{"id":6,"date":"2018-09-13T13:31:14","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T13:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/atm\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2021-08-13T15:32:47","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T15:32:47","slug":"resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/atm\/resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h2 class=\"widgettitle\">Education Options<\/h2>\n<p>Online courses are approved if a class is registered by March 31. All classes must be from an accredited USA college or university. Ask your CC to approve any online course before you start to make sure it will meet the requirements.<\/p>\n<p>For a list of great online options <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/atm\/2020\/09\/15\/comprehensive-list-of-online-resources-for-education\/\">click here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"xoxo blogroll\">\n<li><a title=\"This site provides Free ESL courses. Check the location closes to you. Not all will be close to these locations. \" href=\"http:\/\/www.chattahoocheetech.edu\/programsandcourses\/adult-education\/english-as-a-second-language\/\">Chattahoochee Technical College Free ESL and GED classes offered in Canton and Acworth]<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"English classes and more for aupair \" href=\"http:\/\/www.eng4intl.com\/\">English For Internationals<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chattahoocheetech.edu\/adult-education\/\">ESL Courses at Chattahoochee Technical College<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"This college offers free classes. You must call first and ask about the placement exam. \" href=\"http:\/\/www.laniertech.edu\/AdultEducation\/AdultEducation-main.aspx\">\u00a0Lanier Technical College Free English as a second language and GRE Prep course<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Free ESL classes are taught in Roswell and other locations. \" href=\"https:\/\/www.gwinnetttech.edu\/esl\/north-fulton\/\">Gwinnett Technical School ESL Program- Free ESL\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gwinnetttech.edu\/ce\/esl-continuing-education\/\">Gwinnett Technical College ESL Continuing Education Fulton County and Gwinnett County Campus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gwinnetttech.edu\/ce\">Gwinnett Technical College Continuing Education\u00a0 All classes.\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"What every au pair needs to know about the education requirement\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/atr\/2012\/11\/07\/taking-an-education-course-is-important\/\">Important Education Information<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ccpe.kennesaw.edu\/\">Kennesaw State Univ and College Cont Ed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"continuing education classes taught in Cumming Georgia\" href=\"http:\/\/ung.edu\/continuing-education\/courses\/cumming.php\">North Georgia University and State College Cumming Campus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/atr\/2018\/08\/08\/ucla-online-course-is-available-for-au-pairs-with-au-pair-in-america\/\">UCLA Extension Program APIA Advantage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/atr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/08\/Registering-for-American-Studies-Online-Class-Instructions-1.pdf\">How to Register for the UCLA online course<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"TESOL is taught here\u2026. Teaching ESL \" href=\"http:\/\/www.georgiacenter.uga.edu\/courses\">University of Georgia at Gwinnett Continuing Edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/atm\/2018\/09\/25\/2018-weekend-travel-courses-approved-by-au-pair-in-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Weekend Travel Courses Approved by APIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/reg.abcsignup.com\/view\/cal4a.aspx?ek=&amp;ref=&amp;aa=&amp;sid1=&amp;sid2=&amp;as=40&amp;wp=153&amp;tz=&amp;ms=&amp;nav=&amp;cc=&amp;cat1=&amp;cat2=&amp;cat3=&amp;aid=INTL&amp;rf=\">Weekend Course in Atlanta with the University of Virgin Islands.\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.campusce.net\/learningacrossamerica\/course\/course.aspx?catId=80\">Cultural Hi-ways Weekend Courses 36 Hours Per Weekend<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"widgettitle\">Information<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"xoxo blogroll\">\n<li><a title=\"New process to print out. Need for SS# and Driver\u2019s license. \" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/atr\/2014\/02\/27\/social-security-information-and-i-94-instructions-for-au-pair\/\">How to print our your I-94 card.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"What every au pair needs to know about the education requirement\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/atr\/2012\/11\/07\/taking-an-education-course-is-important\/\">Important Education Information<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Question and Answers for au pairs thinking about extending for a second term.\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/atr\/2019\/11\/01\/are-you-thinking-of-extending-your-au-pair-year\/\">What you need to consider before extending your au pair term!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Tornado safety skills will help to prepare you in case of a dangerous storm\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/atr\/2013\/03\/11\/tornado-safety-for-au-pairs-and-host-children\/\">What you need to know about a tornado. Keeping yourself and your host children safe during a tornado watch or warning<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Medical Care in the USA<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Read this and plan where to visit a doctor or clinic! \" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/atr\/2014\/03\/15\/options-for-care-what-an-au-pair-needs-to-know\/\">Au Pair medical insurance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Read this and plan where to visit a doctor or clinic! \" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/atr\/2019\/01\/22\/2018-options-for-medical-care-for-au-pairs-who-arrived-in-2018\/\">\u00a0Year 2018 Options for Medical Care for Au pair. What you need to know!