Children's Peace Exhibit | Type: Training | | Related Organization: International Christian Adoptions |
Encountering the World of Islam Students in the Encountering the World (EWI) of Islam course learn experiences from around the Muslim world. The course has moved students around the US and beyond from an awareness of Muslims to sharing in God's compassion for them.
EWI is a twelve-lesson course which combines typical learning assignments with experiential activities and on-line interactions for an integrated...
We're Home! Now What? How to Settle in and Thrive as a New Adoptive Family
Your long awaited international arrival has happened and your new family is formed. Hooray! After the excitement has worn off, reality of this new life settles in.
Now what?
These courses were designed to address immediate issues families face while getting to know one another. Practical suggestions included relate to:...
Adoption Awareness in School Assignments: A Guide for Parents and Educators
Several common school assignments can make foster and adoptive children feel left out, uncomfortable, sad, and hurt. Projects like the ‘Family Tree’, ‘Bring-a-Baby Picture’ and ‘Trace Your Genetic Traits’ can be particularly difficult for students adopted at older ages; however, children adopted as infants and those living in foster care may also lack...
The Tragically Relaxed State of Christianity Today This talk by Gennady Mokhnenko addresses:
The dangerous longing for comfort in modern Christianity
Life of a Christian – a difficult journey or a relaxing cruise?
The Church should understand the problem
An honest call to action
This talk was filmed at the 2009 Eastern European Summit on Orphans and the Church.
This video is only available in...
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
Project 1.27 God loves children. But for 80 years too many children and youth have been languishing in the U.S. foster care system. That’s too long. Over 120,000 of them are legally free for adoption and waiting for their forever homes and every year their numbers keep growing. It’s costing taxpayers $283 million a day! In 2005 there were 875 legally free children in Colorado. But something amazing...
Foster Parent Handbook The Foster Care and Adoption Resource Center staff and members of a statewide work group created the model for the Wisconsin Foster Parent Handbook contained below.
http://www.wifostercareandadoption.org/snav/292/page.htm
| Type: Curriculum | | Related Organization: Adoption Resources of Wisconsin |
Updated Orphan Care Resources and Events in Russian With many recent additions to our Russian directory of orphan care resources and events, we now have a great database full of key books, videos, articles, conferences, etc. We encourage you to send these links to your Russian partners as well:
Upcoming Events
http://risknetwork.ru/events/#doctitle
Adoption/Foster Care...
God's Heart for the Orphan Join Rick and Kay Warren from Saddleback Church as they share what you can do to help orphans in this four part video series.
Effective Discipline Strategies for Adoptive and Foster Families Watch this video from adoption and foster care expert Dr. Karyn Purvis:
Effective Discipline Strategies for Adoptive & Foster Families - Dr. Karyn Purvis from Tapestry on Vimeo.
| Type: Training | | Related Organization: Empowered to Connect |
"Offering Healing and Hope for Children In Crisis: Care for Orphans and Vulnerable Children" Rate:
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This module is the third of several modules being prepared by Crisis Care International to train caregivers to work with children who are in difficult or crisis situations. The diagram on the next page depicts the curriculum plan. The core module, Trauma and Crisis Care, is the foundational module and should be studied before the specialized units branching from the hub. The specialized modules...
How to Support a Child Who Has Been Abused This pamphlet gives step by step advice for responding to a child when they've told you about abuse in their life:
http://www.ccpas.co.uk/Documents/Help%20-%20help%20abused.pdf
Transformation Station Curriculum Box Set from Metro Ministries Use the one tool that has years of experience and long-term credibility behind it. Transformation Station has been proven effective both domestically and internationally, connecting with children from diverse background and cultures.
As a young man in ministry, Pastor Bill Wilson struggled to find a way to connect to children. This led him to develop his own curriculum. As a pioneer on...
Engaging the Church for Disabilities Ministry Join Charlie Chastain and Michael Norton as they share about the state of the disabled population in Russia and Eastern Europe. The disabled population of Eastern Europe is one of the most overlooked people groups struggling to find its way within post-Soviet society. Beyond their physical and mental impairments, the disabled of Eastern Europe also struggle to overcome discrimination due to...
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
Wisdom and Revelation: Keys to Hope and Healing Join Jenni Means as she shares keys to bringing hope and healing to adopted children. Great session for English speakers to watch, since it is in both English and Russian. This session was filmed at the 2009 Eastern European Summit on Orphans and the Church.
You can watch the video right on this page, but if you would like to use it in your church or ministry, you can also download...
