NTDC classroom-based sessions are designed to be delivered locally. Foster, kinship and adoptive families will work through their local jurisdictions to ensure they are following their required training process. Connect with your local agency to ensure you’re all set on your journey through the process!
Video-based classroom themes offer the flexibility of being viewed either during class time or independently outside the classroom. The “Overview of Child Welfare” and “Expanding Your Parenting Paradigm” themes include a video, discussion questions, additional resources on the topic, and an optional post-test.
Video-Based Classroom Themes
In this theme, participants will learn why traditional parenting approaches may not be effective for children who have experienced separation, loss, or trauma. They will gain insight into how to adapt their parenting strategies to better support their child’s unique needs. Characteristics such as flexibility, patience, nurturing, compassion, and a sense of humor will be highlighted as essential tools for creating a supportive and healing environment.
Please choose the one that best matches your situation:
Families who foster and/or adopt children from the child welfare system
Families who adopt via the intercountry or private domestic process
Families who provide kinship care
American Indian and Alaska Native families who foster, provide kinship care, and/or adopt
Video-Based Classroom Themes
This theme helps participants understand the child welfare system and how it operates, including the key players and their roles. Critical laws that have shaped child welfare are covered and the role of the court system and how decisions get made is explained. Also covered are the reasons children enter the child welfare system and the types of maltreatment children may face. The permanency options that exist for children and the importance of being considerate of a child’s sense of time are highlighted.
Please choose the one that best matches your situation:
This course is for families who are preparing to foster or adopt through the child welfare system. You’ll learn how the system works, who the key people are, and how the court system is involved. The course will also highlight your role as a part of the child welfare team.
This course will help you learn about the child welfare system and how it works, including important information about American Indian and Alaska Native children and families. There are unique factors for children who are members of a tribal nation related to Tribal Sovereignty and laws.
NTDC was funded by the Children’s Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, under grant #90CO1134. The contents of this document are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Children’s Bureau.