NFPA’s Training Institute is made available through the ongoing support of the Centene Corporation.
Centene is committed to helping people live healthier lives. They provide access to high-quality healthcare, innovative programs and health solutions that help families and individuals get well, stay well and be well.
We are grateful for their contributions to the NFPA, and to the families that we serve.
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Growing Brains All Summer Long (1 Hour)
Techniques to keep kid's brains sharp and growing even over the summer school break.
The Importance of Fatherhood (20 Minutes)
Things a Kid from Foster Care Wishes Their Foster Parents Would Know… or Ask (20 Minutes)
Fostering Sleep for Children in Foster Care (1 Hour)
NCMEC (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children) Resources for Parents and Caregivers (.75 Hour)
Fostering Success for Students: Advocating and Uplifting Students in Foster Care (20 Minutes)
FASD: What Every Foster or Adoptive Parent Should Know (.5 Hour)
Trust Before Textbooks: Building Success with Kids from Hard Places Through Trauma-Informed Tutoring and Discipline (1 Hour)
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New Resources on NFPATI!
Digital Safety for Children in Foster and Kinship Care
Children in foster care often face unique emotional, social, and psychological challenges, making digital online safety particularly critical for their well-being.
As technology becomes an integral part of all facets of a child’s life, including education, communication, and entertainment, it’s essential to ensure that these vulnerable children are protected from the potential dangers that exist online.
Child Identity Protection
Our discussion touches on the best ways to protect the Foster children in your care from identity theft.
Topics include:
- Reasons why the child in foster care is particularly vulnerable, more than a child who is not in care.
- Pulling regular credit reports and a recommended schedule.
- Recognizing warning signs that an identity has been compromised.
- Methods for securing important documentation.
- How to respond when an identify theft has occurred.
- Protecting yourself and your family when providing foster care.
- Available tools and resources for freezing a child’s credit.
- And more.
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Additional Training Options
Many agencies provide valuable online training for Foster parents. Click the links below for some excellent options to augment the training found here on the NFPA Training Institute.
NCMEC Training
Click here to access this training resource.
National Training and Development Curriculum for Foster and Adoptive Parents
Click here to access this training resource.
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Courses to Meet Your Needs
Centene Corporation and The National Foster Parent Association would like to welcome you to our partnership to bring online training to caregivers nationwide via the NFPA Training Institute.
Combining our child welfare expertise will allow us to disseminate training to caregivers more broadly, which will further support and empower them in providing the best possible care to our children and youth.
Centene and the NFPA have committed to collaborate to create new curriculums and trainings that will give caregivers quick and easy access to education that addresses targeted issues they commonly encounter.
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Dozens of Online Courses
Choose from multiple courses in the areas that impact you and your family.
Always Free. Always Accessible.
Sign up for a course and you’ll be able to complete it for free when it’s convenient for you.
Instructor Expertise
Our instructors are experts in their respective fields or parents just like you.
Training Certificates for Each Completed Course
Receive certificates to show training completion; great for meeting your State’s annual training-hour requirement.