Safe Babies Online Workshop - March 2021- Foster parents and caregivers cohort

To receive a completion certificate for this Safe Babies course, foster parents and caregivers must obtain CPR/First Aid training outside of AFABC and provide their CPR/First Aid certificate to the AFABC registrar. Please check with your resource workers on provincial and local CPR/First Aid requirements.

Infant/child CPR/First Aid training is offered across the province through  St. Johns Ambulance and other first-aid organizations.

Format: This online course is composed of three 1.5-hour online workshops and three hours of self-directed homework. 

Course outline:

Session 1 - Prenatal exposure

1. Understanding women and addiction
2. Bringing home baby
3. Stressors and self-care

Session 2 - Health and development

1. Public health and infant development programs
2. Infant child development
3. Developmental red flags
4. Infant mental health

Session 3 - FASD

1. Introduction to FASD
2. FASD key worker presentation
3. Questions and discussion
4. Personal story video

Activities: Presented in an online multi-media format, activities include: live online presentations, online group discussions, watching videos, reading articles, guest speakers from the community, and homework assignments. 

This workshop uses the Zoom online meeting platform. Please check your computer/device compatibility here. 

Facilitator: This course is taught by a Safe Babies trained online facilitator.

Audience: Referred foster parents and caregivers.  Foster parents and caregivers need to confirm their fee reimbursement eligibility with their Resource Social Worker before registration.

Dates: Wednesday, March 31st, April 7th, and 14th from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM

Fee: $150 per person. To receive a Safe Babies certificate, participants must register individually.

If you have current CPR/First Aid certification, please reference the chart below for certification requirements in this course.

Login info: Workshop login information will be provided to you one day before each workshop session.

Contact: Registrar 604-320-7330 ext 107 or registration@bcadoption.com

Cancellation Policy

**Please note that we require a minimum of 12 participants to run the workshop.