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I F A P A C l a s s e s Thurs., Sept. 17
6pm-8pm
SHELDON - It's Not About You: Invisible
Suitcase
Sat., Sept. 19
9am-12:15pm
ANKENY - Building Relationships
Through Play
Sat., Sept. 19
1:30pm-4:45pm
ANKENY - But What Does Therapy Do?
Demystifying the Therapy Process
Sat., Sept. 19
1:30pm-4:45pm
COUNCIL BLUFFS - When Old
Parenting Strategies Don't Work!
Sat., Sept. 19
8am-12:15pm
DAVENPORT - CPR & First Aid
Cost - $40
Sat., Sept. 19
1:30pm-4:45pm
DAVENPORT - Mandatory Child Abuse
Reporter Training
Sat., Sept. 19
9am-4:30pm
FORT DODGE - Domestic Minor Sex
Trafficking & Its Impact on Foster Kids
Sat., Sept. 19
9am-4:30pm
SIOUX CITY - Utilizing the Nurtured Heart
Approach with Challenging Behaviors
Thurs., Sept. 24
6:30pm-8:30pm
ESSEX - It's Not About You: Invisible
Suitcase
Thurs., Sept. 24
6pm-8pm
SPENCER - It's Not About You: Invisible
Suitcase
Sat., Sept. 26
9am-4:30pm
ANKENY - Get Me Off This Roller
Coaster: Coping Skills for Emotional
Intensity Issues
Sat., Sept. 26
9am-12:15pm
CEDAR RAPIDS - How to Talk So
Everyone Will Listen
Sat., Sept. 26
1:30pm-4:45pm
CEDAR RAPIDS - Working Through
Anger
Sat., Sept. 26
9am-4:30pm
COUNCIL BLUFFS - Working with Birth
Families
Sat., Sept. 26
9am-12:15pm
MARSHALLTOWN - Alakazam! Does It
Take Magic to Create a Healthy, Positive
Attachment with Foster & Adoptive
Children? Was previously scheduled as:
Decoding the Mystery of ADHD
Sat., Sept. 26
1:30pm-4:45pm
MARSHALLTOWN - Worrywarts & How
You Can Help Them: Anxiety in Children &
Teens CLASS CANCELLED
Sat., Sept. 26
9am-12:15pm
SIOUX CITY - How to Organize Time &
Paperwork While Raising Kids
Sat., Sept. 26
1:30pm-4:45pm
SIOUX CITY - A Guide to Childhood
Trauma in Kids with Special Needs
To Register: 800-277-8145 or REGISTER HERE
Learning to Let Go :
Coping with Reunification Anxiety
From the moment a child enters your home, the fear of
reunification can also move in. How will you say
goodbye? Will the child be returning to a safe and
stable environment? How will the other kids in your care
react when this child leaves?
The first goal of foster care is often reunification. And,
while you may have known that this was the goal from
the start, that doesn’t mean that, when the time comes
to say goodbye, anxiety can’t happen. Reunification
anxiety can happen to anyone, but understanding what
to do in certain situations may help you cope with some
of those feelings. CONTINUE READING
Iowa College Aid Success StoryIowa College Aid Success Story
Randie Camp is a recipient of the
All Iowa Opportunity Foster Care
Grant and an ETV Grant recipient
who has proven that statistics
don’t always tell the full story
when it comes to education.
After entering the foster care
system in 3rd grade, Randie
finished high school early before
continuing on to Iowa State
University to complete both her
bachelor’s and master’s degrees.
As she embarks on her doctoral studies at ISU, Camp sat
down to talk about overcoming the challenges that lead
to only 3% of foster youth completing their bachelor’s
degree by age 26 and how she hopes to see more foster
youth take the next step beyond high school. This is the
first of a two-part series focusing on Camp’s story and the
work being done in Iowa to increase higher education
opportunities for foster youth. WATCH VIDEO
View the COLLEGE PLANNING section of IFAPA’s website for
information on the ETV and All Iowa Opportunity Foster Care Grant.
Randie Camp
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12 Things to Remember
WHEN YOUR CHILD GETS ANGRY
Written By: Dr Laura Markham
When our kids get angry, it pushes buttons for most of
us. We're not perfect, but we try to be loving
parents. Why is our child lashing out like this?
Many parents send an angry child to her room to "calm
down." After all, what else can we do? We certainly
can't reason with her when she's furious. It's no time to
teach lessons or ask for an apology. She needs to calm
down.
If we send him to his room, he will indeed calm down,
eventually. He'll also have gotten a clear message that
his anger is unacceptable, and that he's on his own
when it comes to managing his big scary feelings--we
don't know how to help him. He won't have worked
through whatever led to his anger. Instead, he'll have
stuffed the anger, so it's no longer under conscious
control, and will burst out again soon.
No wonder so many of us develop anger management
issues, whether that means we yell at our kids, throw
tantrums with our partner, or overeat to avoid
acknowledging angry feelings.
What can we do instead? We can help our kids learn to
manage their anger responsibly. That begins with
accepting anger -- without acting on it.
This is one of the most critical tasks of childhood--learning
to tolerate the wounds of everyday life without moving
into reactive anger. People who can do this are able to
resolve challenges more constructively. We call them
emotionally intelligent.
Kids learn emotional intelligence when we teach them
that all their feelings are okay, but they always have a
choice about how they act. How?
WHEN YOUR CHILD GETS ANGRY FOLLOW THESE 12 STEPS
"Sending children away to get control of their anger "Sending children away to get control of their anger
perpetuates the feeling of 'badness" inside them...perpetuates the feeling of 'badness" inside them...
Chances are they were already feeling not very Chances are they were already feeling not very
good about themselves before the outburst and the good about themselves before the outburst and the
isolation just serves to confirm in their own minds that isolation just serves to confirm in their own minds that
they were right." they were right." ---- Otto Weininger Otto Weininger
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Waiting Child
Spotlight
Madisen (age 12) is
a funny, helpful girl
who has been
blossoming this past
year. She enjoys
animals, coloring,
board games,
singing, and has
been getting more
and more into
reading books. She
loves experiencing
new things, and
looks forward to outdoor adventures
with her future family, especially parks,
drawing with sidewalk chalk, and
waterslides! Most importantly, Madisen
hopes for a family who thinks she is a
special person, will love her and be her
support system forever.
A two-parent or a single female parent
household with consistent structure and
routine would be ideal for Madisen. It
would also be best if Madisen were the
youngest or only child in the household,
as she gets along best with older
children she can look up to. Currently,
Madisen’s DHS worker will consider
families residing in Iowa and states
bordering Iowa in order to maintain
relationships with her relatives.
Madisen is a little girl who hasn’t had Madisen is a little girl who hasn’t had
many chances in her short life. many chances in her short life. She
deserves a loving family who will
accept her as their own—a family who
will stand by her forever. Will you be
Madisen’s forever family? LEARN MORE
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