1. FOSTER PARENT TRAINING OVERVIEW
Overview of Extending our Families Through Unity
FOSTER PARENT TRAINING OVERVIEW

2. acknowledgments
Curriculum developed by Native American Training Institute
Funding provided by Bush Foundation, Casey Family Programs, Sitting Bull College
© 1999 by Native American Children and Family Services Training Institute
Developed and Written by: Susan Paulson, Jodi Gillette, Patricia Hall-Hammerman, Cheryl Long Feather

3. DEDICATION
This training curriculum is dedicated to all mothers, fathers, and their children who opened up their homes and extended their families to include children in foster care.
“Let us put our minds together and see what we can build for our children”–
Sitting Bull

4. Philosophy
Knowledgeable and skilled foster parents provide quality foster care
Customize training to eliminate barriers to completion—e.g.-training in community 3 sessions, 1:1 in home, etc.

5. Description
Cultural modifications Parents Resource for Information, Development and Education (PRIDE) Foster Parent Training Curriculum
30 Hours of training
Designed for Native American Foster Families who are foster parents of Native American children

6. 5 competency areas of PRIDE-with symbolic animal that depict trait
Protection and Nurturing of Children—Buffalo
Meeting Children’s Developmental Needs and Addressing Developmental Delays-Butterfly
Supporting Child & Family Relationships-Wolf
Connecting Children to Safe, Nurturing Relationships Intended to Last a Lifetime-Eagle
Working as a Member of a professional Team-Ant

7. Foster Parent Handbook
Table of Contents
Session One: Foster Parent Orientation
Session Two: Human Growth & Development
Session Three: Attachment & Loss
Session Four: Protecting, Nurturing and Meeting Needs Through Discipline
Session Five: Intergenerational Grief

8. Foster Parent Handbook
Table of Contents (Continued)
Session Six: Effects of Addiction
Session Seven: Child Abuse/Neglect & Sexual Abuse
Session Eight: Promoting Permanency Outcomes
Session Nine: Kinship Care & Self Esteem
Session Ten: Mitakuye Oyasin-We Are All Related

9. Handout
FOSTER PARENT TRAINING: SCOPE AND SEQUENCE