When life feels overwhelming, it’s easy to lose sight of your needs and hit burnout. In this empowering webinar, Women’s Empowerment Coach Andrea Amador, CEC—M.N.L.P., shares practical tools to help parents and caregivers turn self-doubt into self-trust, set loving boundaries, and choose themselves first without guilt—through self-love, mindfulness, and simple grounding practices.

In today’s digital age, parents are raising children in uncharted territory — where technology reshapes independence and development. This course explores how screen time and modern parenting trends impact resilience, maturity, and growth. Gain evidence-based insights, tools, and strategies to raise confident, well-adjusted children despite digital challenges.

This webinar explains recent research on how smartphones affect youth mental and emotional well-being, and how proactive caregivers can support healthy habits by following the AAP's "5 C's." Participants will share their insights, ideas, and practical tools, in addition to those from Parents Toolshop®, to help children maintain balance in this high-stress world with lots of digital distractions and addictions.

Parenting is a journey of strength, love, and growth. In this interactive webinar, discover how simple, research-based affirmations can support healing, build resilience, and deepen connection for both you and your child. You’ll leave with practical tools and powerful words you can use every day to encourage hope, confidence, and stronger relationships.

Schedule a private coaching session for TIPS trainees and non-graduates with Jody Johnston Pawel, LSW, CFLE, CTSS, CFLC-Expert

Adopting a child is a complex decision. This one-hour webinar offers research-based strategies to support pre-adoptive and adoptive families, grounded in our theoretical framework and study of 35 prospective adoptive parents. Learn how to tailor interventions, foster communication, and apply practical insights to guide families through their adoption journey.

Today, parents face more stress than ever but might not have learned healthy coping skills from their own parents. Doing the opposite can also be unhealthy. Break the cycle for the next generation by learning how childhood created subconscious patterns and trigger buttons and get tools to reduce stress, deprogram triggers, stay calm and communicate effectively.

This discussion about the CDC's 10/30/2024 study on teen screen time offers research-based explanations and practical parenting tips. Every parent and family service professional is invited to attend live or watch the replay to learn and share resources.

Millions of parents use "behavior management" tactics with children and the #1 treatment for autistic children is ABA (Applied Behavioral Analysis). These tactics are considered "evidence-based" but 60 years of research show they are ineffective and counter-productive, and today’s researchers argue that it's harmful! Attend this webinar for details and better tools to reach your positive parenting goals.

Trauma affects children in ways that many adults, both parents and professionals, don’t recognize as trauma, so they react to them in ways that aren’t working and may be making matters worse. This webinar reveals the Top Ten Truths about Trauma and offers tips EVERY ADULT NEEDS TO KNOW to reverse the effects before the trauma has lifelong consequences.

Children in foster care often face many obstacles, including the opportunity to participate in sports. Unfortunately, many children in foster care are unable to participate due to systemic constraints and other barriers. Participating in sports can provide numerous benefits for children, including improved physical health, greater socialization skills, and an increased sense of belonging.

Children in foster care have a vastly higher rate of trauma than their non-foster peers. All adults in these children’s lives must have an understanding of the role trauma plays in their behavior and achievement of developmental milestones. Each child will manifest their trauma differently. Participants will learn ways to help improve functioning and how to work with the mental health system.

Understand the role trauma plays in problematic behavior and why "old school" punishment not only doesn't work but can cause trauma triggers and make matters worse. Learn why you want to avoid these and use the 5 best trauma-informed discipline tools that build trust and resolve the core issues causing problematic behavior.

No More Gray Lines between punishment and discipline once you learn trauma-informed responses for redirecting and disciplining problematic behavior. You'll know how to recognize the five types of problematic behavior and how to prevent and respond to each type. Understand the impact trauma has on behavior and trauma-informed responses, including the 5 best discipline tools that teach self-discipline.

Introducing new children into your foster-adoptive family can create sibling conflicts & rivalry. This webinar shows how to prevent these issues and practical tools for empowering siblings to resolve their own issues respectfully.

Children with a trauma history often experience intense emotions or have difficulty expressing them, so they show up in their behavior. Discover how to use and model “F-A-X Listening,” a three-step process that opens the door to communication, helps develop emotional intelligence, supports appropriate expression and processing of emotions, and teaches children how to responsibly solve problems and resolve conflicts.

