Adoptive and Foster Parent Trainings

Preservice training is required of any individual wishing to be licensed as a foster parent through the state of Missouri.  Please contact:    Khirsten.B.Miller@dss.mo.gov by email or call her on her…

From the National Development & Training Curriculum (NTDC): This theme provides an overview of the common skills youth will need to effectively navigate as an adult and provide strategies on…

Many children have difficulty with organizing, planning, goal setting, time management and retaining things in their memory.  What looks like defiance and laziness in the child may reflect a deficiency…

Film and Discussion: Foster is a documentary that gives glimpses of the lives of those who are actively involved with the Los Angeles County child welfare system. The film is…

For many resource families, the prospect of working with a child’s birth family can be intimidating. This class is designed to examine the benefits and realities of working with birth families and to provide tools and ideas to help bridge the gap. The intergenerational nature of trauma, along with special considerations in dealing with kin relationships, will be discussed. Setting boundaries in continued relationships with the birth family, both prior to and following adoption, will also be examined. To register, call 314.968.2350 ext. 7234 or email intake.dept@familyforwardmo.org.