriate for foster, adoptive, and kinship caregivers, and social workers and staff who have an interest and responsibility to better support children and youth in school as well as their educational achievement. Using case examples, discussion, skill-building exercises, and opportunities for Q&A, this training draws on the latest research in trauma and learning.

Trainer: Gwen Bass, PhD, Director of the Teacher Leadership Division, Professional and Graduate Education, Mount Holyoke College

For full details on the Fostering School Success virtual training, registration, and CEUs, click here.

CWLA is hosting Dr. Gwen Bass for the four-part skill building training Fostering School Success: How Caregivers and Social Workers Can Support the Educational Needs of Children that will share how to improve school experiences and long-term outcomes for children who have experienced trauma.