Foster Care Training

Post-traumatic growth (PTG) is a well-established psychological concept that describes how people may experience meaningful development in the aftermath of trauma. This training explores how PTG applies to the lives of system-involved youth, including those navigating foster care, juvenile justice, immigration, and family disruption, who are often expected to recover quickly without the tools or support to make sense of what they’ve lived through. Participants will examine how grief, disability, identity, and behavior show up after trauma, and how to recognize growth even when it doesn’t look like healing.