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Session 1: What is Foster Care?
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Session 2: Anxiety and Disorders
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Session 2: Birth Parents and You
Quiz: Child Development
Session 2: Child Development Part I
Session 3: Child Development Part II
Session 3: Trauma Informed Parenting
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Session 3: Caseworkers and Foster Parents
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Session 4: Burnout and Stress
Burnout and Stress Quiz
Session 4: Documentation
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Session 4: Loss and Grief
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Session 5: Placement
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Session 5: Protecting Yourself as a Foster Parent
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Webinar: Accountability vs. Accusations
Webinar: ADHD Part I
Webinar: ADHD Part II
Webinar Aging Out Part I
Webinar Aging Out Part II
Webinar: Anger Management
Webinar Anxieties and Disorders
Webinar: Attachment
Webinar: Autism
Webinar: Bedwetting
Webinar Birth Children and Adoptive Foster Children
Webinar Birth Parents and You
Webinar: Building Self Confidence
Webinar: Bullying Part I
Webinar: Bullying Part II
Webinar Burnout and Stress
Webinar: Case Workers and Foster Parents CW Version
Webinar: Case Workers Foster Parents Foster Parent Version
Webinar Child Development I
Child Development II Quiz
Webinar Child Development II
Webinar Child Sex Trafficking
Webinar Compassion Fatigue
Webinar Discipline and Children in Foster Care
Webinar Documentation
Webinar Eating Disorders
Webinar: Emphatic Listening
Webinar: Establishing Trust
Webinar: FASD Part I
Webinar: FASD Part II
Webinar: Fire Starting
Webinar: Grief/Loss for Children
Webinar Grief and Loss
Webinar: Helping Foster Children in School
Webinar: Home Safety
Webinar How to Prepare for Foster Child
Webinar: Illness Anxiety
Webinar Just For Dads
Webinar: Kinship Care
Webinar Knowing the Terms
Webinar: Lice! Prevention and Treatment
Webinar Life Books
Webinar: Managing Stress
Webinar: Mandated Reporting
Webinar Marriage/Foster Care Part I
Webinar Marriage Foster Care Part II
Webinar: Mental Health Issues
Webinar: Neglect
Webinar: Non Compliance
Webinar: Normalcy
Webinar: Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Webinar: Parenting Troubled Teens
Webinar: Positive Parenting
Webinar Post Adoption Depression
Webinar Power of Prayer
Webinar Protecting Yourself as a Foster Parent
Webinar: Reactive Attachment Disorder
Webinar: Respite Care
Webinar: Rights of Children in Foster Care
Webinar: Rights and Responsibilities
Webinar: Running Away
Webinar: Saying Goodbye to Children in Foster Care
Webinar Schools Part 1
Webinar Schools Part II
Webinar: Self Harm
Webinar Sexual Predators/Sexting
Webinar Sleep Anxieties
Webinar Social Media Safety
Webinar: Stealing
Webinar The Holidays
Webinar: Transracial Parenting Part I
Webinar: Transracial Parenting Part II
Webinar Trauma and Stress
Webinar: Trauma Informed Parenting I
Webinar: Trauma Informed Parenting II
Webinar Visitations
Webinar: Why Children Bite
Webinar Why Children Lie
Webinar What if he is Not Adopted
Webinar: What is Foster Care
CCYA RBWO Training
ADHD Part I RBW
ADHD Part II RBW
Aging Out RBWO Training
Anger Management RBWO
Bullying RBWO
Caseworkers and Staff RBWO
Challenges of School RBWO Training
Compassion Fatigue RBW
Eating Disorders-RBW
Emphatic Listening RBWO Training
Grief and Loss RBWO
Illness Anxiety RBWO
Managing Stress
Mandated Reporting RBWO Training
Normalcy RBWO
R.A.D. RBWO Training
Running Away RBW
Self Harm RBWO
Sleep Anxieties RBWO Training
Social Media Safety RBWO Training
The Holidays-RBW
Trauma Part I RBW
Trauma Part II RBW
Visitations RBWO
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Certificate: Accountability
Certificate: ADHD Part I
Certificate ADHD Part II
Certificate Aging Out I
