This training will identify the challenges of facing attachment, separation, grief, and loss due to transitional nature of caring for foster children. Examine the different attachment styles, assist foster parents in cultivating their abilities to be thoughtful and responsive to their foster child’s needs and identify coping skills and strategies for foster parents and children as they progress toward the formation of more healthy and secure attachments. Participants will explore the 5 stages of grief with examples of how they may be expressed in the foster care system, will gain knowledge in preventative measures, and will identify coping skills and resilience factors to manage grief and loss.
