Foster Care and Adoption provides a variety of trainings and conferences for licensed Fairfax County foster parents occurring in 2024. Dates are subject to change, so check back often.
Note: Some trainings may require attendance for multiple dates.
Foster Parent College (FPC) is a great way to obtain training on key topics from the comfort of your home. FPC provides newly approved and seasoned foster parents with a curriculum designed to build new skills and reinforce information acquired from New Generation PRIDE (formerly PRIDE). As approved foster parents with Fairfax County, all classes are free and available to you 24/7. You may choose to take any class you believe will be helpful for your own personal growth and development. This month’s featured training is Cultural Issues in Parenting (Also available in Spanish).
Training Title: Cultural Issues in Parenting (Also available in Spanish)
Description: Children enter foster care with their own cultural background, which influences their behavior, beliefs, and world view. Children benefit when foster parents respect and are supportive of their cultural differences, including differences in customs, sexual orientation, and gender identity. This class examines how parents can support children's cultural development at various ages and offers suggestions for coping with insensitive or hurtful episodes at school and in the community.
*The training will take approximately 2.0 hours to complete and fulfills 4.0 hours of on-line in-service training. You may take the class at your own pace.
Register Online
Log In with your log in credentials.
Scroll and select the course titled – Reducing Family Stress (Under the Parenting Strategies tab)
Select Enroll to begin the course.
If you have questions or need additional support, please reach out to one of the in-service trainers; Emily Thomas. You may also contact FPC at 541-343-6636 or toll free at 1-800-777-6636, (PT) for technical difficulties. As always, once a class is completed, please email the certificate to Emily Thomas.
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