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Training and Technical Assistance |
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Through our Partnership with the Office of Children and Family
Services we offer training, technical assistance and lending
library services to all New York City's Administration for
Children's Services contract agency and direct care providers
of Life Skills and youth development services to adolescents
in foster care.
Our package of training, technical assistance and library
resources support active learning approaches that are responsive
to individual needs, such as how to:
- instruct each student at his/her own pace,
- respond to different learning styles,
- use interactive techniques, and
- become more learner centered.
Technical Assistance Is customized and delivered
on request and may include:
- Individual consultation with Life Skills staff
of child welfare agencies;
- Strengths/needs assessments of overall Life Skills
Programs as well as individual youth planning and outcome
measurements;
Training Is customized and delivered on request
and may include:
- A Full Monthly Calendar of Trainings on an Array of
Life Skills
Issues (Click here for the latest Calendar)
- Life Skills Curriculum for Foster Parents
- Fostering successful transitions
- design, development and delivery of team training for
staff;
- agency-based training on a variety of specialized curricula,
including Introduction to Self-Sufficiency and Positive
Youth Development;.
- design, development and implementation of Life Skills Program;
- review and upgrading of existing Life Skills
training for staff and youth
- development of retreats for staff or youth.
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