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for agencies and caseworkersSeptember 2013

Cultural Issues in Parenting Topic of Newest FPC Class

Everyone has a unique culture which influences their behavior, beliefs, and view of the world. Children in care benefit when foster parents respect and are supportive of their culture.

This c lass provides examples o f cu l tu ra l d i f fe rences and stereotypes. I t examines how parents can support children’s cultural development at various ages. Viewers also learn how to prepare themselves and the children in their care to cope with

insensitive or hurtful episodes at school and in the community.

The instructor, Tanya Coakley, PhD, is a specialist and professor in the studies of foster care and cultural competency and also leads the FosterParentCollege.com® in-service class “Culturally Competent Parenting.”

The new class is part of a series developed as online versions of the Ohio Institute for Human Services standardized pre-service training curriculum in use throughout the United States. The project is funded through a Phase II SBIR grant (#R44 HD054032) awarded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development.

To watch a free preview of the class visit www.fosterparentcollege.com.

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Training Units Can Expire

A reminder: since January 1, 2012, agencies have two years from the purchase date to use their units to enroll parents in FPC classes. After two years, units “expire.”

If your staff needs a refresher in using FPC with clients, we can help. We offer free webinars for up to 10 people, or we can answer your staff’s questions by phone or email. Contact us at 800-777-6636 or email us by clicking Send a Comment at the top of every page on FosterParentCollege.com®. We are here from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time, Monday through Friday.

SocialLearning.com® Catalogs Have Arrived in Offices

SocialLearning.com® print catalogs were mailed in mid-August. To show our appreciation for our customers, we have extended the shipping special we began with the Spring Catalog which means we’ll ship your order to you free to the continental US on orders of $99 or more. Customers in Alaska, Hawaii, and other countries pay actual shipping charges.

The catalog features new products in each category – foster parenting, independent living, adoption, domestic violence prevention, child abuse prevention, and more. All told, 130 products are spotlighted in the catalog of the nearly 1,300 products available for purchase from our website.

If your agency needs more copies of the catalog, you can download a pdf of it from the website at www.sociallearning.com.

SocialLearning.com®, FosterParentCollege.com® and Vstreet.com® are divisions of Northwest Media, Inc. SocialLearning.com markets over 1,300 DVDs, books, games, and CD-ROMs for the social services field.

Find us online at www.SocialLearning.com or call 800-777-6636

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What's Happening

FREE SHIPPING on SocialLearning.com® orders of $99 or more to the contiguous USA. This offer has been extended through the end of the year.

Walk Me Home....to the place I belong events are scheduled for the coming weeks in Tacoma and Bremerton, WA; Bend, OR; Chattanooga and Knoxville, TN; and Bismarck, ND. These are fundraising and awareness-building 5K walks hosted by the National Foster Parent Association. To register to walk, to sponsor a walker, or to find out about organizing a walk in your area, visit http://nfpaonline.org/wmh.

College-bound Michigan teens who spent time in foster care and are planning to attend a state university in Michigan may qualify for Michigan Education Trust funds. Contact your school counselor or scholarship coordinator.

The 2014 Horatio Alger Scholarship Programs scholarship application process is open. Low-income college-bound high school seniors who have overcome difficulties are encouraged to apply.

Advanced Parenting Workshops are now open for enrollment. Updates make it possible for trainees to jump into a workshop at any time and complete it at their own pace. For best results, enroll several of your clients at the same time so they can share ideas and learn together.

Yes, you CAN reprint art icles f rom Solut ions and Connect ions . P lease not i fy us of your plans, and on the article state the story is “Reprinted with permiss ion f rom FosterParentCol lege.com® ( n e w s l e t t e r t i t l e ) . ” C o n t a c t L i s a a t press@northwestmedia.com.

SocialLearning.com Sole Distributor for Popular “I Can Do It” Publications

SocialLearning.com®, sister company of FosterParentCollege.com®, is now the sole distributor of MICROLIFE publications.

MICROLIFE was founded by Marian and Bob Latzko. Marian Latzko was a teacher and writer who dedicated her life to helping young people learn life skills. She wrote the popular “I Can Do It! A Micropedia of Living on Your Own,” along with a companion workbook and related booklets. Bob managed the publishing house after Marian’s 2006 passing until his retirement this spring.

MICROLIFE products for sale on SocialLearning.com® are:

I Can Do It! f A Micropedia of Living on Your OwnI Can Do I t ! f A Micropedia of L iv ing on Your Own Learning ActivitiesI’m Getting Ready…I Can Do It (workbooks)/Set of 10 f

Parties That Teach Independent Living Skills/Set of 10 f

Manage Your Resources to Manage Your Future/Set of 10 f