Fostering NC
A learning site for North Carolina foster and adoptive parents and kinship caregivers.
What We Do
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Shared Parenting For Resource Parents
The goals of this course are to increase resource parents’ understanding of shared parenting, their role in supporting shared parenting, and strategies for helping children maintain connections to their family of origin. (1.5 hr.) Take course…
Supporting and Sustaining Sibling Connections
The primary aim of this course is to increase resource parents’ awareness of their role in maintaining sibling connections, the impact of separating siblings, and strategies for supporting sibling connections. (1 hr.) Take course…
Trauma-Informed Behavior Management
The focus of this course is to increase resource parents’ awareness of behavior management, how trauma impacts behavior, and strategies for supporting positive behaviors and managing challenging behaviors. (1.5 hr.) Take course…
Promoting Protective Factors While Parenting Youth
The focus of this course is to increase resource parents’ self-awareness around parenting, enhance their understanding of the importance of developing supportive and authentic relationships, and identify strategies to strengthen protective and promotive factors with youth. (1 hr.) Take course…
What We Do
On‐Demand Courses
The short courses, all of which are free, are available any time and include a certificate of completion learners can share with their supervising agencies.
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Resources
The following are key resources for North Carolina’s foster and adoptive parents and kinship caregivers.
Foster parents are encouraged to talk in advance to their supervising agency about obtaining training credit through fosteringNC.org.
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