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UPCOMING CLASSES:
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We no longer offer this training. This class is now offered by the Colorado State Foster Parent Association.
Please contact
Linda.Metsger@du.edu for more information.
Course Description:
In this half-day course participants will learn how to create and maintain life-books for children in care, and the role life-books play in maintaining continuity for children, preserving their past and helping them understand their current situation. Participants will practice specific strategies for engaging children in the development of their life-book, and will learn about methods for locating, collecting and maintaining items for inclusion. Throughout this training participants will gain an understanding of how life-books can be used to build and enhance a child’s sense of self-esteem and positive identity.
Training Hours: 4
Target Audience:
Foster parents, kinship care providers, adoptive parents, and interested child welfare professionals.
Care givers will be given preference over child welfare professionals when registering.
Cost:
There is no charge to attend this training.
Funded by:
This training is funded through a grant from the Colorado Department of Human Services.
This training is brought to you in partnership with the Adoption Exchange.
