Posts Tagged ‘ foster care trainings ’

August 02, 2012 - FYA Member Fred Finch Youth Center is offering a free 2-day training (participation both days is preferred but not mandatory) on August 7th and 8th at the Joaquin Miller Center in the Oakland hills:  Introduction to Emotional Intelligence: With a Review of Cultural Intelligence and Competency in Work with Youth with trainer Natalie Thoreson. Register HERE. This course meets the qualifications for 12 (6 per day) BBS CEUs for LCSWs and MFTs as Required...Read more »

December 20, 2011 - FYA members Seneca Center and Fred Finch Youth Center have released their training schedules for January 2012.  For Seneca's trainings, click HERE and for Fred Finch's trainings, click HERE.  Seneca's January trainings include:  Child Development and Relational Treatment, and Boundaries and Good Practice.  Fred Finch's January trainings include How My Buttons Get Pushed and Play Therapy Approaches to Trauma Treatment. Details, including how to register for these trainings, are...Read more »

October 06, 2011 - FYA Member Seneca Center has announced their November 2011 Training Calendar. Topics include Boundaries and Good Practice, Undoing Racism in Work with Youth, and Curiosity and Relational Assessment. You must work with dependent (foster or probation) youth in Alameda, Solano or San Francisco County to attend Seneca's trainings. Details and registration links are in the calendar above.Read more »

August 31, 2011 - Next Thursday, September 8th from 9:30 to 12:30 at 675 Hegenberger Road, Oakland, join FYA for an excellent training on Cross Cultural Relationships with trainer Natalie Thoreson. Foster Youth and other systems-involved youth, the adult professionals who work with them, and their caregivers, often experience cross-cultural differences. The success of these youth depends on our ability as adults to navigate the complexities of cross-cultural relationships. Flyer with all 2011/12 FYA trainings...Read more »

August 31, 2011 - FYA Member Lincoln Child Center offers an excellent slate of trainings. View their calendar HERE. Read more.Read more »

August 22, 2011 - FYA Members Seneca Center and Fred Finch Youth Center have announced their September Training Calendars. Seneca's Calendar includes Grief and Loss, Multiculturalism, and Working with Teenagers. Fred Finch's Calendar includes Emotional Intelligence, Street Drugs, and Finding Basic Goodness. To find out more about the trainings and to register for them, check the information in the calendars linked above.Read more »

July 19, 2011 - FYA member Seneca Center has released their August 2011 Training Calendar. Topics include Cultural Competency, Group Home Administrator, and Motivational Interviewing. Details and registration links are in the calendar above.Read more »

May 10, 2011 - Seneca Center's May 2011 Training Calendar is HERE.  You must work with dependent (foster or probation) youth in Alameda, Solano or San Francisco county to attend Seneca's trainings. Trainings are FREE for those eligible to attend. To register, follow the instructions in the link above.Read more »

March 04, 2011 - FYA Partner Seneca Center's March Trainings Calendar features lots of excellent trainings for foster parents and providers, including Valuing Compassion: Strategizing Resilience and Maintaining Joy in Human Service Professions on March 16th. Read more »

November 10, 2010 - Seneca Center offers Foster Parent Trainings during the months of November and December. These trainings for foster parents include Attachment Issues with Foster Youth (Saturday, November 20th), Professional Parenting with Foster Youth (Tuesday, November 23rd) and Discovering the Joys of Adolescent Development (Tuesday, December 2nd). See the flyer for all the trainings in this series. Pre-register online at