We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for the 2014-2015 Permanency and Adoption Competency Certificate program.
The two cohorts for 2014-2015 will be located in the Twin Cities metro area and Marshall, MN. Successful graduates of the PACC will be listed on a searchable database where families, agencies, and other professionals can search for adoption-competent providers.
The program includes both in-person trainings and case consultation series and provides over 100 continuing education hours. The goal of the PACC is to increase the number of qualified permanency and adoption mental health and child welfare professionals in the state who are able to work in collaborative and multicultural contexts.
Thanks to funding from MN Department of Human Services, the PACC has been reduced from $1800 to $450.00 (plus a $35 registration fee).
For more information and to register, please visit our website.
Marshall, MN Calendar of training dates
| Date | Time | Session |
| Self-Guided | Pre-session A. Child welfare policy and process | |
| 9/15/14 | 8:30am-4:30pm | Pre-session B. Permanency and Adoption through the lens of the Relational Worldview |
| Self-Guided | 1. Adoption History, Law and Process (Self-guided) | |
| 10/6/14 | 8:30am-4:30pm | 2. Introduction to Adoption Competent Mental Health Practice |
| 10/27/14 | 8:30am-4:30pm | 3. Clinical and Ethical Issues in Planning, Preparing for and Supporting Adoption |
| 11/17/14 | 8:30am-4:30pm | 4. Clinical Issues in Providing Therapeutic Services: Grief, Loss, Separation and Identity |
| 12/15/14 | 8:30am-4:30pm | 5. Trauma and Brain Neurobiology |
| 1/12/15 | 8:30am-4:30pm | 6. Clinical Issues in Providing Therapeutic Services: Attachment |
| 2/2/15 | 8:30am-4:30pm | 7. Adopted Adolescents and Identity Formation |
| 2/23/15 | 8:30am-4:30pm | 8. Adoptive and Birth Families |
| 3/16/15 | 8:30am-4:30pm | 9. Working with Adoptive Parents on Managing Children’s Behaviors |
| 4/6/15 | 8:30am-4:30pm | 10. Openness in Adoption |
| 4/27/15 | 8:30am-4:30pm | 11. Race and Ethnicity |
| 5/18/15 | 8:30am-4:30pm | 12. Experiences of the Adoption Kinship Network |
| 6/8/15 | 8:30am-4:30pm | 13. Integrating Knowledge, Values and Skills |
| 6/15/156/22/15 | 8:30am-4:30pm | HOLD FOR SNOW DAYS – make up days in case of weather |
St. Paul, MN Calendar of training dates
| Date | Time | Session |
| Self-Guided | Pre-session A. Child welfare policy and process | |
| 9/12/14 | 8:30am-4:30pm | Pre-session B. Permanency and Adoption through the lens of the Relational Worldview |
| Self-Guided | 1. Adoption History, Law and Process (Self-guided) | |
| 10/3/14 | 8:30am-4:30pm | 2. Introduction to Adoption Competent Mental Health Practice |
| 10/24/14 | 8:30am-4:30pm | 3. Clinical and Ethical Issues in Planning, Preparing for and Supporting Adoption |
| 11/14/14 | 8:30am-4:30pm | 4. Clinical Issues in Providing Therapeutic Services: Grief, Loss, Separation and Identity |
| 12/12/14 | 8:30am-4:30pm | 5. Trauma and Brain Neurobiology |
| 1/9/15 | 8:30am-4:30pm | 6. Clinical Issues in Providing Therapeutic Services: Attachment |
| 1/30/15 | 8:30am-4:30pm | 7. Adopted Adolescents and Identity Formation |
| 2/20/15 | 8:30am-4:30pm | 8. Adoptive and Birth Families |
| 3/13/15 | 8:30am-4:30pm | 9. Working with Adoptive Parents on Managing Children’s Behaviors |
| 4/3/15 | 8:30am-4:30pm | 10. Openness in Adoption |
| 4/24/15 | 8:30am-4:30pm | 11. Race and Ethnicity |
| 5/15/15 | 8:30am-4:30pm | 12. Experiences of the Adoption Kinship Network |
| 6/5/15 | 8:30am-4:30pm | 13. Integrating Knowledge, Values and Skills |
| 6/12/156/19/15 | 8:30am-4:30pm | HOLD FOR SNOW DAYS – make up days in case of weather |