To qualify to become a Treatment Foster Parent, there are 10 additional units of training needed which include the following: 

Unit 1:  Introduction to Treatment Foster Care
Unit 2:  Professional Parenting 
Unit 3:  Trauma and Child Development
Unit 4:  Understanding Childhood Mental Health
Unit 5:  Developing Healthy Relationships
Unit 6:  Therapeutic Communication
Unit 7:  Understanding and Changing Behavior
Unit 8:  Skill Teaching
Unit 9:  Conflict Resolution
Unit 10: Understanding and Managing Crisis

Contact Stephanie Gavel, Foster Care Manager, at (724) 371-0671 or sgavel@adoptionconnectionpa.org for more information.