This program is the same as “Secrets for Empowering Any Parent,” which you can attend LIVE, IN-PERSON through OCTWP.net, who has approved it for 12 hours of OCWTP and Ohio SW continuing education credits, meeting the following OCWTP competencies:
200-01-001: Knows the knowledge, skills, and resources that parents need to provide adequate care for their children.
201-05-002: Knows issues facing resource families when adjusting to the placement of a child in their home, and when responding to emotional and behavioral problems with children in care.
302-02-001: Knows intervention strategies that can help family members change dynamics contributing to or perpetuating abuse or neglect.
305-01-002: Knows how cultural values and standards regarding parenting and discipline practices can impact parents’ and caregivers’ behavior toward their children
305-01-004: Understands how a parent’s or caregiver's history of child maltreatment, lack of attachment, and other family problems may contribute to his lack of parenting knowledge and inappropriate expectations for children's behavior
305-01-005: Knows a variety of ways to explain concepts regarding child development and behavior, and knows how to adapt the explanation to parent's/caregiver's cognitive ability and learning styles
305-02-003: Knows a variety of nurturing and disciplinary strategies and how to select strategies for the family appropriate to the child's development and functioning
305-02-008: Can help parents and caregivers develop skills in non-abusive, nurturing parenting behaviors appropriate for their children’s needs
305-02-009: Can teach parenting skills to individuals or groups of parents and caregivers
319-01-003: Understands how helping family members increase self-esteem and self-confidence will help them communicate more assertively; knows strategies to enhance the self-esteem and self-confidence in family members
319-01-004: Knows how to model and teach assertive behavior to children and other family members that will help them maintain safety and advocate for their own interests and needs
320-01-001: Understands the philosophy and tenets of problem-solving and solution-focused interventions and how to apply these concepts to child welfare work
320-01-002: Knows how to engage individuals or families in accurately defining the problem, discussing why the problem developed, and how the problem contributed to child abuse or neglect
320-01-004: Knows how to engage families in developing and implementing solutions, evaluating the success of their efforts, and refining solutions as necessary
320-01-005: Knows strategies for directly advising or requiring the individual or family to engage in specific activities towards problem resolution
320-01-007: Can implement problem-solving strategies and solution-focused interventions and can use these strategies to help families resolve their problems
322-01-001: Aware of the importance of considering a child’s culture, family, environment, and history of maltreatment in assessing misbehavior
322-01-002: Understands reasons why children misbehave or engage in inappropriate behavior and the adaptive functions of those behaviors
322-02-001: Understands the differences between behavior management/discipline, punishment, and behavior control and knows when each should be used
322-02-004: Understands cultural and family variations in expectations for children's behavior and what is considered appropriate discipline
322-02-005: Understands the principles and benefits of behavior management/discipline strategies including redirecting, time out, natural and logical consequences, and modeling appropriate behavior
This course is only provided LIVE AND IN PERSON by the Ohio Child Welfare Training Program (OCWTP*) under the name “Secrets for Empowering Any Parent." It is taught there in person and here virtually by ...
