**This training is currently scheduled as a virtual Live Synchronous Webinar. Video is required.**

Module 2 introduces the core concepts of early childhood development. Participants receive an overview of brain development and gain an awareness of the importance of attachment, self-regulation, and initiative to child development. Factors that enhance development are also addressed. We will also review the developmental changes that happen during adolescence and the foster parent’s role in preparing the youth for independent living. **This training is currently scheduled as a virtual Live Synchronous Webinar. Times, dates, and location are subject to change.  Video is required. If registration has closed or tickets are otherwise unavailable, please contact us at FCTraining@BeechAcres.org for more information.**  

**This training is currently scheduled as a virtual Live Synchronous Webinar. Video is required.**

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 a virtual Live Synchronous Webinar. Times, dates, and location are subject to change.  Video is required. If registration has closed or tickets are otherwise unavailable, please contact us at FCTraining@BeechAcres.org for more information. Each attendee must register individually.

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.

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.

This training is currently set to take place as a virtual webinar.

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 a virtual Live Synchronous Webinar. Times, dates, and location are subject to change.  Video is required. If registration has closed or tickets are otherwise unavailable, please contact us at FCTraining@BeechAcres.org for more information. Each attendee must register individually.

**This training is currently scheduled as a virtual Live Synchronous Webinar. Video is required.**

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 a virtual Live Synchronous Webinar. Times, dates, and location are subject to change.  Video is required. If registration has closed or tickets are otherwise unavailable, please contact us at FCTraining@BeechAcres.org for more information.  

Join us 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!) 

**This training is currently scheduled as a virtual Live Synchronous Webinar. Video is required.**

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 a virtual Live Synchronous Webinar. Video is required.  

 

Required Classes Class

Class will held via Zoom

Join us as we power through some of the required classes listed on most training plans: Rules & Policies, Communicable Disease, and Independent Living Only need one or two of these? Join according to the schedule below: (times approximate)

• • • Rules and Policies:  9am - 10:30am
    • Communicable Disease: 10:45am - 12pm
    • Independent Living: 12:15pm - 1:30pm

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

**This training is currently scheduled as a virtual Live Synchronous Webinar. Video is required.**

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 a virtual Live Synchronous Webinar. Times, dates, and location are subject to change.  Video is required. If registration has closed or tickets are otherwise unavailable, please contact us at FCTraining@BeechAcres.org for more information.  

This class is for Ongoing Training and is only open to licensed foster parents with Beech Acres, Beech Acres staff, and families in the process of getting licensed with Beech Acres.  All Foster Parents are required to attend a CPR and First Aid Training course for Adult, Child, and Infant CPR, First Aid, and AED. This training is only open to currently licensed foster parents and class size is limited. After your registration is processed and accepted, you will receive an email with additional meeting instructions. Please register for each attendee. If for some reason you are unable to attend after registering, please notify us immediately at fctraining@beechacres.org so that we can offer that spot to the next attendee. **This training is scheduled for in person at our location: 615 Elsinore Place, Suite 500, Cincinnati, OH 45202. If registration has closed or tickets are otherwise unavailable, please contact us at FCTraining@BeechAcres.org for more information.

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.

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.