Together Facing the Challenge (TFTC) is a skills-based trauma training program for therapeutic foster, adoptive, and kinship parents who care for children with emotional or behavioral challenges. The training program aims to help parents build and maintain supportive and involved relationships with children in their care.
Session 1: Building Therapeutic Relationships and Teaching Cooperation
Session 2: Setting Expectations
Session 3: Using Effective Parenting Tools to Enhance Cooperation
Session 4: Implementing Effective Consequences
Session 5: Understanding the Importance of Having a Healthy Cultural, Racial and Ethnic Identity
Session 6: Assisting Youth in the Transition to Adulthood
Session 7: Effective Communication Skills
Session 1: Building Therapeutic Relationships and Teaching Cooperation
Session 2: Setting Expectations
Session 3: Using Effective Parenting Tools to Enhance Cooperation
Session 4: Implementing Effective Consequences
Session 5: Understanding the Importance of Having a Healthy Cultural, Racial and Ethnic Identity
Session 6: Assisting Youth in the Transition to Adulthood
Session 7: Effective Communication Skills
Training will take place each Wednesday through November 1st virtually on Teams. You will be emailed a link each week to log into.
RSVP (required) to Sarah Koon at skoon@dabsj.org or call 616-284-5862.