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Kansas Children's Discovery Center 4400 SW 10th Ave,, Topeka, KS, United States
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First Aid (Virtual)
OnlineThis training will provide basic first aid skills for foster parents, and will meet the 3 hour face-to-face criteria for licensing. You can register below, or at https://learn.childally.org/. Contact the organizer with any questions.
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Kids & Technology
OnlineThe training will provide basic information regarding technology safety for kids in foster care. We will look at software that can assist with keeping your children safe. If you have any questions, please reach out to Dannielle Rothering at Drrothering@kvc.org. Register at https://learn.childally.org/.
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Internet Safety
OnlineWe all want to protect our kids from accessing "naughty" content online, but so much of our kids' cyber activity can have far-reaching consequences that follow them into adulthood. We will not only talk about what apps & sites to look out for, but how to spot & address when your child is engaging in […]
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TBRI Training
OnlineTrust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) is an attachment-based, trauma, informed intervention that is designed to meet the complex needs of vulnerable children. TBRI uses Empowering Principles to address physical needs, connecting principles for attachment needs, and correcting principles to disarm fear-based behaviors. While the intervention is based on years of attachment, sensory processing, and neuroscience research, […]
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First Aid (Virtual)
OnlineThis training will provide basic first aid skills for foster parents, and will meet the 3 hour face-to-face criteria for licensing. You can register below, or at https://learn.childally.org/. Contact the organizer with any questions.
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Cohort: Respite/SED Respite
OnlineRegister at https://learn.childally.org/.
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IL Life Skills
OnlineThe training will provide basic overview for foster parents and teens on helping teens learn practical life skills. If you have any questions, please reach out to Dannielle Rothering at Drrothering@kvc.org Register at https://learn.childally.org/.
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Navigating the System
OnlineFoster parents will learn a basic overview of the system including the court system and language, professionals involved in the CINC case and the roles they play, permanency goals and the case planning process, interested party status, visitations, foster parent rights and foster youth rights, responsibilities as a foster parent, understanding the placement agreement and […]
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Safe Crisis Management
OnlineJune 18 & 25, 9am to 4pm This is a two-day training. We use Safe Crisis Management to teach de-escalation, prevention and intervention skills on the first day of training (which will be virtual). You only need to attend the second day (in-person) if you are a KVC foster home intending to provide SED Respite, […]