Events

Preservice Module 3: Basics of Child Placement & Medication Management (IN PERSON)

**This training is currently scheduled as an IN PERSON training at our main office, 615 Elsinore Place, Cincinnati, OH**

Preservice Module 3 reviews the referral, placement, and matching process. We will also discuss what an informed decision is and the agency’s involvement post-placement. The last section of the training will review medication management.

**This training is currently scheduled as an IN PERSON training. Times, dates, and location are subject to change.  If registration has closed or tickets are otherwise unavailable, please contact us at FCTraining@BeechAcres.org for more information.**

Beech Acres Parenting Center
615 Elsinore Place, Suite 500
Cincinnati, OH, 45202

Preservice Module 4: Trauma & Its Impact (IN PERSON)

**This training is currently scheduled as an IN PERSON training at our main office, 615 Elsinore Place, Cincinnati, OH**

This class helps participants understand trauma and toxic stress. Participants will also learn how the brain adapts based on experience and it’s impact on attachment and development. Lastly, participants will identify the needs to learn new skills and knowledge when providing care to a child who has experienced trauma.

**This training is currently scheduled as an IN PERSON training. Times, dates, and location are subject to change.  If registration has closed or tickets are otherwise unavailable, please contact us at FCTraining@BeechAcres.org for more information.**

Beech Acres Parenting Center
615 Elsinore Place, Suite 500
Cincinnati, OH, 45202

Foster Parent Book Club (virtual)

Book: You Should Be Grateful by Angela Tucker

Join our Foster Parent book club to engage in meaningful discussion around race and foster care. We will be reading “You Should Be Grateful” a compelling exploration of race, identity, and transracial adoption.
Angela Tucker, a Black woman adopted by white parents, shares deeply personal stories and well-researched history to challenge the fairy-tale narrative of adoption. She highlights the complexities and layers of rejection, loss, and belonging that adoptees face.

Please reserve one ticket per attendee. This meeting will be conducted via Zoom.

Fulfills the Resource Readiness topics: Cultural & Diversity Issues, Managing Placement Transitions, Trauma & Its Impact on Children/Promoting Attachment

Preservice Module 5: Discipline Foundations & Permanency (IN PERSON)

**This training is currently scheduled as an IN PERSON training at our main office, 615 Elsinore Place, Cincinnati, OH**

This class helps participants identify the knowledge and skills needed to effectively use discipline strategies, identify components of an effective approach to discipline, and identify three elements of an effective discipline strategy. We will also explore de-escalation strategies. The latter part of the training will review legal permanency options for the child and help to describe your role in supporting permanency goals.

**This training is currently scheduled as an IN PERSON training. Times, dates, and location are subject to change.  If registration has closed or tickets are otherwise unavailable, please contact us at FCTraining@BeechAcres.org for more information.**

Beech Acres Parenting Center
615 Elsinore Place, Suite 500
Cincinnati, OH, 45202

Preservice Module 6: Roles and Responsibilities & Diversity (IN PERSON)

**This training is currently scheduled as an IN PERSON training at our main office, 615 Elsinore Place, Cincinnati, OH**

What are the roles and responsibilities of a foster care parent? In this module we will review those roles and responsibilities. Participants will also learn about diversity in the following ways: identify humility and competence as they relate to diversity, discuss issues of disproportionality and disparity within the child protection system, review implicit bias, identify strategies to provide an inclusive and equitable home.

**This training is currently scheduled as an IN PERSON training. Times, dates, and location are subject to change.  If registration has closed or tickets are otherwise unavailable, please contact us at FCTraining@BeechAcres.org for more information.**

Beech Acres Parenting Center
615 Elsinore Place, Suite 500
Cincinnati, OH, 45202

October Review for Alternative Caregivers and Respite Providers

This one hour class provides an overview of foster care rules and polices for individuals becoming approved as alternative caregivers or respite providers to care for foster children.

** Please note that this class is not eligible for ongoing training credit and is only approved for Alternative Care and Respite Providers.

**This training will occur as a virtual Live Synchronous Webinar. Video is REQUIRED.

REFRESHER: Understanding and Supporting Behaviors in Crisis

Planning for the Future: Moving Forward After a Crisis is Over

*Reminder* This is an abridged refresher course that is only open to current BAPC foster parents who have completed the Initial session.

If you are still in the first two years of your foster care license, please register for the Initial version of this class instead

If you are uncertain if this is the class you need, please contact fctraining@beechacres.org, prior to registering.

After a behavioral crisis occurs with a child there is an opportunity to learn from the crisis and plan for future behaviors as well as our response to the crisis.  The goal of planning for the future is to reduce the intensity of behaviors and improve both child and parent responses to the crisis.   This training will help you to develop a plan for moving forward in a way that supports learning and growth for the parent and child.

Please reserve one ticket per attendee.

Fulfills the training requirement for De-Escalation/Crisis Intervention

Preservice Module 7: Partnering with Primary Families & Maintaining Connections (in person)

**This training is currently scheduled as an IN PERSON training at our main office, 615 Elsinore Place, Cincinnati, OH**

***This class will take place in the first floor conference room***

During this module participants will describe the benefits of partnering with the primary parent, identify strategies to be an effective partner, and summarize the importance of relationships to children in care.. Participants will also learn to identify the C.A.R.E. guide as Ohio’s recommended best practice in co-parenting and reunification efforts. Lastly, we will discuss how to support relationships with other important people, including siblings.

**This training is currently scheduled as an IN PERSON training. Times, dates, and location are subject to change.  If registration has closed or tickets are otherwise unavailable, please contact us at FCTraining@BeechAcres.org for more information.**

Beech Acres Parenting Center
615 Elsinore Place, Suite 500
Cincinnati, OH, 45202

Understanding and Supporting Behaviors in Crisis (INITIAL)

*Reminder* This initial course is required for all foster parents prior to taking the crisis refresher course. If you are unsure if you need to take this class, please reach out to fctraining@beechacres.org.

When working with a foster child in crisis, you need to have a specific plan for supporting your child. Because behavior is communication, you can help to effectively de-escalate crisis situations by responding in intentional, strength-based, and mindful ways.  This training will help you to better understand your child’s behavior, identify different stages of a behavioral crisis, and provide tools for intentional, strength-based, mindful interventions.

This class will include a 30 minute lunch break at approximately 12pm.

This class satisfies the required Crisis Intervention/De-escalation training topic as well as the Resource Readiness topics Family Safety and Mental Health, Self-Regulation, and Self-Care

Please reserve one ticket per attendee. Video required for training credit. Same-household attendees may attend on one or multiple devices.

Foster Parent Support Group: Together in Fostering 

Join us  on the second Wednesday of the month to share ideas and information with your foster parent cohorts. 

Foster Parent Support Group: Together in Fostering

Looking for a space to connect with other foster parents who truly understand the journey? Support Group is a space to connect, share, and grow together. In this series, you’ll help shape the conversation by choosing the topics for three of our sessions. Come as you are, and let’s support each other through the journey of fostering.

Limited Childcare provided by our friends at Parkside Christian Church.

This class will be conducted over three sessions: Sept 10th, October 8th, and November 12th. Please register separately for each session.

*** Limited childcare is available. Please email FCTraining@BeechAcres.org for childcare information. We will not be able to accommodate any children who have not been singed up in advance. ***

Please reserve one ticket per attendee. This meeting will be in person at Parkside Christian Church in Anderson Township (near the old Beech Acres Campus!) 

Parkside Christian Church
6986 Salem Road
Cincinnati, OH, 45230