FKCE Class Schedule
2024 FALL
Foster and Kinship Care Education Trainings
Fall Office Hours
MONDAY - THURSDAY 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
FRIDAY 8:00 am - 2:30 pm
Registration for trainings!
Please call 909-384-4457 or email fkce@valleycollege.edu
San Bernardino Valley College, as well as the entire community college community, continues to work tirelessly to help students, their families, resource parents, and kinship families get through this crisis as they play a critical role in our state's recovery. Working together and following safety guidelines and procedures, we can help keep our community healthy.
- The FKCE program will only be providing trainings online, with a few in-person classes, to resource parents and kinship caregivers through ZOOM and will require each participant to use a computer and/or phone and to have an email address to participate. (If you don't hae an email, please create one using yahoo.com or gmail.com) Each participant will need to download the ZOOM app on their computer and/or phone.
- Participants can register by calling 909-384-4457 or email fkce@valleycollege.edu confirmation will be sent to emails when done in a timely manner, weekdays 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Please only register for two (2) trainings at a time.
- Participants will be required to complete a registration form online, unless you have taken trainings in the last 90 days; EVERYONE needs to have an email address.
- Participants will receive certificates for attendance only when evaluations are completed, and attendance verified by the trainer; certificates will be emailed to participants by the Senior Student Services Technician.
- Participants not physically involved in the training or leaving early or joining the
meeting more than 10 minutes late (without specific approval by the trainer) will
NOT receive a certificate.
NO CHILDREN or PETS or other distractions are allowed in the training which should take place in a private area to maintain confidentiality. - Thanks for your patience during this challenging time.
Lucy Razo, FKCE Instructional Specialist
For general information regarding trainings, please call (909) 384-4457. All of the trainings listed in this schedule meet the criteria for San Bernardino County’s training for RFA (Resource Family Approval) pre and post trainings and for Los Angeles County’s Special Care Increment rate pre and post training. All training must be selected based on the individual needs of the foster/kinship child. Please discuss any additional training issues with your Children and Family Services (CFS) worker or the Specialized Care Facilitator as needed.
For Specialized Care Rate information for San Bernardino County, contact
Sumreen Chattha at sumreen.chattha@hss.sbcounty.gov
PLEASE CALL 909-384-4457 TO REGISTER FOR TRAININGS OR EMAIL fkce@valleycollege.edu
DISABILITY SERVICES: For disability-related reasonable accommodations, please contact the FKCE Program
office at (909) 384-4457 no later than two weeks prior to the date services are needed.
QUESTIONS: For further information, contact the
SBVC Foster & Kinship Care Education Program office:
San Bernardino Valley College - ADSS 202
701 South Mount Vernon Avenue, San Bernardino, CA 92410
909-384-4457
CLASES VIRTUALES EN ESPAÑOL
LUNES, 9 DE DICIEMBRE, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
SÍNDROME DE ALCOHOLISMO FETAL
ENTRENADORA: LEILA MONTIEL
Esta clase explora los efectos de la exposición fetal al alcohol en los niños, los signos y síntomas de la exposición y cómo los padres de crianza pueden ayudar a los niños que estuvieron expuestos al alcohol prenatalmente.