Chronic or toxic stress effects children’s brains and bodies similarly to trauma. There are 3 types of traumas that fall on a spectrum from nothing apparent happening to what everyone recognizes as abuse. Your child could be showing signs of trauma you aren't recognizing! Attend this webinar to learn more about trauma, how it affects children, and the symptoms to look for in children at different developmental stages

Parents and children are having far more mental health issues than in the past. What role might social media be playing in that? This webinar explains the biological process of how social media and emotional addictions can affect mental health. Learn how can families reap the benefits and reduce the risks.

Build self esteem, without creating praise junkies or egotistical self-centered children. They also increase children’s immunity to peer pressure and can prevent sibling rivalry.

This webinar reveals surprising facts about: What really qualifies as a lie? When do children understand they are lying? Why do children lie? How can parents prevent lying? How parents might accidentally model lying without even realizing it, and “Truth or Consequences,” practical tools for responding to lies in ways that encourage permanent truthfulness.

Sometimes, your parenting goal is to just get your child to stop screaming and throwing things. Attend this webinar to better understand causes and types of out-of-control behaviors and ways to maintain your own self-control. You will also get a formula for responding appropriately and effectively to extreme behaviors.

Learn the top ten most effective and practical language and action tools for fostering internal motivation, building self-esteem, getting cooperation, and teaching children tasks, behaviors, values and self-responsibility. Get short-term results and long-term benefits — without stickers or bribes — while preventing or defusing power struggles and tantrums.

Adolescents aging out of the foster care system have greater needs and fewer skills than most teens. This webinar shows caregivers how to provide quality support to independent living young adults before, during, and after they leave to live on their own by reflecting on their own journey and growing their relationship during this transition to adulthood.

Millions of dollars each year are lost and lives are changed forever as a result of youth who have firesetting behaviors. With proper interventions, many of these youths will grow up to be productive citizens. Learn how to spot troubling behaviors as well as a few safety tips to make your home safe and sound.

When children with a trauma history display problematic behavior, how do you know if it’s “normal,” due to developmental issues, or related to their trauma? Do you know how to recognize trauma reactions from typical tantrums? Or the different kind of adaptive behaviors trauma survivors might display? This webinar reveals the red-flag warning signs of trauma, their purpose, and effective trauma-informed responses.

When you see sexual behavior in your children and teens, how do you know if it means the child has been sexually abused? Can you easily recognize common and uncommon behaviors? Do you feel confident talking to your children about problematic sexual behavior? This webinar will reveal key sexual behaviors that could be red flags and cause for concern, with scripts you can use to talk with your children.

Understand the developmental stages children typically follow and the effects that child abuse and neglect can have on children’s development. Recognize when developmental delays or misbehaviors are a result of the child’s developmental stage, past upbringing or trauma.

This BUNDLE contains both the MATERIALS and COURSES to get an introduction to the Foster-Adoptive Parents Toolshop®, a research-based, trauma-informed, proven-effective parenting plan called "The Universal Blueprint® for Parenting Success" --- just for foster-adoptive parents and kinship caregivers.

The birds and the bees can be tough to talk about but with a little information, some careful thought and planning it’s possible to have comfortable and effective conversations that help your kids make good decisions.

This webinar focuses on the power of nurture, combined with proactive interventions, empowering resource parents to identify the skills, knowledge and resources that will support their ability to optimize outcomes for at-risk children who experience prenatal substance exposure.

There are 4 types of "typical" tantrums and then there are trauma-related tantrums, which have unique characteristics and must be handled in specific ways. This webinar will briefly review the four typical tantrums, then spend focused time on trauma tantrums. Come learn more about what causes them, what triggers them, and how to respond in a trauma-informed way.

When foster children must return home, it can be very difficult grief to work through. This webinar explores the roller coaster feelings foster parents may have throughout their journey, which may be pitted with potholes and yet still fulfilling and rewarding.

Learn how to an advocate for your child with school personnel so they understand the impact that trauma on a child’s ability to learn. Create an action plan to communicate with schools in order to set your child up for success.

As a foster-adoptive parent, it’s important to know how to support children in foster care around releasing their false ideas, which fuel their grief, and empowering them with positive and effective ways of dealing with their losses.

Children in foster care have a vastly higher rate of trauma than their non-foster peers. All adults in these children’s lives must have an understanding of the role trauma plays in their behavior and achievement of developmental milestones. Each child will manifest their trauma differently. Participants will learn ways to help improve functioning and how to work with the mental health system.

