Therapeutic Respite Provider Training
This in-person professional course provides you with 18 hours of training! It includes hands on learning, how-to strategies, Q&A, and lots of guided practice with our therapeutic techniques.
Therapeutic respite care is a vital part of healing for any family with children with Reactive Attachment Disorder.
Where: Winnipeg, MB.
When: Check back for 2025 dates!
Who: This training is designed for:
- Current providers who want to increase their knowledge base and skill level
- New providers who are just staring out
- Teachers who have a student with RAD in their classroom
- Anyone who wants to have a better understanding of Reactive Attachment Disorder, therapeutic care, and parent support.
Cost: $280.00CAD/person (check USD exchange rate here). Includes all training, workbooks, resources, and certificate of course completion.
Certification: Yes! Certification of Course Completion is available to all participants
Email info@theradishranch.org for information about this training!
Course Information:
This course covers
- Scheduled Respite Care
- Crisis Respite Care
- Motivational Respite Care
- (with hands-on practice scenarios for providing each type of care!)
Course details:
Day One:
Reactive Attachment Disorder
- What is RAD? Risk Factors & Symptoms
- First Year of Life Attachment Cycle
- Basic Brain Function & Development
- PLUS Tips on how to share this information with parents and children
Therapeutic Interventions
- 10 Units of Concern
- Brain-Based Behaviour Intervention
- Therapeutic Interventions
- Creating and Implementing Behaviour Management and Goal Plans
- PLUS Hands-on practice scenarios to build your skills + problem solving solutions
Day Two:
Supporting Parents & Getting Ready
- Supporting Parents
- Supporting Parents with Depression, PTSD, & Stress
- Dealing with Triangulation and Manipulation
- Setting Up & Getting Your Home Ready
- In-take Forms and Documentation
- Child and Family Confidentiality
- Dealing with False Allegations, Law Enforcement, and Child & Family Services
- When to terminate a placement or parent-provider partnership
- PLUS customized intake forms and home setup strategies
Therapeutic Respite Care
- 3 Main Focuses of Respite Care:
- Felt Safety
- Providing Opportunity,
- The 6 Jobs of Strong Kids
- Types of Respite: Scheduled, Crisis, & Motivational
- Different Stages for Different Ages
- Respite Drop Off (Parent & Provider Roles)
- Respite Pick Up (Parent & Provider Roles)
- PLUS hands-on practice scenarios for drop off and pick up
Day Three:
Therapeutic Care Practices
- 5 Tests for Trust
- Expecting and Modeling Respect
- Setting Limits
- Structure & Routines for Healing
- Daily Basics: Exercise, Mealtimes, Playtime, Bedtime Routines
- Using Verbal & Non-verbal Therapeutic Language
- PLUS hands-on practice scenarios for therapeutic interactions and customized daily schedules
A Day in Respite Care
- A Day in Respite (Scheduled, Crisis, and Motivational), Schedules, Interventions, and Problem Solving
- Skill-Building Scenarios
- Self-care for Respite Providers
- Additional Resources for Therapeutic Care
- Unlimited Q&A!
- PLUS hands-on practice scenarios for each part of a day in respite care
All of our information is practical and hands-on, and prepares you to provide therapeutic, healing care for children and families.
Email us at info@theradishranch.org with any questions you have or to request registration
