• New Placements: Preparing and Adjusting Family Roles

    Virtual through LMS

    New Placements: Preparing & Adjusting Family Roles will help foster and adoptive parents introduce new placements into their existing family units. It gives ideas and strategies on how to prepare […]

  • Developmental Stages and Children’s Responses to Grief

    Virtual through LMS

    Developmental Stages & Children’s Responses to Grief defines grief and explores how children process and express grief at different developmental stages. It offers insight into the unique experiences of grief […]

  • Understanding the Brain and Fear Responses in Traumatized Children

    Virtual through LMS

    Understanding the Brain and Fear Responses in Traumatized Children provides an overview of brain development and how fight/flight/freeze fear responses may manifest in children who have experienced trauma. In addition, […]

  • Sibling Attachment and Adoption

    Virtual through LMS

    Sibling Attachment & Adoption provides parents with tools to promote healthy sibling relationships in foster and adoptive families. Parents will explore different ways in which families are formed and learn […]

  • Understanding a Case Through the Child Welfare System

    Virtual through LMS

    Understanding a Case Through the Child Welfare System will provide foster and adoptive parents knowledge on how a case progresses through the child welfare system. Each case may include removal, […]

  • Parenting with PRIDE: The Power and Impact of Positivity

    Virtual through LMS

    “Parenting with PRIDE: The Power of Positivity” is designed for foster and adoptive families, emphasizing the principles of Positive Parenting to create a nurturing, supportive environment. This training covers strategies […]

  • Helping Foster & Adoptive Children Cope with Holiday Stress

    Virtual through LMS

    Helping Foster & Adopted Children Cope with Holiday Stress is designed to assist foster and adoptive parents in learning and understanding how stressful holidays can be for foster/adopted children. It […]

  • Recognizing Signs of Adoption Disruption and Dissolution

    Virtual through LMS

    Recognizing the Signs of Adoption Disruption & Dissolution will teach foster/adoptive parents about adoption disruption and dissolution by equipping them with information regarding factors that contribute to disruption/dissolution, statistics on […]

  • A Child’s Education: Rights and Responsibilities

    A Child’s Education: Rights & Responsibilities will inform parents of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).  The training informs foster and adoptive parents of the processes used to determine eligibility requirements for children with […]

  • Attachment and Bonding with Your Foster and Adopted Child

    Virtual through LMS

    Attachment & Bonding with your Foster & Adopted Child equips parents to enhance their relationship with foster/adopted children by teaching them the basics about bonding and attachment. This training also […]