Parent Training

Topics related to the care of children who come from state custody are pertinent to healthy parent-child and family relationships. Strategies that can be utilized right away are emphasized in these courses.  Currently, courses are provided in an online format.

Foster parents who are continuing their license are required to earn a specific number of hours per year of training in order to renew.

Kinship and adoptive parents will also find the need to develop their skills for parenting their children as they grow into the different developmental stages.

Advanced Training Series

With a requirement of at least 6 hours of training annually for foster parents, we offer parents a  6 week training series (2 hours per week)  focusing on the Neurosequential Model for Caregiving by Dr. Bruce Perry.  The Neurosequential Model is a developmentally informed, biologically respectful approach to working with at-risk children.  It is an approach that integrates core principles of neurodevelopment and traumatology to inform work with children, families and the communities in which they live.

The training is facilitated by a certified trainer, Cathy Tompkins.