{"id":45105,"date":"2024-01-15T10:56:34","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T16:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freestatesocialwork.com\/?p=45105"},"modified":"2024-01-19T15:49:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T21:49:41","slug":"child-maltreatment-and-brain-development-a-primer-for-child-welfare-professionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freestatesocialwork.com\/?p=45105","title":{"rendered":"Child Maltreatment and Brain Development: A Primer for Child Welfare Professionals (1 credit hour)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Program Summary: \u00a0<\/strong>This course highlights current research on the impact of child maltreatment on a child’s developing brain. \u00a0The course offers an overview of brain development and explores concepts of ‘serve and return’, attachment, sensitive periods, plasticity, and stress responses. \u00a0The course describes the effects of maltreatment on behavioral, social, and emotional functioning and the impact of resilience. \u00a0Implications for practice are discussed.<\/p>\n

This course is recommended for social workers and counselors and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice. \u00a0<\/em>
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\"\u201cBook\" \u00a0Open the Course Reading Here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Reading #1: \u00a0<\/strong>Child Maltreatment and Brain Development: \u00a0A Primer for Child Welfare Professionals \u00a0Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0 Children’s Bureau Child Welfare Information Gateway<\/p>\n

Reading #2: \u00a0<\/strong>Brain Basics: Know Your Brain \u00a0Publisher: \u00a0<\/strong>National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke<\/p>\n

Course\u00a0Objectives:<\/strong>\u00a0 To enhance professional practice, values, skills and knowledge by examining child maltreatment and brain development.<\/p>\n

Learning Objectives: \u00a0<\/strong>Describe how the brain develops. Identify the effects of maltreatment on brain development. \u00a0Describe implications for practice.<\/p>\n

Review our\u00a0pre-reading study guide.<\/a><\/p>\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t