DCYF update: In-Person First Aid and CPR Requirements
Below is a quick update and some clarification regarding the CPR training requirements that were previously communicated. In-Person CPR Timeframe Requirements Foster parents who got licensed
FPAWS monthly caregiver online training. Watch each month as we line up trainers on everything foster care and parenting. We partner with some of your favorite trainers to bring you trainings that mean so much to people that have children in their lives. All our trainings count as licensing hours. You will receive a certificate to share with your licensor.
Alliance Training – official training for DCYF is coordinated through here.
The Alliance for Child Welfare Excellence provides in-person and online training hours for foster parents and kinship carers, offering tons of courses that can be taken at your convenience and at your own pace. Topics are wide-ranging and appropriate for all levels of experience. Here are a few highlights:
Coordinated Care – training sessions run by community educators from Apple Health. Besides the scheduled events, groups and organizations can request a session on any of the covered topics, or training in Youth Mental Health First Aid from certified instructors.
Focus on Foster Families is a toolkit of videos and resources designed to support foster youth and their caregivers improve their skills related to communication, emotional regulation, problem solving, and goal setting.
Foster Care Institute (Dr John DeGarmo) offers a newsletter and subscription access to online training and live webinars
Foster Parent College: mostly paid online training on a broad variety of topics
Mental Health America: runs an ongoing series of live webinars on a range of topics, some are also made available to watch as recordings. Certificates of attendance are available for live events.
Below is a quick update and some clarification regarding the CPR training requirements that were previously communicated. In-Person CPR Timeframe Requirements Foster parents who got licensed
The team at Treehouse is conducting a survey to help inform the programs and services they provide to support youth and families. This survey will
Upcoming events for FPAWS Online Events IART October 26&27 6:00-9:00 PM IART January 17&19 6:00-9:00 PM In Person Training Kitsap County Golf Tournament September 23rd,
HATC will be running their first online training of the year February 10: Racialized Ableism: Understanding the Intersections of Structural Racism and Ableism in Society
Sometimes a small disagreement can escalate and put a foster family at risk of a placement disruption. On this episode of the podcast, learn about a trauma-informed
via the Child Welfare Information Gateway Social justice organizations have banded together to create the National SOGIE Center. The National Center for Youth With Diverse Sexual