Health and Social Services
Foster Care - Support and Training
Family and Children’s Services provides training for potential foster families and respite caregivers. The sessions will be held in Whitehorse, and are designed to help potential foster parents understand the needs of children placed in foster care, and help participants decide if fostering will fit for them and their family.
- A worker is assigned to support each foster family
- Training and educational opportunities are available for all foster parents
- Mutual support and networking between foster parents is facilitated through the Yukon Foster Parents Association
- Additional training is offered to foster parents on a regular basis
PRIDE
Parent Resources for Information Development and Education (P.R.I.D.E) was introduction as the model of practice for developing and supporting foster families. PRIDE is a model that is being utilized throughout Canada as a systematic approach to ensuring foster parents have the supports, knowledge and resources needed to best meet the needs of the children and families. There are two training components within the model: Pre-Service and CORE both of which are co-facilitated by a Foster Parent and staff person. Pre-Service is a 27-hour training for prospective applicants.
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The most recent PRIDE training session For information or to register for the next session, call Donna at 867-667-3002. |
Topics covered include:
Orientation to PRIDE
- Teamwork towards Permanence: Importance of families and child’s identity, continuity of relationships
- Meeting Developmental Needs-Attachment: Basics about child development, impact of life experiences and ways to build positive attachments
- Meeting Developmental Needs–Loss: Types of losses, the process of grieving and loses as a universal experience
- Strengthening Family Relationships: How families promote identity, importance of cultural identity
- Continuing Family Relationships: Connecting children to safe, nurturing lifelong relationships
- Planning for Change: How fostering impacts the foster or adoptive family
There are 10 modules in the CORE training package, ranging from 3 hours in length to 15 hours. They are listed as follows:
- Module 1: The Foundation of Meeting the Developmental Needs of Children at Risk
- Module 2: Using Discipline to Protect, Nurture and Meet Developmental Needs
- Module 3: Addressing Developmental Issues Related to Sexuality
- Module 4: Responding to the Signs and Symptoms of Sexual Abuse
- Module 5: Supporting Relationships Between Children and their Families
- Module 6: Working as a Member of a Professional Team
- Module 7: Promoting Children’s Personal and Cultural Identity
- Module 8: Promoting Permanency Outcomes
- Module 9: Managing the Fostering Experience
- Module 10: Understanding the Effect of Chemical Dependency on Families
- Module 10a: Understanding the Parents' Process of Change
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