To comply with the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board, OCWTP training sessions must last the entire training time period. Trainers do not need to develop or create new content for the extra 10 to 15 minutes you have at the end of a training session. Instead, use the time to promote Transfer of Learning (TOL). The recent Common Ground issue provided suggestions on how to use this time to increase TOL, including using the last 15 minutes of the training session to help participants' develop an action plan that identifies:

• Three small steps they will take to incorporate new information into their work, and how these action steps will improve their practice in one week, in one month, and in six months.
• How they will share the new information with a supervisor, co-worker, or another foster parent.
• Potential obstacles to using new information, and how they can overcome those obstacles.
• Support people and resources in the agency that can help them achieve their action plan goals.

There are a variety of action plans available through the RTCs for you to use, or feel free to create your own.

Also, you will see in the training rooms new name tents, new idea catchers, and new posters with important information about E-Track for staff and caregivers. Please become familiar with these new products.