Get Free Continuing Education Hours With
Foster Parent College 

Need to get in those continuing education hours for foster parent recertification? Reminder: foster parents must complete 10 hours of post-licensure training each year. Now there is an alternative for busy resource families who find it difficult to attend foster parent training!

Idaho Child Welfare Research & Training Center is providing you with an opportunity to take online courses through Foster Parent College that will enable you to complete required training hours from the comfort of your own home and within your own schedule. No need for baby sitters.

Each course is worth two hours of training and you will have 90 days from the day you register to complete the course. If you are currently a licensed foster parent in Idaho the cost of the courses will be covered by Idaho Child Welfare Research & Training Center.

Foster Parent College is approved by the National Foster Parent Association and more than 1,000 other agencies.

Current offerings include:

·         Understanding Behavior in Foster Children

·         Anger Outbursts

·         Child Development

·         The Foster Home Investigation Process

·         Fire Setting

·         Eating Disorders

·         Sexualized Behavior

·         Lying

·         Sleep Problems

·         Wetting and Soiling

·         Stealing

·         Running Away

·         Self-Harm

·         New Topics are Added Continuously

The site includes free previews of each of the courses and registrants can participate in online discussion boards. To see the courses available, go to the Foster Parent College link at http://www.fosterparentcollege.com/

To register for free continuing education hours, contact Muriel DeSelms

at mdeselms@ewu.edu or 208.676.1186 x3410.