Foster and Adoptive Parent Preplacement Training
Hancock County Job and Family Services is pleased to announce our next series of preplacement training. The trainer will be Cheryl Reber. The sessions will be held at the Hancock County JFS, 7814 Co. Rd. 140, Findlay, Ohio 45840- rear entrance.
| Saturday, October 29, 2011 |
| Session 1 |
9:00am-12:00pm |
| Overview and Orientation to Foster Care, Kinship and Adoption |
| Session 2 |
1:00pm-4:00pm |
| Working as a Team, ODJFS rules, Legal rights and responsibilities of foster caregivers |
| Saturday, November 5 2011 |
| Session 3 |
9:00am-12:00pm |
| Abuse/Neglect/Substance Abuse Impact on Child Development |
| Session 4 |
1:00pm-4:00pm |
| Separation/Loss and its effects on children, parents, and fosterparents |
| Saturday, November 12, 2011 |
| Session 5 |
9:00am-12:00pm |
| Effective Discipline/Behavior Management |
| Session 6 |
1:00pm-4:00pm |
| Preventing and De-escalating Crisis |
| Saturday, November 19, 2011 |
| Session 7 |
9:00am-12:00pm |
| Impact of Culture/Cultrual Diversity |
| Session 8 |
1:00pm-4:00pm |
| Primary (birth) Families Caregivers involvement in Permanency Planning |
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| Saturday December 3, 2011 |
| Session 9 |
9:00am-12:00pm |
| Sexual Abuse |
| Session 10 |
1:00pm-4:00pm |
| Impact of Caregiving on the foster/adoptive family |
| Saturday, December 10, 2011 |
| Session 11 |
9:00am-12:00pm |
| Permanency Issues for Children |
| Session 12 |
12:00pm-3:00pm |
| Permanency Issues for Families |
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This last day there will be a pot luck lunch and you will work through lunch and end at 3pm.
Please register for any or all of the sessions prior to October 8, 2010 by calling 419-424-7022 ext. 1303 or clicking below to register on-line. It is important to register early, as space is limited and often times registration gets full. There is no fee for attending. There is some material that is not appropriate for children, so children are not able to attend.
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