Events

June 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.

Ongoing Training: WEST SIDE: Foster Parent Circle — IN PERSON

Foster Parent Circle: Conversations and Connections

WEST SIDE

(West Price Hill area) 

These small, in person sessions are designed to help build support and connections among our foster families. Sessions will occur in the homes of foster parents and will include discussions of issues and experiences in the world of Foster Care. Information about locations will be sent closer to the meeting date.  Child care is not provided, however, there is limited space for registered children to accompany an adult.

These sessions are only open to foster families licensed through Beech Acres.

Please reserve one ticket per attendee. A Beech Acres employee will contact you closer to the session date to provide the location info.

LOCATION IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Watch for an email closer to the date of training.

Ongoing Training: Day of Training, June 2025

Day of Training: A Foster Parent Training Event!

Currently scheduled to be held in person

at 615 Elsinore Place, 5th floor

Cincinnati, OH 45202

Training certificates provided as needed after the event.

This class is for Ongoing Training and is only open to licensed foster parents.

Please reserve one ticket per attendee regardless of how many sessions you will attend.

Lunch will be provided for this class. Please email Terry at tchapman@beechacres.org with any dietary concerns or restrictions prior to 6/01/2025

Child care is not provided.

Questions? Contact Ryshel or Terry: fctraining@beechacres.org, for more information.

Additional support provided by 4C For Children

 

9:00 – 9:30: Check-in, intro, icebreaker, etc

9:30 – 11:30: Understanding the Storm

Machen Champion

Wired to Bloom Therapy

11:30 – 12:30 – Workable Solutions for Academic Challenges

Van DeVol

The Varner Foundation

12:30 – 1:00 – Lunch

1:00 – 3:00 – Transracial Adoption

Judith Rapport, LSW

3:00 – 4:00 – The Importance of Play

Hailey Liggett, PTA

Clermont County Educational Service Center

4:00 – 5:00 – Family Life, Post-Adoption

A panel of Beech Acres Foster Care alumni

5:00 – 5:15 Wrap up – Debrief

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

Ongoing Training: Communicable Diseases (IN PERSON)

Communicable Diseases

This is an ongoing training class for already licensed foster parents. Class will be in person at 615 Elsinore Place, 5th floor, Cincinnati, OH 45150 in the Love Learning-A Training Room

Because children are exposed to a variety of environments, it is imperative that caregivers have the ability to identify common concerns quickly in order to stop the spread of disease processes and help keep their families healthy. In addition to signs and symptoms, you will review best practices in preventing the further spread of illness.

Please reserve one ticket per attendee.

Resource Readiness Topics: Prevention, Recognition, and Management of Communicable Diseases, Community Health and Social Services Available to Children and their Foster Families

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

Ongoing Training: Communicable Diseases (VIRTUAL)

Communicable Diseases

This is an ongoing training class for already licensed foster parents.

Because children are exposed to a variety of environments, it is imperative that caregivers have the ability to identify common concerns quickly in order to stop the spread of disease processes and help keep their families healthy. In addition to signs and symptoms, you will review best practices in preventing the further spread of illness.

**Training is currently occurring in a virtual environment.**

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

Resource Readiness Topics: Prevention, Recognition, and Management of Communicable Diseases, Community Health and Social Services Available to Children and their Foster Families

Ongoing Training: Foster Parent Circle: NORTH — IN PERSON

Foster Parent Circle: Conversations and Connections

North

(Hamilton/Monroe/Oxford/Middletown area) 

These small, in person sessions are designed to help build support and connections among our foster families. Sessions will occur in the homes of foster parents and will include discussions of issues and experiences in the world of Foster Care. Information about locations will be sent closer to the meeting date.  Child care is not provided, however, there is limited space for registered children to accompany an adult.

These sessions are only open to foster families licensed through Beech Acres.

Please reserve one ticket per attendee. A Beech Acres employee will contact you closer to the session date to provide the location info.

LOCATION IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Watch for an email closer to the date of training.

Ongoing Training: EAST SIDE: Foster Parent Circle — IN PERSON

Foster Parent Circle: Conversations and Connections

EAST SIDE

(Batavia area) 

These small, in person sessions are designed to help build support and connections among our foster families. Sessions will occur in the homes of foster parents and will include discussions of issues and experiences in the world of Foster Care. Information about locations will be sent closer to the meeting date.  Child care is not provided, however, there is limited space for registered children to accompany an adult.

These sessions are only open to foster families licensed through Beech Acres.

Please reserve one ticket per attendee. A Beech Acres employee will contact you closer to the session date to provide the location info.

LOCATION IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Watch for an email closer to the date of training.

July 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.

Ongoing Training: WEST SIDE: Foster Parent Circle — IN PERSON

Foster Parent Circle: Conversations and Connections

WEST SIDE

(West Price Hill area) 

These small, in person sessions are designed to help build support and connections among our foster families. Sessions will occur in the homes of foster parents and will include discussions of issues and experiences in the world of Foster Care. Information about locations will be sent closer to the meeting date.  Child care is not provided, however, there is limited space for registered children to accompany an adult.

These sessions are only open to foster families licensed through Beech Acres.

Please reserve one ticket per attendee. A Beech Acres employee will contact you closer to the session date to provide the location info.

LOCATION IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Watch for an email closer to the date of training.

Preservice Module 1: Orientation & the Effects of Caregiving (IN PERSON) (intensive round)

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

Module 1 provides an overview of the child welfare system and examines the differences between foster care, adoption, and kinship care. Participants receive information about the needs of waiting children as well as the process of becoming a foster or kinship caregiver or adoptive parent. We will also examine the impact of foster care, kinship care, and adoption on individual members of the caregiving family as well as the impact on their relationships with one another. Participants are introduced to effective coping strategies to prevent against burnout and secondary traumatic stress.

**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