Ongoing Caregiver Training
Family foster caregivers are required by the State of Ohio to complete 40 hours of training every two years to maintain their foster care license. Treatment foster caregivers are required to complete 60 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 foster caregiver through LCCS, enroll yourself in training sessions through E-TRACK:
https://e-track.teds.com/EveryOne/TEDSEveryOne.jsp - If you are a foster caregiver through another agency, or if you are a daycare provider for LCCS, you will NOT be in E-TRACK.
- Please call 419-213-3505 to reserve a seat on a space-available basis for foster/adoption ongoing training.
Post Registration NOTES/Instructions:
- Class will be closed to anyone arriving more than fifteen (15) minutes late.
- We are adhering to strict COVID-19 guidelines. Facemasks and social distancing are required.
~ Training Schedule ~
Class will be closed to anyone arriving more than fifteen (15) minutes late.
Behavior Management
Saturday, October 2, 2021 • 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
The Northwest Ohio Regional Training Center (711 Adams Street, Toledo, OH 43604)
Dave Zidar, Instructor
ITNA Code: 925-190
6 Credit Hours
This learning, Behavior Management, is simply just that – how to manage behavioral issues. The learning goes through the continuum of behaviors that all children may present, from stealing to physical assault. The goal of this session is to provide the skills to manage these behaviors with a reduced level of reactivity. This session is recommended for anyone who works with children or manages an environment where children exhibit challenging behaviors.
AHA Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid and CPR with AED
Saturday, October 2, 2021 • 9:00 am – 1:00 pm**
The Northwest Ohio Regional Training Center (711 Adams Street, Toledo, OH 43604)
Ryan Hennessey, Instructor
ITNA Code: 990-42-NOS
4 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 immediately after the session taking place from 2 pm to 4pm. For caregivers from other counties who wish to seek certification can attend this portion for a fee, payable to the trainer.
Healthy Sexual Development of Children and Teens
Monday, October 18, 2021 • 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
The Northwest Ohio Regional Training Center (711 Adams Street, Toledo, OH 43604)
Mary Beth Olender, Instructor
ITNA Code: 923-FF5A-S
3 Credit Hours
This training, part of the Fundamentals of Fostering series, introduces basic concepts of sexual development and the Johnson continuum of childhood sexual behavior. Normal sexual behaviors for children from birth to adolescence are outlined along wi th factors which may influence a child’s sexual behaviors. The training will help foster parents know when a child’s sexual expression is normative and developmentally appropriate.
AHA Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid and CPR with AED
Wednesday, October 20, 2021 • 9:00 am – 1:00 pm**
The Northwest Ohio Regional Training Center (711 Adams Street, Toledo, OH 43604)
Ryan Hennessey, Instructor
ITNA Code: 990-42-NOS
4 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 immediately after the session taking place from 2 pm to 4pm. For caregivers from other counties who wish to seek certification can attend this portion for a fee, payable to the trainer.
Building a Toolbox: Understanding Challenging Behaviors and the Use of Discipline
Tuesday, October 26, 2021 • 5:30 pm- 8:30 pm
The Northwest Ohio Regional Training Center (711 Adams Street, Toledo, OH 43604)
Kristie Ruff, Instructor
ITNA Code: 925-148
3 Credit Hours
This workshop will provide fundamental knowledge regarding ways children express their needs emotionally and behaviorally and what drives behaviors, through understanding of the arousal/relaxation cycle and the conflict cycle. Participants will begin to build a toolbox filled with strategies/tools for understanding and managing children’s behaviors, as well as develop decision-making skills to determine which tool to use and when.
Surviving the First Six Weeks
Wednesday, October 27, 2021 • 10:00 am- 1:00 pm
The Northwest Ohio Regional Training Center (711 Adams Street, Toledo, OH 43604)
Kristie Little, Instructor
ITNA Code: 989-74
3 Credit Hours
This workshop will highlight the changes, adjustments, and responsibilities that come with accepting a new placement. Participants will explore real-world strategies to manage and cope with a new evolving household. Methods to prevent stress, burnout, and placement disruption will also be reviewed.
