This document was printed from the website of the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC), which you can access at http://www.cebc4cw.org/
This document was printed from the website of the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC), which you can access at http://www.cebc4cw.org/
Type of Maltreatment: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Physical neglect
Target Population: Foster, adoptive, and kinship parents, as well as social workers and other mental health professionals who work with resource parents.
Brief Description:(The information in this program outline is provided by the program representative and edited by the CEBC staff.)
Foster Parent College (FPC) has been rated by the CEBC in the area of Resource Parent Recruitment and Training. FPC is an online training venue for foster, adoptive, and kinship parents. Interactive multimedia courses offered through the site provide resource parents with in-service training on clinical aspects of and parent interventions for their child’s behavior problems. Instructional content is based on social learning theory and attachment theory. There are currently 27 courses on FPC, 15 of which address specific child behavioral and emotional problems. Course topics also include safe parenting, positive parenting, resource parents’ marriage relationships, working with schools and birth parents, home safety, and kinship care. Most FPC courses can be taken individually via computer or in groups via DVD. Two newer online courses are advanced parenting workshops that were designed to be conducted in a group setting, with a discussion board and homework assignments. In addition, agencies can adapt any of the self-paced individual courses for delivery as group workshops with a discussion board, adding their own homework assignments.
Contact name: Lee White, CEO & President
Affiliation/Agency: Northwest Media, Inc.
Email: research@northwestmedia.com
Phone: 541-343-6636 x102
Fax: 541-343-0177
Website: http://www.FosterParentCollege.com
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