This webinar will use a trauma-informed approach to provide you with an overview of the experiences of migrant children and help you explore different ways to serve this population. Learn about the experiences of refugee children who are in foster care, school systems and community-based programs. This webinar will provide participants with tools to examine your program’s readiness to appropriately respond to common traumatic experiences of this population that may carry over into life in the United States, including surviving war, abuse, family separation and child-trafficking.

clinicians, parents/caregivers, school employees, child welfare professionals and program staff

FFTA members will receive an invitation to register for this webinar. 

Learning Objectives:
1. Participants will learn about the US immigration system and refugee system as it pertains to children.
2. Participants will gain knowledge of cultural experiences of refugees and unaccompanied minors which will prepare them for adapting services in their own communities or professions.
3. Participants will be better prepared to address the unique needs of migrant youth and assess appropriate available services locally.

Presenters:
Jahmya Ross, MSW is the Program Manager for Foster Care at Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service.          

Family Focused Treatment Association, #1659, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. FFTA maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 4/10/2019 - 4/10/2022. Social workers completing this course receive 1.25 general continuing education credits. Every attendee who attends the entire webinar will receive a certificate of attendance. In order to receive a certificate for ACE credit hours - you must attend the entire webinar and also complete an evaluation once the webinar is finished. You will be able to access your certificate online as soon as you complete the evaluation. Please check the map on the ASWB website for information on whether your state accepts ACE credit.