Training Opportunity:Training For Adoption Competency (TAC)

The Training for Adoption Competency (TAC) is a comprehensive training for professionals in the mental health and child welfare fields to provide them with the clinical knowledge and skills they need to effectively serve the adoption kinship network.
About TAC:

*  A competency based training curriculum developed in collaboration with national experts in the field of child welfare, adoption and mental health and rigorously evaluated at the University of Maryland, School of Social Work.

*  A 12-module instruction program that engages students in clinical knowledge and skill building, followed by monthly group clinical case consultation sessions over a 6-month period.

*  A standardized training program that is being replicated across the United States to provide clinicians with the knowledge and skills they need to be adoption competent.


Developed by a panel of national experts, the standardized curriculum is based on adoption knowledge, values and skill competencies. Through information sharing, written resources, experiential learning, case studies, role playing, and introspective work, you’ll develop the competencies you need to enhance your career and enrich the lives of clients.

TAC has been rigorously evaluated through an initial pilot program and subsequent replications in which instructional delivery, learning outcomes, and impact on clinical practice were assessed. Trainees have not only given the training consistently high ratings for quality and relevance, but all have reported positive changes in their practice consistent with increased adoption competency.

Participant Qualifications:
For Masters degree or higher in social work, a counseling field or other related discipline:
1. Current professional license or is under clinical supervision in preparation for professional licensing,
2. Demonstration in the personal statement and resume that the applicant:
     *   Has a strong clinical background that will serve as the foundation for developing more advanced
          knowledge and skills,
     *   Has genuine interest in working with adopted persons, prospective adoptive parents, birth parents and
          birth family members, adoptive families and kinship families in a clinical setting,
     *   Will be able to incorporate the learning from the training program in their clinical practice or
          organization.

For Bachelors level in social work, a counseling field or other related discipline:
1. Demonstration in the personal statement and resume that the applicant:
     *  Has a professional background with the sufficient knowledge and skills that he/she will be able to fully
         participate in a training program that offers more advanced knowledge and skills,
     *  Has a genuine interest in working with adopted persons, prospective adoptive parents, birth parents and
         birth family members, adoptive families and kinship families in clinical settings,
     *  Will be able to incorporate the learning from the training program in his/her clinical practice.

**** Bachelor’s level participants will be able to receive a “certificate of attendance” in the training program. They will not be eligible to participate in the supervised consultation nor will they receive a “certificate of completion”.


Training Fee: $500.00 per participant. Please make checks payable to CHOICES, Inc.

Application Deadline: Please submit all applications with resume and training fees by 8/22/14. Please
mail to Tina Evers at Montgomery County Children Services, 3304 N. Main Street, Dayton, Ohio 45405.

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