Description:

This class helps participants become aware of strategies to make children impacted by trauma and loss feel psychologically and physically safe and covers how to set up a home to be safe for all household members. This class also covers how the sense of safety ties to behaviors, how to set boundaries, and how to show consistency and predictability using routines and rituals. How to be attuned to children and understand safety from a child’s perspective is also highlighted. Upon completion you will earn 2 in-service hours.

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

    • Handout #1

    • Handout #2

    • Handout #3

    • Handout #4

    • Handout #5

    • Handout #6

    • Handout #7

    • Handout #8

    • Podcast

    • Podcast Transcript

    • How to Help Older Child and Teen Adjust

    • Tips for Preteens and Teens
  3. 3

    • Survey