FOSTER CARE SUPPORT NETWORK VOLUME 10 TRAININGS
Below are the training titles and descriptions for each Volume 10 FCSN training. After you have determined which trainings you are interested in ordering, select the number of tests and answer keys you will need for each. Only one answer key is needed for each training per facility. Each test includes a certificate of completion per foster parent.
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*We encourage you to check with the licensing entity in your state to ensure that FCSN trainings will be counted toward training hours for your foster parents.
Follow the links below to view FCSN trainings from each volume.
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Important Publisher's Note: Reproduction of Tests and Certificates of Completion may VOID your training hours.
**Please note, certificates are NOT mailed with the trainings. Certificates will be issued upon completions of the tests. Once you send us the completed tests, we will correct them and issue a certificate.
Volume 10, No. 1 Training & Certificate
Behavior-Management Strategies Key to Treating ADD
While medication is often an important part of any treatment plan, it should always be seen as merely one aspect of an overall "game plan" for a child with ADD. As a result, additional behavior-management methods are discussed.
Category: Behavior Management
Volume 10, No. 1 Answer Key
Volume 10, No. 2 Training & Certificate
Focusing on the Positives: Praising as Part of Boosting Self-Esteem
This article explains why self-esteem can be a problem for foster youth, and why praising children who are doing positive things, can help undo emotional baggage.
Category: Behavior Management
Volume 10, No. 2 Answer Key
Volume 10, No. 3 Training & Certificate
Protecting Yourself From Abuse Allegations
While foster parents are vulnerable to charges of maltreatment, this doesn't mean that they are helpless either. This article outlines steps that foster parents need to consider.
Category: Abuse & Neglect
Volume 10, No. 3 Answer Key
Volume 10, No. 4 Training & Certificate
Discipline as Easy as 1, 2, 3
Many parents have had success using the 1-2-3 Magic method of discipline. When used properly, this approach reinforces the idea that it's the behavior, not the child, that's unacceptable.
Category: Behavior Management
Volume 10, No. 4 Answer Key
Volume 10, No. 5 Training & Certificate
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Understanding FAS. FAE in Children
What is the difference between Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE)? What are its traits? What are positive attributes of children with FAS/FAE? This article explains.
Category: AODA
Volume 10, No. 5 Answer Key
Volume 10, No. 6 Training & Certificate
Schools & Foster Children: Involvement, Understanding, Advocacy = Professionalism
This article explains how foster parents can be more assertive in working with teachers and other educators. Knowing your rights, and important legislation, are among the suggestions presented.
Category: School/Education
Volume 10, No. 6 Answer Key
Volume 10, No. 7 Training & Certificate
The Difficult Teen Years
This article presents important strategies for foster parents considering taking in teenagers. Suggestions include recommendations from several long-time foster parents and trainers.
Category: Behavior Management
Volume 10, No. 7 Answer Key
Volume 10, No. 8 Training & Certificate
Foster Care and the Spirited Child
Do YOU have a spirited child? How can parents tame, but not break, a spirited child? A noted parenting expert and author explains.
Category: Behavior Management
Volume 10, No. 8 Answer Key
Volume 10, No. 9 Training & Certificate
Learning Life Skills is Crucial for ALL Youth
Foster parents need to know what life skills the teen already has and what areas need improvement. However, whatever the specifics, the frequent contact and instruction that occurs in day-to-day parenting makes the foster home a natural environment for such training to occur.
Category: Life Skills
Volume 10, No. 9 Answer Key
Volume 10, No. 10 Training & Certificate
Strategies for Reducing Separation Anxiety
Separation anxiety is a normal part of child development. Understanding the difference between typical anxiety and an anxiety disorder, and having coping strategies in place to reduce separation anxiety, can help everyone involved in the child's care.
Category: Medical/Behavior Management
Volume 10, No. 10 Answer Key
Volume 10, No. 11 Training & Certificate
Food Safety: Allergies, Intolerance & Other Advice
What is the difference between food allergy and food intolerance? What are some symptoms of both mild – and severe – food reactions? Food safety topics like these are discussed.
Category: Foster Parenting
Volume 10, No. 11 Answer Key
Volume 10, No. 12 Training & Certificate
The 'Power' of Observation & Documentation in Behavior Management
A properly trained foster parent can play a big role in reducing problematic behavior. Understanding key observation and documentation strategies will go a long way toward improving the social climate in a foster home.
Category: Behavior Management
Volume 10, No. 12 Answer Key