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Creating a Safe, Stable, and Nurturing Home Environment


Description


[This is a National Training and Development Curriculum (NTDC) course.]


This theme helps participants become aware of strategies to make children impacted by trauma and loss feel psychologically and physically safe and covers how to set up a home to be safe for all household members. This theme also covers how the sense of safety ties to behaviors, how to set boundaries, and how to show consistency and predictability using routines and rituals. How to be attuned to children and understand safety from a child’s perspective is also highlighted.


Course length: 90 minutes
Certificate: This course offers an attendance certificate only.

PLEASE NOTE - This course does not provide continuing education credits.

Content
  • Welcome
  • Emotions Check
  • Introduction
  • Key Content
  • Nurturing Parenting 1
  • Video - FOSTER 1
  • Nurturing Parenting 2
  • Video - FOSTER 2
  • Activity - FOSTER Recap
  • Nurturing Parenting 3
  • Video - Kitchen Scene 1
  • Video - Kitchen Scene 2
  • Activity - Kitchen Scenes
  • Safe and Stable Homes
  • Managing Escalated Behaviors
  • Activity - Managing Challenging Behaviors
  • Reflection Journal
  • Closing
  • Wrap Up and Recommended Resources
  • Final Quiz
  • Conclusion
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed
  • Leads to a certificate with a duration: Forever
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