Certificate Aging Out II
Certificate Anger Management
Certificate Anxieties Disorders
Certificate: Attachment
Certificate: Autism
Certificate: Bedwetting
Certificate Birth Children
Certificate Birth Family
Certificate Biting
Certificate-Building Self Esteem
Certificate Bullying Part I
Certificate Bullying Part II
Certificate Burn Out/Stress
Certificate Caseworker/Foster Parents CW Version
Certificate Case Workers Foster Parents FP Verssion
Certificate Child Development I
Certificate Child Development II
Certificate Child Sex Trafficking
Certificate Compassion Fatigue
Certificate Discipline and Foster Care
Certificate Documentation
Certificate Eating Disorders
Certificate: Emphatic Listening
Certificate: FASD Part I
Certificate: FASD Part II
Certificate Fire Starting
Certificate Helping Foster Children in School
Certificate Home Safety
Certificate: Illness Anxiety
Certificate Just For Dads
Certificate: Kinship Care
Certificate Knowing the Terms
Certificate: Lice! Prevention and Treatment
Certificate Life Books
Certificate Loss/Grief
Certificate: Managing Stress
Certificate: Mandated Reporting
Certificate Marriage II
Certificate Marriage I
Certificate: Mental Health Issues
Certificate: Neglect
Certificate: Non Compliance
Certificate: Normalcy
Certificate: ODD
Certificate Online Dangers
Certificate: Parenting Troubled Teens
Certificate Placement
Certificate: Positive Parenting
Certificate Post Adoption Depression
Certificate Power of Prayer
Certificate Protecting Yourself as a Foster Parent
Certificate Reactive Attachment Disorder
Certificate Respite Care
Certificate: Rights for Children
Certificate Rights and Responsibilities
Certificate Running Away
Certificate: Saying Goodbye
Certificate Schools I
Certificate Schools II
Certificate: Self Harm
Certificate Sexting
Certificate Sleep Anxieties
Certificate Stealing
Certificate The Holidays
Certificate: Transracial Parenting Part I
Certificate: Transracial Parenting Part II
Certificate Trauma
Certificate: Trauma Informed Parenting I
Certificate : Trauma Informed Parenting II
Certificate Visitation
Certificate What if Not Adopted
Certificate: What is Foster Care
Certificate Why Children Lie
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Documentation Downloadable Paperwork
How to be a Foster Parent
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Foster Care Institute of Articles
Adoption
What Open Adoption is Really Like
10 Truths you Need to Know about Adoption
About 120,000 US foster kids are waiting for parents
8 Heartwarming Stories of Older Children Who Finally Found Their Forever Home
TV Shows That Get Adoption Right
How Adoption Changed my Life
Adoption: Helping Foster Children with the Transition
What People Are Getting Wrong About the Parkland Shooter & Adoption
How TV reveals today's challenges and realities of open adoption
Adoption: When Fostering Leads to Building a Family
The Real Story of Adoption from Foster Care
When Adoption is Needed
Adopting Kids from Foster Care
Challenges of School and Education
5 Things Parents Can Do To Help Their Children Thrive and Excel In School
10 Ways Teachers Can Help Students from Foster Care
The Top 8 Ways to Help Your Foster Child in School
School: A Place of Failure for Children in Foster Care
Foster Youth & School: The Ongoing Struggles
Helping Foster Children in School Special Blog
Success in School
5 Do's and Don'ts when Helping your Foster Children in School
Schools and Parents Part One
Schools and Parents Part Two
Challenges Foster Children Face in Schools
Covid 19/ Coronavirus
Foster Care and Covid: 15 Ways to Fix Foster Care During the Covid Pandemic
When parents have to be social workers and therapists, too: How coronavirus is affecting foster families
Child Abuse and the Coronavirus: How Covid 19 may Increase the Risk of Child Abuse and Neglect
Coronavirus Disrupts an Already Fragile Child Welfare System
Foster Care
How our Children are Facing a Pandemic of Mental Health
Foster Care Crisis in America: "We can't find enough foster parents."
