Join Children’s Aid Society of Alabama‘s Alabama Pre/Post Adoption Connections (APAC) training team at the Vestavia Civic Center for a powerful full-day training designed for foster parents, adoptive parents, counselors, social workers, educators, and child welfare professionals seeking practical, trauma-informed strategies to better support children and teens impacted by trauma, loss, and neurodevelopmental differences.
Traditional discipline methods often fail when behaviors are rooted in trauma and brain-based challenges. In this engaging and insightful training, nationally recognized speaker Barb Clark will help participants move beyond power struggles and toward connection-centered responses that build trust, emotional safety, and healing.
Through real-world examples and practical tools, attendees will learn how to better understand and respond to challenging behaviors such as raging, lying, stealing, and emotional dysregulation using compassionate, brain-based approaches.
Participants will learn how to:
• Understand how trauma, loss, and neurodiversity impact behavior and emotional regulation
• Reframe challenging behaviors through a trauma-informed lens
• Respond compassionately to confabulation and perceived dishonesty
• Use connected, relationship-based strategies that reduce anxiety and strengthen trust
This training is worth 5.5 CEU credits and offers valuable insight for anyone supporting children and teens through foster care, adoption, or complex behavioral challenges.
***Always FREE for parents and Alabama DHR staff. Other professionals will be charged $55.00 for this NBCC approved certification.
About the Speaker:
Barb Clark, founder of FASD Mosaic, is a nationally recognized speaker, coach, trainer, and author known for translating brain science into practical, real-world strategies. As an adult living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and an adoptive parent of five adult children, Barb brings authenticity, humor, expertise, and hope to conversations about behavior, connection, and healing.
Don’t miss this opportunity to gain actionable tools that can transform the way you support children and families. https://training.childrensaid.org/events/stop-drop-connect-a-new-way-to-handle-big-behaviors/#event-details