The NJ ARCH E-Learning Page is designed to keep you informed about various educational and learning courses about adoption issues that are available online.

Below is a list of online educational services with direct URL links.  This page will be updated regularly; so please feel free to visit often and find out about any new courses that become available.

ALP offers an array of interactive, e-learning courses that are designed to increase the understanding, joys and challenges of adoption.  Throughout the site, they offer downloads of articles and papers and e-learning courses for prospective adoptive parents, adoptive parents as well as professionals.  To view their list of e-learning courses, log onto:  www.adoptionlearningpartners.org , and select “Catalog” at the top right.

Available courses range from 45 minutes to 2.5 hours to complete. Courses do not need to be completed in one session. Some courses are available free of charge; others that provide certifications require a small fee.  All other courses will have an enrollment fee that will include the issue of a Certificate of Completion with fees ranging from $30 to $45 per course if enrolled in individually.

Sample of courses include:

• Conspicuous Families
• Let’s Talk Adoption
• The Journey of Attachment
• Finding the Missing Pieces
• Becoming Your Child’s Best Advocate
• Understanding the Adoption Tax Credit
• With Eyes Wide Open
• Becoming Your Child’s Best Advocate: Help for Adoptive Parents

For more information, please log onto: www.adoptionlearningpartners.org

This online course offers complete training (except for hands-on certification and CPR) for future foster and adoptive parents.  There is a one-year membership fee of $24 that is often reimbursable.  Go to www.fosterparenttraining.com for more information.

Since 1998 Heart of the Matter Seminars has been providing engaging, informative and empowering educational experiences with a focus on children who are at-risk.  To view their courseware, log onto:

https://www.heartofthemattereducation.com/

Adoptive Families provides information and support through expert articles.  Personal stories, expert audio, in-depth eBooks, made-for-sharing Clip & Save tip sheets, parent-to-parent interaction, and more.  To view their website, log onto:

www.adoptivefamilies.com

Each month Pact offers at least one educational program specifically designed for adoptive families. Below are descriptions for some of the workshops we offer regularly. Visit our Events page to see when and where each workshop is being offered next, as well as information on featured speakers. We also have programs for specific audiences, including parents of color, LGBT parents, parents of teens, and transracial adopters (see Support for more information).

Pact’s Annual Spring Training Conference
AdopTalk: Talking With Children About Adoption
Baby Care For Adopted Infants
Lifetime Journey: Exploring Birth Family Issues
Parenting Strategies for Adoptive Families
Schools & Adoption: A to Z
True Colors 1: Transracial Adoption-Putting the Puzzle Pieces Together
True Colors 2: Pushing Past Racism 101

https://www.pactadopt.org/adoptive/services/education/workshops_training.html

C.A.S.E. offers mental health services and educational resources for all members of the adoption and foster community.

https://adoptionsupport.org/about-us/

Nurtured Heart Approach Training

Live and On-Line Options
The Children’s Success Foundation offers a series of live and online courses to take you from an experiential introduction of the Nurtured Heart Approach all the way through to mastery with the NHA Certification Training Intensive. Each course is designed to meet the specific needs of the entire community: parents, educators, mental health professionals and child advocates. Let us know if we can help you choose which training is right for you.

https://childrenssuccessfoundation.com/nha-training/

North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC)

This e-learning website includes recordings of trainings NACAC has held. Some are available for purchase and some are available at no cost.
Trainings include topics on: Parenting, Adoption Assistance, Adoption Practice, Adoption Tax Credit, Advocacy, Model Programs, Parent Group Development, Post-Adoption Services, Youth Advocacy and Support Networks,

For recorded webinars available for purchase ($15 for NACAC members / $20 for nonmembers), you’ll complete a payment form before you can access the session. For these paid webinars, you can receive a certificate of attendance after viewing the session.

https://www.nacac.org/get-training/recorded-trainings/

Foster Parent College

FosterParentCollege.com® (FPC) provides innovative, research-based, interactive online courses for foster, adoptive, and kinship parents. Our self-paced training is accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. From the comfort of home, parents can enroll, complete a course, and receive a certificate of completion in a single session. The content is developed by nationally recognized experts in the fields of parenting, social work, pediatrics, psychology, psychiatry, and education. FPC courses are valued by foster care agencies and praised by caregivers.

https://www.fosterparentcollege.com/index.jsp

The National Center on the Sexual Behavior of Youth – NCSBY

The National Center on the Sexual Behavior of Youth (http://www.ncsby.org/) is pleased to share information for an advanced workshop on problematic sexual behavior designed for foster, adoptive, and kinship parents entitled:
Addressing Youth And Children With Problematic Sexual Behaviors:  Resources for CACs, Partners, and Caregivers
This is a six-credit hour course designed specifically for foster, adoptive and kinship parents. It uses discussion board activities and interactive exercises to help participants explore strategies for parenting children who have exhibited sexual behavior problems. See below website for cost and details.

To Preview or enroll in the FosterParentCollege.com Training Course
https://www.fosterparentcollege.com/course-info/sex-dev