Ice Breaker Trainings

Two ice breaker trainings have been scheduled for late January. The trainings will run an hour to an hour and a half.

January 27, 2009
1:30 p.m.
The Methodist Children's Home
Contact Meg Owens (313) 531-3311

January 28, 2009
9:00 a.m.
Vista Maria
Contact Karen Liverman (313) 271-3050, ext. 137

Infancy/Early Childhood Pilot Program - Children's Hospital of Michigan

Medical Home
Children’s Hospital of Michigan Primary Care Pediatrics Clinic is available to be a “medical home” for children enrolled in the Infancy/Early Childhood Pilot Program. The clinic is staffed by WSU Department of Pediatrics faculty who will provide well child care and acute pediatric care as well as referral to and coordination of any specialty care that is needed.

The practice is located in the University Health Center, Suite 4B, 4201 St. Antoine.

Scheduling Appointments
Appointments should be scheduled through the central DMC appointment line at
(888) DMC-2500. Callers should ask to schedule an appointment with the Dr. Yvonne Friday in Primary Care Pediatrics or Faculty Practice Clinic. Callers should identify the child as a participant in the New Beginnings Program. The appointment scheduler will need basic demographic information (name, birth date, address, phone, etc.) as well as insurance information and numbers.

Forty eight hours prior to the appointment, CHM registration personnel will contact Medicaid to verify that the insurance is active. If the insurance is not active, the registration clerk will contact the foster parent to inform them of the problem. The foster parent may then contact the worker to request that the Medicaid be activated as soon as possible.

What To Bring to the Appointment
Please bring the following items to the appointment:
· Picture ID (drivers license, state ID, etc.) of caregiver
· Foster care license
· Copy of placement order
· Current insurance card
· Current medications in their bottles
· Immunization records (if available)
· Prior health records or information about prior health care providers

If there are general questions about the CHM component of this program, contact Mary Mueller, Manager Social Work Department at
(313) 745-4263 or Dr. Friday at 745-4817.

MCHS Pilot Trainings in November!

Please invite your foster parents in the New Beginings Program to attend trainings in November. Trainings will be on Thursday, 11-06-08 and Thursday, 11-20-08 from 6:00 PM until 7:30 PM. The location of the trainings will be at MCHS located at 26645 W. 6 Mile Rd., Redford, MI 48240. The trainings will be held on the third floor of the Kresge Building located at the back of the campus. The training on 11-06-08 will be on Session 3: Parenting Time, Supporting Effective Visits. The training on 11-20-08 will be on Session 4: Discipline and Tricky Situations with Traumatized Children. (Due to the early timing of these trainings other topics at the introductory level will be worked in as needed.) Please call me directly at (313)531-3311 with any questions regarding the trainings and to let me know if any of your foster parents or relatives are planning to attend! Thanks!!!! Megan Owens, MCHS

Training of Trainers

1. For those of you who agreed to do training: Have you developed a schedule for this training? If so, could you send it to YLC.

2. Would those of you who will be participating be interested in a training on conducting ice breakers for social workers in your agency? Would you be interested in receiving the ice breaker form that we developed?

Please respond to YLC by Friday, October 24th. Thank you again for your interest and particpation.

Parent Trainers Manual

Hi,  Click on this link (below) to access the most updated version of the parent support group manual (for trainers).  Let me know if you have any difficulty accessing the .pdf file, or if you need any of other materials.  Best, Kate

Parent trainers manual PDF File

FOSTER PARENT ORIENTATION - August 13th

The next foster parent orientation will be held August 13th at 6:00 p.m. at the Children's Center.

Please note: This meeting was previously scheduled for August 14th. The date has been changed. Please be sure to note the change.

Child care will be provided.

Please email Robin Bishop with names of foster parents who can attend (and number of children they will bring, if possible).

TRAINING OF TRAINERS - August 13th

The next training of trainers meeting is sheduled for AUGUST 13TH at 5:00 p.m. at the Children's Center.

Please note that this meeting had been previously scheduled for August 14th, but the date has been changed.

Please email Robin Bishop at rbishop@ylc.org if you can attend.