About this course
This course equips caregivers, social workers, foster parents, and professionals with the knowledge and practical strategies needed to understand, recognize, and respond effectively to the psychosocial challenges faced by youth in out-of-home care. Learners will explore trauma, attachment, grief, resilience, and evidence-based interventions to support youth healing and growth.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
- Define psychosocial development and identify key factors influencing it in youth in care
- Recognize common types and sources of trauma experienced by youth in out-of-home placements
- Describe the effects of trauma on emotional, behavioral, cognitive, and physical development
- Identify trauma responses and triggers, including less obvious examples
- Explain attachment theory and the impact of disrupted attachment on youth
- Understand the stages of grief and identity challenges faced by youth separated from family
- Apply trauma-informed care principles and evidence-based intervention strategies