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| Online Web-based Trainings |
The following organizations offer trainings available online for free or minimal cost. These trainings may be applicable for both foster and adoptive parents. ORPARC has set aside limited funds to reimburse eligible adoptive and assisted guardianship families to take online trainings offered by Foster Parent College (below). Contact us at 503-241-0799, 1-800-764-8367, or e-mail orparc@nwresource.org for reimbursement information.
- Alaska Center for Resource Families
- American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Caregiver Distance Netlink Trainings by Child Welfare Partnership (CWP)
- Center for Adoption Support and Education
- Child Trauma Academy
- Foster Parent College
- Think:Kids
| Alaska Center for Resource Families |
The Alaska Center for Resource Families (ACRF), a program of Northwest Resource Associates, offers one Featured Online Self-Study Course every month. Please visit the ACRF website and follow these steps to reach the Online Self-Study Course area:
ACRF offers numerous online and written training courses and will begin to offer online courses through www.yourclassroom.com in the near future. Check back here for a list of courses as they become available. Available Online Courses:
Available Written Self Study Courses:
Self Study Courses particular to Alaska Resource Families:
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| American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry |
The American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) promotes and supports child and adolescent psychiatry training and education, publicizes training and education materials, and sponsors initiatives to foster the development of new child and adolescent psychiatry training programs through its Department of Research, Training and Education. The AACAP develops curriculum modules for training programs, offers fellowships and awards to encourage academic excellence, holds education meetings, and publishes recruitment materials to fulfill the needs of the profession.
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| Caregiver Distance NetLink Trainings provided by the Center for the Improvement of Services to Children and Families, Child Welfare Partnership, Portland State University |
| The Center for the Improvement of Services to Children and Families Child Welfare Partnership (CWP) at Portland State Univeristy is now offering evening distance training via the computer for caregivers on a monthly basis. These trainings are called NetLink trainings. Caregivers can participate from their homes over the internet using a headset or in small groups at the branch offices. Course registration is handled within the Department of Human Services' Learning Center at https://dhslearn.hr.state.or.us. Directions on how to register and find classes are listed below. All NetLink trainings begin at 6:00 p.m. and end at approximately 8:45 p.m. Visit the CWP NetLink Training page to learn more about distance learning. |
| Center for Adoption Support and Education (CASE) |
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CASE's nationally recognized training programs promote adoption-competent post-adoption services for children and families by reaching out to professionals, mentors and other significant adults who can elicit substantial, positive impacts on all members of the adoption circle. CASE offers trainings to the following community members:
Contact CASE for Fees and Information:
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| The Child Trauma Academy |
The Online University of the Child Trauma Academy (CTA) offers free online courses for interested participants. Currently offered are four self-directed online courses.
Curriculum under development
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| Foster Parent College ~ Training for Adoptive, Kinship and Foster Parents |
Foster Parent College (FPC) provides dynamic, interactive, multimedia training courses for adoptive, kinship and foster parents. ORPARC offers FPC online courses to eligible adoptive/assisted guardianshp parents at no charge. Contact ORPARC at 503-241-0799 (Portland), 1-800-764-8367 (toll-free), or e-mail orparc@nwresource.org for more information. FPC courses focus on specific behavior problems or emotional disorders in children, and explore practical solutions for the daily challenges parents face. Dramatic vignettes, interviews with parents, and instruction from nationally-known child welfare experts present powerful and effective messages. As you watch the stories unfold, you'll:
Each course is approximately 30-40 minutes in length, includes a summary, an interactive question and answer section, and a Certificate of Completion. Most courses include supplemental handouts. Check with your agency to ensure that FPC courses qualify for training credit. FPC courses are available online as Self-Paced Courses or scheduled Advanced Parenting Workshops. Parents can purchase courses on their own, or agencies can purchase an agency account and offer the training to parents. An agency account allows staff to register users, monitor their progress, and offer customized courses. Sample online courses are:
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| Think:Kids ~ Rethinking Challenging Kids |
Think:Kids is a program in the Department of Psychiatry at the non-profit Massachusetts General Hospital that trains adults in a revolutionary new way of helping kids with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges. Think:Kids offers online training videos to parents of children with difficult behaviors. Think:Kids uses techniques described in the book Treating Explosive Kids: The Collaborative Problem Solving Approach. |
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