Webi-Conference: Bringing Families Back Together, Supporting reunification
Topics: Reunification
format: Webinar
Bringing families back together: Supporting reunification
This webi-conference focuses on the role of foster parents in reunification, what the state mandates and requirements around reunification efforts, and strategies for foster parents to support reunification efforts.
To earn training credit, please fill out the questionnaire for each session watched.
Morning sessions
- When do parents get their kids back? OCS policies and procedures for reunification
- Culturally responsive ways to support reunification: Family contact programs from Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Knik Tribal Council, and Kenaitze Indian Tribe
Afternoon Sessions
- Panel discussion: Why and when is reunification in a child’s best interest?
- Conversation about family contact when a parent is incarcerated
- Strategies for foster families to support reunification
“When do parents get their kids back?” OCS policies and procedures for reunification
with Nikki Maidl and Talia Robinson, OCS
Through The Eyes Of A Birth Parent- Parent Advisory Committee (No Recording Available for Confidentially Reasons)
Culturally responsive ways to support reunification: Family contact programs from Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Knik Tribal Council, and Kenaitze Indian Tribe
Panel participants: Cyndi Smith, Knik Tribal Council; Christie Tabisola, CITC; Maria Guerra, Kenaitze Indian Tribe
Handouts: Children’s Rights
Why and when is reunification in a child’s best interest?
Panel participants: Stephanie Schulling, Marsha Tandeske, Elizabeth Brennan, Laura Hartz, Emma Heddix
A conversation about family contact when a parent is incarcerated
with Lancy Mao and Nikki Maidl, OCS
Strategies for foster families to support reunification
with Jodi von Brandt, Lakale Johnson, & Jessica Simonsen, ACRF
Handouts:
Resources
Brochure: What You Need To Know About Reunification- for foster parents
Family contact when parents are incarcerated
VIDEO 10 minute video: Caring through Struggle: Caregivers of Children with Incarcerated Parents (focus on grandparents)
Sesame Street Workshop: Incarceration
PUBLICATION Guide for Incarcerated Parents Who Have Children in the Child Welfare System
PUBLICATION Guide for Families Experiencing the Criminal Justice System
- Part 1: ARREST, JAIL TIME/DETENTION, TRIAL/HEARING, AND SENTENCING STAGES https://youth.gov/sites/default/files/IWGYP-1-Arrest-Guide-508.pdf
- Part 2: INCARCERATION STAGE https://youth.gov/sites/default/files/IWGYP-2-Incarceration-Guide-508.pdf
- Part 3: REENTRY https://youth.gov/sites/default/files/IWGYP-3-Reentry-Guide-508.pdf
National Resource Center on Children and Families of the Incarcerated
Bringing families back together: Supporting reunification
This webi-conference focuses on the role of foster parents in reunification, what the state mandates and requirements around reunification efforts, and strategies for foster parents to support reunification efforts.
To earn training credit, please fill out the questionnaire for each session watched.
Morning sessions
- When do parents get their kids back? OCS policies and procedures for reunification
- Culturally responsive ways to support reunification: Family contact programs from Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Knik Tribal Council, and Kenaitze Indian Tribe
Afternoon Sessions
- Panel discussion: Why and when is reunification in a child’s best interest?
- Conversation about family contact when a parent is incarcerated
- Strategies for foster families to support reunification
“When do parents get their kids back?” OCS policies and procedures for reunification
with Nikki Maidl and Talia Robinson, OCS
Through The Eyes Of A Birth Parent- Parent Advisory Committee (No Recording Available for Confidentially Reasons)
Culturally responsive ways to support reunification: Family contact programs from Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Knik Tribal Council, and Kenaitze Indian Tribe
Panel participants: Cyndi Smith, Knik Tribal Council; Christie Tabisola, CITC; Maria Guerra, Kenaitze Indian Tribe
Handouts: Children’s Rights
Why and when is reunification in a child’s best interest?
Panel participants: Stephanie Schulling, Marsha Tandeske, Elizabeth Brennan, Laura Hartz, Emma Heddix
A conversation about family contact when a parent is incarcerated
with Lancy Mao and Nikki Maidl, OCS
Strategies for foster families to support reunification
with Jodi von Brandt, Lakale Johnson, & Jessica Simonsen, ACRF
Handouts:
Resources
Brochure: What You Need To Know About Reunification- for foster parents
Family contact when parents are incarcerated
VIDEO 10 minute video: Caring through Struggle: Caregivers of Children with Incarcerated Parents (focus on grandparents)
Sesame Street Workshop: Incarceration
PUBLICATION Guide for Incarcerated Parents Who Have Children in the Child Welfare System
PUBLICATION Guide for Families Experiencing the Criminal Justice System
- Part 1: ARREST, JAIL TIME/DETENTION, TRIAL/HEARING, AND SENTENCING STAGES https://youth.gov/sites/default/files/IWGYP-1-Arrest-Guide-508.pdf
- Part 2: INCARCERATION STAGE https://youth.gov/sites/default/files/IWGYP-2-Incarceration-Guide-508.pdf
- Part 3: REENTRY https://youth.gov/sites/default/files/IWGYP-3-Reentry-Guide-508.pdf
National Resource Center on Children and Families of the Incarcerated
