Columbiana county has CHANGED the location of their foster parent training EFFECTIVE August 1, 2010. Their new training location is:

• Family Recovery Center,  39117 Brookfield Avenue, Lisbon, OH 44432

The following training has been CHANGED:

• Summit County:  Monday, August 23, 2010 workshop “Running Away from Foster Care” has been rescheduled for Wednesday, September 1, 2010 from 6pm to 9pm.
  

• Stark County:  Thursday, September 30, 2010 workshop “Changing Hats: Moving from Foster Care to Adoption” has been rescheduled for Tuesday, September 21, 2010 from 6pm to 9pm.
  
  
• Lorain County:  Tuesday, September 7, 2010 workshop “Understanding the Individual Education Plan (IEP) Process” has been rescheduled for Saturday, August 21, 2010 from 9am to 12pm.
  
  
• Portage County:  Saturday, August 7, 2010 workshop “Foster Families and How They Grow: Understanding the Effects of Fostering” has been rescheduled for Saturday, September 11, 2010 from 9am to 4pm.
  
  
• Lorain County:  Monday, November 8, 2010 workshop “Behavior Management 1 – Managing Surface Behavior with Acting Out Children” has been rescheduled for Monday, November 22, 2010 from 6pm to 9pm.
  
  
• Lorain County:  Wednesday, November 10, 2010 workshop “Behavior Management 2 – Verbal De-esclation” has been rescheduled for Tuesday, November 23, 2010 from 6pm to 9pm.
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  Mahoning County:  Monday, August 30, 2010 workshop “Caring for Toddlers with Love and Logic” with Francesca Muscari has been changed to a new training.  David Zidar will train “Behavior Management” on Monday, August 30, 2010 from 5-8pm. 
  

• The following Preservice training in STARK county has been CHANGED. The corrected dates are:
• Monday, October 18               901 – Orientation and Overview
• Wednesday, October 20        902 – Child Protection Team
• Saturday, October 23      903 – Effects of Child Abuse or Neglect…
• Saturday, October 23             904 – Attachment, Separation and Placement
• Saturday, October 30             905 – Managing Behavior
• Saturday, October 30             906 – Preventing and De-escalating Crisis  
• Monday, November 1             907 – Cultural Issues in Placement  
• Wednesday, November 3      908 – Understanding Primary Families  
• Saturday, November 13         909 – Children Who Have Been Sexually Abused
• Saturday, November 13         910 – The Effects of Caregiving on the Caregiving Family  
• Monday, November 15           911 – Permanency for Children
• Wednesday, November 17    912 – Permanency for Families
   
• The following Preservice training in Lake county has been CHANGED. The corrected dates are:
• Monday, October 4               901 – Orientation and Overview
• Wednesday, October 6        902 – Child Protection Team
• Wednesday, October 13      903 – Effects of Child Abuse or Neglect…
• Wednesday, October 20      904 – Attachment, Separation and Placement
• Monday, October 25             905 – Managing Behavior
• Monday, November 1           906 – Preventing and De-escalating Crisis  
• Wednesday, November 3    907 – Cultural Issues in Placement  
• Monday, November 8           908 – Understanding Primary Families  
• Monday, November 15         909 – Children Who Have Been Sexually Abused
• Wednesday, November 17  910 – The Effects of Caregiving on the Caregiving Family  
• Saturday, November 20       911 – Permanency for Children
• Saturday, November 20       912 – Permanency for Families  

The following training has been CANCELLED:

• Trumbull County:  Saturday, August 28, 2010 workshop “Defusing Crisis Situations Safely and Sanely”  has been CANCELLED.
  
  
• Geauga County: Thursday September 2nd, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. “Turn out the Parental Burnout” Anthony President   - CANCELED
  

  NEORTC's Summer 2010 Preservice Training Calendar (PDF Format)

  NEORTC's Fall 2010 Preservice Training Calendar (PDF Format)

  NEORTC's Summer 2010 Foster Parent Ongoing Training Calendar (PDF Format)

  NEORTC's Fall 2010 Foster Parent Ongoing Training Calendar (PDF Format)

IMPORTANT REMINDER:

Please be advised that NEORTC (Northeast Ohio Regional Training Center as part of the Ohio Child Welfare Training Program) needs to enforce the rules for training, especially regarding attendance and cell phone usage during training. As you attend training you will notice that rules are posted in the lobby and in training rooms. These are, and have been, standard procedures throughout the State of Ohio for OCWTP since 1986, and we are required to abide by them.

Specifically, we have been asked to disallow cell phone/pager usage during training so please turn off cell phones and pagers while training is in session. You may return calls at scheduled break times or during lunch.  Review the NEORTC Safety Procedures.

Training room doors will be closed when training begins at 9 AM. As you may know, there is a "15 minute rule" for training that states a participant cannot miss more than 15 minutes of a one day or multi day training and still receive credit for the training. However, trainers have the right to refuse participants late entry into training even if it falls within the 15 minute rule. Bottom line: to be on the safe side, be here at 9 AM for the beginning of training and be sure to return from breaks and lunch on time.

Feel free to contact NEORTC if you have questions about NEORTC or the training rules for participants. These rules are not meant to be punitive to any individual but rather, are aimed at ensuring there is a positive learning environment for all participants. We appreciate your cooperation. Thank you.