Common use of Ongoing Training Clause in Contracts

Ongoing Training. CONTRACTOR’S ongoing trainings shall provide continuing education in the area of specialized child care. The trainings shall also serve as a means for continued social support, and the sharing of information and ideas. Ongoing trainings shall be conducted by CONTRACTOR’S district administrators, social workers, staff, and augmented by outside guest speakers with expertise in their particular subject areas. Resource Family parents shall also be given training credit for attending relevant training or educational courses given in the community. A minimum of eight (8) hours a year shall be required. Training topics covered in these group sessions may include, but are not limited to the following: Trauma-informed care and parenting; developmental issues related to trauma in children; substance abuse; issues of children/adolescents and social media; sex trafficking; issues of peer pressure/bullying; therapeutic parenting; attachment and bonding; children's mental & health issues; traumatic grief and loss; fetal alcohol syndrome/drug exposure; child developmental stages; working with birth parents/the importance of birth family and permanency planning; positive discipline and the importance of self-esteem; the rights of Resource Family children; instruction on cultural competency and sensitivity and related best practices for providing adequate care for children across diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds, special populations, as well as children identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender; emancipation and independent living skills (for Resource Family parents caring for youth); caring for and providing services to dependent parents and their child (for parents caring for dependent parents/infants); punishment vs. teaching; consequences: positive consequences vs. negative consequences; effective praise; preventive and corrective teaching; clear expectations; staying calm; teaching self-control; making decisions; reaching goals with charts and contracts; family meetings; social skills; helping children succeed in school