Children in Foster Care and Mental Health Disorders
What you Don't Know about Children in Foster Care
6 Things you Need to Know about Children in Foster Care
8 Ways you can Stop Child Abuse
The Ongoing Problem Within Foster Care
8 SIMPLE WAYS TO SUPPORT FOSTER PARENTS
Child abuse: What to look for, how you can help child abuse victims around you
The Mental Health Effects of Living in Foster Care
The Foster Care System Needs a Boost
Everything You Need to Know About Foster Care, Explained
The Awful TV Portrayal of the Foster Care System
The Year of the Foster Child
Child Welfare Around the World
The Truth About Suicide And Foster Care
International Experts Gather to Help Children in Foster Care
The Foster Care Crisis: The Shortage Of Foster Parents In America
Foster Parent Retention Revisited
Foster Parent Retention: What are the Foster Parents Saying?
The Hidden Victims of the Opioid Crisis
The Importance of Laughter and Play for Children in Foster Care
Understanding the Behaviors Children in Foster Care Present
Ideal Childhood Development Part I
Ideal Childhood Development Part II
Helping Foster Children at Christmas
Foster Care and the Holidays
The Anatomy of Anxiety
Supervision Protects Everyone Involved
How Disney Therapy Helps Children in Need
Disney Therapy: Helping Foster Kids Heal Through Play
Foster Parenting 101: A FREE Epamphlet
A Different Home: A Time of Trauma and Loss for Children in Foster Care
Online and Social Media Safety
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s cyberbullying really a thing? Stay safe and protect yourself from online harassment
Is Your Child Prepared for Their First Cell Phone?
5 Experts Share Signs of Cyberbullying and Tactics for Prevention
How Today's Children Are Victims of Cyberbullying
Do You Know What Your Child is Playing Online?
Benefits of On-Line Technology for Foster Youth
When Cyberbullies Target Foster Children
Cyberbullying and Foster Children-Beyond the Playground
A Feeling of Control- A World of Danger
Foster Care’s Continuing Human Trafficking Problem
4 Do's and Don't when Keeping Foster Children Safe from Bullies
4 Do's and Don'ts when Protecting your Foster Child from Sexting
How to Keep Foster Kids Safe Online
Foster Parents, Think Twice Before you Post!
The Dangers of Social Media and Foster Care
Dangers of Online Technology eBook
Opioid Crisis
Babies At Risk: How the Opioid Crisis is Affecting Even the Littlest Among Us
Here’s One Way to Stop the Opioid Crisis in America’s Foster Care System
Fostering Babies and the Opioid Crisis
The Strain of the Opioid Epidemic on Families and the Foster Care System
The Gray Death: The Most Powerful and Dangerous Opioid Drug Yet
Why America’s Babies Are Suffering: Opioid Addictions Placing More Babies In Foster Care
How The Heroin Crisis Is Straining Foster Care
America Is Losing The War On Opioids, And Children Are The Real Victims
America’s Opioid Crisis: How Children Are Casualties
About Dr. John DeGarmo
Social Impact Heroes: Why and How Dr John DeGarmo Of Foster Care Institute Is Helping To Change Our World
Heroes Of The Homeless Crisis: How Dr. John DeGarmo Is Helping To Prevent Young People From Becoming Homeless
F
ull House: An inside Look at Foster Care and Family
Why This Man is Thankful to be Called Daddy
Meet Dr. John DeGarmo, Foster Care Expert
John DeGarmo and His Wife Have Taken Care of 50 Children
Dr. John DeGarmo’s Foster Care Tale of Empowerment
Nurturing Neglected Children Through Foster Care
Why I Can’t Be My Childrens’ Friend Right Now
The Home They Need
Defining a Mission and Purpose for our Family
My Daughter’s Tragic Journey; My Heartbreak and Guilt
The DeGarmos Are Everyday Heroes
Dr. John DeGarmo- Passion to Make a Difference
An Australian newspaer's interview of Dr. DeGarmo
The book Fostering Love: One Foster Parent's Journey and the author Dr. DeGarmo
Dr. DeGarmo Authors Book on Experiences
The Foster Parenting Manual. An interview with author Dr. John DeGarmo.
