FOSTER CARE SUPPORT NETWORK LIFE SKILLS TRAININGS
Below are the training titles and descriptions for each Life Skills FCSN training. After you have determined which trainings you are interested in ordering, select the number of tests and answer keys you will need for each. Only one answer key is needed for each training per facility. Each test includes a certificate of completion per foster parent.
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*We encourage you to check with the licensing entity in your state to ensure that FCSN trainings will be counted toward training hours for your foster parents.
**Please allow 2-3 weeks for delivery. Order online for faster service.
Important Publisher's Note: Reproduction of Tests and Certificates of Completion may VOID your training hours.
**Please note, certificates are NOT mailed with the trainings. Certificates will be issued upon completions of the tests. Once you send us the completed tests, we will correct them and issue a certificate.
Volume 2, No. 12 Training & Certificate
Independence Day: Preparing Foster Youth to Live on Their Own
Foster parents need to emphasize life skills training because such training – especially when age appropriate and tailored to the individual youth – will help prepare them to be successful adults, and that, after all is the goal of any parent.
Category: Life Skills
Volume 2, No. 12 Answer Key
Volume 6, No. 8 Training & Certificate
Life Skills Training Promotes Independence
Why is life skills training so crucial? Why do foster parents play such an important role? What are life skills assessments? This article addresses important questions like these.
Category: Life Skills
Volume 6, No. 8 Answer Key
Volume 7, No. 12 Training & Certificate
Helping Foster Youth Transition to Independent Living
Young people in foster care need consistent preparation and counseling to make a successful transition to adulthood and independence. Life skills training is a crucial part of that equation.
Category: Life Skills
Volume 7, No. 12 Answer Key
Volume 8, No. 9 Training & Certificate
Preparing Foster Youth to Live on Their Own
Foster parents and other primary caregivers can help youth from facing scary, "What do I do now?" scenarios when they reach 18, by beginning life skills training as early as possible.
Category: Life Skills
Volume 8, No. 9 Answer Key
Volume 9, No. 9 Training & Certificate
Helping Foster Youth Transition to Adulthood
The significance of life skills training has come to light in numerous studies, all of which cite this area as one of the major predictors associated with adult success.
Category: Life Skills
Volume 9, No. 9 Answer Key
Volume 10, No. 9 Training & Certificate
Learning Life Skills is Crucial for ALL Youth
Foster parents need to know what life skills the teen already has and what areas need improvement. However, whatever the specifics, the frequent contact and instruction that occurs in day-to-day parenting makes the foster home a natural environment for such training to occur.
Category: Life Skills
Volume 10, No. 9 Answer Key
Volume 11, No. 11 Training & Certificate
Getting Teens Ready for the Real World
Foster parents need to stress life skills training whenever possible because such training will help prepare youth to be successful adults. And that, after all, is the goal of any parent, regardless if the child is bio or foster.
Category: Life Skills
Volume 11, No. 11 Answer Key
Volume 13, No. 10 Training & Certificate
Getting Teens Ready for the 'Real World'
It's never easy for teenagers to make a successful transition into adulthood, but it's even more difficult for foster youth who enter the adult world with fewer financial resources, and personal and family connections than other children. This training shows how foster parents can help.
Category: Life Skills
Volume 13, No. 10 Answer Key
Volume 14, No. 12 Training & Certificate
Teaching Kids the Value of Money
As parents, we all want to protect our children and ensure their future success as adults. But by not disclosing money issues we are not protecting them, but allowing them to live in a world where they believe they'll always have enough money. By not showing discipline in our own spending habits, we are denying them the basic fundamental truth that money doesn't grow on trees.
Category: Life Skills
Volume 14, No. 12 Answer Key