Dr. Tanya M. Coakley discusses how culturally competent parenting can provide minority children an environment that respects and nourishes their sense of self. learn more ...
Grief is a natural reaction to the upheaval in foster care. Charley Joyce, LISW, explores this grief and offers tips for healing from grief and moving toward acceptance. learn more ...
Understanding the Antecedents, Bias/Behaviors and Consequences of children's challenging behaviors can help parents anticipate, successfully handle, and help change angry outbursts. learn more ...
The Behavior Management Series interactive multimedia training courses address specific behavior problems commonly encountered by adoptive, kinship, and foster parents. learn more ...
The growing number of children diagnosed with autism increases the possibility that foster, kinship, and adoptive parents will face this challenging disability. This course examines the core deficits of autism: communication, social skills, and play. learn more ...
This course shows how foster homes can observe safety rules for licensed or certified residential care facilities using self-inspections. learn more ...
Foster Parent College is an interactive, multi-media training which provides timely information and practical solutions for adoptive, kinship, and foster parents. learn more ...
The Foster Parent College Parenting Strategies is an interactive, multi-media training which examines parenting challenges and offers practical solutions for adoptive, kinship, and foster parents. learn more ...
Terror. Panic. Dread. We all have fears. Sometimes these worries can obstruct daily life -- especially in foster and adoptive children. Often it's a simple fear of the dark, but it can be something more complex like Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia. learn more ...