Below are the training titles and descriptions for each Mental Health FCSN training. After you have determined which trainings you are interested in ordering, select the number of tests and answer keys you will need for each. Only one answer key is needed for each training per facility. Each test includes a certificate of completion per foster parent.

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**Please note, certificates are NOT mailed with the trainings. Certificates will be issued upon completions of the tests. Once you send us the completed tests, we will correct them and issue a certificate.

Description

COURSE ID

PRICE

Volume 1, No. 9 Training & Certificate

Guidelines for Parenting Your Attention Different Child

This article describes typical ADHD behaviors, how stimulus overload in an ADD/ADHD child leads to problems, as well as explaining some key problem management skills.

Category: Mental Health

0109FEPV

$3.50

Volume 1, No. 9 Answer Key

0109FEAV

$1.50

Volume 2, No. 2 Training & Certificate

Removing a Child's Negative Mental Blueprint: Foster Parents Need to be Key Players

Foster children often have a negative way of looking at family, intimacy and relationships. This article explains the key role that foster parents play in treating the invisible, mental scars caused by maltreatment.

Category: Mental Health

$3.50

0202FEPV

Volume 2, No. 2 Answer Key

0202FEAV

$1.50

Volume 2, No. 11 Training & Certificate

How Attachment Problems Affect Foster Youth

While AD children pose problems due to the lack of attachment they experienced early in life, many foster parents have been influential in helping these children turn their lives around.

Category: Mental Health

Volume 2, No. 11 Answer Key

0211FEAV

$1.50

Volume 3, No. 2 Training & Certificate

Improving Children's Mental Health: What Foster Parents Need to Know

This article examines how good foster care will help prevent mental health problems and lead to quicker resolutions of problems that already exist.

Category: Mental Health

0302FEPV

$3.50

Volume 3, No. 2 Answer Key

0302FEAV

$1.50

Volume 5, No. 12 Training & Certificate

Grief and Loss Issues are Difficult to Resolve

Dealing with grief is difficult for anyone, let alone foster children. Consequently, this article presents advice to help children through the grieving process.

Category: Mental Health

0512FEPV

$3.50

Volume 5, No. 12 Answer Key

0512FEAV

$1.50

Volume 6, No. 6 Training & Certificate

Better Understanding Conduct & Oppositional Defiant Disorders

This article is presented as a guide only to assist foster and adoptive parents in identifying and treating Conduct and Oppositional Defiant Disorders.

Category: Mental Health/Behavior Management

0606FEPV

$3.50

Volume 6, No. 6 Answer Key

0606FEAV

$1.50

Volume 7, No. 1 Training & Certificate

Understanding, Treating Attachment Disorder

The advice in this article will provide the understanding to help create healthy relationships to heal the child's emotional "wounds," and to improve their behavior – both socially and morally.

Category: Mental Health

0701FEPV

$3.50

Volume 7, No. 1 Answer Key

0701FEAV

$1.50

Volume 7, No. 6 Training & Certificate

Better Understanding an Attention 'Different' Child

This article explains what foster parents need to know about Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), and why it should be thought of as attention different, as opposed to attention deficit.

Category: Mental Health

0706FEPV

$3.50

Volume 7, No. 6 Answer Key

0706FEAV

$1.50

Volume 7, No. 8 Training & Certificate

Recognizing & Treating Autism

This article discusses the symptoms of autism, its causes and frequency, and it explains why early intervention is crucial. Specific strategies in caring for youth with autism are also offered.

Category: Mental Health

0708FEPV

$3.50

Volume 7, No. 8 Answer Key

0708FEAV

$1.50

Volume 7, No. 11 Training & Certificate

Recognizing & Treating Eating Disorders

While overeating is more in the "spotlight," eating too little isn't healthy either. In either case, parents who help children and teens overcome weight-related problems could expect a cascade of positive results.

Category: Mental Health

0711FEPV

$3.50

Volume 7, No. 11 Answer Key

0711FEAV

$1.50

Volume 12, No. 1 Training & Certificate

Coping with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

For children and teens who suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors can become so excessive that they interfere with daily life. But with the proper treatment and self-help strategies – including the assistance of foster parents – youth with OCD can break free of their unwanted thoughts and irrational urges.

Category: Mental Health

1201FEPV

$3.50

Volume 12, No. 1 Answer Key

1201FEAV

$1.50

Volume 12, No. 8 Training & Certificate

The Impact of Trauma on Foster Children

This article addresses some of the key issues related to a child's complex set of reactions that often follow traumatic events.

Category: Mental Health

1208FEPV

$3.50

Volume 12, No. 8 Answer Key

1208FEAV

$1.50

Volume 12, No. 12 Training & Certificate

Grief and Loss: Helping Grieving Children & Foster Parents

Grief and loss is an unfortunate, but necessary part of the foster care system. This training discusses some of the ways that foster families can cope with grief and loss, both for the child in their care, and the feelings they experience when children leave.

Category: Mental Health

1212FEPV

$3.50

Volume 12, No. 12 Answer Key

1212FEAV

$1.50

Volume 14, No. 5 Training & Certificate

Addressing Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety issues are all too common among foster children. With the uncertainty they've faced in their young lives, who wouldn't be anxious? But there is a difference between typical anxiety and a full-fledged anxiety disorder. That is the main focus of this training.

Category: Mental Health

1405FEPV

$3.50

Volume 14, No. 5 Answer Key

1405FEAV

$1.50

Volume 14, No. 6 Training & Certificate

Understanding Post-Adoption Depression

Post-adoption depression (PAD) is a very real condition that is addressed in this training. However, regardless of whether PAD is present, or the circumstances are less severe, there's no doubt that challenges await adoptive parents once the "honeymoon period" is over. As a result, it's vital to have useful strategies and support systems to cope with the problems that arise.

Category: Mental Health

1406FEPV

$3.50

Volume 14, No. 6 Answer Key

1406FEAV

$1.50

Volume 14, No. 8 Training & Certificate

Signs Your Foster Youth may Have an Eating Disorder

Eating disorders and other food problems are often issues of control. Help foster youth cope with underlying issues, and you'll likely help them with the eating problem, too. This training shows how to do just that.

Category: Mental Health

1408FEPV

$3.50

Volume 14, No. 8 Answer Key

1408FEAV

$1.50