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Foster Parent Training

MO C.A.R.E. Training

MO C.A.R.E. Training

This curriculum is one part of the assessment process required for all families who wish to be licensed as a traditional foster home. Participants must be approved by the licensing worker in your county of residence. (10 week training)

STARS for the Relative Placement (In-Person)

STARS for the Relative Placement (In-Person)

This nine hour in-person training is required for all families serving as an alternative placement for a child who is a relative or acquaintance.

STARS for the Relative Placement (Virtual)

STARS for the Relative Placement (Virtual)

This nine hour virtual training is required for all families serving as an alternative placement for a child who is a relative or acquaintance.

TBRI Training (Foster/Adopt)

TBRI Training (Foster/Adopt)

TBRI® is an attachment-based, trauma-informed intervention that is designed to meet the complex needs of vulnerable children. TBRI® uses Empowering Principles to address physical needs, Connecting Principles for attachment needs, and Correcting Principles to disarm fear-based behaviors. While the intervention is based on years of attachment, sensory processing, and neuroscience research, the heartbeat of TBRI® is connection. (8 week training)

How to Handle a Disclosure

How to Handle a Disclosure

This two hour training will walk you through how to handle a disclosure and what to expect for next steps.

The Importance of Sibling Placement

The Importance of Sibling Placement

This seven hour training is required of all licensed resource families in their first 2 years of licensure. This training will discuss ways to protect and nurture sibling relationships within your home, biological families, or across multiple homes when siblings are not able to be placed together.

Spaulding

Spaulding

This twelve hour training is required for all traditionally licensed families who are planning to adopt. It is also strongly encouraged for families who are planning to adopt or pursue guardianship for a relative placement.

To begin your foster parenting journey, please contact Shonnie Dansby.
Shonnie.Dansby@dss.mo.gov
417-345-7651 ext. 259

Please fill out the inquiry form here:

If you have completed a class with us, please let us know how we did!

**Please note that training sessions require a minimum number of participants. If this number is not met, the training will be rescheduled.**

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417.346.7077

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