SYF WEBINAR: Managing the Toll of Caregiver Trauma and Building Resiliency in Families of Children with Complex Needs

Date Jan 15, 2026

Time 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Cost $ 15.00

Strengthening Your Family Webinar

Managing the Toll of Caregiver Trauma and Building Resiliency in Families of Children with Complex Needs

Thursday, January 15th, 2026 | 1:00PM – 2:30PM EST

Use promo code RESILIENCY at checkout to redeem your free registration.

Registration Deadline is Jan 15, 2026
Extended Access Available Jan 15 – Feb 15, 2026

Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.), Provider #1972, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 3/3/2025 – 3/3/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 general continuing education credits.

Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7463. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.) is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

In conjunction with our adoption advocacy partner, The Jockey Being Family Foundation, C.A.S.E offers 600 FREE registrations to each Strengthening Your Family (SYF) Webinar with 10 webinars offered each year. These webinars focus on a variety of relevant topics for adoptive, foster and kinship parents as well as the professionals who serve them.

Research tells us unequivocally that when an individual experiences trauma, it takes a significant toll on their spiritual, emotional, and physical well-being.

What happens to a parent or caregiver who experiences repeated trauma as a result of parenting a child who lives with complex needs, including challenging behavioral symptoms?
What can parents and caregivers in this unique position do to protect against the impact of the chronic stress they endure, while also parenting their child in the way they require?

This webinar will discuss signs and symptoms of trauma as it relates to the parent experience. It will highlight relational stress, compassion fatigue and burnout so that parents can recognize when this is present in their life and can take necessary support to address and heal. The webinar will also outline the importance of nervous system health and stability and the small, but meaningful steps that can be taken each day to build resiliency and heal from the trauma endured.

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Meet the Presenter

Eileen Devine, LCSW, Brain First Parenting Consultant, Parent Coach, and Trainer

Eileen Devine is a licensed clinical social worker and founder of Brain First Parenting. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and two teenage children. She has over twenty years of clinical experience and for the last ten of those years, has focused solely on supporting parents across the globe, all of whom have kids with neurobehavioral conditions.

Eileen has been extensively trained in the neurobehavioral model through FASCETS as well as the Collaborative Problem Solving model through ThinkKids. In addition to her one-to-one and group work with parents, she facilitates dozens of workshops and trainings each year for parents, teachers, and mental health professionals and is a trainer for the Center for Adoption Support and Education’s (C.A.S.E.) accredited Training for Adoption Competency (TAC) Program, where she instructs other clinicians across the state of Oregon on what it means to be an adoption and foster competent therapist.

In addition to her clinical expertise, Eileen is the adoptive parent of a teenage daughter who lives with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).

For questions, concerns, or to request accessibility accommodations, please contact
Lauren Lynch at lynch@adoptionsupport.org

SYF WEBINAR: Managing the Toll of Caregiver Trauma and Building Resiliency in Families of Children with Complex Needs