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Working with Challenging Caregivers with Dr. Johanna Sagarin & Dr. Elisa Bronfman
1:00 PMFriday, May 9 2025
12:00 PMFriday, May 9 2025
11:00 AMFriday, May 9 2025
10:00 AMFriday, May 9 2025
9:00 AMFriday, May 9 2025
7:00 AM
Johanna D. Sagarin, PhD, is currently a professor of practice at Assumption University and psychologist in private practice. After working at Boston Children’s Hospital, Dr. Sagarin was Vice President of Children’s Friend, Inc., in Worcester, MA where she directed their community mental health clinic specializing in youth and families for close to two decades. There she was also involved in program development, helping to create specialized programs in grief and in working with LGBTQIA+ youth and their families. She was awarded the Worcester Business Journal 40 Under 40 award based on her work at Children’s Friend. She has co-authored book chapters and peer reviewed articles, as well as Working with Parents in Child Psychotherapy, with Elisa Bronfman, PhD. She has presented at conferences and provided trainings for both professional and lay audiences. Over the years one of her great joys in her work has been supervising and consulting with talented clinicians and students
This course is designed to help clinicians working with children in the foster care system enhance their skills with caregivers. We will provide techniques for connecting with and managing challenges in caregivers, as well as improving their skills to bolster therapeutic outcomes in the children. Time will be allotted for participant discussion around difficult clinical situations. This course will be presented by both Dr. Johanna Sagarin and Dr. Elisa Bronfman.
This course is eligible for 2 continuing education credits.
This course is suitable for Psychologists, LMHCs, MFTs, Social Workers, LPCs, and Counselors.
Intermediate
10:00am-10:05am - Introduction/Overview
10:05am-10:15am – Assumptions and approach
10:15am-10:40am - Connecting with caregivers and improving caregiver skills
10:40am- 11:00am – Challenging caregivers
11:00am-11:15am - Helping caregivers create nurturing moments
11:15am-11:45am - Discussion
11:45am-12:00pm - Conclusion/Q&A
At the end of the workshop, the participant will be able to:
- List four ways for clinicians to partner with caregivers.
- Identify five ways for caregivers to create nurturing moments with their foster children.
- Describe at least three behavior patterns in caregivers that create
challenges for clinicians, and ways to address these.