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
A Friend for Every Orphan Join Nikolai Kuleba, head of child and family services in Kiev, as he shares his dream that every orphan would find a believing friend (or, "one believer in the life of every orphan"). This video was taken at the 2009 Eastern European Summit on Orphans and the Church.
This video is only available in Russian. Please click the link above the title to view and encourage your...
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
Mass Media - Reformation of the Mentality of a Nation Join Sergey Demidovich as he shares about ways to use media to influence national thinking about adoption and orphans. Sergey Demidovich is the Director of the TV studio TV-Together, as well as the representative for the TV channel TBN Ukraine. He is an adoption advocate and does training for nationals across Russia and Ukraine. This session was filmed at the 2009 Eastern European...
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
Prayer Ministry—Breaking Generational Curses Many families fear adoption because they fear “genetics” – “is it true that as the child grows up, he’ll become like his alcoholic father or drug-addicted mother?..” This seminar, by Peter and Tamara Dudnik, addresses those fears and how to deal with them through prayer. This seminar was filmed at the 2009 Eastern European Summit on Orphans and the...
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
The Prevention of HIV among at-risk Youth Join Dr. Susan Hillis of the CDC and Vitalii Ozernii as they discuss prevention methods for preventing HIV among at-risk youth. After watching their session:
• Participants will be able to describe the relationship between HIV and Orphan problem in Ukraine and Russia
• Participants will be able to identify effective approaches to HIV prevention education among high risk youth using...
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
How to Start and Run a Training School for Foster Families Watch here as Mikhail Pimenov, the director of the foster care training school "Family" shares how individuals can start up their own training schools for adoptive and foster parents. This session addresses the following themes:
Types of training for potential foster parents
How to start a training school for foster families; training specialists and forming a team.
...
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
Types of Family Care; Adoption, Foster Care, etc. Join adoption advocates Petr and Tamara Dudnik as they provide answers to frequently asked questions: what is the difference between adoption and foster parenting, does the government support families that take children – and if so, then how exactly, etc.
This session was filmed at the 2009 Eastern European Summit on Orphans and the Church.
This video is only available in Russian. ...
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
Difficulties in Raising Adopted Children Join adoption advocate Tamara Dudnik as she shares about difficulties in raising adopted children, and how to overcome those difficulties.
Session was filmed at the 2009 Eastern European Summit on Orphans and the Church.
This video is only available in Russian. Please click the link above the title to view and encourage your Russian-speaking colleagues and friends to check it out as well.
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
How to Practically Help Adoptive and Foster Children Motivation/Filtration/Preparation/Support-- Join Mikhail Kozitsky and Dr. Susan Hillis as they share four steps towards helping adoptve and foster families:
Participants will be able to describe compelling magnitude of orphan problem and sure reward in caring for orphans
Participants will be able to describe profile of families who are likely to be prepared to care for orphans
...
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
The Magnitude of the Orphan Problem Dr. Susan Hillis of the CDC shares the most up-to-date government statistics on the magnitude of the orphan problem, as well as offers hope for potential solutions. Video footage from the 2009 Eastern European Summit on Orphans and the Church.
This video is only available in Russian. Please click the link above the title to view and encourage your Russian-speaking colleagues and...
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
God's Heart for Orphans and Adoption Gennady Makhnenko speaks at the 2009 Eastern European Summit on Orphans and the Church. Gennady is the head of the largest rehabilitation center for street children in Eastern Europe.
This video is only available in Russian. Please click the link above the title to view and encourage your Russian-speaking colleagues and friends to check it out as well.
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
Theological Foundations of Adoption TV producer, Sergey Demidovich, shares the Biblical foundations for adoption. The video is taken from Mr. Demidovich's session at the 2009 Eastern European Summit on Orphans and the Church.
This video is only available in Russian. Please click the link above the title to view and encourage your Russian-speaking colleagues and friends to check it out as well.
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
Strategy for Church-Government Collaboration Nikolai Kuleba shares about key strategies for church/government collaboration at the 2009 Eastern European Summit on Orphans and the Church. Mr. Kuleba is the head of child and family services for the city of Kiev.
This video is only available in Russian. Please click the link above the title to view and encourage your Russian-speaking colleagues and friends to check it out as well.
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
Keys to Healing for Children Peter Kravchuk speaks at the 2009 Eastern European Summit on Orphans and the Church. Peter is the father of 21 adopted children, as well as a board member of Light of Love, an NGO that provides training for adoptive and foster families.
This video is only available in Russian. Please click the link above the title to view and encourage your Russian-speaking colleagues and friends to...
