Ongoing Caregiver Training
Resource families(formerly named foster caregivers) are required by the State of Ohio to complete 30 hours of training every two years to maintain their foster care license. Treatment resource families are required to complete 45 hours. The curriculum is developed in accordance with the caregiver’s Individual Training Needs Assessment (ITNA) and Individual Development Plan (IDP).
Registration Instructions:
If you are a resource family through LCCS, enroll yourself in training sessions through CAPS LMS:
Should you need assistance, please contact Kandi Bennett-Kanu at 419-213-3505 or by e-mail [email protected]
If you are a resource family through another agency, or if you are a daycare provider for LCCS, you will NOT be in CAPS LMS. Please contact Mrs. Bennett-Kanu to register as a guest.
~ Training Schedule ~
Class will be closed to anyone arriving more than fifteen (15) minutes late.
AHA Pediatric HeartSaver First Aid and CPR Without Skills Testing
Tuesday, September 5, 2023 TIME: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm** AND 2pm-4pm**
IN-PERSON
Thasia Awad, Instructor
6 Credit Hours
This course utilizes the American Heart Association Pediatric First Aid and CPR course materials but does not include skills testing. The participant receives a comprehensive overview of first aid basics for children, as well as CPR and AED use for all ages. This workshop is approved for OCWTP training hours only and does not certify the participant in CPR or First Aid.
**Please note that there will be a 2 hour mandatory hands-on skills testing for Lucas County Children Services licensed caregivers only. For caregivers from other counties who wish to seek certification can attend this portion for a fee, payable to the trainer.
— JOINT (Caregiver & Staff) —
Examining Unconventional and Mischaracterized Trauma Expressions in Black Males
Friday, September 8, 2023 • 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
IN-PERSON
LaToya Logan, Instructor
6 Credit Hours
Raising awareness related to diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment referrals based on a lack of cultural inclusion surrounding Black males who exhibit aggression and apathy is the necessary first step to addressing disparities. Viewing apathy as a defense mechanism encourages social workers to strengthen their assessments and challenge outcomes. It allows for a deeper understanding of how trauma experiences can manifest into aggression and apathy based on cultural norms and environmental factors that have not been evaluated. Through cultural competence and inclusion of cultural differences, social workers can lead changes in the fields of mental health and social services. They can help promote equity in educational programming and support, make court referrals for treatment options instead of confinement, and develop more effective assessments and treatment interventions that have a direct impact on individuals, families, and communities.
Co-Parenting Training with Continental Breakfast
Monday, September 11, 2023 • 9:00 am – 12:30 pm
IN-PERSON
Dr. McHale, Instructor
3.5 Credit Hours
Approaches to use with individuals and with developing systemic change within the child welfare and court systems and Challenges and suggestions to Overcome them. Please contact Kandi Bennett-Kanu via email or phone at [email protected] / (419) 213-3505 to sign up. Limited Seating available.
Using Discipline to Teach Self-Regulation
Tuesday, September 12, 2023 • 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
IN-PERSON
Kristie Ruff, Instructor
3.0 Credit Hours
This training, part of the Fundamentals of Fostering series, focuses on helping caregivers understand discipline as a series of teachable moments rather than a way to control behavior. Participants will consider the importance of self-regulation and how various parenting styles influence discipline. Participants will learn discipline strategies for teaching children how to regulate their emotions and behaviors.
Understanding Gender Identity
Thursday, September 14, 2023 • 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
IN-PERSON
Susan Darden-Kautz, Instructor
3.0 Credit Hours
This workshop will educate and sensitize foster/adoptive caregivers about how gender identity is developed, how different cultures view gender identity, and the unique needs presented by transgender or gender-nonconforming youth in their homes.
Managing Infertility Grief and Loss as a Foster and Adoptive Parent Thursday, September 14, 2023 • 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
IN-PERSON
Susan Darden-Kautz, Instructor
3.0 Credit Hours
This workshop will increase foster and adoptive parent awareness of the impact infertility issues have on the caregiving family, and strategies to manage these issues.