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CLASSES IN ENGLISH ON ZOOM UNLESS MARKED OTHERWISE
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 9:00AM – 12:00PM
CELEBRATING THEIR LIVES
TRAINER: VERN BRADLEY
Celebrating birthdays, holidays, and other significant moments, like graduation or sporting events, are just one piece of the bigger picture of celebrating life, and in particular, celebrating their life, an experience that many foster kids do not know much about. They tend not to see their life as worth celebrating and we can add to that missing piece by tying presents and gifts to their behavior and what they have earned. In this training, we will learn how to give them an experience of celebrating their life because their life is, indeed, worth celebrating no matter how awful their behavior might be. Participants will explore what celebrations mean in their own personal lives.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
HOW KINSHIP PROVIDERS PROVIDE FOR FOSTER CHILDREN
TRAINER: DAN CRAIN
Family members who are related to the foster child, called Kinship providers, are playing an even larger role in raising their relative children. Kinship caregivers can be older siblings, grandparents or aunts/uncles. And since they already KNOW the children involved, these family members often have more knowledge and may offer more insight into how to best assist children in dealing with the traumas their bio parents inflicted upon them. It is now estimated that approximately 40% of all caregivers in the system of care are kinship providers. All resource families are invited to this training but especially kinship providers where benefits of kinship families are discussed.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 9:00AM – 12:00PM
HEALING TRAUMA DEMANDS A STORY
TRAINER: VERN BRADLEY
The simplest but most effective way for a child or an adult to heal trauma is to tell their story in ALL its gory details. Telling the story and perhaps even writing the story on the computer with pictures and music added is one of the simplest ways to move trauma into our memory so that we know the trauma is OVER. This training will discuss how to walk our children or teens through this marvelously healing process. It may open the door for us to heal our own trauma! Participants will learn how our brain processes and protects us from trauma. Participants will also learn how a narrative can shift the brain’s protective shield now that the trauma is over.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
STAND IN MY SHOES…TEACHING CHILDREN ABOUT EMPATHY
TRAINER: WANDA COOPER
“Empathy is a skill that plays a significant role throughout our lives. It serves as a basic foundation for nurturing positive caring, compassionate relationships and emotional being”-Bob Sorenson. In this training, we will discuss ways to help children understand the benefits of empathy, while providing realistic examples of words and actions that reflect empathetic behavior. We will also read and discuss Bob Sorenson’s children’s book,” Stand in My Shoes”.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
CHILDHOOD TRAUMA LASTS A LIFETIME
TRAINER: DAN CRAIN
The multitude of traumas bio parents wreak on their children have long term consequences throughout a child's life. Substance abuse, alcoholism, domestic violence, homelessness, sexual abuse and severe neglect all create an environment in which a child learns behaviors that have a direct impact on their future wellbeing and health. The neural pathways created by this type of childhood can lead to very serious negative behaviors which may become criminal in nature. The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study looks at the childhood of children as to where the child will head as he/she grows into adolescence and adulthood and looks at ways to help these children.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
WHAT IS COMPASSION FATIGUE?
TRAINER: WANDA COOPER
What is compassion fatigue? Do you have it? Family members who make sure their loved ones’ needs are met give the gift of caring every day. Caregivers shop for groceries, prepare meals, pick up prescriptions, assist with bathing and grooming—you name it, they do it. Caregivers make it their mission to do everything they can to make a loved one more comfortable at the end of life. Unfortunately, caregivers often times burn the candle at both ends and develop compassion fatigue.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 9:00AM – 12:00PM
THE ART OF SHEER LISTENING TO THEIR STORIES
TRAINER: VERN BRADLEY
Perhaps the stories are just too gory, or there is a lot of sexual content that we just don’t want to hear. Maybe we cannot believe that their own parents or family members would treat them so abusively, so we end up protecting them by keeping the stories “off the record.” Maybe we haven’t told our own story yet, and listening to theirs triggers too much emotion for us. Whatever the reason, this training will cover how to leap over these hurdles and LISTEN! Participants will fearlessly explore their resistance to listening to their stories.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 9:00AM – 12:00PM
ADDICTIONS: THEIRS AND OURS!
TRAINER: VERN BRADLEY
It is painful for us to look at our own addictions. It is much easier to focus on the kids’ addictions. But we have to dig up the courage and humility to do so. The road to recovery is the same road down which we want to take our kids. Participants will have an opportunity to assess and explore their own addictions and addictive behaviors. Participants will also have an opportunity to explore options for addressing and healing their addictions and letting go of their addictive behaviors.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
WHAT IS YOUR PARENTING STYLE?
TRAINER: WANDA COOPER
Parents wish to be loved or cared for by their children just like they want to raise children they care for and love. Sometimes their parenting is overly protective, too strict or lax which can create miscommunication and anger. Caregivers need a balance in recognizing children for their abilities, but also setting clear expectations for the child’s behavior.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
BURNOUT PROTECTION: A SURVIVAL TOOL FOR FORSTER PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS
TRAINER: WANDA COOPER
Participants will learn what burnout is, what causes burnout, assess their own susceptibility to burnout, and learn about the actions and attitudes that prevent or reverse the burnout process.
Participants will discuss the different communication personalities and styles. Participants will also determine what their style of communication is and how to use it effectively.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 9:00AM – 12:00PM
REASSESSING OUR STRENGTHS AND OUR LIMITATIONS
TRAINER: VERN BRADLEY
This is a follow-up training. The end of this training semester is a good time to look at what we have learned in the last five months and where we have made significant changes as well as acknowledging when we are stuck in our familiar ways when it comes to our parenting style. And it is important to bring some humor to this assessment. Participants will be supported in creating three goals for the up-coming training semester.
