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Jeanette Yoffe, M.A., M.F.T. has a Master's in Clinical Psychology specializing in adoption and foster care. She is also an adopted person, who was raised in foster care for 6 years.

Jeanette’s training will discuss:

• The unique emotional and developmental needs of foster and adoptive children and how these needs differ from those of children raised in stable, biological families.  
• How early separation trauma and adversity affect brain development and contribute to difficulties with emotional regulation, learning, and relationships.  
• The fight, flight, freeze, fawn, and flop responses and how these survival mechanisms manifest in children's behaviors
• The impact of attachment disruptions and why fostering relational safety is critical for healing.  
• The core principles of trauma-informed care and how to apply them in daily interactions with children.  
• How to use emotional containers and transitional objects to help children process loss, grief, and instability.  
• Practical therapeutic interventions for helping children regulate emotions, manage stress, and develop a sense of safety in their bodies.

Jeanette Yoffe, M.A., M.F.T. has a Master's in Clinical Psychology specializing in adoption and foster care. She is also an adopted person, who was raised in foster care for 6 years.

Jeanette’s training will:

• Provide insight into how early experiences shape a child’s ability to form relationships, regulate emotions, and feel safe in their environment.
• Offer practical therapeutic interventions to help caregivers “balance love and loss” while fostering “healing and connection”.
• Cover key topics that include the power of “connection before correction”, everyday strategies for “building secure attachments”, and recognizing and responding to “vulnerabilities and dysregulation”.
• Explore the impact of “secondary trauma and compassion fatigue” on caregivers, offering “self-care strategies” to prevent burnout and maintain emotional well-being.
• Equip caregivers with “effective tools” to promote emotional resilience, attachment, and stability for their children while also prioritizing their own self-care.