Foster Parent College
Foster Parent College
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Courses in this Category
Anger (Advanced Parenting Workshop)
Training by: Foster Parent College
This Advanced Parenting Workshop on Anger helps parents understand: the ABCs (components) of anger,the types of anger outbursts,how to develop and implement an action plan for coping with anger
Self-Directed, Online , 6 credit hours
Anger Outbursts
Training by: Foster Parent College
This course explores possible causes for: temper tantrums,assaultive behavior towards other children,rage towards the mother,erratic or unpredictable anger
Self-Directed, Online , 2 credit hours
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Information Session
Training by: Autism Services of Saskatoon
These sessions educate caregivers on what ASD is, diagnosis criteria, types of intervention, and the financial options and supports available to caregivers & families.
Instructor-Led, Video Conference
Caring for Aboriginal Children
Training by: Saskatchewan Foster Families Association
This course is intended to highlight the value and importance of culturally safe homes for Aboriginal children and you.
Instructor-Led, Video Conference , 6 Hours
Caring for Children Who Have Been Sexually Abused
Training by: Foster Parent College
This course examines the complex issues surrounding child sexual abuse including: definitions, dynamics of abuse, characteristics of abused children
Self-Directed, Online , 4 credit hours
Children Entering Care: Mental Health Issues
Training by: Foster Parent College
This class explores mental health issues for children entering care, including: making diagnoses, externalizing and internalizing behaviors, behavioral strategies, therapies, medications
Self-Directed, Online , 2 credit hours
Children Entering Care: Physical Health Issues
Training by: Foster Parent College
This class explores health care concerns for children entering care, including: the medical home, health care evaluations, physical health issues
Self-Directed, Online , 2 credit hours
Cultural Issues in Parenting
Training by: Foster Parent College
This course examines transcultural foster parenting including: cultural differences to expect when a child joins the home, cultural needs of children by age group, stereotypes based on race, color, and ethnicity, ways to support a child's sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression,how to cope with culturally insensitive or hurtful episodes
Self-Directed, Online , 4 credit hours
Culturally Competent Parenting
Training by: Foster Parent College
This course examines parenting minority-culture children: cultural competence, cultural confusion, facing prejudice, racism, advocacy
Self-Directed, Online , 2 credit hours
Eating & Food Issues
Training by: Foster Parent College
This class explores common eating and food issues, including: hoarding food and excessive eating, eating food from unhealthy sources, overweight and obesity, picky eating
Self-Directed, Online , 2 credit hours
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder - Foster Parent Training
Training by: FASD Network, Saskatchewan
Foster Parent Training is provincially mandated in Saskatchewan as 80% of children with FASD do not live with their birth parents.
Instructor-Led, Video Conference , 3 hours
First Aid and CPR Training
Training by: St. John's Ambulance
In order to further enhance the safety of children in foster care, certification in first aid and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is now mandatory for all Saskatchewan foster parents.
Instructor-Led, In Person
Grief & Loss in the Care System
Training by: Foster Parent College
This course examines the stages of grief as experienced by children, birth families and foster families: stages of grief, "complex grief", healthy grief
Self-Directed, Online , 2 credit hours
LivingWorks Start
Training by: LivingWorks
LivingWorks Start is an online, skills-based suicide prevention training program that anyone can learn in as little as one hour.
Self-Directed, Online , 60 to 90 minutes
Lying (2nd Edition)
Training by: Foster Parent College
This course explores four types of lying problems with children: getting out of trouble, gaining attention, pathological, getting others in trouble
Self-Directed, Online , 2 credit hours
Lying (Advanced Parenting Workshop)
Training by: Foster Parent College
This Advanced Parenting Workshop on Lying helps parents understand: the types of lying, motivations for lying, how to develop and implement an action plan for encouraging truthfulness
Self-Directed, Online , 6 credit hours
Noncompliance and Defiance
Training by: Foster Parent College
This class explores the spectrum of behaviors associated with cooperation and noncompliance, including: fearful compliance, cooperation, noncompliance, defiance
Self-Directed, Online , 2 credit hours
Parent-Child Attachment
Training by: Foster Parent College
At the end of this course, you will be able to: identify the 4 types of attachment patterns, identify how insecure attachment affects child behavior, understand the effects of separation and loss on attachment
Self-Directed, Online , 4 credit hours
Parenting a Child Who Was Substance Exposed
Training by: Foster Parent College
This class explores parenting children who were substance exposed, including: risk and protective factors, effects of prenatal substance exposure and drug endangerment, attachment and temperament, parenting approaches
Self-Directed, Online , 2 credit hours
Parent Life Guard Training
Training by: Life Saving Society, Regina Saskatchewan
The Lifesaving Society provides parent lifeguard training to educate caregivers on the dangers of water and what to do to stay safe around water with the children in your care.
