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Services for foster parents include training, education, insurance, search for former foster children.

Education

Online education resources for those seeking to adopt or foster, adoptive and foster parents, searchers, and adoption professionals includes formal online training and courses, as well as resources for offline education.... [more]

Adoption Learning Partners
This resource for online adoption education offers an excellent (and growing) selection of courses for adoptive families including "Conspicuous Families: Race, Culture & Adoption." Newer courses address the adoption tax credit and talking with children.

Adoption Road Map Family Preparation Course
From The Learning Center, this is an excellent course for future adoptive parents. It is an online version of an agency-taught or state adoption department adoption course. TLC is offered by the National Adoption Center. Cost: $100.

Education - Search & Reunion
This online class from Adoption Search & Counseling Consultants looks at a series of issues in our community. Articles are rotated periodically and deal with search, the birthparent experience, reunion, and others.

FosterParentTraining.com
Complete training course, except for hands-on certification and CPR requirements, for future foster and adoptive (in many states) parents. One year membership: $24 (reimbursable in many cases).

Foster Parent Training Online
The entire FosterParentscope Training program is presented in this award-winning Web site from Washington State. Adapted from the SUNY Fosterparentscope curriculum.

Institute for Adoption Education, Inc.
Providers and developers of educational projects, mainly targeted toward professionals and the media to better educate about all aspects of adoption.

MAPP Training
(Model Approach to Partnerships in Parenting) Description of classes for those approaching adoption and foster parenting through their state public agencies.

Mentoring Moms
Educational presentations for adoptive parents of challenged children, with a focus on mild to moderate issues.

National Resource Center for Special Needs Adoption
Technical assistance, consultation, and training for public and private agencies. From Spaulding for Children.

Online Training for Foster Parents
A wonderful selection of online courses for foster parents covering topics from high needs babies to a range of disorders and challenges. Take the course(s) of your interest online and completion certificates are issued immediately. From Foster Parent Community.

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