Date Title
1977 to present was and still am a full time Mom...
1997 Living w/ The ADD/HD Child Part One ~ Part Two, Pre-Service Presentation, Trauma's Impact on Child Development and Adoption - Post Legal Issues
1998 The Ties that Bind ~ Lynne Dale, Town Hall ~ Forgotten Children, Take This Heart ~ Kathryn Hunt, Power Struggles Training, Why Isn't Jonny Crying ?, Exceptional Children and Youth, Learning Disabilities ~ Behavior Disorders, and Helping Special Kids with Developmental Disabilities.
1999 Reactive Attachment Disorder , Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Prevention & Investigation of Child Abuse in Foster Home.
2000 Parenting the Medically Fragile Infant
2001 After an Adoption Post-Legal Issues, Advocacy In Education 3.0 *
Helping Toddlers and Pre-Schoolers Catch Up - 2.0
A MUST for Foster Parents: Foster Parent Burnout: Avoiding It And Dealing With It - 3.0
2002 High Needs Babies & Beyond - 3.0 Early Interventions -3.0
Saying Hello and Good-Bye - 2.0 Pets and Children - 2.0
Foster Parents & Birth Parents - Working Together For The Children - 1.5
2003 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Parenting Abused & Neglected Children
Dealing With Sexually Acting Out Behaviors In Foster Care
2004 Prime Time Special "Family First"
Family First " Dr.Phil McGraw (Book)
When Your Child is a Tease, a Bully or the Victim"
The Bridge from Rage to Reason coaching The Traumatized Child to thing before Acting"
Building Moral Intelligence, Ways To Express Anger Constructively
2005 ~ 12 credit hours
Parenting the Sneaky Child By Rita Laws, Ph.D. 4.0 Hours Training Credit
Bonding & Attachment Workshop Part I by Nancy Thomas 4.0 Hours Credit
Bonding & Attachment Workshop Part II by Nancy Thomas 4.0 Hours Training Credit
2006 ~10 credit hours
Parenting Traumatized Children - Part I Basic Parenting Philosophies
by Elizabeth Randolph, MSN, Ph.D 3.0 Hours Training Credit
Parenting Traumatized Children - Part II Useful & Less Than Useful Parenting Techniques
by Elizabeth Randolph, MSN, Ph.D 3.0 Hours Training Credit
Why Do Traumatized Children Need Such A Different Approach To Parenting
by Elizabeth Randolph, MSN, Ph.D 3.0 Hours Training Credit
The Broken Child "60 min. Video"
2007 ~ 12 credit hours
Foster Family Home Renewal Readiness Course 2.0
Positive Discipline - 3.0
Assessing & Exercising the Brain Functioning of Traumatized Children - 4.0
There IS a Difference Between Reactive Attachment Disorder & Attachment Disorder! - 3.0
2008 ~ 15 credit hours
Rights of Children
Rights of Relatives
Rights of Persons Who Have a Child-Parent Relationship
Working with Relatives Toward Placement of Children
Adoption Recruitment
Adoption Placement Selection
Adoption Assistance
"Current Caretaker Report"
This study is highly recommended,
These rules establish the process by which a current caretaker of a child who is legally free or being freed for adoption may apply and be given consideration as the adoptive placement resource for the child.
The Addiction-Prone Child -3 credit hours
What is addiction? What is an addictive personality? How can I tell? What can I do? Can addiction be predicted, prevented, stopped or cured? Which treatment is best? How do I know what's working?
These are just a few of the questions today's foster parents ask when it comes to their children, and to addiction risk factors. Along with abuse, neglect, violence, incarceration and mental illness, addiction is a major reason that many children need foster care in the first place.
Child Abuse Prevention Training (CAPT) 2 credit hours
Child Abuse Training for School Employees & Parents
As required by Senate Bill 379, the district is providing child abuse
training for all school employees and parents. Follow this link and
register on the site OR login as guest to complete the training.
