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Training for Birth, Foster, Kinship, and Adoptive Parents

Selected curriculum and other training materials in the Information Gateway Library from 2000 to the present have been identified for each of the following categories. Information may appear in more than one category as appropriate. To expand your document search, visit the Information Gateway Library.

Core Training for Foster and Adoptive Parents
Curriculum and other training materials covering general, basic, or pre-certification training offered to foster, kinship care, and adoptive parents, and includes the process for becoming a foster parent, family involvement, permanency issues, parenting, and disciplinary techniques.

Foster and Adoptive Parents: Working with Birth Parents
Curriculum and other training materials covering the foster parents' role in working with birth parents to facilitate the child's transition to the foster/adoptive home or to assist towards reunification.

Foster and Adoptive Parents: Working with Children with Special Needs
Curriculum and other training materials covering the prevention of child abuse and neglect, parenting skills, and home-based services.

Parenting and Family Support
Curriculum and other training materials covering family involvement, children with special needs, disciplining techniques, child development, and the role of fathers.

Updated on July 3, 2008