Aging Out
Financial Empowerment for Youth Who Age Out of Foster Care
15 Ways to Help Youth who Age Out of Foster Care
The Tragedy of Turning 18: Aging Out of Foster Care
Helping Those who Age Out of Foster Care
Growing Too Old: Aging Out
Thousands of Foster Teens Are In Danger And Society Doesn't Care
4 Do's and Don'ts When Aging Out of Foster Care
Aging out of Foster Care
Child Sex Trafficking
Tennessee officials rescue 13 missing children at risk of being trafficked: 'America's ugly secret'
Covid and Human Trafficking: How the Covid Pandemic Continues to Change Human Trafficking
84 Children Rescued From Human Trafficking. The Truth That Continues To Shock America
How Child Sex Trafficking is Big Money in America
Modern Day Slavery DOES Exist in America: How Our Children Are Victims Today
How Children in Foster Care Fall Victim to Child Sex Trafficking
5 Ways You Can Help Stop Child Sex Trafficking
Child Pornography-A Multi Million Dollar Industry
Child Sex Trafficking
Foster Care’s Continuing Human Trafficking Problem
The Shocking Truth of Child Sex Trafficking
The Dangerous Rise of Online Child Pornography
The Reality of Child Sex Trafficking and Foster Children
Your Child Is In Danger, and You Continue to Ignore the Problem
Better Parenting Means No Pictures: Stopping Child Sex Predators
Faith
Based
Faith Based Organizations Play an Important Role in Foster Care
Is This The Next Great Mission Field For Today's Church?
Living Our Faith as Foster Parents
16 Ways we can Pray for Children in Foster Care
You Are Being Called To Care For Children. Will You Answer?
Working with Birth Parents: The Impact of Faith, Prayer, and Forgiveness
Building God’s Kingdom through Foster Care Ministry
Christian foster parents needed acutely, advocates assert
Willing to Help: Something the Church can do to Help Foster Care
T
he Question of Prayer for Foster Parents
How God is Calling us to Adopt His Children in Need
The Church's Next Mission: Help Children in Foster Care
Why I Pray as a Foster Parent
Foster Parenting
Top Five Self-care Practices That Improve Mental Wellness
10 Ways to Strengthen Foster Parent/Child Relationships
Support for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
How to be a Foster Parent
Why you Should be a Foster Parent
7 Things you Should Never Say to a Foster Parent
10 Reasons why I am Thankful for Being a Foster Parent
8 Myths about Foster Parenting: What you have Wrong about Foster Parents
5 Things you Need to survive as a foster Parent
How Seniors Can Get Involved In Foster Care
Financial Guide to Being a Foster
Parent
Experts Share Self-Care Tips for Parents
23 Totally Insane Things Parents Let Their Kids Do
23 Things Parents Used to Do That Would Horrify People Today
Experts Share 6 Things You Should Know Before Working
12 Sleep Tips for Kids with Special Needs—from Real Parents
Four Things Foster Parents Want You to Know
Family Support for New Foster Parents
The Importance of Documentation for Foster Parents
7 phrases not to say to a foster parent—and why
Why boys are more likely to be violent, and what can we do to stop it
Five Things Every Child Should Hear
Things you should say to your kids every day
How Foster Parents Can Protect Themselves
Foster Parent Protection: More Tools
Foster Parenting: A Truth You Should Know
The Healing Power of Forgiveness
Working with Birth Parents: The Impact of Faith, Prayer, and Forgiveness
10 Ways You Can Help Children in Foster Care Without Being a Foster Parent
Helping Biological Children While Caring for Foster Children
The Life of a Foster Parent
The Ins and Outs of Foster Parent Training
Being the Role Model your Foster Child Needs
How to Be a Good Foster Parent While Being A Good Spouse
Co-Parenting with Birth Parents Part III
Co Parenting with Birth Parents Part II
4 Do's and Don'ts for your Marriage while Foster Parenting
Maintaining Solid Marriages When Foster Parenting
Co Parenting with Birth Parents
Part I
Building a Healthy Working Relationship with your Caseworker and Agency
Am I Making a Difference?
Foster Parent Training
Rules and Expectations with your Foster Child
Rest for the Weary: Respite Care
Transitions
10 Top Tips when Welcoming a Foster Child into your Home
Welcoming Home a New Child in Foster Care
Do You Have Everything?
Foster Parents Should Grieve When a Child Leaves Their Family
Welcoming Your Foster Child
4 Do's and Don'ts when Welcoming a Foster Child to your Home
Welcoming a Foster Child Into Your Home
4 Do's and Don'ts when Welcoming a Foster Child to your Home
Handling Grief and Loss for Foster Parents
Grief and Loss in Foster Care
Saying Goodbye in Foster Care
