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KVC strengthens families using wraparound services so children can remain with their own families and in their own communities when safely possible. We also provide foster care, reunification support, adoption, outpatient mental health therapy, in-home family services and educational support.
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KVC West Virginia is a private, nonprofit organization that serves over 3,000 children, teens and adults each year. Our team of caring professionals provides home- and community-based services that strengthen families and prevent foster care, outpatient mental health therapy, foster care, foster parent recruitment and support, adoption, and youth academic and mentorship programs.
We envision a world in which every person is safe and connected to a strong family and a healthy community.
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Virtual Training: Road to Adulthood – The Mysterious Teenage Brain (2 CEUs)
Even though adolescents are beginning puberty sooner (around 9-12), their brains are still developing over a longer period of time. This may cause teens to appear more mature than they really are. The brain isn’t “done” developing until youth are in their mid to late 20s. You will receive 2 CEUs for your participation.
In this two-hour virtual training, attendees and Erin Keltner, MSW, LICSW, KVC West Virginia’s Vice President of Clinical Services, will explore the mysteries of teenage brain development, group work, stats and assessments.
Training objectives:
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Learn about the adolescent brain and how it works.
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Better understand statistics about teenagers and their behavior.
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Explore how we can best serve youth as they age out of care.
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Understand Casey Life Skills and other tools that help us gauge what our youth need as they transition.
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DHHR employees – Free ($0)
Industry professionals, teachers, etc. – $40 ($20 per credit hour x 2)
Join the trainings on April 20
About the Presenter
Erin Keltner started with Croney and Clark, Inc. (now KVC Kentucky) as a practicum student in August 2004. Since then, Ms. Keltner has worked as a case manager and clinician in the Intensive In-Home Services and IMPACT Plus programs, was the Director of IMPACT Plus and then the Director of Development, Training, and Quality Assurance. Ms. Keltner also assisted KVC Kentucky in becoming accredited by The Joint Commission in November 2010. Ms. Keltner started working in West Virginia in 2011 and is currently acting as the Director of Permanency in addition to her Vice President duties.
Ms. Keltner graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Transylvania University in 2001 and received her master’s degree in social work from the University of Kentucky in 2005. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of Kentucky and a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in West Virginia.