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A Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, Parent Partner Training Academy Sponsored Continuing Education Training Event, Hosted by the Los Angeles Training Consortium
Grandparents as Parents:
Supporting GrandFamilies
Our most primal and basic need is our need to belong; to feel we are among kin. Kin guardianship and adoption offer greater stability and permanency than temporary foster care. But how much do we really know about what kinship families and/or grandfamilies need? What strengths, challenges and unique familial issues are embedded within these complex family systems and relationships. Kinship Families offer the greatest possibility for inter-generational healing to occur.
Topics & Objectives:
> Trauma-informed practice in kinship care.
> Impact of intergenerational trauma, adverse childhood experiences and substance abuse within the kin family systems.
> Kin parenting a child with trauma, neglect and attachment disruptions.
> Claiming the role of parent and creating a secure attachment relationship; dual roles add complexity, losses and the need for adaptation in the parent-child relationship.
> Family partnerships and connections; engagement of and support for kinship parents in collaborative relationships; addressing changes in roles and responsibilities; and maintaining sibling, incarcerated parent and other family connections.
> Informal kinship families outside the formal child welfare system; supports and resources.
Wednesday., August 26, 2026
9:00am - 11:00am ( 2 hrs)
Presented by Allison Maxon
Presented by Allison Maxon
Allison Davis Maxon, M.S., LMFT is a nationally recognized expert in the fields of child welfare and children’s mental health specializing in Attachment, Developmental Trauma and Permanency/Adoption. She is the Executive Director of the National Center on Adoption and Permanency and was the foster care consultant for the Paramount Pictures movie Instant Family. Allison was honored in 2017 with the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute ‘Angels in Adoption’ award and is the co-author of Seven Core Issues in Adoption and Permanency: A Guide to Promoting Understanding and Healing in Adoption, Foster Care, Kinship Families and Third Party Reproduction, Jessica Kingsley Publishers (2019) and The Seven Core Issues Workbook for Parents of Traumatized Children and Teens: A Guide to Help You Explore Feelings and Overcome Emotional Challenges in Your Family, Jessica Kingsley Publishers (2022). Her newest book is The Seven Core Issues for in Adoption and Permanency Workbook for Children and Teens: A Trauma-Informed Resource, Jessica Kingsley Publishers (2023).
IMPORTANT- PLEASE READ BEFORE REGISTERING:
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