A New Tool for Foster Parents
The TST-FC training curriculum enhances a child welfare agency’s existing toolkit for foster parents so that children in their care — and especially children who have experienced trauma — can thrive.
The Trauma Systems Therapy for Foster Care (TST-FC) training curriculum gives child welfare agencies a powerful new tool that foster parents can use to support children in their care and help them heal.
This guide is a primer for child welfare agencies planning to install the curriculum within their existing array of in-service foster care trainings. It is packed with implementation tips, tools and details — including recommended trainer competencies, a sample data summary report and sample posters introducing TST-FC and trauma.
Parenting children with trauma calls for a different approach. That’s why the Annie E. Casey Foundation supported KVC Health Systems, Inc., and the Child Study Center at NYU Langone Medical Center in developing TST-FC. This powerful new parenting model aims to help children regain emotional regulation after being exposed to trauma.