Interventions with Reactive Attachment Disorder
Friday, October 29, 2021 • 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
The Northwest Ohio Regional Training Center (711 Adams Street, Toledo, OH 43604)
Dave Zidar, Instructor
ITNA Code: 924-25
6 Credit Hours
Many children suffer from a pathology classified by the American Pediatric Association as Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD). This disorder is rooted in disrupted attachment in childhood – between the ages of 0 to 5. This six-hour workshop will provide to students an understanding of the origins of the pathology, family reactions, signs, symptoms, and interventions.
Class will be closed to anyone arriving more than fifteen (15) minutes late.
Crisis De-escalation Basics in the Family Care Setting
Saturday, November 6, 2021 • 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
The Northwest Ohio Regional Training Center (711 Adams Street, Toledo, OH 43604)
Mary Roach, Instructor
ITNA Code: 925-129-NOS
6 Credit Hours
This training is designed to cover basic concepts regarding crisis intervention in family settings, and review aspects of intervention that can de-escalate potentially dangerous situations.
How to Create a Culturally Aware Family (Lab)
Monday, November 8, 2021 • 10:00 am- 1:00 pm
The Northwest Ohio Regional Training Center (711 Adams Street, Toledo, OH 43604)
Kevin Hofmann, Instructor
ITNA Code: 901-2
3 Credit Hours
This workshop will highlight the changes, adjustments, and responsibilities that come with accepting a new placement. Participants will explore real-world strategies to manage and cope with a new evolving household. Methods to prevent stress, burnout, and placement disruption will also be reviewed.
AHA Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid and CPR with AED
Wednesday, November 10, 2021 • 9:00 am – 1:00 pm**
The Northwest Ohio Regional Training Center (711 Adams Street, Toledo, OH 43604)
Ryan Hennessey, Instructor
ITNA Code: 990-42-NOS
4 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 immediately after the session taking place from 2 pm to 4pm. For caregivers from other counties who wish to seek certification can attend this portion for a fee, payable to the trainer.
AHA Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid and CPR with AED
Saturday, November 13, 2021 • 9:00 am – 1:00 pm**
The Northwest Ohio Regional Training Center (711 Adams Street, Toledo, OH 43604)
Ryan Hennessey, Instructor
ITNA Code: 990-42-NOS
4 Credit Hours
This course utilizes the American Heart Association Pediatric First Aid and CPR course materials but does no t 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 immediately after the session taking place from 2 pm to 4pm. For caregivers from other counties who wish to seek certification can attend this portion for a fee, payable to the trainer.
Surviving the First Six Weeks
Saturday, November 13, 2021 • 10:00 am- 1:00 pm
The Northwest Ohio Regional Training Center (711 Adams Street, Toledo, OH 43604)
Kristie Little, Instructor
ITNA Code: 989-74
3 Credit Hours
This workshop will highlight the changes, adjustments, and responsibilities that come with accepting a new placement. Participants will explore real-world strategies to manage and cope with a new evolving household. Methods to prevent stress, burnout, and placement disruption will also be reviewed.
Lessons from the Life of a Transracial Adoptee
Monday, November 15, 2021 • 9:00 am- 4:00 pm
The Northwest Ohio Regional Training Center (711 Adams Street, Toledo, OH 43604)
Kevin Hofmann, Instructor
ITNA Code: 307-50
6 Credit Hours
Kevin Hofmann, foster care alum and adoptee, offers his unique viewpoint as a transracially adopted child. He shares his experiences related to developmental stages of racial awareness and identity, and what he needed to prepare him for the racism he would experience in childhood. Kevin shares what his parents did right and what he believes they could have done differently to help him. He also shares how exposure to his culture of origin helped him navigate in adulthood through a racially conscious world. The workshop also provides research-based strategies for caseworkers and caregivers to help children identify, understand, and manage racial prejudice.
Role of Caregivers in Healthy Sexual Development of Children and Teens
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 • 5:30 pm- 8:30 pm
The Northwest Ohio Regional Training Center (711 Adams Street, Toledo, OH 43604)
Mary Beth Olender, Instructor
ITNA Code: 923-FF6A-S
3 Credit Hours
This training, part of the Fundamentals of Fostering series, helps caregivers discuss sexual issues with children and adolescents in a way that is consistent with their developmental level. Content also includes strategies on how to maintain a supportive and safe environment with children and adolescents that encourages healthy sexual development and provides exposure to normal experiences hat promote healthy sexual development appropriate to each child.
