Description

This is a virtual course!

Missouri Caregiver and Adoption Resource Education (MO CARE) is a new curriculum that is based on research and input from experts, families who have experience with fostering or adopting children, and former foster and adoptive youth. It provides potential foster or adoptive parents with the information and tools needed to parent a child who has experienced trauma, separation, or loss. It is a state-of-the-art classroom and online program that helps to prepare prospective foster and adoptive parents to be successful parents. In addition, MO CARE gives parents access to information and resources needed to continue building skills once they have a child in their home.    If you are interested in taking this course, you need to have your licensing worker register you.

You must attend all 10 sessions to receive credit for the class. Make up sessions will be available but no partial credit will be given. Please note, if you miss the first session or more than two sessions, you will have to restart in another cohort.  

Instructor(s)

Family Training Specialist

Janice Byrd

Janice is a Family Training Specialist at FosterAdopt Connect. She has a bachelor’s degree in social work. Janice has over twenty-five years’ experience in the child welfare field, working with both foster/adoptive and birth parents. She and her husband were licensed foster parents for twelve years and are adoptive parents. Janice has provided numerous trainings for foster and adoptive parents.

Course curriculum

  1. 1

    • Zoom Link
  2. 2

    • Introduction and Welcome

    • Child Development
  3. 3

    • Overview of Child Welfare

    • Attachment
  4. 4

    • Separation, Grief and Loss

    • Effective Communication
  5. 5

    • Expanding Your Parenting Paradigm

    • Trauma Related Behaviors
  6. 6

    • Trauma Informed Parenting

    • Creating a Stable, Nurturing, Safe Home
  7. 7

    • Reunification the Primary Goal

    • Maintaining Children's Connections
  8. 8

    • Cultural Connections

    • Building Belonging
  9. 9

    • Parenting a Child with a History of Sexual Trauma

    • Impact of Substance Use
  10. 10

    • Mental Health Considerations

    • Psychotropic Medications/Informed Consent
  11. 11

    • Participant Manual: Foster Care 101

    • Missouri State Wide Resources

    • Kansas City Metro Resources

    • North East Missouri

    • Johnson County Resources

    • Macon Community Resources
  12. 12

    • Survey