Events

Ongoing Training: Independent Living (virtual option)

This ongoing training aimed to provide foster parents the necessary tools to understand, teach, and encourage independent living skills. All foster parents are welcome to attend. If you are licensed to care for children who are 14 or older, this is a required training to be completed once per licensure period.

Fulfills Resource Readiness topic:

• Community health and social services available to children and their foster families.

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

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

Ongoing Training: Independent Living (Virtual)

****This training has been updated to a being conducted virtually via Zoom****

This ongoing training aimed to provide foster parents the necessary tools to understand, teach, and encourage independent living skills. All foster parents are welcome to attend. If you are licensed to care for children who are 14 or older, this is a required training to be completed once per licensure period.

Fulfills Resource Readiness topic:

• Community health and social services available to children and their foster families.

 

Childcare is not available for this training

Please reserve one ticket per attendee.

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

**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

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

Foster Parent Circle: Conversations and Connections

EAST SIDE

(Mt Washington / Anderson 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.

August 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.

Preservice Module 2: Child & Adolescent Development – IN PERSON

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

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 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

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 Foster Parent Training: CPR & First Aid

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

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

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**

*this class will be held in the conference on the 1st floor–watch for signs*

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