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
How to Start an Adoption Fund in Your Church Rate:
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While many families have room in their hearts and homes for a child, they all too often become discouraged and do not answer the call to adopt due to monetary concerns. Though we have assisted hundreds of families with financial grants and will continue to do so, the need for grants far surpasses any one organization’s ability to provide. We cannot do this alone and implore you to begin a...
Life Skills Curriculum for Orphan Grads Rate:
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The Life Skills Curriculum was designed as a course for future orphanage graduates. Its purpose is to supply the youth with knowledge, tools and skills needed for their independent living and successful integration into society. Originally it was created to be taught on the orphanage grounds but can be adapted for other facilities and conditions.
Curriculum description...
| Type: Curriculum | | Related Organization: Mission Emmanuel (CBN Ukraine) |
Aggressive-Defiant Child: a tutorial for Teachers and Foster Parents Do parents, or teachers always like their child’s behaviour? Few kids are the model of perfection ( I haven’t met any yet, but there may be one or two!) and kids do things that disappoint or displease us. Sometimes they can behave in ways that really annoy us; the angry, defiant child is a good example. How do you change an angry, aggressive child into a cooperative child?
Firstly,...
Christian Counselor Training in Ukraine
Kiev Family and Counselor Training Team is launching a new initiative – a distance education program. With so many great changes in the former Soviet Union in the last 20 years, people suffer from enormous amounts of stress. People suffer from alcoholism, drug addiction, marriage problems, depression and anxiety.
Christian counselors in this part of the world play a very...
| Type: Training | | Related Organization: Kiev Family & Counselor Training Team/Vos'ozhdenie Center |
Older Child Adoption Training Older Child Adoption Training Program
Adopting a child over the age of three is an incredible blessing to the child, living birth relatives and the adoptive family. But it’s often not easy to assimilate a child with life experiences into family life. Both children and adoptive families can feel overwhelmed with all the adjustments that are required.
The Lord has a...
Attach-- Association for Treatment and Training in the Attachment of Children Many children throughout the world do not benefit from adequate parenting during their early years. Their foundation for healthy development is damaged so they have difficulty in forming loving, lasting, intimate relationships. This condition, known as attachment disorder, can be triggered by abuse, neglect, abandonment, separation from birth parents, birth trauma, maternal depression, chronic...
Adoption Learning Partners Adoption Learning Partners provides the highest quality online adoption education. Our course list includes comprehensive training for parents preparing for an international adoption. The following online courses meet Hague training requirements for international adoption:
The Journey of Attachment
Attachment is an essential component of any healthy, happy family. Adoption, however, may...
Mission Emmanuel (CBN Kiev) Mission Emmanuel is the CBN World Reach office located in Kiev Ukraine. A special orphan focuses project of Mission Emmanuel is The Gift of Adoption. Some of the focuses of The Gift of Adoption include adoption promotion, life skills training for orphan grads, summer camps for orphans and producing short films to promote adoption and work with orphans. Please contact us directly...
| Type: Curriculum | | Related Organization: Mission Emmanuel (CBN Ukraine) |
Juvenile Institution Material We have Bible study discussion sheets available in English and in Russian. These utilize a topical, discussion format that has been effectively used with kids in detention centers, prisons, orphanages and in aftercare situations in several countries. We also have discipleship booklets (English only for now) and a drug and alcohol recovery curriculum in English designed for the...
| Type: Curriculum | | Related Organization: Straight Ahead Ministries, Inc. |
"Staying Safe" Curriculum in Russian Staying Safe is a training curriculum designed to help leaders equip small groups of children (ages 6-14) to stay safe from potential sexual abuse and sexual assault, with lessons on Self Esteem, Personal Safety, Saying No!, and Being Safe. It was written to be used in orphanages or shelters for street children, but can be used in other settings for foster families or families in...
| Type: Training | | Related Organization: Arts for Life International Inc. |
HIV/AIDS Resources from Samaritan's Purse Resources for Teaching Youth
Youth are the future teachers, medical professionals, and business leaders of the world. And in many developing countries, they are also the most at risk of HIV infection. Samaritan’s Purse focuses on mobilizing, equipping, and training (MET) Christian leaders to fight the epidemic within their communities. The resources described below are used for part one...
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Samaritan’s Purse |
Restoring Children of the Streets This workbook manual developed by Action International Philippines is for assisting Christians in ministering the gospel and compassionate care for God's glory, especially to the 160 million street children and 143 million orphans of the world and other children at risk.The manual (valued at $10) has been distributed to ministries and used worldwide and is available to you free of charge to use...