Engaging Youth in Transition Planning
Thursday, November 18, 2021 • 9:00 pm – 4:00 pm
The Northwest Ohio Regional Training Center (711 Adams Street, Toledo, OH 43604)
Lamar Graham & Val Larkin, Instructors
ITNA Code: 202-36-NOS
6 Credit Hours
Transition planning is a personal process, and young people must fully participate. The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoption Act of 2008 includes a requirement that a youth-directed transition plan be developed 90 days prior to a youth turning 18. However, it is important that we recognize that transition planning begins well before this time. This training provides a definition of transition planning, examines the benefits of youth engagement, and outlines the transition planning process. In addition, participants will learn about the Foster Club’s Transition Planning Toolkit – a document that helps transitioning adolescents develop their plans for the future. It is strongly recommended that participants attend 202-35-NOS (CW and FC 12 hr) Positive Youth Development: The Vital Link prior to attending this workshop.
Class will be closed to anyone arriving more than fifteen (15) minutes late.
AHA Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid and CPR with AED
Wednesday, December 1, 2021 • 9:00 am – 1:00 pm**
The Northwest Ohio Regional Training Center (711 Adams Street, Toledo, OH 43604)
Ryan Hennessey, Instructor
ITNA Code:990-42-NOS
4 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 immediately after the session taking place from 2 pm to 4pm. For caregivers from other counties who wish to seek certification can attend this portion for a fee, payable to the trainer.
What’s Normal, What’s Not in Children’s Behavior
Thursday, December 2, 2021 • 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
The Northwest Ohio Regional Training Center (711 Adams Street, Toledo, OH 43604)
Janice Williams, Instructor
ITNA Code: 983-27
6 Credit Hours
This workshop helps foster/adoptive parents to discern between “normal” and “abnormal” childhood behavior. Caregivers learn of the developmental and socio/emotional stages that children experience as a natural part of growing up. Utilizing large and small group activities, caregivers have fun as they define what’s normal and what isn’t, debunk common myths about behaviors, and learn how to respond to behaviors in appropriate and effective ways. Caregivers are given criteria to avoid overreaction to behaviors that are age and/or developmentally appropriate. Caregivers learn which behaviors should be immediately reported and which behaviors warrant professional intervention. Using vignettes, participants work in small groups to address concerning troublesome behaviors of children age 0-18.
Understanding and Building Attachment
Monday, December 6, 2021 • 5:30 pm- 8:30 pm
The Northwest Ohio Regional Training Center (711 Adams Street, Toledo, OH 43604)
Angie Irby, Instructor
ITNA Code:924-FF7A-S
3 Credit Hours
This training, specifically designed for licensed foster caregivers in the early years of their foster care development, will provide participants with an understanding of how attachment develops and the four attachment styles. Participants will learn indica tors for each attachment style and strategies to help children develop secure attachments. This training is part of the Fundamentals of Fostering series.
Successful Engagement with LGBTQI+ Identified Families
Tuesday, December 7, 2021 • 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
The Northwest Ohio Regional Training Center (711 Adams Street, Toledo, OH 43604)
CeCe Norwood, Instructor
ITNA Code: 985-11
3 Credit Hours
One of the foundational goals of child welfare is to assure that the overall well -being of children and adolescents is continually addressed. Caregiving families are in the unique position of spending great amounts of daily time with the children and adolescents placed in their homes. As a result, they may be the first to recognize a child or adolescent is struggling with sexual orientation and/or gender identity. And considering that in most cases visits with the birth family, who may identify as LGBTQl+, are still occurring, it is critical for caregiving families to know affirming ways to meaningfully engage with the birth family. To do so successfully, caregiving families must have a working knowledge about LGBTQl+ families and communities, be able to talk with children and adolescents about sexual orientations and gender identities, as well as the associated societal challenges, and know how to help children, adolescents, and birth parents resolve concerns or challenges related to the youth’s sexual and/or gender identity.