Children who have been abused or neglected aren't the only ones with trauma. Since the body experiences chronic stress as a trauma, children experiencing prolonged periods of illness, isolation, and bullying or events like natural disasters, death, and other “adverse childhood experiences” may show signs of trauma. So, EVERY parent needs to be trauma-informed, to recognize signs and respond in trauma-informed ways.

Racist thinking and behavior may be directed at foster children who are a different race than others in your family or community. This webinar discusses the relationship between fear and racism, others' and your foster child's, ways to provide reassurance and support, and a list of do’s and don’ts for confronting racist thinking and behavior, to reduce it’s frequency and negative impact on your child.

RAIN Technique is a powerful and easy-to-practice tool that helps you process challenging emotions and build a close relationship with your inner self. You can teach and role model it to your children and help them to improve their strengths for processing/managing difficult emotions.

Pause, Be Present, Be Patient is an engaging virtual training designed to enhance connection and increase communication between mothers and daughters. During the webinar, we discuss effective communication techniques, model relationship-building tactics, and most importantly have fun while learning to strengthen the bond between mothers and daughters.

Mutilating, cutting, burning and other forms of self-injurious behavior by youth are often seen by professionals and others as suicide-related behaviors. This webinar explains how such behaviors are often the result of past trauma or abuse. Learn the causes and scope of these behaviors and how to respond helpfully. When you attend this webinar, you will:1.      Examine some of the statistics related to both suicid...

Security through bonding and attachment is the first foundational developmental task upon which all other human development builds on. As social beings, humans need nurturing touch throughout the lifespan, for healthy psychological, social, emotional development and healthy interpersonal relationships.  Parenting children with histories of trauma can be tricky for many reasons, especially when it comes to navigat...

In addition to the common sleep issues any child can have, children who have experienced trauma often have trauma-related issues, like night terrors, insomnia, and trauma triggers. This webinar builds on the universal trainings Parents Toolshop® offers on "Halting Bedtime Hassles," to address  sleep issues that are specifically related to trauma. This webinar explains:How trauma affects the body and sleep cycles...

Effective family councils help each person feel like an important, contributing member of the family team. They enrich family relationships and help make decisions and resolve conflicts in ways that meet everyone’s needs. This workshop teaches formats from which to choose, tools to model and use, roles to involve every family member, and tips for preventing common pitfalls and conducting effective councils.

This BUNDLE of courses is a series of stand-alone workshops/courses that, when taken *in order* give you the most advanced training in the Universal Blueprint® system and its research-based, trauma-informed, proven-effective parenting skills. There are 42 hours of training, so take them at your own pace as you need hours.  NOTE: Each course in this series is approved by the Ohio Child Welfare Training Program.

Register to attend the LIVE webinar on Tuesday, June 22nd, from 12 noon to 1 p.m. EDT.  OR to access the recording/course for credit. It’s important for foster and adoptive families and professionals who are part of the foster care system to better understand how effective placement moves and transitions can positively impact a child and family’s future success. Because children in foster care are often faced wit...

How would you like to have a system for getting kids up and out in the morning hassle-free? This 1-hour, 8-part interview by Dayton Public Schools of Jody Johnston Pawel, LSW, CFLE, CTSS, author of The Parent's Toolshop® includes: Intro Universal Blueprint® Parenting Success System  Getting Kids Up Keep Kids Moving Kids Not Ready On Time   Child Forgets Things  Missing Bus or Carpool  Truancy  When Nothing Works...

Picky eaters can be found anywhere, of any age. There are practical, fun things you can do --- that are amazingly simply --- to encourage healthy eating and prevent or stop common food issues most parents face, like picky eaters, playing with food instead of eating it, not sitting still at the table, and slow eaters. In addition, foster-adoptive children can have more complex food issues due to neglect and trauma...

A comprehensive overview of an evidence-based, trauma-informed curriculum offering a reliable formula for finding effective individualized responses to parenting challenges. Discover effective, practical language and action tools for fostering internal motivation, boosting self-esteem, getting cooperation, building independence, improving communication, and understanding and effectively responding to misbehavior.

See a parenting “style show” that reveals which parenting practices will get the long-term results you want. Discover the secrets for building healthy parenting habits and working together as a team with your parenting partners, including caseworkers and birth parents. 

This workshop discusses how to build strong family foundations by focusing on identifying values, communication, and having intentional conversations to enhance the family unit.  Participants receive the Creating the Family Manual  e-book for guided application. 

