FOSTER PARENT TRAINING OVERVIEW

Overview of Extending our Families Through Unity

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Curriculum developed by Native American Training Institute

Funding provided by Bush Foundation, Casey Family Programs, Sitting Bull College

© 1999 by Native American Children and Family Services Training Institute

Developed and Written by: Susan Paulson, Jodi Gillette, Patricia Hall-Hammerman, Cheryl Long Feather

DEDICATION

This training curriculum is dedicated to all mothers, fathers, and their children who opened up their homes and extended their families to include children in foster care.

“Let us put our minds together and see what we can build for our children”–

Sitting Bull

PHILOSOPHY

Knowledgeable and skilled foster parents provide quality foster care

Customize training to eliminate barriers to completion—e.g.-training in community 3 sessions, 1:1 in home, etc.

DESCRIPTION

Cultural modifications Parents Resource for Information, Development and Education (PRIDE) Foster Parent Training Curriculum

30 Hours of training Designed for Native American Foster

Families who are foster parents of Native American children

5 COMPETENCY AREAS OF PRIDE-WITH SYMBOLIC ANIMAL THAT DEPICT TRAIT

Protection and Nurturing of Children—Buffalo Meeting Children’s Developmental Needs and

Addressing Developmental Delays-Butterfly Supporting Child & Family Relationships-Wolf Connecting Children to Safe, Nurturing

Relationships Intended to Last a Lifetime-Eagle Working as a Member of a professional Team-

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FOSTER PARENT HANDBOOK

Table of Contents Session One: Foster Parent Orientation Session Two: Human Growth &

Development Session Three: Attachment & Loss Session Four: Protecting, Nurturing and

Meeting Needs Through Discipline Session Five: Intergenerational Grief

FOSTER PARENT HANDBOOK

Table of Contents (Continued) Session Six: Effects of Addiction Session Seven: Child Abuse/Neglect &

Sexual Abuse Session Eight: Promoting Permanency

Outcomes Session Nine: Kinship Care & Self Esteem Session Ten: Mitakuye Oyasin-We Are All

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FOSTER PARENT TRAINING: SCOPE AND SEQUENCE