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NEW Schedule and Workshop Descriptions
for 2008- 2009 Listed Below!
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1. We encourage you to pre-register with FAFS if you plan to attend a workshop. We want to know whom to reach if we have an emergency. To pre-register:
Call FAFS Hotline: 1.800.222-0047.
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Register below
2.Please arrive promptly at the designated workshop site. Late arrivals will not receive training hours. 3. A reimbursement is given to licensed NJ resource parents attending and completing each FAFS county workshop. In order to receive the reimbursement, a registration form must be completed at the workshop. The following information will be needed: name, address, telephone number, and your NJ Resource Family license number. 4. Flyers announcing individual county-based trainings will be sent to resource parents of that county. 5. Remember, you can attend a workshop in any county. If you attend two workshops in two different counties with the same topic, you will only receive credit once. 6. In case of inclement weather, call the toll-free FAFS Hotline: 1.800.222.0047 to see if the scheduled training will be conducted.
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COUNTY |
DATE/TIME |
TOPIC |
LOCATION |
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Atlantic |
Spring 2009 |
TBA |
To Be Announced (TBA) |
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Bergen |
11/06/08
6:30pm - 9:30 pm |
It Could Happen to You |
Bergen South Local Office
125 State Street 2nd Flr. Hackensack, NJ 07601 |
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Burlington |
Spring 2009 |
TBA |
TBA |
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Camden |
10/14/08
6:00-9:00pm |
It Could Happen to You |
Ca Camden South DYFS Office
4 Echelon Plaza~ 201 Laurel Rd
Voorhees, NJ 08043 |
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Cape May |
Spring 2009 |
TBA |
TBA |
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Cumberland |
Spring 2009 |
TBA |
TBA
TBA |
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Gloucester
Essex
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Spring 2009
10/14/08
6:30-9:30 pm
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10/22/08 6:30-9:30 pm |
TBA
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TBA
Community Hills
125 Irvine Turner Blvd, Newark NJ 07103
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DYFS Maplewood Local Office
5058 Burnett Avenue, Maplewood NJ 07040 |
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Hudson |
9/30/08
1-4 pm |
It Could Happen to You |
Jersey City Public Library
489 Bergen Avenue, 2nd Flr. Lower Auditorium
Jersey City, NJ 07305 |
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Hunterdon |
Spring 2009 |
TBA |
TBA |
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Mercer |
Spring 2009 |
TBA |
TBA |
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Middlesex |
11/20/08 |
It Could Happen to You |
Middlesex West Local Office
53 Knightsbridge Road
Piscataway, NJ, 08854 |
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Monmouth |
9/20/08
1-4 pm |
It Could Happen to You |
Middletown Library
55 New Monmouth Rd, Manalapan, NJ 07748 |
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Morris |
10/15/08
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
It Could Happen to You |
Morris Local Office
855 Route 10 East, Randolph, NJ 07869 |
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Ocean |
9/23/08
6:30-9:30 pm |
It Could Happen to You |
Ocean County DYFS Local Office
1510 Hooper Avenue, Toms River , NJ 08753 |
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Passaic |
11/13/ 08
6-9pm |
It Could Happen to You |
Calvary Temple,111 Preakness Ave.,
Wayne, NJ 07470 |
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Salem |
Spring 2009 |
TBA |
TBA |
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Somerset |
Spring 2009 |
TBA |
TBA |
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Sussex |
Spring 2009 |
TBA |
TBA |
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Union |
10/17/08
10:30 am- 1:30 pm |
It Could Happen to You |
Union W. Local Office -4th Floor Conf. Rm.
200 West 2nd Street, Plainfield 07060 |
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Warren |
Spring 2009 |
TBA |
TBA |
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It Could Happen to You
County-based Workshop being held in Fall 2008
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It Could Happen To You - This workshop will define allegations, violations of regulations and the steps and timeframes of the investigation process. The course will include important aspects, such as, ways to avoid an allegation and the appeals process. It will also touch on the range of emotional responses associated with the ramifications of the findings, whether the result is suspension or unfounded.
3 hrs. in-service training credit
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Under One Roof: Working to Keep Siblings Together
County-based Workshop Spring 2009
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One of the most critical issues in foster care is preserving a child’s connections with his/her brothers and sisters. In this workshop, we are going to examine some of the most relevant issues connected with siblings in care.
We will look at the definition of siblings, the importance of the sibling bond, the benefits of placing siblings together, the barriers to their placement and NJ Child Welfare policy and practice related to sibling placement. We will also look at sibling issues within the foster or adoptive family such as tips for running a large household with several children, handling conflict among siblings, and dealing with a parentified child. Finally, we will discuss what the resource parent can do for a child placed away from his/her siblings to maintain connection, including the arrangement of visitations with other resource parents and alternative methods of contact.
3 hrs. in-service training credit
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