January 7, 2017
3:00 pm
Venue
The LGBT Community Center
208 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10011
(212) 620.7310
You Gotta Believe
Organizer
We offer our 10-week parenting experience in multiple locations throughout New York City and in Long Island.
Once you register and attend our initial Orientation – Class #1, you may continue your remaining 9 classes at the location that is most convenient for you.
The initial orientation class is an overview of the realities of the foster care system and an up-close look at the focus and unique values of You Gotta Believe.
Please call our office at 718-372-3003 Monday through Friday to speak with someone about your interest and to register for your orientation session.You may also inquire via email at info@yougottabelieve.org or register online here.
We offer classes at multiple locations throughout the New York Metro Area each week, on an ongoing basis. Classes cover the gamut from the psychosocial needs of children in care to the documentation required for certification. Through the classes you gain a sense of the immediate and long-term effects on youth of being removed from their families and being placed with strangers, issues surrounding children that are institutionalized and its potential impact on the family. The ten classes are key to making the most important decision about whether you are best suited to become foster (temporary) or adoptive (permanent) parents to a child in foster care.
We aim to offer the most experiential process as possible.
Class Contact:
Mary Keane at mkeane@yougottabelieve.org
Once you have attended a Orientation/Meeting #1 at any of our locations, you may continue the remaining classes in any order at the location of your choice. Please call our central office at 718-372-3003 to schedule your orientation class.
Meeting # | Date of Class | Topic |
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Meeting #1 | October 1st, 2016 | Orientation Welcome to the GPSII/MAPP Program for teens in F.C. |
NOTE – NO CLASS ON SATURDAY, OCT. 8TH DUE TO COLUMBUS DAY HOLIDAY | ||
Meeting #2 | October 15th, 2016 | Where the MAPP Leads: A Foster Care and Adoption Experience for Teens |
Meeting #3 | October 22nd, 2016 | Losses & Gains The Need to Be a Loss Expert for Teens in foster care |
Meeting # 4 | October 29th, 2016 | Helping Children with Attachment |
Meeting #5 | November 5th, 2016 | Helping Teens Learn To Manage Their Behavior |
NOTE – NO CLASS ON SATURDAY, NOV. 12TH DUE TO VETERAN’S DAY WEEKEND | ||
Meeting #6 | November 19th, 2016 | Helping Children With Birth Family Connections: YOUTH PANEL |
NOTE – NO CLASS ON SATURDAY, NOV. 26TH DUE TO THANKSGIVING WEEKEND | ||
Meeting #7 | December 3rd, 2016 | Gains and Losses: Helping Children Leave Foster Care Support After Placement |
Meeting #8 | December 10th, 2016 | Understanding the Impact of Foster or Adopting PARENT PANEL |
Meeting #9 | December 17th, 2016 | Perspectives in Foster/Adoptive Parenting Adapting & Adopting |
NOTE – NO CLASSES ON SATURDAY, DEC. 24TH AND 31ST DUE TO CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR’S HOLIDAYS | ||
Meeting #10 | January 7th, 2017 | Beginnings & Endings: Unconditional Commitment: The Only Love That Matters |