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The Crown Plaza Hotel on Rockside Road5300 Rockside Rd.
Independence, OH 44131
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Northern Ohio Family Development Training with Bob Swanson
The Family Development Specialist (FDS) model offers seven core skill sets. Upon completion of this training, attendees will become certified as a Family Development Specialist. CPEs from the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker & Marriage and Family Therapist Board are pending.
Please note: To complete the certification, participants must attend all three full days of training.
Bob Swanson will certified attendees by covering the overall course objectives including:
- The ability to support and empower families through skillfully building a collaborative relationship
- The ability to help families identify their goals and barriers and develop a plan to achieve their goals
- The awareness and intervention strategies for dealing with challenging family issues including psychological, emotional and interpersonal
- The skillful application of core coping skills for families within systemic understanding of families and their context
- The ability to identify strengths, develop a plan and coordinate a network of resources in partnership with families to help them achieve their goals, including skillful application of family assessment tools (eco-map, geno-gram, timeline, matrix, balance wheel)
- The ability to advocate for families within communities through application of community organizational and group facilitation skills
- The ability to access appropriate sources of professional growth, utilize self-awareness skills and ongoing self-care resources while providing Family Development services.
CPEs from the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker & Marriage and Family Therapist Board are pending.