Empowering Schools to Support Adoptive, Foster, and Kinship Students
School-Based Mental Health Professionals Training
Adapted from the National Adoption Competency Mental Health Training Initiative (NTI), this training was uniquely created to address the complex needs of students experiencing adoption, foster care, or kinship care and support the well-being of K-12 students!
It provides the foundational knowledge, values, skills, and resources for school counselors, social workers, psychologists, and school-based therapists to effectively support the mental health and well-being of children experiencing foster care, adoption, kinship care, and/or significant separation and loss of birth family, community, and culture.
The 8 modules focus on support and therapeutic interventions which improve well-being and promote permanency for K-12 students and their foster, adoptive, and guardianship families. The self-paced content can also be relevant for addressing the needs of immigrant / refugee populations and students who are experiencing other types of traumatic experiences.
TBRI & Trauma-Informed Classrooms Training
TBRI & Trauma-Informed Classrooms is a digital training designed to equip educators to help children from backgrounds of abuse, neglect, and/or trauma. Join us to learn how to disarm fear, optimize learning, and facilitate healing for vulnerable children in the classroom. This four-part seminar includes the following sessions:
- Trauma & The Brain: The Impact of Trauma at School (57 minutes
- Empowering Our Students: Meeting Physical Needs (1 hour, 13 minutes)
- Connecting in the Classroom: Creating Relationships that Matter (1 hour, 6 minutes)
- Correcting Behavior: Rethinking Classroom Management (1 hour, 32 minutes)
The role of the social worker can make a huge impact on the success of a student. They provide support and resources every single day to students, staff and families. But that level of support can only be as strong as their training.
Startling Statistics
These kids spend the majority of their day in an educational setting and they are struggling. The mental health crisis in our nation affects kids with attachment and complex developmental trauma even more.
Do you want to have an easier time supporting students, a more positive school environment, better student outcomes and better relationships with parents and families? iCARE4 Adoptive And Foster Families makes it easy for you to get started!
Let the families in your district know you care about adoptive, foster and kinship children.