Normalcy and the Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard
Tuesday, December 7, 2021 • 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
The Northwest Ohio Regional Training Center (711 Adams Street, Toledo, OH 43604)
CeCe Norwood, Instructor
ITNA Code: 923-77-S
3 Credit Hours
This three-hour training introduces caregivers to the concept of normalcy and defines the Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard (RPPS). Caregivers will learn what needs to be considered when applying the RPPS, and will practice applying the standard in a number of scenarios.
Surviving the First Six Weeks
Wednesday, December 8, 2021 • 5:30 pm- 8:30 pm
The Northwest Ohio Regional Training Center (711 Adams Street, Toledo, OH 43604)
Kristie Little, Instructor
ITNA Code: 989-74
3 Credit Hours
This workshop will highlight the changes, adjustments, and responsibilities that come with accepting a new placement. Participants will explore real-world strategies to manage and cope with a new evolving household. Methods to prevent stress, burnout, and placement disruption will also be reviewed.
A Invisible Injuries: The Impacts of Trauma
Thursday, December 9, 2021 • 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
PUTNAM COUNTY (252 Dooley Drive, Paulding, OH 45879)
Paula Walters, Instructor
ITNA Code: 318-61
6 Credit Hours
Trauma is not segregated pockets of events or occurrences that happen in silos. Rather, trauma is intersections of different adverse life events that layer upon each other, forcing these events to be intertwined. When this occurs, a person is not able to differentiate between healthy and harmful environments. The intention of this workshop is to dismantle these silos, as treatment cannot only tackle one component of trauma independently from the others. Attendees will address myths that surround abuse, and be challenged to confront their own bias regarding the abusers, the victims, and the incidents of abuse. This workshop takes you to the uncomfortable steps of “walking a mile in the shoes of trauma survivors”.
Surviving the First Six Weeks
Friday, December 10, 2021 • 10:00 am- 1:00 pm
DEFIANCE COUNTY (6879 Evansport Rd., Suite A, Defiance, OH 43512)
Kristie Little, Instructor
ITNA Code: 989-74
3 Credit Hours
This workshop will highlight the changes, adjustments, and responsibilities that come with accepting a new placement. Participants will explore real-world strategies to manage and cope with a new evolving household. Methods to prevent stress, burnout, and placement disruption will also be reviewed.
A World of Opportunities: High Risk Behaviors are Hidden in Plain Sight
Tuesday, December 14, 2021 • 5:30 pm- 8:30 pm
The Northwest Ohio Regional Training Center (711 Adams Street, Toledo, OH 43604)
Tamme Smith, Instructor
ITNA Code: 988-50
3 Credit Hours
This workshop will explore the ways society portrays drugs, gangs, and sex, and these portrayals effect our youth. Information will be provided about Ohio drug trends. Participants will explore a model of a teen’s bedroom, seeking possible cue s or signs that could hint to risky and/or illegal activity, including underage drinking, eating disorders, and substance abuse. Participants will gain strategies for working with youth and primary parents who demonstrate trauma indicators that manifest in gang involvement or the abuse of drugs and alcohol. Information about local resources and support will be provided.
How To Handle Difficult Behaviors…Without Breaking a Rule Thursday, December 16, 2021 • 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
The Northwest Ohio Regional Training Center (711 Adams Street, Toledo, OH 43604)
George Thompson, Instructor
ITNA Code: 925-5
6 Credit Hours
Foster caregivers are expected to be able to appropriately manage any and all types of behaviors without violating any of the Ohio Administrative Rules for foster care. The goal of this workshop is to review some of the rules that prohibit substitute caregivers from the use of various types of punishment for children in care. The training will also serve as a refresher of how children feel after separation from their primary family. Strategies that are appropriate will be discussed, in addition to learning from each other what has worked in the past…without breaking a rule.
AHA Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid and CPR with AED
Saturday, December 18, 2021 • 9:00 am – 1:00 pm**
The Northwest Ohio Regional Training Center (711 Adams Street, Toledo, OH 43604)
Ryan Hennessey, Instructor
ITNA Code:990-42-NOS
4 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 a ll 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 immediately after the session taking place from 2 pm to 4pm. For caregivers from other counties who wish to seek certification can attend this portion for a fee, payable to the trainer.
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