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how to help children who have suffered trauma
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how to encourage resilience in the children you serve
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principles for making a state-mandated report of abuse or neglect
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how to make child protection a living part of your culture
Training for the people who protect and raise children
Practitioner-authored courses and continuing education, built by a team who has done this work firsthand.
For Youth-Serving Organizations
Close the policy gaps that turn into crises. Courses built by child welfare professionals who have run investigations, advised boards, and worked inside the systems your organization answers to.
For Foster, Adoptive, Kinship, and Stepparents
Practical guidance for parenting children with trauma histories, from people who have lived it. Not generic parenting advice.
Your Youth-Serving Organization needs to know
YSO Academy Is Now an IACET Accredited Provider
We are proud to announce that YSO Academy has earned accreditation from the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). Our qualifying courses meet the rigorous ANSI/IACET Standard for Continuing Education and Training, and learners who complete them can earn internationally recognized Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
As an IACET Accredited Provider, YSO Academy offers IACET CEUs for its learning events that comply with the ANSI/IACET Continuing Education and Training Standard.
Courses and Books
Join us to learn how to protect and serve the children in your care
YSO Academy is an IACET Accredited Provider, meeting the ANSI/IACET Standard for continuing education and training.
A team, not one expert
YSO Academy's five instructors cover child protection law, juvenile justice, child welfare administration, clinical social work, school leadership, and counseling. Two are former foster parents. Two are attorneys who have defended youth organizations for decades. One is a former juvenile court judge. All of them still do this work
Why you should join us
We understand the challenges you face and offer practical information that you can use immediately. YSO Academy is an IACET Accredited Provider, which means our qualifying courses meet the nationally recognized ANSI/IACET Standard for Continuing Education and Training. When you complete those courses, you earn IACET Continuing Education Units that are recognized by professional associations, regulatory boards, and licensing bodies across multiple industries. Join us and learn practical skills you can put to work today.
