Foster Parent College

In this new course on FosterParentCollege.com®, Betsy Keefer Smalley, LSW, and Richard Delaney, PhD, provide insight into the world of sexually abused children and offer guidance in caring for these children.

An understanding of typical child development will help foster parents more fully understand their child’s progress and know when a delay or behavioral issue should be discussed with the child’s social worker or physician.

This course explores why foster home investigations are necessary, how a typical investigation is conducted, and how a foster family can benefit from an investigation.

This class helps parents anticipate and cope with the conflicting emotions their children may feel when the family opens their home to foster children.

SocialLearning.com, the sales site for the FosterParentCollege.com parent company, has been completely redesigned to make shopping faster and easier. The site sells products for social workers, resource parents, and schools.

A new host, video segments, and improved functioning enhance the learning experience for parents.

Program to treat youth sexual offenders gets nod by CEBC.

A call to CPS triggers a series of events and brings together a team of people, all intent on the goal of a safe and permanent home for every child.

"Parent-Child Attachment" explains secure and insecure attachment, then explores how insecure attachment can affect child behavior and how attachment theory applies to real life.

NFPA will receive a donation when people purchase FosterParentCollege.com classes through a link on the National Foster Parent Association website.