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Chaddock Prayer Chain  We invite you to sign up for the Prayer Chain to lift our Chaddock children up in prayer. Once a week, we will send out an email with prayer requests for and from our kids. We just ask that you remember them in prayer as they continue on their Chaddock journey. 
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Agency of the Year The entire Chaddock organization gathered to celebrate the “Agency of the Year” award presented to Chaddock by the Alliance for Children and Families. Chaddock was chosen to receive the award because of its demonstrated excellence in board participation and support; impact of advocacy efforts on local, state, or national levels; and innovative programs.
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Tips for Parents on Media Coverage of the Earthquake The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) has released tips for parents on the media coverage of the earthquake in Haiti. While the media coverage is helpful in educating people about the Haiti situation, young eyes can often misunderstand the coverage which may lead to confusion and stress. Therefore, the NCTSN has been pro-active in distributing suggestions for managing media coverage within the home.
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Chaddock Hosts Play Therapy Workshop  The Knowledge Center at Chaddock recently hosted Brijin Gardner, LSCSW, LCSW, RPT/S, who presented an adolescent play therapy workshop titled GROUPS: Awesome Activities and Insights. Gardner has worked in the Edwardsville School District and Platte City School Districts for over eight years as a school social worker. During this time, she received several grants from organizations for her excellent work in implementing play therapy into the schools setting.
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Korean Dignitaries Visit Chaddock Quincy IL – 12/2/09- The Korea Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) and Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science & Creativity (KOFAC) sent four representatives to Quincy to study Chaddock’s successful program of educating children who have experienced extreme trauma. 
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Chaddock is now on Facebook and Twitter! 

Follow the progress of The Gene Simon Family Cottage which is currently under construction on the Chaddock campus.

 

Chaddock to Host Michael Trout PDF Print E-mail

The Knowledge Center at Chaddock will be hosting Making Connections: How Early Life Experience Influences later Development And Behavior presented by Michael Trout, Director of The Infant-Parent Institute, Inc. The workshop will be held on March 18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Quincy Holiday Inn. The fee to attend the workshop is $20.00 and includes a box lunch.

Known internationally for his clinical services, professional training and research related to the optimal development of infants, toddlers and their families, Michael Trout will address the importance of early connections between infants and their caregivers and how those connections influence the lives of children as they progress into adults. Michael Trout is widely recognized for "The Jonathon Letters", coauthored with Lori Thomas and the Transition Video Series which chronicles the thoughts of young and pre-verbal children as they navigate their way through traumatic life changes such as divorce, foster care and adoption, and domestic violence.

This presentation is recommended for parents, caregivers, counselors, social workers, daycare workers, early childhood workers, foster and adoptive parents, doctors, nurses, teachers, psychiatrists and psychologists along with anyone who works with or loves a child.

Registration is required by Wednesday, March 17 at 5:00 p.m. Please contact Dennis Sparrow, 217.222.0034 ext.406 or email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to register. Payment accepted in cash, check or credit card. 

 


 

 
 
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