Live, Online Respite Provider Course
NEW & UPDATED COURSE!
With all live sessions participants get to interact with each other, share information, and ask questions. This course has proven beneficial for many respite providers from all over North America!
Next Course: April 30th – May 16th; Tuesday & Thursday evenings at 7:00PM CST
Price: $170CAD/person, $270CAD/couple (includes PDF workbook and unlimited Q&A via email during and after the course)
*Can’t make it at the dates and times listed? No worries! All session are recorded and sent to participants within 24hrs to view at your leisure.
NEW & UPDATED course covers:
Session One: Reactive Attachment Disorder
- What is RAD? Risk Factors & Symptoms
- First Year of Life Attachment Cycle
- Basic Brain Function & Development
Session Two: Therapeutic Interventions
- 10 Units of Concern
- Safety Check Protocol (Behaviour Intervention)
- Therapeutic Interventions
Session Three: Working With the Parents & Getting Ready
- Working With the Parents
- Depression, PTSD, & Stress
- Triangulation
- Setting Up & Getting Ready
- In-take Forms
Session Four: Therapeutic Respite Care
- Main Focuses of Respite Care: Felt Safety, Opportunity, 6 Jobs of Strong Kids
- Types of Respite: Scheduled, Crisis, & In-home
- Different Stages for Different Ages
- Respite Drop Off / Arrival
- Respite Pick Up / Departure
Session Five: Therapeutic Care Practices
- 5 Tests for Trust
- Respect
- Limits and Structure
- Daily Basics: Exercise, Mealtimes, Playtime, etc.
Session Six: A Day in Respite Care
- A Day in Respite
- Skill-Building Scenarios
- Resources
- Unlimited Q&A!
Video Respite Training Course
This online training course will prepare you to provide therapeutic respite care for a child with Reactive Attachment Disorder.
“I wish I had had this 20 years ago for friends and family to do when I needed support raising two of my own adopted children. Grateful for this training and others.” -C.M.; GA
This course contains 8 modules, each consisting of a 20 – 45 minute video training and a five-minute quiz. At the completion there is a final assessment to take before receiving your certificate. Designed to take at your own pace, this course is perfect for everyone!
NEW! This training now includes a one-year subscription to our exclusive Respite Provider site, giving you access to additional resources, training, downloadable forms, ideas for parents, and more!
Course Content:
- Printable PDF workbook
- Module #1: What is RAD?; video & quiz
- Module #2: What is Therapeutic Respite?; video & quiz
- Module #3: Brain-Based Behaviour Intervention; video & quiz
- Module #4: Scheduled Respite; video & quiz
- Module #5: Crisis Respite; video & quiz
- Module #6: Motivational Respite; video & quiz
- Module #7: Respite Drop Off & Pick Up; video & quiz
- Module #8: Supporting the Family; video & quiz
- Final Assessment
- Certificate of Course Completion
Course Length: 5 hours Certificate: Yes
Price: $60.00CAD Dates: Anytime!
At the end of the course participants will know:
- the behaviours and symptoms of RAD
- how the brain reacts to trauma
- how to use the Brain-Based Behaviour Intervention program
- what respite is used for and the different types that are used
- how to respond therapeutically to behaviours and poor choices
- the healing language of therapeutic care
- how to support parents as they heal their child
- how to set up your home to provide a safe environment
- how to structure a respite stay to be therapeutic
- and so much more!
This course is made available through our sister company, Next Generation Attachment.
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