Foster Care Training

This training explores what happens when the infant-caregiver relationship is not healthy. This course discusses attachment disorder (AD), a condition that occurs in many children who experience abuse, neglect and chaos at the hands of their caregivers during infancy and early childhood. The presenter will introduce assessment tools and give details of evidence-based interventions for attachment problems, as well as effective ways of communicating with parents who are raising a child with AD, and parenting practices.

Objectives:

In discussion, explain what, where, and how to assess a client who may have AD.
• Become familiar with identified standardized assessment tools.
• Discuss ethical guidelines for working with this population.
• List key elements of appropriate treatment planning.
• Identify treatment and intervention strategies for working with clients who have attachment disorders and their families.
• Summarize the special challenges of parents raising child with AD.
• Suggest effective parenting strategies.