Course Benefits

What You Will Learn
  • Personal Disruption Stories
  • How a Disruption Impacts the Family and Child
  • A Better Understanding of the Disruption Cycle

What You Will Get
  • Practical Tips to Have a Healthier Disruption
  • How to create an EcoMap For Your Family
  • How To Empower You and Your Child

Course Curriculum

    1. Introduction From The Instructor

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. Before We Get Started

    1. Defining A Disruption

    2. Three Questions Activity

    3. Times When a Disruption is Necessary

    1. Prevention of a Disruption Part 1

    2. Prevention of a Disruption Part 2

    1. What is an Ecomap?

    2. The Disruption Cycle

    1. Impact on The Family

    2. Impact on the Child

    3. Impact on Others

    1. What Do We Learn from a Disruption?

    2. How to Support a Child That Has Disrupted

About this course

  • $20.00
  • 20 lessons
  • 1.5 hours of video content

Meet Your Instructor

Shelly Utzke

Foster Care Program Manager

Before becoming the Statewide Director of Foster Care, Shelly served as a Foster Family Specialist, Coordinator, Supervisor, and then the Program Manager at Christian Family Care. Before her employment with CFC, she spent 14 years at A New Leaf serving youth and families. Shelly and her husband fostered children for 25 years and have adopted two children. Shelly earned her associate’s in Early Childhood Development, a bachelor’s in Psychology, and is close to completing her Master’s in Management.

Will Savoy, MA

Family Coaching Program Supervisor

Will has been working with adolescents for all of his professional life. He has a background in Youth Ministry and a heart for foster care and adoption. He has adopted all four of his children internationally and through foster care. Coming to CFC was a combination of his desire to work with young people and support families as we navigate the complexities of adoption and knitting a village around those who need it.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Why should I take this course?

  • Will I receive a certificate of completion for the course?

    Yes! Every course comes with a certificate of completion that has been approved by the Arizona Department of Child Safety when the last lesson is reached. This certificate will have the learner's name, the title of the course, the credit hours, and the date of completion.

  • Can I watch the courses together with my spouse or do we each have to have our own log in?

    Just like our in-person courses, the pricing is based per participant. Each purchase should be logged under an individual’s name, and only that name will be tied to the proof of participation.

  • What is the format of the course content?

    Each of the courses are made up of a variety of modules with lessons within each. These lessons are made up of short videos to watch. Learners must complete the video before they can advance to the next lesson. There is also a variety of “process questions” throughout each lesson to help learners apply lessons from the videos. Each learner must also complete a final assessment quiz to receive a certificate.

  • Can I interact with other people/instructors in the course?

    Yes! Each lesson has a forum where learners can either post or answer a question for discussion to keep the learning going.