Foster Kinship offers professional trainings and conferences designed to strengthen kinship care practice, child welfare systems, trauma-informed support, and family-serving organizations. These learning opportunities help professionals build knowledge, improve practice, and better support children and families across the non-parental care continuum.
Families benefit when professionals have access to accurate information, current best practices, and practical tools. Foster Kinship’s Trainings and Conferences provide ongoing learning opportunities for professionals who serve kinship caregivers, birth parents, adoptive families, legal guardians, children, youth, and community partners.
These opportunities may include workshops, conferences, continuing education, specialized trainings, and professional development focused on kinship care and child welfare.
Training topics may include:
These trainings are designed for professionals and organizations seeking to improve services for children and families. Social work CEUs may be available for select learning opportunities when applicable.
Kinship families often interact with multiple systems. When professionals across those systems share accurate information and strong practice standards, families experience less confusion and more coordinated support.
Foster Kinship’s professional education helps strengthen prevention efforts, promote family connection, and support systems that recognize kinship care as a critical part of child and family well-being.