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2025 FALL

Foster and Kinship Care Education Trainings  

 

FALL Office Hours

 MONDAY - THURSDAY  8:00 am - 5:00 pm

FRIDAY 8:00 am - 2:00pm

                  


                                                                    
       

Registration for trainings!

Please call 909-384-4457 or 909-294-6913 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 OR LUCY AT (909) 294-6913 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 or (909) 294-6913 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 (FKCE Office) 909-294-6913 (Lucy Razo)                                     

 CLASES VIRTUALES EN ESPAÑOL       

 

MARTES, 9 DE DICIEMBRE, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

LA SALUD SEXUAL Y REPRODUCTIVA   

ENTRENADORA: LEILA MONTIEL    

La presentación aborda la salud sexual y reproductiva (SSR) en el contexto del cuidado de crianza, destacando la importancia de proporcionar educación y servicios integrales a esta población vulnerable. Se exploran las características y riesgos específicos de los jóvenes en cuidado de crianza, incluidas las altas tasas de embarazo adolescente, ITS y falta de acceso a recursos de SSR. También se analizan las barreras sistémicas, legales y sociales que limitan la atención, así como intervenciones y mejores prácticas para mejorar los resultados de SSR. La presentación concluye con recursos disponibles.

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CLASSES IN ENGLISH ON ZOOM UNLESS MARKED OTHERWISE

 

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

WHEN WE FEEL POWERLESS, IT MAY BE JUST A FEELING AND NOT THE REALITY

TRAINER: VERN BRADLEY

We often feel powerless and then erroneously conclude that we are, when. On the other hand, our power is just waiting for us to recognize it and pick it up and try it on! Simply entertaining the thought, “I AM POWERFUL” can completely cancel out feeling powerless. Well, like anything, this dance step takes practice!

 

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

BUILDING COURAGE & SELF-ESTEEM 

TRAINER: WANDALYN LANE

I have a loving and supportive home, but my child seems to self- sabotage, make excuses for poor behavior and not accept the positive values that we try to instill in our child(ren).

 

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SOCIAL WORKER

TRAINER: VERN BRADLEY 

It is critical that we and the social workers work together as a team. However, if the social worker insists upon being our boss, there can be no team. We can preclude this happening by letting the social worker know who we are right from the very start, and one simple way to do this is by asking an important question PRIOR to placement and then holding the social worker accountable for their answers. It is not a game. It is about us, as foster parents, taking our “work” seriously and knowing the level of support to expect and require from the system in general and the social worker in particular.

 

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM

FROM BAD GRADES TO A GREAT LIFE! UNLOCKING THE MYSTERY OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR YOUR CHILD

TRAINER: WANDA M. COOPER

In this class, we will discuss why character and personal responsibility form the foundation of lasting academic and occupational achievement. We will discuss such topics as, “What is more important? Getting great grades or becoming a great person? Does your child have gifts? Can you develop yourself and have a great life?”

                                                

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

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 humbly acknowledging where we are still stuck in our old and familiar ways when it comes to our parenting style, and our relationships with our kids.