Preparing for the “GOODBYE VISIT" 3 credit hours
Preparation for the “goodbye” visit involves much more than simply scheduling a date, time, location, and notifying the appropriate parties. It is crucial that the worker gain the cooperation of the birth parents, child’s current caregivers, and service providers to ensure that the child and family are supported. The visit should be well-planned and conducted in a way that can be beneficial for the child; birth and adopted family, recognizing that this is can be a highly emotional event for all parties.
Lifebooks - 3 credit hours
3 credit hours Includes 33 colorful template pages to create a child's lifestory. Help your child's self-esteem and receive a training certificate.
Course goals:
To give caregivers, social workers and teachers: knowledge of the importance of a child's history
information and material needed to create a lifebook
2009 ~ 16 credit hours
Stealing - Lying - Sneaking and Hoarding Food - 4 credit hours
Course goals:
To give caregivers, social workers, marriage & family therapists, teachers, daycare providers:
information to assist with children who have behaviors that involve stealing; lying. sneaking and hoarding food
Self-esteem & Our Children - Who Do They Think They Are? - 4 credit hours
Course goals:
To give caregivers, social workers, marriage & family therapists, teachers, daycare providers parenting principles and techniques that will: build self-esteem in children instill some lasting and effective coping skills/tools that will enable children to think more highly of themselves
Bloodborne Pathogens & Infection Control - 2 credit hours
Course goals:
To give caregivers, social workers, marriage & family therapists, teachers, daycare providers, etc:
information needed regarding bloodborne parthogens and infection control
Acute Crisis - A Developmental Perspective - 3 credit hours
Course goals:
In being a Foster Parent, a Social Worker or Marriage Family Therapist, you’ve taken on a huge responsibility. Working with children in crisis takes patience, persistence, compassion, and education. Frustrating at times, this work has immense rewards. Knowing how to take care of somebody and watching them improve brings joy beyond words. Helping somebody from a crisis intensifies this feeling. This can only take place if you make yourself the number one priority.
Developing Tools to Effectively Deal with Crises - 3 credit hours
What makes this approach different is:
Crises are handled “Holistically” – Physically, Mentally, Emotionally, and Spiritually.
A Developmental Model is adhered to – learn how past wounds effect our current lives.
Unresolved Core issues (that drive current crises) are worked upon in compassionate, and sometimes playful ways.
The responsibility for change is placed on your shoulders – the parent.
My Parent Training
Family Foster Care Pre-Service Program
Family Foster Care is 24-hour care provided by foster families in their homes. Foster parents are a valuable resource in returning children to a safe, nurturing home. When people apply to become foster parents for SCF:
They take 30 hours of pre-service training which includes children's developmental abilities by age, as well as how to deal with issues that foster children have, such as loss and grief, sex abuse, and drug addicted parents.
A home study is done which includes interviews, reference and medical checks, criminal records checks, and a child safety home inspection.
Pre-Service Presentation
I went and shared my feelings and motivations for becoming a Foster Parent.. I was so nervous, I must have stuck my foot in my mouth several times. But Ron and Sandy were great and walked me through it...
It was a good experience and I encourage all to do it at least ONCE :o)
A list of the most common mental disorders.
Starting in March, foster homes will be recertified for two years, rather than one year. The certifier (Janna) however. will be coming to your house at least every six months to see how things are going and to offer services.
There are many changes coming in the area of Foster Home Certification. One is that the number of hours of training expected of ongoing foster parents will be increased to 15 hours a year, up from the current 10.
Also the Pre-Service training will now be called FOUNDATIONS.
Think outside of the box when earning your Training Hours:
When in doubt, don't throw them out,
Ask Janna if you can use it.
The following will be accepted as on going training:
Anything related to foster parenting training on line.
Books/Video that deal with parenting or child issues/development
(Credits for reading it would depend, say 200 pages, 2.5 hours, 300, 3.5 hours and so on and it has to deal with fostering, adopting and other issues in raising such children.)
Certified CPR/First Aid class
Training Provided through PCU
Foster/Relative Parent Association Meetings
Support Group
Foster/Relative Lunch Meeting
This must all be documented in detail.
RECERTIFICATIONS ARE CHANGING
