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Foster Care and Independent Living

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Services overview

The Center's curriculum for foster parents and independent living programs reflects requests from agencies. The workshops in this section can be conducted in individual counties or on a regional basis.

Customization

Courses that follow can be delivered as described or adjusted to meet the needs of sponsoring agencies. Customization takes into consideration:
  • participant experience levels
  • training objectives
  • agency circumstances and practices related to the topic
Course topics and activities are adjusted to tailor training to the agency and audience.

If your organization has a training need not addressed on this site, The Center can develop a new course or training program.

List of courses by title

Foster Care Program Management
    Recruiting Foster Parents
    Increasing and Enhancing Foster Parent Program Participation
Foster Parent Training
    Foster Parenting: A Noble Profession
    Dealing Successfully with Systems
    Communication Skills for Foster Parents
    The Rewards and Challenges of Fostering Siblings
    Parenting Challenging Children
    Grief and Loss to Foster Youth
    Values, Morals and Caring Confrontation
    Dealing with Conduct Disorders and Substance Abuse
    Foster Parent Empowerment
    Preparing Foster Youth for Reunification or Emancipation
    Bridges to Emancipation
Independent Living
    Building Self-Esteem in Youth
    Preparing Teen Parents for Independent Living
    Training Strategies for Emancipation Skills
    Welcome to Independent City
    Helping Youth Stay Out of Gangs
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