MCFD’s Specialized Homes & Support Services (SHSS) Proudly Presents: Caregiver Training Opportunities
SAN’YAS Indigenous Cultural Safety
- Virtual/online training
- Self-paced
- Available to foster parents only
- Seats are limited (30 seats)
- Email Alison.Goliath@gov.bc.ca to register.
SFU Connect Parenting – Attachment, Trauma and Care: Understanding and Responding to the Special Needs of Teens
- February 23, 2023 from 9:00 am – 12 noon
- Virtual/online training
- Available to all caregivers
- 200 seats (first come, first served)
- Email Alison.Goliath@gov.bc.ca or Crystal.Boychuk@gov.bc.ca to register.
JIBC – Trauma-informed Practice
- Website link: https://www.jibc.ca/course/introduction-trauma-informed-practice
- 4 half-day training sessions via Zoom
- Maximum of 40 participants per session
- Available to all caregivers
- Email Alison.Goliath@gov.bc.ca to register.
JIBC – Supporting Children & Youth Post-trauma
- Website link: https://www.jibc.ca/course/supporting-children-and-youth-post-trauma
- 6 half-day training sessions via Zoom
- March 7-9, 2023
- Available to all caregivers
- Email Alison.Goliath@gov.bc.ca to register.
LivingWorks Start – Suicide Awareness & Prevention
- Virtual/online training
- First come, first served
- Available to foster parents and agencies caring for MCFD children & youth
- Email Alison.Goliath@gov.bc.ca or Crystal.Boychuk@gov.bc.ca to register.
BCFPA
- In-person/classroom learning at the following locations
- Surrey: Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel on February 16, 2023
- Victoria: Inn at Laurel Point on February 21, 2023
- Prince George: Coast Hotel Prince George on March 6, 2023
- Kamloops: Coast Kamloops Hotel & Conference Centre on March 8, 2023
- Available exclusively to foster parents.
- First come, first served. Maximum of 40 attendees for each workshop
- Breakfast, lunch and coffee break refreshments will be provided.
- Reimbursements for mileage (over 40 kms round-trip).
- Reimbursements for child care and parking (with receipt).
- Very small room block secured for foster parents who must travel to attend on Vancouver Island, North and Interior Regions. Arrangements for these room bookings to be made through BCFPA.