This training is required for all foster parents each licensure period and worth 4.5 CEUs. You will have a 1-hour lunch break.

The Red Cross First Aid course will meet the following objectives:

• Explain Universal Precautions and the Good Samaritan Law
• Teach foster parents how to respond to a medical emergency, and what to do until a trained medical professional arrives
• Discuss how to put together an expanded First Aid kit for the home

The Red Cross CPR course will meet the following teaching objectives:

• How to respond to breathing emergencies
• Techniques to conduct CPR in the case of a cardiac emergency, and time for practice
• How to use an AED
• ‘Hands-Only CPR’

Childcare is available at all trainings, but foster parents must sign-up for childcare prior to each training date. Foster Parents are required to earn 12 hours of CEUs each year of their licensing period (for a total of 24 hours per licensing period).

If you have additional questions or would like to register for training, please contact Morgan Emmert, KVC Training Coordinator, at memmert@kvc.org.