Kinship Caregiver Resources
This new FosteringNC.org page features a collection of courses and other resources of special interest to kinship caregivers. Visit…
Preparing for and Responding to Disasters
This course teaches North Carolina resource parents how to keep children and youth safe before, during, and after disasters. (1 hr.) Take course…
Suicide and Self-Injury in Children and Teens
This 1-hour course helps resource parents understand suicide and non-suicidal self-injury in children and adolescents and teaches them how to respond. Take course…
Critical Partners for Permanency
This 1-hour course explains why North Carolina prefers to achieve permanence through reunification or kinship care, the importance of shared parenting and helping youth maintain connections with people that matter to them, and the role kinship care can play in achieving permanence. Take course…
Court: Roles and Obligations of Foster Parents
Topics covered by this 1-hour course include the key players in the court process, the types of court hearings, responsibilities of foster parents in court proceedings, and North Carolina’s Foster Parents’ Bill of Rights. Take course…
Promoting Brain Gains for Youth Emerging from Foster Care
This 4-minute video discusses adolescent brain development and ways child welfare systems inhibit or encourage opportunities for the successful transition to adulthood. To download the report this video is based on, click here.
Promoting Normalcy
This 1-hour course is about supporting the social and emotional development of young people in foster care by applying the “reasonable and prudent parent standard.” It explains how foster parents can use this standard to help children and youth in their care experience “normal,” developmentally-appropriate activities. Take course…
Advocating for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
This 3-hour course explains the role of Local Management Entities/Managed Care Organizations (LME/MCOs) in North Carolina and how to build collaborative relationships with them so children and youth get the behavioral health services they need. Take course…
Supporting Successful Visits
This 3-course series teaches you how to support youth throughout the visitation process while managing trauma reminders, behavioral challenges, and other concerns. Courses: