How the Coalition Supports Foster / Adoptive / Guardianship Parents
Licensed foster parents are required to complete 30 hours of in-service training per licensure period (every two years). The Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition began hosting Foster/Adopt/Parent Workshops to help parents:
Upcoming Trainings
April 2026
Teens: Understanding & Managing Challenging Behaviors (3 sessions)
Parenting teens who have experienced trauma can bring additional challenges. This training will focus on topics such as rejection, aggression, social media, sex, and self-harming. You will learn techniques and build skills to navigate difficult situations and create safety plans for your youth. 7.5 hours training credit
Birth & Foster Parent Partnerships: Creating a Caregiving Network (2 sessions)
Join us for this training on bridging the gap between birth and foster parents. Fueled by fear, mistrust, defensiveness, and trauma, this gap in partnership causes children in the foster care system to suffer. Research shows that children thrive under consistency in parenting. Children need to see that all the adults in their lives work […]
Secondary Traumatic Stress
This training addresses the complex impact of secondary traumatic stress. You will learn about the risk factors for and signs of secondary traumatic stress as well as techniques for prevention and self-care. This course is intended for anyone who works directly with the child welfare population, such as resource parents or child welfare workers. 3.0 […]
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Additional Trainings
Level A | Elevated Needs
Empowering resource parents to meet the needs of older youth facing moderate to serious emotional and behavioral health challenges.
Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC)
Training and supporting the most highly-skilled foster parents to meet the needs of children with complex trauma.
DDP Parent Labs
Advancing the trauma and attachment skills of our families through education, practice, and peer support.
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