January - Fostering Placement "Keys to successful placements & lowering expectations"

February - Fostering Attachment "Facilitating a healthy attachment with your foster child and discussing success and failures"

March - Fostering Movie Night "Reviewing 'Instant Family' & discussion following"

April - Fostering Perspective "Seeing foster care through the eyes of a foster child"

May - Fostering Awareness "Learning your pivotal role in raising awareness in your community for foster care"

June - Fostering Support "Navigating foster parenting successfully as a single parent"

July - Fostering Understanding "Discussing expectations, roles, and responsibilities of foster parents"

August - Fostering DOC's "Everything you need to know about determination of are"

September - Fostering Assistance "Learning the ins and outs of day care reimbursement, food stamps, and other state assistance programs available"

October - Fostering Safety "Keeping children safe: internet/phones/social media"

December - End of the year - Reflecting 

Support Groups are available to anyone regardless of county. Please RSVP with the OCS Training Department at 248-258-1278 or 248-530-5370.