Instructor-Led, Video Conference , 3 hours
Positive Parenting 1
Training by: Foster Parent College
This course explores three types of positive parenting techniques: encouragement, cooperation, tracking behavior
Self-Directed, Online , 2 credit hours
Positive Parenting 2
Training by: Foster Parent College
This course discusses the following positive parenting techniques: behavior contracts, setting limits
Self-Directed, Online , 2 credit hours
P.R.I.D.E. Pre-Service
Training by: Governors State University, Chicago IL
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Self-Directed, Online , 27 hours
Reactive Attachment Disorder
Training by: Foster Parent College
This course explores: the hyper-vigilant RAD child, healthy and unhealthy attachment, RAD & other diagnoses, the emotionally promiscuous RAD child
Self-Directed, Online , 2 credit hours
Reducing Family Stress
Training by: Foster Parent College
This course examines the stress of fostering including: sources of stress, impact of trauma, support systems
Self-Directed, Online , 4 credit hours
Running Away
Training by: Foster Parent College
This course explores five types of running away behavior with children: searching for roots, running from rules, running from love and intimacy, wanting to be wanted, running to street crime
Self-Directed, Online , 2 credit hours
Self-Injury (Advanced Parenting Workshop)
Training by: Foster Parent College
This Advanced Parenting Workshop helps parents understand: non-suicidal self-injury, or NSSI, the thoughts and feelings that lead to self-injury, how to respond to a child who self-injures or self-harms, how to help a child who self-injures or self-harms, how to build an action plan
Self-Directed, Online , 6 credit hours
Sleep Problems (2nd Edition)
Training by: Foster Parent College
This course explores four types of sleep problems in children: fears about sleeping alone, frequent waking and roaming, nightmares and night terrors, sleep problems and depression
Self-Directed, Online , 2 credit hours
Social & Physical Aggression (Advanced Parenting Workshop)
Training by: Foster Parent College
This Advanced Parenting Workshop helps parents understand: physical and social aggression, proactive and reactive aggression, the SIP model
Self-Directed, Online , 6 credit hours
Substance-Exposed Infants
Training by: Foster Parent College
This course examines the effects of prenatal substance abuse on infants. Also covered are: myths and misinformation, effects of legal and illegal drugs, medical and developmental issues, key parenting strategies, working with professionals
Self-Directed, Online , 4 credit hours
Taking Things - Stealing
Training by: Foster Parent College
This class explores common reasons for taking things including: experimentation, intellectual disability, trauma history, social or psychiatric problems
Self-Directed, Online , 2 credit hours
Taking Things without Permission (Advanced Parenting Workshop)
Training by: Foster Parent College
This Advanced Parenting Workshop helps parents understand: common reasons for taking things,how to teach appropriate replacement behaviors to a child who takes things,how to develop and implement an action plan
Self-Directed, Online , 6 credit hours
The Impact of Fostering on Birth Children
Training by: Foster Parent College
At the end of this course, you will be able to: explain the three phases of a foster placement, explain how birth children may feel in each phase, know how to ease foster family stress in each phase
Self-Directed, Online , 2 credit hours
Trauma Competent Caregiver
Training by: Saskatchewan Foster Families Association
In-depth training session to increase competency and sensitivity in caring for children with traumatic history.
Instructor-Led, Video Conference , 6 hours
Trust-based Relational Intervention® (TRBI®) Caregiver Training
Training by: Saskatchewan Foster Families Association
TBRI is an attachment-based, trauma-informed intervention that is designed to meet the complex needs of vulnerable children.
Instructor-Led, Video Conference , 6 hours
Understanding Behavior in Foster Children
Training by: Foster Parent College
This course examines problematic child behavior including: surface behaviors, the ABCs of behavior, tracking behavior
Self-Directed, Online , 4 credit hours
Understanding Birth Family Relationships
Training by: Foster Parent College
This course explores children's birth family relationships, including: the range of openness in adoption, compassion and empathy, closure, benefits of an open relationship
Self-Directed, Online , 2 credit hours
Understanding Noncompliance (Advanced Parenting Workshop)
Training by: Foster Parent College
This Advanced Parenting Workshop helps parents understand: the spectrum of cooperation and noncompliance, how trauma contributes to a child's noncompliant behavior, how to help a child deal with the aftereffects of trauma
Self-Directed, Online
Wetting and Soiling
Training by: Foster Parent College
This course explores five types of wetting and soiling problems with children: wetting as an emotional outlet, wetting for self-defense, classic daytime/nighttime wetting, soiling and smearing feces, constipation and withholding stools
Self-Directed, Online , 2 credit hours
Working Together with Primary Families
Training by: Foster Parent College
This course examines the relationship between primary and foster families including: primary families, shared parenting, grief and ambiguous loss
Self-Directed, Online , 4 credit hours
Working with Birth Parents: Visitation
Training by: Foster Parent College
This course explores different aspects related to visitations with birth parents: coping with frustration, supporting the foster child after the visit, cancellations and no-shows, working with caseworkers and custodians, pre-visit anxiety
Self-Directed, Online , 2 credit hours
Working with Schools
Training by: Foster Parent College
This course explores building an effective, positive educational environment for children: roles and responsibilities, entering a new school, working with the school staff, special education, parent advocacy
