{"id":2733,"date":"2014-05-12T12:03:05","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T16:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/2014\/05\/12\/apia-counselors-are-the-best-trained\/"},"modified":"2014-05-12T12:03:05","modified_gmt":"2014-05-12T16:03:05","slug":"apia-counselors-are-the-best-trained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/2014\/05\/12\/apia-counselors-are-the-best-trained\/","title":{"rendered":"APIA Counselors are the Best Trained!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2090\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/05\/WIN_20140508_135450-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"WIN_20140508_135450\" width=\"491\" height=\"277\" \/>Au Pair in America Community Counselors, Stamford &amp; London Offices and our Foreign Partners gathered in Chicago May 7 &#8211; 10 for our Conference.\u00a0 We were led by Ruth Ferry, executive director and senior VP of APIA USA and Linda James, senior VP APIA UK.\u00a0 They inspired and led the group, along with William Gertz, President and CEO of APIA.<\/h2>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2091\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/05\/WIN_20140508_103609-2.JPG\" alt=\"WIN_20140508_103609 (2)\" width=\"521\" height=\"380\" \/>We learned about new systems and innovations, managing situations that arise, cultural communication and so much more.\u00a0 Connections through out the group were fostered and understanding increased.<\/h2>\n<h2>We stayed at the Drake Hotel, a beautiful art deco hotel right on Lake Michigan.\u00a0 Our gala the last night was a big hit and everyone dressed as flappers or gangsters!<\/h2>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2094\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/05\/IMG_20140509_1932452-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20140509_193245\" width=\"498\" height=\"374\" \/>Selecting Au Pair in America for your childcare needs will allow you to have the best supported Community Counselor, staff and foreign interviewers.\u00a0 We have ongoing training throughout the year with webinars on many topics.\u00a0 There is always someone available to help a family or au pair when needed!<\/h2>\n<h2>The State Department sent representatives to participate in the conference.\u00a0 APIA is determined to abide by all regulations and considers the partnership with the State Department key to our success since 1986!<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Au Pair in America Community Counselors, Stamford &amp; London Offices and our Foreign Partners gathered in Chicago May 7 &#8211; 10 for our Conference.\u00a0 We were led by Ruth Ferry, executive director and senior VP of APIA USA and Linda James, senior VP APIA UK.\u00a0 They inspired and led the group, along with William Gertz,  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/2014\/05\/12\/apia-counselors-are-the-best-trained\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[30,47,149,157,161,465,468,469,508,515],"class_list":["post-2733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-apia-conference","tag-au-pair-community-counselors","tag-community-counselor","tag-cultural-care","tag-cultural-childcare-suffolk-county","tag-suffolk-county-au-pair","tag-suffolk-county-babysitters","tag-suffolk-county-childcare","tag-training-au-pairs","tag-trusted-childcare"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>APIA Counselors are the Best Trained! 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