Nebraska DHHS Foster Care Training Page
Nebraska licensed foster parents will complete twelve (12) hours of completed trainings per year within the effective dates of their Foster Home License.
Approved and recommended trainings for foster home license renewal are listed below:
Foster Parent Trainings
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Becoming a Foster Parent: What You Really Need to Know
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Partnering with Birth Parents in Foster Care
Course$10
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The Impact of Fostering on Kids Already in the Family
Course$10
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What's It Like to be in Foster Care?
Course$10
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Evaluating Risk Factors in Foster Care
Course4.5 average rating (4 reviews)$20
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Disrupting Birth Order in Adoption and Foster Care
Course4.5 average rating (4 reviews)$20
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Maintaining Your Relationships When Adopting or Fostering
Course4.0 average rating (2 reviews)$20
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Parenting Tweens and Teens
Course4.3 average rating (4 reviews)$20
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Practical Solutions to Typical Food Issues
Course5.0 average rating (1 review)$20
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Physical and Emotional Health Issues Common with Foster Kids
Course$10
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Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard
Course$10
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Suicide Awareness and Prevention
Course$20
Trauma-Informed Trainings
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Introduction to Attachment
Course5.0 average rating (1 review)$20
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Practical Tips for Disciplining While Maintaining Attachment
Course4.8 average rating (8 reviews)$20
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Healing After Abuse and Neglect
Course4.5 average rating (2 reviews)$20
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Helping Children Heal from Sexual Abuse
Course5.0 average rating (2 reviews)$20
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How a Parent's History with Attachment and Trauma Impacts Adoption and Fostering
Course$20
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Parenting Children Who Have Experienced Trauma
Course5.0 average rating (4 reviews)$20
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Practical Tips for Disciplining Children Who Have Experienced Trauma
Course4.8 average rating (5 reviews)$20
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Connected Parenting: Understanding TBRI®️
Course4.7 average rating (6 reviews)$20
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Trauma-Informed Parenting: Practical Applications of TBRI®
Course5.0 average rating (7 reviews)$20
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Impact of Prenatal Exposure to Opiates, Opioids, Methadone, Suboxone, and Other Common Drugs
Course3.4 average rating (8 reviews) -
Raising a Child with ADHD to a Successful & Healthy Adulthood
Course5.0 average rating (5 reviews)$20
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What Is It Really Like to Raise a Child With FASD?
Course5.0 average rating (1 review)$20
Trainings for Adoption Permanency
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Adoption Disruptions/ Dissolutions – How to Prevent and When to Accept
Course4.0 average rating (2 reviews)$20
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Adopting Older Kids: Things to Consider
Course4.3 average rating (6 reviews)$20
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Adopting Siblings: Issues to Consider
Course5.0 average rating (2 reviews)$20
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Adopting as a Single Parent
Course3.3 average rating (4 reviews)$20
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Adult Transracial Adoptees Teach Us About Adoption
Course5.0 average rating (4 reviews)$20
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Combining Kids by Birth and Adoption
Course4.8 average rating (4 reviews)$20
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Evaluating Risk Factors in Domestic Infant Adoption
Course4.7 average rating (7 reviews)$20
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Helping Adopted Children Heal From Past Trauma and Loss
Course4.8 average rating (6 reviews)$20
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Kinship Adoption
Course$20
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Legal Process of Domestic Adoption: What You Need to Know Before You Adopt
Course5.0 average rating (1 review)$20
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Preparing Children Already in the Home for Adoption
Course3.5 average rating (2 reviews)$20
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Raising a LGBTQ+ Child or Youth
Course$20
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Additional Agency Training
Creating a Family as additional FREE resources to support ongoing learning for families and caseworkers in the issues related to foster care adoption.
- Adoption A-Z Resource Guide
- Questions to Ask in Your Interviews with Foster Care Agencies
- 23 Crucial Questions to Ask at Foster Care Placement Meetings
For Welcoming a New Foster Child to Your Home:
- Building Trust With Your Newly Placed Foster Child
- Essential Tips for Fostering a Sibling Group
- Tips for Raising an LGBTQ Foster or Adopted Child
For Working with Your Foster Child’s Family:
- 5 Benefits of Co-Parenting in Foster Care
- Co-Parenting in Foster Care – How to Establish a Relationship with Birth Parents
For an Insider’s View of Fostering:
Creating a Family also has a list of Best Books for Kids Adopted from Foster Care by age and a list of Best Foster Care Books for Kids and Adults, broken out by topic related to foster issues.
Adoption Tax Credit Headquarters – should your foster placement move to adoption, this resource page will be helpful with its links to our annual show, blog posts, and tips for maximizing your savings through the Adoption Tax Credit.
Creating a Family Online Learning Centers: