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Foster Parenting 101

In this course, we'll cover the steps to starting the foster parenting process, how to help children who've suffered emotional and physical trauma, how to navigate transracial challenges, what the process looks like for single and LGBTQ individuals, and the process of adopting through the foster care system.

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Experts you'll learn from

Dr. Amanda Baden

Doctoral Program Director
Montclair State University

Mary Keane

Foster Parent
Executive Director of You Gotta Believe

Adam Pertman

President
National Center on Adoption & Permanency

Denise Seidelman

Adoption & Reproductive Attorney
Rumbold & Seidelman

Course syllabus

  1. Lesson 1
    Introduction
    3 min
    Done
    1. The Basics on Fostering
    2. Raising a Child in Foster Care
  2. 12 min
    Done
    1. Step 1: Contact Social Services and Get Trained
    2. Step 2: Home Study and Getting Screened
    3. Step 3: Matching
    4. Impressions from Children in Foster Care
  3. 4 min
    Done
    1. Setting Preferences
    2. Ages of Children
    3. Gender Mix of Children
    4. Racial Make-Up of Children
    5. Taking Siblings
  4. 17 min
    Done
    1. Future Risks Around Mental Health
    2. Displacement and Risk of Arrest
    3. Foster Parents Absorb Pain and Trauma
    4. Qualities of a Good Foster Parent
  5. 6 min
    Done
    1. High Level Summary
    2. Termination of Parental Rights
    3. Process Post-Termination of Rights
  6. 10 min
    Done
    1. Transracial Issues Are Prevalent
    2. Cultural Socialization
    3. Preparation for Bias Training
  7. 9 min
    Done
    1. Single People
    2. LGBTQ Individuals and Couples

What you'll learn

In this course we'll cover the steps to starting the foster process, how to help children who've suffered emotional and physical trauma, how to navigate transracial challenges, what the process looks like for single and LGBTQ individuals, and the process of adopting through the foster care system.