Briar Cliff University Media Announcement

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – The social work department at Briar Cliff University will sponsor “Beyond Consequences: A Love Based Approach to Helping Children with Severe Behaviors” from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 27, in the Saint Francis Center in the Stark Student Center on campus.

This free workshop is designed for all Siouxland foster and adoptive parents and social work students who are studying child welfare. The workshop, co-sponsored by BCU’s social work department and the Iowa Foster and Adoptive Parents Association (IFAPA), offers ways to provide emotional safety for children with trauma histories.

Foster and adoptive care specialist Mr. Kim Combes, LBSW, M.Ed., will conduct the workshop. Combes, who has been in human services since 1980, is a certified trainer by the National Foster Parent Association. He presents nationally and across Iowa on the topic of foster and adoptive care. He has been active on local, state and national foster and adoptive care boards. Combes writes for several foster and adoptive care publications and is on the advisory board for Fostering Families Today magazine. Combes, who currently has a private practice, was a social worker for the Iowa Department of Human Services. He also served as a family therapist for two private agencies. He and his wife, Diane, reside in Colo, Iowa. They have a 21-year-old daughter and five adopted children.

Foster and adoptive parents are invited to register for "Beyond Consequences: A Love Based Approach to Helping Children with Sever Behaviors," please call Stephanie Miles at 800-277-8145, ext. 1. Social work students may register by emailing Heather Craig-Oldsen, BCU associate professor of social work and department chairperson, at heather.craig-oldsen@briarcliff.edu.

Briar Cliff University is a Catholic institution with an enrollment of more than 1,100 students from 28 states.Students are educated in the Franciscan tradition of excellence in the liberal arts and career preparation in an environment of care and compassion. For more information, please visit briarcliff.edu.