Culture. Leadership. Collaboration. Necessary items in the quest to protect children. A culture of box checking or scratching instead of digging, a failure of leadership to focus on what matters most, and a community unwilling to work as a team are the things that tank child welfare. Let's have a real conversation about social failure and discuss ways to fix things for our communities.

Psychosis. Schizophrenia. Bipolar disorder. Hoarders. Depression. Anxiety. Dementia. PTSD and CPTSD. What are they? What are the signs and symptoms? What do you do when your client has one? How do you manage this for the welfare of all? Find out in this talk.

Research shows that children just need one adult who they believe loves them and is proud of them in order to get their lives together. What helps you be that one adult? How do you contribute to being part of the solution rather than a continuation of the problem? How do you recognize and help a child cultivate resilience? Learn how to inspire some of the useful skills a human can have.

Learn all about Adverse Childhood Experiences, how they impact long term physical health, and learn about somatic therapy and the ways to overcome a high ACE score.

Do you need a conservatorship or guardianship? Can you get away with just a power of attorney? Learn how those are different and what you need to do to get to help your mentally ill loved one.

Have you ever heard of the Karpman Drama Triangle? Most people haven't, but once you can recognize the Victim, Rescuer, Persecutor life experiences, you can experience the verbal abuse less personally and handle things better. We will also discuss the grey rock method and when you should and should not use it.

Divorce is expensive. People spend six figures fighting about their personal property and their children. You can literally spend the child's entire college fund fighting about where they are going to live. You owe them better than that. Find a better way. Use a mediator.

One of the worst things you can do is allow a child to have unmonitored, unfettered access to the internet. National statistics once showed that children were usually assaulted by someone they knew personally like a family member or a teacher. Now, it has changed. They are often being victimized by someone they met online. Cutting the internet off entirely is unrealistic in our modern society. So how do you keep them safe? Paula is here to warn you and empower you of what to do about this national problem.

DO.NOT. act angry in front of the child. They were probably told they would be in trouble. Believe the child. Call the police. All the police and the medical professionals to speak to the child.

What is an IEP? What is a 504? How do you best prepare for a meeting like that? Who comes with you? How do you have your own advocacy team? Helping special needs parents find a village.