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Action International Ministries |
Church Orphans Ministry Starter Pack Thinking about setting up an adoption or orphans ministry in your church but unsure where to start? This kit contains everything you need to launch a Church Orphans Ministry and furnish your church's resource library with excellent biblical and practical resources on adoption and orphan care.The Starter Pack includes the following:
Adopting the Hurt Child: Hardback Book
Fields of the...
Responding More Effectively to HIV and AIDS This guide encourages communities and churches to respond to HIV and AIDS by challenging unhelpful attitudes and practices, providing information regarding infection, HIV tests, medicinal drugs and supporting adults, children and carers affected by HIV and AIDS.This resource can be viewed here or downloaded as a pdf here.
UNICEF's "Fighting HIV/AIDS: Strategies for Success 2002-2005 " Fighting HIV/AIDS: Strategies for Sucess 2002-2005As HIV/AIDS spreads through nations, it disproportionately affects the world's most vulnerable: women, adolescents and children. Those affected are routinely denied their rights to education, economic opportunity and health care, and to protection from exploitation and harm.
This publication looks at the global development challenge posed by...
Disturbing Voices: The 2005 Saddleback Global HIV/AIDS Summit Here it is! Your one-stop resource for learning and life change. Hear and experience the 2005 Disturbing Voices HIV/AIDS Conference at Saddleback Church in this new collection of CDs. Listen to 7 general sessions and 16 workshops. Your church, your life, will never be the same
The Sessions can be ordered in the following formats:
Disturbing Voices: Complete Set, 25 Downloadable MP3 Files...
Race Against Time: The 2006 Saddleback Global Summit on AIDS and the Church In this 3 DVD set you can discover why and how local churches can care for the sick the way Jesus did with messages from 18 leaders of churches and ministries, health and relief organizations, and government and international agencies.
The sessions are practical, easy to understand, and inspiring. In addition to your faith being strengthened and your hope renewed, you will learn a specific...
Health Training Material for Street Children from the World Health Organization The World Health Organization has put together a training package with activities to help workers understand how to help street children deal with some of the issues they encounter on a daily basis which affect their health.
The training packet is broken down into modules which can all be downloaded as a pdf. file.
To access this training package go here and then scroll...
CrossRoads HIV/AIDS Education Resources CrossRoads is a character-based educational strategy dedicated to helping communities around the world discover the hope, life, and truth of Jesus Christ in the midst of devastating social crises like HIV/AIDS.Better Choices Resource Pak This multimedia package can be used to train the local church and prepare them for outreach in their local communities and overseas. The Better Choices Resource...
Taking Aim at HIV/AIDS Conference Summary The Taking Aim at HIV/AIDS--Conference challenges Christians to confront the HIV/AIDS crisis. On November 15-17, 2006, Tearfund (UK) and Peter Deyneka Russian Ministries (US) hosted the "HIV & AIDS Forum of Good Practice and Networking." This forum took place at the Second Baptist Church in Moscow, Russia, and attracted 153 participants from 15 countries, representing 92...
| Type: Article | | Related Organization: Peter Deyneka Russian Ministries/Association for Spiritual Renewal |
HIV/AIDS Toolkit: What Your Church Can Do
HIV/AIDS Toolkit: What Your Church Can Do Rick and Kay Warren, Elizabeth Styffe and others. With more than 40 million people infected worldwide, the task of bringing the love and acceptance of Christ to those living with HIV/AIDS is overwhelming. We must reach out together and welcome those infected into our lives, homes and churches....
Narnia Center Training Material The following are some of the resources available from the Narnia Center.Manual for Training Sunday School Teachers, by Narnia staff and others. (Original Russian work developed by Narnia Center staff and associates) This is a comprehensive training manual that can be used by Christian Educators to train Sunday School teachers, or can be used by a group of teachers or individuals to train...
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Narnia Center |
Christian Camp Leadership Training in the CIS Many who work with youth in the CIS are conducting, or have considered conducting, a summer camp. The problem has been where to find help: training, printed resources, information. Be encouraged - you can have a successful camping ministry this summer. Help is available! Christian Camping International/Russia (CCI/Russia), which serves the CIS and Baltics, offers training workshops, literature,...
| Type: Training | | Related Organization: Global Outreach Group |
Caring for Children Affected by HIV and AIDS The report looks at how the epidemic undermines children's health and schooling, and reinforces marginalisation and deprivation. It explores the options for the care of children in communities affected by the AIDS epidemic. Beginning with the premise that the parent-child bond is the basic building block of child development and the family the basic unit of society, the report looks at ways to...
