Due to great interest, the Permanency and Adoption Competency Certificate (PACC) program is currently accepting registration for a SECOND cohort to start this September, 2014. The first Twin Cities cohort filled quickly so register today if you’re interested!
The second site will be located in the south metro area (Chaska or surrounding area). The PACC program will focus on the knowledge and skills that mental health and child welfare professionals need to work with individuals and families involved in permanency and adoption. Completion of the PACC certificate makes graduates eligible for the PACC Professional Directory, a searchable database where families, agencies and other professionals can search for adoption-competent providers.
The certificate program includes:
- Thirteen in-class sessions
- Two self-directed sessions
- 6 months (18 hours) of post-training clinical case consultation and supervision
Session topics include:
- Child Welfare Policy and Process
- Permanency and Adoption Through the Lens of the Relational Worldview
- Adoption History, Law and Process
- Introduction to Adoption Competent Mental Health Practice
- Clinical and Ethical Issues in Planning, Preparing for and Supporting Adoption
- Clinical Issues in Providing Therapeutic Services: Grief, Loss, Separation and Identity
- Trauma and Brain Neurobiology
- Clinical Issues in Providing Therapeutic Services: Attachment
- Adopted Adolescents and Identity Formation
- Adoptive Family Formation and Birth Families
- Working with Adoptive Parents on Managing Children’s Behaviors
- Openness in Adoption
- Race and Ethnicity
- Adoptive Kinship Network
- Integrating Knowledge, Values and Skills
You can register by clicking here or contact JaeRan Kim (612-626-3831 or blev0001@umn.edu) for more information.