Fostercare Counselling – Training

Roots Research Center has developed a series of training programs specifically designed for each of the following target groups.
These specific trainings have been developed by professionals skilled in trauma-informed practices that are based on attachment theory.

1. Seminars for foster and adoptive parents or candidates interested in fostering or adoption.

 This series of seminars is specifically designed for foster and adoptive parents or those interested in fostering or adoption. An adoptive or foster child has a high likelihood of developing emotional and behavioral problems related to developmental trauma and the emotional attachment relationship they developed with their caregivers during infancy and early childhood. With appropriate information and preparation, foster/adoptive parents will be able to successfully manage any emotional difficulties and problems that arise during their children’s developmental stages.

2. Seminars for professionals working for or with children with developmental trauma.

This series of seminars is specifically designed for professionals who work with, or make decisions about, children with trauma. The trainings are based on caring practices within the context of trauma theory and attachment theory and are aimed at the daily and lifelong development of professional skills

3. Seminars for professionals working in institutional care and child protection in general.

This series of seminars is particularly aimed at professionals working with, or making decisions for, children and young people living in institutional or alternative care, as well as professionals working with foster and adoptive, or vulnerable biological families.

The aim of these trainings is the continuous professional development of caregivers for children living in institutional/alternative care, or who are involved in any way with the child protection system.

The content of all the seminars is research-based, with theoretical and experiential learning, and is structured around the following themes:

• Developmental trauma and its impact on children’s emotions, relationships and behaviours.

• The effects of developmental trauma on children’s sexual development.

• Emotional attachment relationships and the conditions that develop healthy therapeutic relationships for children with developmental trauma.

• Addressing “blocked” trust for children with developmental trauma. Effective ways of communication to create a climate of safety for the child.

• Caregiver’s “blocked” care. The necessary condition of caregiver care.

• Working with children and young people with traumatic experiences: Therapeutic conditions that facilitate the development of children with developmental trauma.

Our team can modify the content of the seminars to meet the needs of any group of people who want to provide trauma-informed practices based on attachment theory, to improve the lives of children who have experienced abuse or neglect.

For more detailed information about the topics of our seminars, please contact us.