Family mediation with foster families
We invite you to the certification program “FAMILY MEDIATION WITH FOSTER FAMILIES” to gain skills in working with conflicts in foster families.
16 000
UAH
Cost (payment by installments is possible)
48
hours
18 hours of theory + 30 hours of practice
Format: online
70
%
of practical work (exercises, role plays)
Specifics of foster families
Types of conflicts in foster families
Parents in divorce
Disputes over rights and obligations when a couple has adopted a child and is divorcing.
Different families, common children
Conflicts between spouses who have adopted siblings from a large family.
Foster parents vs. child
Misunderstandings associated with adapting and upbringing a foster child.
Conflicts with professionals
Disagreements with teachers, social workers or other specialists.
Contacts with biological relatives
Disputes about meetings or parental responsibility for the foster child.
Training format
Up to 70% of practical work: exercises to develop skills, personal exercises for better understanding of your emotions, role plays.
Groups of up to 20 people for quality feedback.
Interactive format of “immersion” in practice, discussing cases and answering participants' questions.
Overview of the program
Who are foster parents?
Who is a foster child?
Specifics of mediation with foster families: preparation stage, information and assessment meetings.
Mediator's preparation for a meeting with a foster child.
Legal regulation and family forms of upbringing (adoption, guardianship/care, foster family, family-type children's home).
Author of the program
Tetiana Bilyk is an accredited international mediator (CEDR, UK, 2009; MiKK, Germany, 2022), trainer, and Chair of the Board of the NGO ITC "Mediation School". She is also the Chair of the Board of the NGO "Ukrainian Mediators League" and co-founder and Chair of the Supervisory Board of the NGO "Association of Family Mediators of Ukraine".
She serves as the representative of ISS (International Social Service, General Secretariat, Switzerland) in Ukraine within the framework of cooperation on international family mediation.
Tetiana is a member of the Institute for Integrative Mediation (Germany), a member of the Family Mediators Association (UK), a practicing psychologist, and a psychotherapist.
Co-trainers are practicing family mediators of ITC "Mediation School".
