Foster Care and Adoption provides a variety of trainings and conferences for licensed Fairfax County foster parents occurring in 2025. Dates are subject to change, so check back often.
Note: Some trainings may require attendance for multiple dates.
Understanding the Kin First Initiative
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
6:30–8:30 p.m.
Virtual Via Zoom
Fairfax County resource parents, join us for this mandatory training to gain a better understanding of the Kin First initiative. Learn about:
- The best practice of placing children with birth families.
- The process of locating and assessing kinship families.
- How Kin First will impact resource parents.
- The resource parent’s role in supporting kinship placements.
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 Healthy Sexual Development.
Training Title: Healthy Sexual Development
Description: Many youth in care have experienced sexual abuse and trauma and have been exposed to unhealthy relationship behaviors. This course explores healthy sexual development in children and teens and how parents can support youth by providing a safe and supportive environment to discuss sexuality and sexual health and wellness.
*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.
To register please visit: www.fosterparentcollege.com
Log In with your log in credentials.
Scroll and select the course titled – Healthy Sexual Development (In the Parenting Strategies Category)
Select Enroll to begin the course.
If you have questions or need additional support, please reach out to one of the in-service trainers; Neda Ghodsi and Jennifer Woods. 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 Neda Ghodsi.
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