June 21, 2023 | 5:00-6:30 pm
In this webinar, listeners will be educated on the bullying epidemic that is impacting our youth and their In this webinar, Nikki Snuffer, Kinship Care Liaison with Mission WV will describe common food related issues that children who are in foster care commonly experience. She’ll explain different methods that she has used in her home with her own adopted children as well as long-term solutions to help families plan to help their children overcome these issues.
This webinar training is 1.5 hours.
CEUs are not being offered for this training. Certificates of attendance available by emailing rwhite@missionwv.org.
Webinar Audience: This webinar was designed for professionals working youth in foster care, School Counselors, Social Workers, and foster/adoptive parents. Credentials are not required to enroll, anyone is welcome to participate in the online course.
About the presenter:
Nikki Snuffer is a Kinship Care Liaison at Mission West Virginia where she has helped families for the past several years. She is also a co-trainer for the Social Worker Education Consortium where she trains new foster parents and kinship relatives, an Instructor for the Future Leaders Program at Winfield High School, and is also a foster/adoptive parent.
Nikki shares the knowledge and experiences she’s gained as a foster/adoptive parent with families across the state. Her goal at Mission West Virginia is to help ensure that families have the tools and knowledge they need in order to navigate the foster care system and do the best they can for children in their care. She hopes to help minimize placement disruptions in foster homes by providing various types of training to help parents understand different behaviors they may be experiencing at home. She also operates an online support group and a warm-line to provide immediate assistance to families in need.
Nikki is a mother to eight children through foster care and adoption, two children through foster/kinship placement, and has one granddaughter on the way.