The Child Care Association sponsors a wide range of specialized training opportunities for its member agencies. The Association:

• Provides quarterly workshops and training sessions at its membership meetings. These sessions cover a wide variety of administrative and management topics. Previous workshops offered by CCA provided guidance and assistance with: Managed Care, Medicaid, Quality Assurance, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Leadership Development, etc.;
• Works with other organizations to sponsor statewide conferences in special program areas such as cultural competency and minority issues;
• Provides technical assistance on new resources and programs to assist member agencies with improving services, planning, and management;
• Provides member agencies with technical assistance related to computerized management information systems.

Upcoming Events:

SACY TRAINING 2002

Children with Sexually Problematic or Aggressive Behaviors

1              SACY Training for Case Managers                                                June 14

Normative Child and Adolescent Sexual Development, including: sexual maturation and identity, adolescent egocentrism, adult monitoring, culture, peers and friends. The Spectrum of Sexual Behaviors in Youth, including trends and incidences of �normal sexual behaviors and attitudes�, risk factors for problematic behavior, reactive sexual behavior, problematic sexual behavior, aggressive sexual behavior, managing a SACY case, reporting, and creating and enforcing a protective plan.

2              SACY Legal Issues and Accountability                                          June 19

Including Illinois Criminal Sexual Assault Statute, involvement of Youth Court Authorities, confidentiality, mandated reporting and Tarasoff issues.

3              Assessment of Children 10 and Younger                                       July 18

Including child development, intellect, emotions and behavior, attachment theory and the consequences of poor early attachment. How and why children act out: expression or imitation? How to get kids to talk about sex and abuse, assessment materials and instruments, and does play therapy work?

4              SACY Training for Foster Parents                                                  July 20

Including an overview of the specialized child in foster care, safety and security issues, accountability, adults as models for dress, language, attitudes, music and the media, and drawing the line on �hipness.�

5              Adolescent Assessment                                                                  Aug. 5

Including adolescent development: Self-concept and abstract thinking meets sexuality, societal attitudes towards sexuality and the media, what�s �normative� and what�s �problematic�?  The importance of a comprehensive risk assessment, including assessing the adolescent: Conducting the interview, and assessment tools.

6              Individualized Treatment Planning                                                Aug. 15

Including placement issues and protection planning, multi-modal JSO treatment techniques, Individual, group, family and milieu.  Related Adjunct Treatment, including Social/interpersonal skills training, anger management and conflict resolution, chemical dependency issues, school-related issues, and therapy: using �fulcrums� effectively.  Case Management, including setting up the treatment plan and tracking therapeutic progress.

7              Group Treatment: Residential and Outpatient                               Sept. 9

Including process oriented groups, psychoeducational groups, victim empathy training, behavior management, deviant sexual fantasies, the relapse chain and relapse prevention planning.  Specialized Group Interventions, including social/interpersonal skills training, anger management and conflict resolution, chemical dependency issues, and school-related issues.

8              Reunification Issues with Sexually Problematic Children             Sept. 26

The necessary skills and prerequisites for family reunification, assessing parental skills and appropriateness of the home environment, apology, reconciliation and reunification, and risk assessments for reunification.  Creating a system of external support: Making sure the WRAP stays wrapped.

9              Community Integration: Preparing for Step-down                         Oct. 11  

Including the restorative process of community reintegration, providing opportunities to teach independent living skills, assessing the community in light of the client�s relapse cycle, and setting up a safe placement.