Leader Certification Workshops
Online GPSII/MAPP is a program that helps prospective
foster and adoptive parents make informed, mutual decisions with agency about whether foster parenting or adopting is right for their family.
Participants in the Leader Certification Workshops are prepared to co–lead the ten 3–hour meetings in the
Online GPSII/MAPP
program as well as to use family consultations and other tools of the program.
Workshop Length:
9 Days
Prerequisite:
Leader Certification for GPSII/MAPP (classroom)
Content of Online GPSII/MAPP:
- Meeting 1: Welcome to the Online GPSII/MAPP Program
- Meeting 2: Where the MAPP Leads: A Foster Care and Adoption Experience
- Meeting 3: Losses and Gains: The Need to Be a Loss Expert
- Meeting 4: Helping Children with Attachments
- Meeting 5: Helping Children and Youth Learn to Manage Their Behaviors
- Meeting 6: Helping Children with Birth Family Connections
- Meeting 7: Gains and Losses: Helping Children Leave Foster Care
- Meeting 8: Understanding the Impact of Fostering or Adopting
- Meeting 9: Teamwork and Partnership in Foster Care and Adoption
- Meeting 10: Endings and Beginnings
How to Use Online GPSII/MAPP:
The ten meetings are designed to be offered sequentially by at least two leaders once a week along with the other tools of the program
including family self–assessments, individual family consultations, and written development plans.
Resources for Online GPSII/MAPP: