Kitsap Foster Care Association - Past Events 2007

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December 2007

No dinner meeting for Dec
1: KFCA Holiday Party
3: KFCA Board Meeting
5: Pre-Service Orientation
8: KFCA Foster Parent Day Out
20: Training - Engaging Families for Change
25: Christmas

November 2007

2: Training - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
3: Training - Brain Gym Cancelled - To be held in 2008
5: KFCA Board Meeting
6: Election Day - Vote!
7: KFCA Dinner Meeting - Business Meeting
7-17: Orientation and Pre-Service Training
10: Training - Bully Prevention
17: KFCA Foster Parent Day Out - Changed to 8 Dec due to facility conflict
20: Training - Ansel-Casey Life Skills
22: Thanksgiving Day
26: Deadline to register for Holiday Magic
29 - Dec 7: Orientation and Pre-Service Training

October 2007

1: KFCA Board Meeting
3-12: Orientation and Pre-Service Training
8: Columbus Day
16: Registration begins for KIRO/Treehouse Foster Child Holiday Magic
18: Training - Aggression Replacement
23: Training - Sexually Agressive Youth
24: KFCA Harvest Festival - silent auction, costume party
22-26: Orientation and Pre-Service Training
25: Training - Physically Assaultive Youth
30: Training - Bully Prevention
30: Training - Dialectical Behavior Therapy
31: Halloween

September 2007

1-3: Blackberry Festival Foster Parent Recruitment Booth
3: Labor Day
5: Pre-Service Orientation
10: KFCA Board Meeting
12: Training - Working with SA Children - Note the date change from 24 Sep!
15: Training - Lifebook Workshop
16: KFCA Farm Visit
18: Training - Internet Victimization
21: Training - Enhancing Relationships through Teaming
23-25: 25th Annual Foster Parent and Caregiver’s Conference at Ocean Shores Convention Center - "For These Are All Our Children..."
26: KFCA Dinner Meeting - Speaker: Stephenie Hooker, MA - G.A.L./ C.A.S.A. Roles and Responsibilities in the Washington Foster Care System
28: Training - Gangs

August 2007

6: KFCA Board Meeting
8: KFCA Back to School Event
8-9: Training - Sexually Agressive Youth - Bremerton, 2 day
14: Foster Care to College Seminar - Pacific Lutheran University
15: Foster Parent Appreciation Mariner's Game
15-24: Orientation and Pre-Service Training
17: Training - Eating Disorders
17: Training - Early Childhood Learning
19: KFCA Picnic - Evergreen Park
22-26: Kitsap County Fair and Rodeo
24: Training - Sexually Agressive Youth - Shelton, 1 day
25: Training - Physically Assaultive Youth - Shelton, 1 day
27: Training - Working with Schools
28-29: Training - Physically Assaultive Youth - Bremerton, 2 day
No dinner meeting for Aug

July 2007

2: Deadline to register for 2nd Annual "Tee it up for Kids" Golf Tournament
2: KFCA Board Meeting
4: Independence Day
11-21: Orientation and Pre-Service Training
24: Training - Casey Life Skills Program
25: KFCA Dinner Meeting - Speaker: Maureen Bissell on Conflict Resolution: Diffusing Arguments
27: Training - Engaging Families for Change
28: 2nd Annual "Tee it up for Kids" Golf Tournament
28-29: Whaling Days Foster Parent Recruitment Booth
Jul 30 - Aug 3: Orientation and Pre-Service Training
31: KFCA Back to School Registration deadline

June 2007

1: KFCA Annual Mariners Event
1: Training - Behavior Management
5: KFCA Board Meeting
5&7: Care-Giving for Children with Extreme Behavior
12: Training - Maintaining a Connection: Importance of Birth Families
6-15: Orientation and Pre-Service Training
17: Fathers Day
21: Celebration - Chris Robinson
22: Developing Resiliency in Traumatized Children with Scott Hanauer (Lunch provided for all registrations before 15 June!)
27: KFCA Dinner Meeting - Speaker: Linda Thomas on Foster Care Rate Assessments

May 2007

May is National Foster Care Month.

1: KFCA Board Meeting
2-11: Orientation and Pre-Service Training
8: Training - Working with Developmentally Disabled Children
12: Training - Addiction Basics
13: Mothers Day!
14&17: Training - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
15&17: Cultural Identity and Self Esteem
16-17: Training - Engaging Families for Change
19: Training - Autism & Aspergers Syndrome
20: KFCA Skate Land Party 5-7 PM, free pizza and drinks
20: Kitsap Style fashion show
21-25: Training - Foundations for Parenting Someone Else’s Child
21-25: Orientation and Pre-Service Training
23: KFCA Dinner Meeting - Business: Election for President/Treasurer
28: Memorial Day

April 2007

3: KFCA Board Meeting
9: Training - Multiple Placements: Impact on Children
11: Washington State Indian Education Association Conference
16: Training - Success Beyond Foster Care: Career, Job Search & Financial Management Skills
16-20: Orientation and Pre-Service Training
17: Staff Appreciation Dessert
25: KFCA Dinner Meeting - Speakers: Board Nominees
26-28: Families with Russian & Ukrainian Adoptions National Conference 2007
29: KFCA Family Fun Swim

March 2007

March is National Social Work Month.

1: DREAM project requests have been increased to $75 per year
1: Deadline to apply for Scholarships for Foster Youth
1: Training - Disruptive Behavior Disorders
6: No KFCA Board Meeting
5-9: Orientation and Pre-Service Training
15: Training - Drug Exposed Children
15: Training - Disruptive Behavior Disorders
17: St. Patrick’s Day
17: Training - RAD Behavior Management
21-31: Orientation and Pre-Service Training
28: KFCA Dinner Meeting - Business: Nominations for President/Treasurer close
28: KFCA Dinner Meeting - Business: Deadline to join to vote in May elections

February 2007

1-10: Orientation and Pre-Service Training
6: KFCA Board Meeting
6: Training - The Paper Trail: Documentation for Foster Parents
14: Valentines Day
15: Training - Physically Assaultive Youth
16: Training - Care-giving for Children with ADHD/ADD & Organically Related Mental Health Issues
20: Training - Engaging Families for Change
22: Training - Casey Life Skills Program
28: KFCA Dinner Meeting - Speaker: Jeffery Weist MSW,LICSW from Center for Child and Family Therapy - Techniques to Diffuse Power Struggles

January 2007

1: Happy New Year!
2: KFCA Board Meeting
3: Orientation and Pre-Service Training
17: Training - Disruptive Behavior Disorders
18: Training - Understanding Neglect for Foster Parents
23: Training - Sexually Aggressive Youth
24: KFCA Dinner Meeting - Speaker: Priscilla Bailey from Eastside Tax and Accounting - Taxes and Foster Care
24: KFCA Dinner Meeting - Business: Dues for 2007 mebership due
31: Orientation and Pre-Service Training