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, November 6, 2010 
 

Session 5
 
 9:00am-12:00pm

 
 Effective Discipline/Behavior Management
 

 
 Session 6
 
 1:00pm-4:00pm  
 


 Preventing and De-escalating Crisis 
 



 
 
 Saturday, November 13, 2010 
 

 Session 7
 
 9:00am-12:00pm

 
 Impact of Culture/Cultural Diversity 


 Session 8
 
 1:00pm-4:00pm
 


 Primary (birth) Families

 
 Chemical Dependency and Alcoholism
 


 Effects of Caregiving on Children's Families
 


 Foster Caregiver's involvement in permanency planning for children and their families
 




 Saturday November 20, 2010  
 
 Session 9
 
 9:00am-12:00pm
 


 Sexual Abuse
 

 
 Session 10
 
 1:00pm-4:00pm
 


 Impact of Caregiving on the foster/adoptive family
 


 Full disclosure


 Communicable Disease training
 




 

 Saturday, December 4, 2010 


  Session 11
 
 9:00am-12:00pm
 


 Permanency Issues for Children
 


 Session 12
 
 12:00pm-3:00pm 
 


 Permanency Issues for Families
 
 

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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