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1. Agenda 2 A Home Within www.ahomewithin.org  Introduction to A Home Within  Fostering Relationships  Identity Formation  Small Groups – Identity.

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2 Agenda 2 A Home Within www.ahomewithin.org  Introduction to A Home Within  Fostering Relationships  Identity Formation  Small Groups – Identity Deck  Debrief  Small Groups – Leadership Decks  Debrief

3 What we do…  A Home Within promotes the emotional health of foster children and youth and those who care for them by creating and supporting lasting, caring relationships.  Assist foster care community ✲ Direct services ✲ Professional training ✲ Public awareness ✲ Advocacy 3 A Home Within www.ahomewithin.org

4 What we offer  Clinical Chapters ✲ Clinicians in private practice offer weekly pro bono psychotherapy ✲ Theoretical education ✲ Clinical discussion 4 A Home Within www.ahomewithin.org

5 What we offer  Fostering Relationships ✲ Web-based program for staff and volunteers ✳ Education ✳ Online training ✳ Curriculum decks ✳ Expertise in relationship-based practices 5 A Home Within www.ahomewithin.org

6 Fostering Relationships  Knowledge Sharing Platform ✲ Supports relationships between foster youth and adults ✲ Tools for overcoming developmental impact  Caseworkers, staff, and foster parents often have little training or support ✲ Low morale ✲ High turnover rates ✲ Compounding the history of loss for youth 6 A Home Within www.ahomewithin.org

7 What we’ve learned:  Education by experts  Interactive trainings  Typical development  Across the spectrum  Impact of trauma 7 A Home Within www.ahomewithin.org

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10 Fostering Relationships: 10 Decks 10 A Home Within www.ahomewithin.org  About Me  Identity  Nurturing Parents  Relationship – Based Practices I  Relationship – Based Practices II  Self Care  Sense Abilities  Separations  Fostering Transitions  Working Well

11 Fostering Relationships: Spanish 11 A Home Within www.ahomewithin.org

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14 We can’t expect youth to think for themselves unless we first teach them to think with us. 14 A Home Within www.ahomewithin.org

15 Sample Discussion Topics  Drugs  Incarceration  Parenting  Relationships  Saying goodbye  Sex 15 A Home Within www.ahomewithin.org

16 16 A Home Within www.ahomewithin.org A Home Within Clinician

17 Fostering Relationships: Decks 17 A Home Within www.ahomewithin.org Parenting

18 Fostering Relationships: Identity 18 A Home Within www.ahomewithin.org

19 Fostering Relationships: Suggested Uses 19 A Home Within www.ahomewithin.org

20 Fostering Relationships: Decks 20 A Home Within www.ahomewithin.org Identity

21 21 A Home Within www.ahomewithin.org SimilaritiesDifferencesBelongingAcceptance Joined Alone Fears Dreams

22 Identity Card Front and Back 22

23 Vertical vs. Horizontal Identities  Vertical Identity ✲ Genetic traits passed from parents to children ✳ Values ✳ Behavior ✳ Culture  Horizontal Identity ✲ Identities independent from parents 23 A Home Within www.ahomewithin.org

24 Foster Care Affects Horizontal Identity  Associations within the foster care system  Shared experience  Sense of belonging 24 A Home Within www.ahomewithin.org

25 Foster Care Affects Vertical Identity  Disconnected from parents and family  Untethered from their culture  Heightened struggle to establish identity 25 A Home Within www.ahomewithin.org

26 Theorist: Eric Erikson 26 A Home Within www.ahomewithin.org

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28 Fostering Relationships: Leadership Booklet 28 A Home Within www.ahomewithin.org

29 Leadership 29 A Home Within www.ahomewithin.org EndingsUncertaintyBeginningsRenewal Mind Body Heart Soul

30 30 Leadership Card Front and Back

31 Fostering Relationships: Decks 31 A Home Within www.ahomewithin.org Leadership

32 My contact information  Email: theineman@ahomewithin.orgtheineman@ahomewithin.org  Phone: 415-621-1749  Additional Information: ✲ Website: www.ahomewithin.orgwww.ahomewithin.org ✲ Facebook: www.facebook.com/AHomeWithinwww.facebook.com/AHomeWithin ✲ Twitter: @AHomeWithin ✲ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/AHomeWithin ✲ Blog: http://toniheineman.com/http://toniheineman.com/ 32 A Home Within www.ahomewithin.org Toni Heineman, LCSW, DMH. Founder & Executive Director

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