Foster Care Training

“Please note that this training is suggested for clinicians with 2-3 years experience in the field, supervisors, and/or managers. The use of Motivational Interviewing in direct care with clients will not be covered. This 6-hour training will focus on assessing a system’s readiness to provide client-centered services, the identification of a system’s motivation points, and the use of O.A.R.S (open-ended questions, affirmations, reflections, and summaries) and values work to elicit/enhance system readiness. The training will begin with an examination of the common systems with which clients need to engage (Department of Social Services, probation departments, schools, benefits agencies, medical service providers) and the establishment of the system’s motivation type. Trainees will practice assessing system readiness utilizing Prochaska and DiClemente’s Stages of Change and the identification of sustain and change talk. The training will culminate with multiple breakout sessions in which participants will practice the use of O.A.R.S to increase system readiness/client access to quality care.”