Self-Care for Foster Parents: Healing When Helping Hurts

Helping children heal from abuse or neglect is rewarding but hard. Like the children in their care, resource parents often feel overwhelmed by strong feelings and are unsure how to take care of themselves physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

During this training, participants will explore the following objectives:

1. Why is self-care essential?
2. How does my child’s trauma affect me?
3. What are some tips for parenting children who have been traumatized?
4. The barriers to good self-care.
5. The road to good self-care.

1.5 Hours

Teaching Social Skills: The Ins, The Outs, The Ups, The Downs

Kentucky Autism Center presents a training on importance of teaching social skills. Participants will learn what skills to teach, how to determine skill deficits vs. performance deficits, and methods to teaching these skills.

1.0 Hours

Supporting Autism Spectrum Disorder Children through Puberty

Kentucky Autism Training Center will present a training about how puberty can affect children with autism. Foster parents will learn special considerations to consider when teaching spectrum children about puberty. Participants will have resources that they can apply in their foster homes.

1.0 Hours

Caring for a Child with ADHD

This presentation gives a general overview of ADHD types and symptoms throughout several developmental stages. A trauma informed approach and co-existing conditions are also discussed. The journey to diagnosis is presented while highlighting various behavior scales frequently used. Finally, treatment options are presented including behavior therapies/parent training, referrals to specialists, floor time and medications. The addendum includes a variety of teaching sheets and resource links for participants’ further research.

1.0 Hours

Autism and Co-Occurring Disorders

Kentucky Autism Training Center presents characteristics of autism and other symptoms or diagnoses that may be occurring at the same time.

1.0 Hours

Caring for a Child with Reactive Attachment Disorder

Caring for a Child with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) provides an overview of RAD, including differing types, treatments, support for caregivers and discussions to have with your doctor about what to expect.

0.5 Hours

Welcoming Youth

Welcoming a new youth into your home is vital to bonding with the child.  In this training, you can hear from the youth, in their own words, how foster parents made them feel welcome.  There is a tip sheet attached and helpful ideas for building a relationship with your foster child from the beginning.

1.0 Hours