Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) trainings & Foster Parent College offers a wide variety of webinars and e-learning opportunities.
Trauma and Discipline: Parenting and disciplining a child with a history of trauma can be difficult without understanding how trauma changes behaviors. Children as young as three may benefit from counseling. Speak to the child’s pediatrician as a first step when looking for community resources.
Understanding Trauma: This resource explains what trauma is, how it affects children and how a caregiver can help a child recover and heal from trauma.
Child Welfare Information Gateway Resources on Trauma for Caregivers and Families: This resource page provides information for caregivers and families to help support children in their care who have experienced complex trauma.
Resources for Relative and Kinship Caregivers: This resource page provides information for kinship caregivers and outlines where relatives can find the support they need to be successful. Resources include handbooks and information about legal, financial and other issues common to kinship families.
The National Child Trauma Stress Network’s mission is to raise the standard of care and improve access to services for traumatized children, their families and communities throughout the United States.
Training Series: Coping with the unique challenges of kinship care with Joseph Crumbley is a resource for kin caregivers and the child welfare workers who support them.
Suggested videos, articles, books:
The Kinship Parenting Toolbox published by EMK Press. This book of articles covering a range of related topics builds resources for kinship families in the hopes that children’s lives will be profoundly, positively impacted.
Substance Use: This is a set of resources from Generations United that includes recommendations and resources on five topics identified by kinship caregivers as uniquely challenging for kinship families impacted by substance use.
Generations United’s Grand Resource: Help for Grandfamilies Impacted by Opioids and Other Substance Use