Family Development Specialist Certification with Bob Swanson

The Family Development Specialist (FDS) model offers seven core skill sets. Upon completion of this training, attendees will become certified as a Family Development Specialist. Twenty-one (21) CPEs from the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker & Marriage and Family Therapist Board are approved. 

Please note: To complete the certification, participants must attend all three full days of training. 

Registration is open to OACAA Members only. 

Bob Swanson will certified attendees by covering the overall course objectives including: 

1. The ability to support and empower families through skillfully building a collaborative relationship.
2. The ability to help families identify their goals and barriers and develop a plan to achieve their goals.
3. The awareness and intervention strategies for dealing with challenging family issues including phchological, emotional and interpersonal.
4. THe skillful application of core coping skills for families with systemic understanding of families and their context.
5. The ability to identify strengths, develop a plan and coordinate a network of resources in partnership with families to help them achieve their goals, including skillfull application of family assessment tools (eco-map, geno-gram, timeline, matrix, balance wheel).
6. The ability to advocate for families within communities through application of community organizational and group facilitation skills.
7. The ability to access appropriate sources of professional growth, utilize srelf-awareness skills and ongoing self-care resources while providing Family Development services. 

CPEs from the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker & Marriage and Family Therapist Board are pending.