Foster Care Adoption Training Series

Adoptive Parent Training for Parents Wanting to Adopt From Foster Care

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Course Curriculum

Adoptive Parent Training

1. Welcome to Adoption U
  FREE PREVIEW
2. Terms and Conditions
1. Introduction
  FREE PREVIEW
2. What is the Child Welfare System
3. The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
4. Child Welfare System Quiz
1. What is Foster Care?
  FREE PREVIEW
2. Types of Placement
3. Goals of Foster Care
4. The Process of Suspected Abuse or Neglect
5. Foster Care Quiz
1. Introduction
  FREE PREVIEW
2. Legal Requirements
3. Licensing Processes
4. Home Study & Approval
5. Becoming a Foster Parent Quiz
1. What is Foster Care Adoption
2. How does Foster Care Adoption Work?
3. Types of Adoption from Foster Care
4. Who Can Adopt from Foster Care & Foster Care Adoptive Parent Requirements
5. Foster Care Adoption Costs
6. Federal Subsidies and State Benefits
7. Realistic and Unrealistic Expectations
8. Module 4: Foster Care Adoption Quiz
1. Who are the Children in Foster Care?
2. Adopting an Infant from Foster Care
3. Trauma and Behaviors
4. Ways to Help as a Foster Parent
5. Foster Care Children Quiz
1. State Adoption Exchange System (AES)
2. Heart Galleries
3. National Site
4. Finding a Child to Adopt from Foster Care Quiz
1. Matching Process Considerations
2. Review and Matching
3. How to Navigate Inquiries & Responses
4. Partial Disclosure
5. Your Level of Openness: Contact Agreements
6. Your Level of Openness: Maintaining Relationships
7. Risks Involved
8. Matching and Partial Disclosure Quiz
1. Definition of Full Disclosure and Child Presentation
2. Information and Benefits of Full Disclosure
3. Risks Involved with Full Disclosure
4. Full Disclosure and Child Presentation quiz
1. Introduction to Meeting Your Child & Pre-Placement Visits
2. Pre-Placement Visits FAQs
3. Setting Up the First Meeting
4. The Second Meeting
5. The Overnight Visit
6. The Weekend Visit
7. After the Weekend Visit
8. Meeting Your Child & Pre-Placement Visits Quiz
1. Process of Placement
2. What are you looking for/What do I need to have prepared?
3. Post-Placement Visits are State-Dependent
4. Adoption Finalization
5. Placement and Post-Placement Visit Quiz
1. Adoption Disruption Intro
2. Causes for Adoption Disruption
3. Repercussions of Adoption Disruption in Children
4. Repercussions of Adoption Disruption in Caregivers
5. What if this isn't working?
6. Adoption Disruption Quiz
1. Adoption Dissolution Introduction
2. Adoption Dissolution Causes
3. Adoption Dissolution Quiz
1. Family Integration and Attachment Introduction
2. Talking With Children About the Transition to Adoption
3. Helping Children Understand and Cope
4. Acknowledging the Past Trauma, Grief, Loss, Racial and Cultural Identity
5. Promoting Attachment
6. Family Integration and Attachment Quiz
1. Support and Services: Building a Support System Introduction
2. Continued Education and Training
3. Specialized Therapy and Counseling
4. Foster Care and Adoption Support Groups
5. Mentoring for Parents and Children
6. Support and Services Quiz
1. Thank You For Joining Us at Adoption U!
2. Foster Care Adoption Training Survey

About this course

$300.00
81 lessons
2.5 hours of video content

Foster Care Adoption Training Series

Course Curriculum

Foster Care to Adoption Intro

1: Child Welfare System

2: What is Foster Care

3: Becoming a Foster Parent

4: Foster Care Adoption

5: Foster Care Children

6: How Do I Find a Child to Adopt From Foster Care?

7: Matching and Partial Disclosure

8: Full Disclosure and Child Presentation

9: Meeting Your Child & Pre-Placement Visits

10: Placement and Post-Placement Visit

11: Adoption Disruption

12: Adoption Dissolution

13: Family Integration and Attachment

14: Support and Services - Building a Support System

Thank You For Joining Us at Adoption U!

About this course