Valor & Solutions Calendar

General information

PRIDE series (English) – Session 8

• Session 1: Connecting with PRIDE - SEPTEMBER 30 – Thursday - 6 pm to 9 pm
• Session 2: Teamwork Towards Permanence - OCTOBER 2 – Saturday - 9 am to 12 pm
• Session 3: Meeting Developmental Needs: Attachment - OCTOBER 7 – Thursday - 6 pm to 9 pm
• Session 4: Meeting Developmental Needs: Loss - OCTOBER 14 – Thursday - 6 pm to 9 pm
• Session 5: Strengthening Family Relationships - OCTOBER 16 -Saturday - 9 am to 12 pm
• Session 6: Continuing Family Relationships - OCTOBER 21 - Thursday - 6 pm to 9 pm
• Session 7: Meeting Developmental Needs: Discipline - OCTOBER 28 - Thursday - 6 pm to 9 pm
• Session 8: Planning for Change - OCTOBER 30 – Saturday - 9 am to 12 pm
• Session 9: Making an Informed Decision - NOVEMBER 4 – Thursday - 6 pm to 9 pm

What is PRIDE (Parent Resources for Information, Development and Education)?

Developed in Illinois in 1993, PRIDE is a competency-based model for the development and support of resource (foster and adoption) families. It is designed to strengthen the quality of foster care and adoption services by providing a standardized, structured framework for recruiting, preparing and selecting foster and adoptive parents. It also provides foster parent inservice training and ongoing professional development.

The components of the PRIDE Program are:

• Nine Pre-Service training modules (27 hours)
• “Connection” homework assignments related to each session
• Mutual Family Assessment – competency based and integrated with SAFE
• Family Development Planning Tools (for ongoing education)
• Nine In-Service training modules also available in digital format

Session Eight: Planning for Change

Session Eight explores the challenge of keeping children and youth safe and feeling secure with a focus on children and youth who have been sexually abused. The session looks at how your family would be different after having a child or youth placed in your care or after adopting a child or youth. Session Eight takes a practical view of what to expect during the first hours, days and weeks of a child or youth's placement in a home. This session explores the long-range impact of placement as well. The session ends with a look at how resource families find support from other team members and professionals.

Trainers : Sophie Bourbonnais & Jean-Marc Carrière (FP)

To register, send an email to inscriptions@valorsolutions.ca OR call 613.249.8593 (x4729)