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Training and Education

Resources

There are a number of training programs available on line; these are just a few of the options available to you.
 
Watch for NACAC-sponsored webinar trainings.

A comprehensive listing of available on line training opportunities can be found at the Child Welfare Information Gateway site. Direct links to resources are: http://www.childwelfare.gov/adoption/adopt_parenting/training.cfm  
http://www.childwelfare.gov/famcentered/services/parent_ed_resources.cfm

E-LEARNING COURSES hosted by The Cradle:
Adoption Learning Partners was founded by The Cradle in 2002 and has quickly become the gold standard for online adoption education. Adoption Learning Partners offers an array of interactive, e-learning courses that will increase each participant's understanding of the joys and challenges of adoption. Families preparing to adopt as well as those who have already done so will find useful information on such important topics as attachment, talking with your children about adoption and issues involved with adopting across racial lines. Adoption professionals will also find the Adoption Learning Partners course material a helpful review of important topics to be covered in preparing families to adopt.

Adoption Learning Partners
A growing number of adoption agencies now require Adoption Learning Partners coursework for all their prospective adoptive families to ensure that key information is well understood.
 
Foster Parent College
Foster Parent College (FPC) provides dynamic, interactive, multimedia training courses for adoptive, kinship and foster parents.

 

 


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phone: 651-644-3036
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