Mike Foster

Mike Foster is a program specialist with A World for Children in Austin. For 40 years he has worked in child welfare, behavioral health, education and human services. Mr. Foster and his first wife and twin brother were group home parents to eight boys, including three autistic children and their nine-month- old daughter Kari.  Mr. Foster has been an active trainer and consultant at local, state and national levels on a range of subjects involving child welfare, behavioral health, risk management, crisis prevention, education and human service delivery.  A lifelong learner, he has embraced trauma-informed care.  He has completed Dr. Karyn Purvis and Dr. David Cross’s Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) program at TCU’s Institute of Child Development.  Advocacy and delivery system innovation and improvement have been important throughout Mr. Foster’s career he serves and has served with state and national organizations working to improve the lives of maltreated children and their families.

Saturday, October 15
8:00-9:30 am

C2 Trauma Informed Prevention (tip) # Part 1
Mike Foster, LCPAA, LCPA, Program Specialist, A World for Children, Round Rock, TX

Introduction to tip Trauma-Informed Prevention: A holistic, trauma-informed approach to crisis prevention in family based care. 
Trauma-Informed Prevention, tip, is a comprehensive training program based upon trauma- informed best practice and emerging research to predict, anticipate, prevent and safely manage risk and crisis situations including escalated behavior.  tip teaches pragmatic, long-range proactive risk management and decision making designed to promote anticipation and prevention. tip allows caregivers to nurture and empower traumatized children/youth.

Part I is an introduction into trauma-informed care, trauma and brain development, healthy relationship building, noncoercive discipline and the basics of tip.

It is recommended that Part I be attended as a prerequisite for Part II

Track: V,S       Room Name: Veramendi GH       CEU .15

Saturday, October 15
9:45-11:15 am

D2 Trauma Informed Prevention (tip) # Part 2
Mike Foster, Program Specialist, A World for Children, Round Rock, TX

Introduction to tip Trauma-Informed Prevention: A holistic, trauma-informed approach to crisis prevention in family based care. 
Trauma-Informed Prevention, tip, is a comprehensive training program based upon trauma- informed best practice and emerging research to predict, anticipate, prevent and safely manage risk and crisis situations including escalated behavior.  tip teaches pragmatic, long-range proactive risk management and decision making designed to promote anticipation and prevention. tip allows caregivers to nurture and empower traumatized children/youth.

Part II continues with understanding crisis prevention and risk management in a child welfare, family based care context.  tip interventions, strategies and hands-on skills will be demonstrated and reviewed

Track: V,S       Room Name: Veramendi GH       CEU .15