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Browse our courses on a variety of topics curated just for Foster, Adoptive and Kinship Resource Parents. On-demand so you can learn anytime, anywhere.
Protecting Children and Youth from Sexual Exploitation in the Digital Age (1 Hour)
This one-hour online safety session focuses on protecting children from online child sexual exploitation and abuse. Foster children can face unique vulnerabilities online, making informed, trusted adults more important than ever.
The Importance of Fatherhood (20 Minutes)
Things a Kid from Foster Care Wishes Their Foster Parents Would Know… or Ask (20 Minutes)
Fostering Sleep for Children in Foster Care (1 Hour)
NCMEC (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children) Resources for Parents and Caregivers (.75 Hour)
Fostering Success for Students: Advocating and Uplifting Students in Foster Care (20 Minutes)
FASD: What Every Foster or Adoptive Parent Should Know (.5 Hour)
Trust Before Textbooks: Building Success with Kids from Hard Places Through Trauma-Informed Tutoring and Discipline (1 Hour)
Child Identity Protection (30 Minutes)
An expert discussion on the dangers around identity theft for children in foster care, with some solutions for preventing, recognizing and mitigating theft should it occur.
Foster and Adoptive Parent Recruitment and Retention (2 Hours)
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder from a Trauma Lens (1 Hour)
Parenting a child with a disorder on the fetal alcohol spectrum can present many challenges for foster and adoptive families. It is vital for these families and the professionals who support them to understand the reasons behind the learning and behavioral challenges so they, together, can “try differently.”
Steps Toward Change: Replacing Trauma Bond with Healing Relationships (1 Hour)
This training will allow participants to understand better the links between childhood trauma and neglect, the child welfare system, and sexual exploitation.
More than Sad: Suicide 101 (1 Hour)
Using their research and national numbers, this training helps caregivers identify ways to start the conversation of suicide with professionals and youth, know the warning signs, and be able to develop crisis plans for the youth they encounter.
Supporting Your Child During Cutting and Self-Harm Episodes (10 Minutes)
Cutting behavior is not uncommon among teens and pre-teens in general populations and among foster kids, who have suffered trauma of some kind, it may be even more prevalent.
Making Time For Your Marriage During Foster Care (15 Minutes)
When you are looking after a child from foster care 24 hours a day, every day, every week, every month, it can be a time consumer and leave little time for you, and your spouse or partner. Let’s talk about ways to stay connected.
Scared: The Beginning of a New Family Member (12 Minutes)
Being removed from family and arriving in foster care is a very frightening time; one filled with fear, uncertainty, and anxiety. It is a time where even the bravest of children become scared.
Family To Family: A Panel Discussion with Dr. Jerry Milner, DSW (1.5 Hours)
This session was recorded on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, as the final session of our four-part Family To Family series hosted by Cate Hawks, MA, Board of Directors, the National Foster Parent Association.
Discussing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (20 Minutes)
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) are a group of conditions that can occur in a person whose mother drank alcohol during pregnancy.
Not Taking It Personally (10 Minutes)
Foster parenting can be difficult. There are those times when the children we care for in our homes and living with our families may say things to hurt us. We'll discuss why it's important to not take these personally.
Why You Need to Say “No” as a Foster Parent (12 Minutes)
It's okay to say “No,” once in a while as a foster parent. It is okay for you to take time for yourself, your spouse, and your family. It is okay to re-charge those batteries.
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