About this course
This course equips child care professionals with the knowledge, skills, and strategies to collaborate effectively with families and empower both families and youth in shared decision making. Learners will explore diverse family structures, core outcomes for children in care, the emotional journey of families, cultural competence, youth participation, and practical tools for family engagement.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
- Recognize diverse family structures and roles in child care
- Describe core outcomes for children in care: safety, well-being, and permanence
- Identify and respond to common emotional reactions of families during child placement
- Apply non-judgmental, culturally competent approaches to family engagement
- Empower families and youth as active partners in care planning and decision making
- You'll learn to recognize diverse family structures and roles in child care. This includes understanding the many ways families are defined and involved
- You'll be able to describe the core outcomes for children in care: safety, well-being, and permanence. These outcomes guide all child care decisions