RR: Ethical Considerations for Resource Caregivers
Thursday, September 21, 2023 • 6:00am-8:00pm
Resource Readiness: LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES FOR CAREGIVERS
VIRTUAL
Deanna Prezioso, Instructor
2.0 Credit Hours
This workshop will give participants an understanding of common ethical dilemmas encountered by resource caregivers both in working with agency staff as well as in their work with birth family. Participants will also gain an understanding of resources available to assist them with navigating ethical considerations.
— JOINT (Caregiver & Staff) —
Mentoring Among Foster Caregivers – Strengthening the Team
Friday, September 22, 2023 • 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
IN-PERSON
Deanna Prezioso, Instructor
6 Credit Hours
This class will give participants an understanding of the adult principals of learning and how they apply to mentoring. We will examine the role and purpose of a mentor for foster and adoptive caregivers, and common characteristics of effective mentors and mentees. Caregivers and staff will understand the similarities and differences between informal and formal mentoring and how the mentoring process can be used to build stronger foster families with better outcomes for the placements in their homes. Participants will also gain an understanding of how to develop an effective mentoring program.
Understanding and Surviving Grief and Loss while Fostering: The Emotional Roller Coaster
Saturday, September 23, 2023 • 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
IN-PERSON
Deanna Prezioso, Instructor
3.0 Credit Hours
This class will give participants an understanding of the reactions to grief and loss and explain ambiguous loss theory. Participants will gain an understanding of the similarities and differences between the emotions they experience, the emotions children in care experience, and the emotions experienced during a final loss such as death. Participants will examine how the emotions experienced during grief and loss are related to their role of foster caregiver and how they can effectively care for themselves and manage their emotions.
Preventing Placement Disruptions Before Placement Begins
Saturday, September 23, 2023 • 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
IN-PERSON
Deanna Prezioso, Instructor
3.0 Credit Hours
This workshop will give participants an understanding of the most common reasons for placement disruption and the stages of disruption. Participants will also gain an understanding of the factors that most commonly lead to placement stability and lower levels of disruptions. Participants will examine the current practices used both before and during placements being in their home and will also examine how these practices can lead to disruption and/or preservation of placement. Finally, participants will discuss and gain an understanding of steps they can implement that will help minimize placement disruptions before the placement even enters the home.
RR: Verbal De-escalation in Child Welfare
Friday, September 29, 2023 • 9:00am-12:00pm
Resource Readiness: FAMILY SAFETY
IN-PERSON
Brian Lowery, Instructor
3.0 Credit Hours
This class will examine how pre-placement experiences and current stressors may affect a foster child’s emotions, leading to escalating behaviors. This workshop reviews the skills of active listening, non-violent communication, and de-escalation. Levels of crisis development and the conflict cycle are discussed, emphasizing appropriate foster parent response. Trainees will participate in exercises and demonstrations concerning personal space, body posture and motion, which will enable them to more successfully deal with emotional or physical crisis which can occur with children living in out of home care.
Navigating the Whitewater of Reunification: Primary Family, Agency, and Foster Parent Collaboration
Friday, September 29, 2023 • 1:00pm-4:00pm
IN-PERSON
Brian Lowery, Instructor
3.0 Credit Hours
This class will examine the complex dynamics facing birth families before, during, and after placement. While emphasizing the advantages of safe reunification of children with birth families, this training will help foster parents come to further appreciate the “biological bond,” as well as challenge them to consider forgiveness as a foundation of collaborative work with parents. This workshop will also develop a framework for shared parenting, including promoting and building the “parent/foster parent team,” and provide practical guidelines for such issues as visitation, phone calls, and establishing boundaries.
Adolescent Development
Saturday, September 30, 2023 • 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
IN-PERSON
Brian Lowery, Instructor
3.0 Credit Hours
This training, part of the Fundamentals of Fostering series, focuses on the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development of adolescents (ages 12-21). Participants will learn about typical development, why adolescents can have such challenging behaviors, and how to support healthy development in adolescents.
Attachment, Separation, and Loss in Foster Care and Adoption Saturday, September 30, 2023 • 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
IN-PERSON
Brian Lowery, Instructor
3.0 Credit Hours
This class introduces foster parents to the concept of attachment and the biological bond. Separation will be addressed by reviewing the five stages of grief vis-à-vis a foster care placement. Strategies for helping insufficiently attached and grieving children are reviewed.
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