This course is a part of the "Foster Parent Training: An In-Depth Exploration of Advanced Topics. Trainings will provide in-depth discussion of topics relevant for providing developmentally appropriate, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive, care for children involved with the child welfare system. 

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will understand the basic concepts of power and control in intimate partner relationships.

• Participants will be able to differentiate between tolerable and toxic stress and the impact that this has on child development.

• Participants will understand ways that exposure to domestic violence impacts child behavior.

• Participants will learn parenting skills to support children in their recovery from exposure to domestic violence.