The Martin Pollak Project, Inc. prides itself in offering diverse, culturally directed/ sensitive and empowering training to all of its foster parents.  The Martin Pollak Project pre-certification curriculum consists of an intensive thirty (30) hour training program that stresses a strength-based family therapy model approach toward working with children and families in foster care; and, includes one-on-one training as needed to help foster parents who may require individualized support.

The Martin Pollak’s In-Service training curriculum includes topics such as: behavior management, health and emotional awareness, sexual abuse training, aggressive/ impulsive children and youth, adolescent development, impact of trauma training.  In addition, the foster parents are trained in the course of their working as a professional team member with our case manager, child’s birth family initiative, the court system, as well as the educational system.

The goal of the agency’s foster parent training program is to ensure that Martin Pollak’s  foster parents  are provided the requisite training to successfully serve the foster children and families the agency services and to confidently approach the provision of treatment foster care services with tools that enables them to be the “agent of change.”

For more information regarding foster parent trainings in Maryland, please contact:  Truwork Johnston at 410-685-2525 ext. 235

For more information regarding foster parent trainings in the District of Columbia, please contact:  William Jamison at 410-685-2525 ext. 248.

To schedule Training please contact: 

Mylene Wilson

The Martin Pollak Project, Inc.

8 Market Place, 4th Floor

Baltimore, MD  21202

Phone:  410-685-2525 ext. 230

Fax:  410-385-1997

E-mail:  mwilson@mppi.org