Foster Care Training

Online Training

A significant challenge faced by many practitioners serving Foster Families is establishing an open and easy system of communication about dissonant feelings and emotional experiences. Individuals infrequently have the knowledge and understanding of what emotions are nor have the ability to effectively interpret emotional experiences.  Giving individuals basic knowledge of emotional intelligence creates an opportunity for families to establish a system to communicate effectively about their emotional experiences and subsequent behaviors.

Foundational knowledge of emotional intelligence will be redefined and reframed to directly apply to foster family support systems. Techniques and practices will be shared for supporting foster families in understanding, interpreting and communicating about emotional experiences, dissonant feelings and trauma. Interactive and physical experiential techniques will be explored, demonstrated and participants will be asked to engage in role play opportunities during this course.

Participants will be asked to actively participate physically and to engage in role play scenarios to apply techniques and develop experiential skills. This course is interactive and not advised for passive participants. Active participation is required for participants to fully develop the techniques and skills in this course and for the success of the role play participation section of this course.