Cohort 1_Foundations for Strong Families and Supportive Communities

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Course curriculum

1. Welcome!
2. Section 1: What is Foster Care?
3. Section 2: Brief Overview of Foster Care in Florida
4. Section 3 Assignment: Broken Places
1. Lesson 2 - Introduction
2. Lesson 2 - Learning Objectives
3. Section 2.1 - READ: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
4. Section 2.1 - WATCH: ACEs Video
5. Section 2.4 - DO: Calculate Your ACE Score
6. Section 2.2 - READ: The Trauma of Separation
7. Section 2.2 - WATCH: ReMoved
8. Section 2.2 - DO: Imagine you are Zoe and calculate her ACEs Score
9. Section 2.2 - DO: Impact of ACEs Scores
10. Section 2.3 - READ: Legal Removal of Children
11. Section 2.3 - DO: Your Thoughts on Terminating Parental Rights
12. Section 2.4 - READ: Attachment Style
13. Section 2.4 - WATCH: The Attachment Theory
14. Section 2.4 - DO: Reflect on Your Attachment Style
15. Section 2.5 - READ: Signs of Separation Anxiety in Foster Children
16. Section 2.5 - WATCH: Little Tom has Separation Anxiety
17. Section 2.6 - READ: Impact on the Foster Family
18. Section 2.6 - DO: Interview a Foster Family
19. Section 2.7 - READ: Hope-Informed Care and PCEs
20. Section 2.7 - WATCH: Reversing Effects of ACEs Video
21. Section 2.8 - DO: Increasing Resilience
1. 3.0 Trauma: Signs, Symptoms, and Triggers
2. Section 3.1 Objectives
3. Section 3.2 WATCH: Trauma and Loss
4. Section 3.2 DO: Memory Box
5. Section 3.3 READ: Understanding Triggers
6. Section 3.3 DO: Understanding Trauma Triggers Iceberg
7. Section 3.3 DO: Understanding Trauma Triggers Iceberg
8. Section 3.4 READ: Strategies to Prevent Placement Disruptions
9. Section 3.5 READ - Strategy 1: Building Relationships
10. Section 3.5 WATCH - Strategy 1: Building Relationships
11. Section 3.5 DO - Relationship Map
12. Section 3.5 DO - Submit Your Relationship Map
13. Section 3.6 READ - Strategy 2: Creating Structure and Routines
14. Section 3.6 Watch - Strategy 2: Creating Structure and Routines
15. Section 3.7 READ: Strategy 3: The Power of Praise
16. Section 3.7 WATCH - Strategy 3: The Power of Praise
17. Section 3.7 DO - Strategy 3: Power of Praise
18. Section 3.8 READ-Strategy 4: Active Listening
19. 3.8 WATCH - Strategy 4: Active Listening
20. Section 3.8b WATCH: More (Hilarious) Active Listening
1. Section 4.1: Dealing with Placement Disruptions
2. Section 4.2 READ: Objectives
3. Section 4.3 WATCH: Discipline as Discipleship
4. Section 4.4 READ: Dealing with Behavioral Disruptions
5. Section 4.5 WATCH: Creative Problem Solving
6. Section 4.5 DO: Creative Problem Solving
7. Section 4.6 READ: Time Out
8. Section 4.6 WATCH: Time Out as a Disciplinary Measure
9. Section 4.7 WATCH: Discipling your Teens
10. Section 4.8 READ: Values Conflicts
11. Section 4.9 DO: "Spare the rod and spoil the child"
12. Section 4.10 READ: Non-Negotiable Behaviors
13. Section 4.11 READ: What does the Law Say?
14. Section 4.12 WATCH: Common Mental Health Issues in Foster Care
15. Section 4.13 WATCH: Psychiatric Medications in Children
16. Section 4.14 Listen: Psychotropic Medications and Foster Care
1. Assessment Lesson 1-4
1. Section 5.1: Family Advocacy: Family First and the Child's Best Interest
2. Section 5.2: Objectives
3. Section 5.3: Getting to Know Robin Rosenberg
4. Section 5.4: Implementing Family First
5. Section 5.5: Overview of Florida Senate Bill 80
6. Section 5.6: Best Interest Determination
7. Section 5.7: Multidisciplinary Teams
8. Section 5.8: Placement and Educational Transitions
9. Section 5.8: DO: Placement Transition Planning
10. Section 5.9: Placement of Siblings
11. Section 5.10: Post Disposition Change in Custody
12. Section 5.11: Transition Plan and Judicial Review
13. Section 5.12: Reinstatement of Parental Rights
14. Section 5.13: Other Considerations of Senate Bill 80
15. Section 5.14: Takeaways and Questions
1. Section 6.1 READ: Working Together as Part of the Treatment Team
2. Section 6.2 READ: Objectives
3. Section 6.3 READ: Introduction to QPI
4. Section 6.3 WATCH: Introduction to QPI
5. Section 6.3 READ: Introduction to QPI (Continued)
6. Section 6.4 WATCH: QPI and Guardian ad Litem Interview
7. Section 6.5 WATCH: QPI Florida
8. Section 6.5 DO: QPI Florida
9. Section 6.6 READ: Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard
10. Section 6.7 READ: Helping Your Foster Child Have Developmentally Appropriate Experiences
11. Section 6.7 WATCH: Helping Your Foster Child Have Developmentally Appropriate Experiences
12. Section 6.7 Read: Helping Your Foster Child Have Developmentally Appropriate Experiences (Continued)
13. Section 6.8 DO: Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard
1. Section 7.1 READ: Introduction to Family Systems Thinking
2. Section 7.2 READ: Objectives
3. Section 7.3 READ: Dr. Murray Bowen (1913-90)
4. Section 7.3 DO: Dr. Murray Bowen (1913-90)
5. Section 7.4 READ: The 8 Concepts
6. Section 7.4 DO: The 8 Concepts
7. Section 7.5 READ: Emotional Triangles
8. Section 7.5 DO: Emotional Triangles
9. Section 7.6 READ: Differentiation of Self
10. Section 7.7 READ: Have Your Stopped to Consider?
11. Section 7.8 WATCH: Family Meetings
12. Section 7.8 READ: Family Meetings
13. Section 7.9 READ: Family Systems Thinking
14. Section 7.10 WATCH: Family Roles
15. Section 7.10 Read: Family Roles
16. Section 7.10 DO: Family Roles
17. Section 7.11 DO: My Life
18. Section 7.12 DO: Creating Your Family Eco-Map
1. Section 8.1 READ: Merging Family Systems
2. Section 8.2 READ: Objectives
3. Section 8.3 WATCH: Multi-Ethnic Placement Act and Americans with Disabilities Act
4. Section 8.4 WATCH: Truths About Race
5. Section 8.4 DO: Truths About Race
6. Section 8.5 WATCH: Multi-Cultural Parenting
7. Section 8.5 DO: Multi-Cultural Parenting
8. Section 8.6 READ: How to Conduct a Family Huddle
9. Section 8.6 DO: How to Conduct a Family Huddle
10. Section 8.7 LISTEN: The 3 Things You Need To Do Before Your First Placement

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