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aetna.com\/dsepublic\/#\/contentPage?page=providerSearchLanding&amp;site_id=passport\">Search for a Doctor or Urgent Care Center for Au pairs arriving or extending in 2019\u00a0 Choose &#8221; primary PPO&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/atr\/2014\/03\/15\/options-for-care-what-an-au-pair-needs-to-know\/\">Year 2019 arriving or extending in 2019 Options for Medical Care.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myfirsthealth.com\/LocateProvider\/CustomPage\">Search for a Doctor or Urgent Care For Au Pairs who arrived in 2018<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cvs.com\/minuteclinic\/?icid=cvsheader:minuteclinic\">CVS Minute Clinics are an easy option for quick care for non-emergency related illness.\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/aupairs.asp\">Lost insurance card<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/pdf\/insurance_claim_form.pdf\">Need to be reimbursed for cost of medical services <\/a><\/li>\n<li>Contact for Au pair Insurance questions:For claim submission questions, call (800) 303-8120,\u00a0 prompt 5 or 203-399-5130 or email <a href=\"mailto:claimhelp@culturalinsurance.com\">claimhelp@culturalinsurance.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aetna.com\/dsepublic\/#\/contentPage?page=providerSearchLanding&amp;site_id=passport\"><b>List of Preferred Physicians, Hospitals and Medical Centers<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nLook for primary PP0 and if nothing comes up, search secondary.<\/li>\n<li>Female health and birth control options: consider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/health-center\/georgia\/marietta\/30062\/cobb-center-2270-90330\">Planned Parenthood.\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"widgettitle\">Life in the USA<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"xoxo blogroll\">\n<li><a title=\"Au Pairs are not required to have a GA license, but reading the rules govering driving and taking a practice test is a must! \" href=\"http:\/\/www.dds.ga.gov\/\">Georgia Driver Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Study this to get your driver\u2019s license. \" href=\"http:\/\/www.eregulations.com\/georgia\/driver\/\">Georgia Driver\u2019s Manual.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dds.georgia.gov\/test-and-exams-information\">Georgia Driver&#8217;s Test and Exam Information. What to expect!\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dds.georgia.gov\/locations\/customer-service-center\">Locations for Driver&#8217;s Written and Road&#8217;s Test. NOT all centers will provide both written and roads test. READ before you go.\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Where to go and what to bring. \" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/atr\/2013\/02\/05\/social-security-card-information-for-aupairs\/\">How To Get A Social Security Card<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/forms\/\">Print and fill out the Social Security Application. Check legal alien allowed to work.\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/locator\/\">Social Security Office locations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"What au pairs will need to get a driver\u2019s license\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/atr\/2013\/08\/28\/how-to-obtain-a-georgia-drivers-license\/\">How to get a Georgia Driver License.\u00a0 <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">CLICK and SCROLL TO BOTTOM to find where to go and what to bring.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"This test can be taken in Spanish. Take several test before heading to the DDS office! \" href=\"http:\/\/www.dds.ga.gov\/training\/pt_intro.aspx\">Practice Test for Driver\u2019s Exam<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dds.georgia.gov\/testing-and-training\/road-test\">Schedule a Roads Test. Can make appointment 60 days ahead<\/a>. A licensed driver will need to go with you and stay in the car. READ to know what is needed for the car you will be testing in<a href=\"https:\/\/dds.georgia.gov\/drivers-18-and-over-road-test\"> Here<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dds.georgia.gov\/certified-third-party-testers\">Third Party Road Test May Be sooner Than GA Road&#8217;s Test<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrblock.com\/expat-tax-preparation\/au-pair.html?oppartnerid=9193&amp;campaignid=em_mcm_9193_2078\">Filing your USA taxes <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"widgettitle\">Travel Links for Au Pairs<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"xoxo blogroll\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hiusa.org\/\">Hostelling info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/itsmarta.com\/\">Rapid Transit in Atlanta ( Marta Train)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suntrek.com\/\">Suntrek<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Information you need BEFORE traveling out of the USA.\" href=\"http:\/\/aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/travel_and_flights\/travel_outside_us.asp\">Traveling outside the US<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"0.3468385751444607\" class=\"highlight\">\u00a0<strong>Contact for Questions regarding travel outside of the USA:<\/strong><\/span>\n<div><span id=\"0.3468385751444607\" class=\"highlight\">Fiorella Ciralli<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Compliance &amp; Program Services Manager<\/div>\n<div>1.800.9AU.PAIR, ext. 5027<\/div>\n<div>fax: 203.399.5227<\/div>\n<div>fciralli@aifs.com<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education Options Online courses are approved if a class is registered by March 31. 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