Hooked on a Feeling: Helping Children Understand Emotions

May 14, 2026

While the child welfare system has historically focused on the physical and safety needs of children, emerging practice within agencies across the country is to now take into account wellbeing as a result of the emotional needs of children. There is an increased focus on children's emotional health. Children need to develop strategies for managing their emotions so that they can build social-emotional skills. This training will assist attendees in learning about the emotions children experience, better understand the impact of trauma in regard to regulating emotions, and learn strategies to help children better recognize and regulate their emotions.

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Target Audience

Foster Care and Child Welfare professionals and stakeholders. Unlicensed and licensed behavioral health professionals including but not limited to, social workers, graduate-level counselors, therapists, and substance use professionals. Unlicensed and licensed health care professionals including, but not limited to, nurses.

Foster Parents, Kinship Parents, and Caregivers

Practice Level: Beginner and/or Intermediate.

Learning Objectives

  • Participants will be able to define emotions.
  • Participants will list four basic emotions.
  • Participants will discuss the impacts trauma has on emotional development.
  • Participants will identify what PACE Parenting stands for.
  • Participants will list ways to help children talk about and gain better understanding of emotions.
Course summary
Available credit (Listed in Hours): 
  • 1.50 Attendance/Participation
  • 1.50 Florida Certification Board: Area of Knowledge- Mental Health & Child Welfare
  • 1.50 Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling
  • 1.50 NBCC
  • 1.50 Florida Certification Board: Area of Knowledge- Child Welfare
Course opens: 
04/01/2026
Course expires: 
05/28/2026
Event starts: 
05/14/2026 - 9:00am CDT
Event ends: 
05/14/2026 - 10:30am CDT
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  • Course Content.
  • Quiz.
  • Course Evaluation.

 

Online
United States

Chad Sedam, PhD, CRC

  • Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling Provider Number: 50-16294.
  • Florida Certification Board: FCB Provider # 5325-A (Exp:12.31.26)- Area of Knowledge: Mental Health & Child Welfare
  • Florida Certification Board: FCB Provider # 5325-A (Exp:12.31.26)- Area of Knowledge: Child Welfare
  • Centene Corporation has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6673. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Centene Corporation is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

 

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Available Credit (Listed in Hours)

  • 1.50 Attendance/Participation
  • 1.50 Florida Certification Board: Area of Knowledge- Mental Health & Child Welfare
  • 1.50 Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling
  • 1.50 NBCC
  • 1.50 Florida Certification Board: Area of Knowledge- Child Welfare
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