Ministry Manager Ministry Manager is designed for an individual on support. It helps you stay organized and stay connected with your partners and supporters. People have a tendency to pray and give to those they hear from frequently. Ministry Manager takes a lot of the time and pain out of communicating with your supporters so you can do it more often and more easily. Ministry Manager can help free up your...
ECPAT Anti-Trafficking Country Reports This ECPAT (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes) study covers the reasons and ways in which children are trafficked, and potential prevention strategies. How states deal with cross-border prostitution and separated minor asylum seekers is also considered in this new research, as well as the legislative environment and the application of rules...
Combating the Trafficking in Children for Sexual Purposes What is trafficking in children for sexual purposes? How to recognize children at risk and child victims of trafficking? This book is available for download as a pdf file and answers these questions and more.
ECPAT International has extensive information available on their web-site dealing with the issue of commercial exploitation of children.
Hope and a Future Viva Network has produced a 'handbooks' series, which are based on case studies of various child development programmes. They will be particularly useful for those considering setting up a project, but also for those already working with children. Hope and a Future is focused on ministering to street children.Free downloads are available here.
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Viva Network |
Friends in Need Viva Network has produced a 'handbooks' series, which are based on case studies of various child development programmes. They will be particularly useful for those considering setting up a project, but also for those already working with children. Friends in Need is focused on ministering to orphans in the community.Free downloads are available here.
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Viva Network |
Body, Mind and Soul Looking for resources on work with children at risk? Viva Network has an excellent directory of materials available for organizations like yours.
Check out this practical manual, along with a number of others, available online for free. If you don't already have it, you will need to download a free version of Acrobat Reader to view these files. Hardcopies are also available for $10 +...
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Viva Network |
Christian Foster Care (Ukraine) Foster Care has been started successfully by New Hope Ukraine in the Lviv region, while caseworkers in the Volynska, Cherkaska and Odeska regions have been trained in recent months. Foster care training of caseworkers (who in turn are training foster families) is done by New Hope Ukraine's national coordinator, Oksanna. Training does not take place in a classroom setting, but on demand and on an...
| Type: Training | | Related Organization: New Hope International |
Handbook on Youth Counseling "Handbook on Youth Counseling " by Josh McDowell and Bob Hostetler (in Russian)
A comprehensive, up-to-date resource for the 50 major issues facing today's youth. In the work of a lifetime, the authors have developed this easy-to-use handbook to help parents, teachers, pastors and youth workers guide today's young people through the minefields on the path to adulthood....
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: New Hope International |
Offering Healing and Hope to Children in Crisis Training Seminar Training Seminar: Offering Healing and Hope to Children in Crisis May 17th to 20th, 2006 Charlotte, North Carolina
Please download file for further info: Training Seminar (pdf 559 kb)
Or contact Crisis Care Training International through the contact information above.
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Street Children Literature To view more information about this curriculum or to order it, please click here.Offering Healing and Hope for Children in Crisis "Today millions of children live aimlessly on danger-filled city streets—both at home and around the world. These street children are vulnerable, powerless and without a voice. The situations the children confront daily lead not only to physical...
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Crisis Care Training International |
Our Family - Foster Care Program In Moscow, "Our Family" is a foster care program run by Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW). Up to 14 children live in a family-style home, where they receive professional support, as well as loving care, to prepare them for foster family placements. Based at the same site, the foster-care program services, recruits, assesses, and trains prospective foster parents. Both...
| Type: Training | | Related Organization: Christian Solidarity Worldwide |
Christian-Oriented Psychology Training in Russia Christian-Oriented Psychology Training in Russia
Greetings in Christ! Do you, or someone you know, have an interest in the psychological and spiritual health of people in Russia and the CIS? If so, then we would like to inform you that it is possible to have Christian-oriented graduate training in psychology and psychotherapy in Russia.
The Moscow Christian School of...
A Model for Western - National Partnerships In his new book, Hank Paulson, founder and president of New Hope International, shares a practical model of partnership for western and national believers working together for the cause of Christ. Global Partnerships: Networking and Nationals explains why this new model of missions is needed to replace less effective traditional methods. Through examples from the experience of New Hope...
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: New Hope International |
TntMPD Free Support Raising Software TntMPD is a free program, developed by Campus Crusade for Christ, that is designed to help missionaries strengthen relationships with their ministry partners. Although others might also find it useful, it is especially beneficial for those who raise their own support.
Find out more and download it from here for free:http://www.tntmpd.com