REGISTER to ATTEND THIS WEBINAR LIVE on Weds. April 21st from 12 noon to 1 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time. If the goal of effective discipline is to help children and youth to become self-directing, then parents and caregivers have to teach kids to THINK!  This seminar presents the participants with strategies, through multiple examples and skills practice, which will prove to be immediately useful for discip...

We will explore the various types of adoption and what it means to adopt transracially (also interchangeably referred to as transcultural adoption). We will discuss considerations such as: transracial adoption preparationunderstanding beliefs and attiudes around race, ethnicity, and culture in our societyextended family, community, social circle, and lifestyle nurturing a healthy identity for your child and famil...

Do you have a child who is emotionally distressed and “triggered” frequently from past sexual trauma? This unique presentation, taught by a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, will give you some “insider’s” insight into the world of the trauma survivor and offer three simple suggestions for how you can support healing and recovery in the children you love. 

 Whenever a child enters the child welfare system, an effort is made to find kinship family members who can care for the child and prevent that child from entering the foster care system. While children in kinship care will also have a trauma history like other children in care, kinship caregivers' need the same training around trauma-informed care, and also training and support around the special and unique issue...

We will introduce our peer mentors program as well as Ohio Reach resources for foster parents who have older kids. After the short presentation, there will be a live panel made up of former foster youth talking about ways a foster parent can make a young person feel more welcome and set up for success when they enter their home. 

 Having a full toolkit of skills to manage behavior and comfort and support kids during the “feelings overload” that can occur at the time of visitation is an important part of being a confident foster parent with a (mostly) relaxed and happy kid. Visits trigger all sorts of memories and reactions, and foster parents need the emotional bandwidth to help kids to identify emotions, express them, soothe themselves an...

The first Essential Element of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) Trauma Toolkit is “Maximize the child's sense of safety.” It is not enough for children to be safe - "felt safety" only registers in the children’s physiology and neurochemistry if the children know they are safe.  This workshop will help participants understand the impact of complex trauma on feelings of safety and how to apply ...

Take a deeper dive into the impact of unresolved stress and emotions on our body in this 3-hour training.    Learn the science and research of the mind-body connection as it relates to emotional management and physical and mental health outcomes. Explore the disconnect, despite the research and science, between our teachings of mental health and emotional intelli...

Most of us in America are ill-equipped to manage our own emotions due to lack of priority of this as a skill in our education systems and society as a whole.  Chronic stress and inability to manage difficult emotions has shown in research to have detrimental effects on our mental health, physical health, interpersonal relationships and more. By being empowered with the knowledge and importance of emotional regula...

 Children in foster care have experienced trauma. As caregivers, you may have experienced personal traumas. You may experience secondary trauma from hearing of the traumas the youth have experienced or from dealing with their resulting behaviors and reactions.  Attend this webinar to learn more about: “What is secondary trauma?” How do you know if you might have experienced it? What you can choose to do to prevent...

What do you do when your child is too young to talk about their stress, anxiety and fears? How can you teach them self-regulation and self-calming skills if they are too young to understand or too stressed to learn? In this webinar, Tijana Coso, BA, MA, Certified EFT trainer will teach you how to use EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), a super-simple tapping system, with children and how to teach it to children.

Children in custody come into care with a repertoire of maladaptive behaviors.  Often they behave in a manner that was adaptive in their birth family but is maladaptive in your family.  It looks like bad behavior.  If you misinterpret this as the bad behavior it appears to be at 1st blush, and respond with punishment the cost will be damage to the goal of developing a healthy attachment: the child’s greatest need...

 Drug addiction is sending more children into the foster care system. In Ohio, about half of all children who enter foster care have drug addicted parents. Being in foster care is a predictive factor for addiction. In this session we will look at the link between trauma and addiction, and discuss therapeutic responses that promote resilience rather than re-traumatization. 

Are bio parent visits re-traumatizing your foster child? Do they grieve their loss every time? Do they get anxious before the visit or have meltdowns and act out after visits, or take a few days (or more) to re-adjust, all in time to visit again!  While every bio parent rightfully has the right to visit their children, it can be upsetting for all involved. In this 1-hour course, you will learn some helpful tips t...

Creating memories are essential to the lives of our youth. In this training session you will gain helpful pointers on creating a Lifebook for your youth from the perspective of a former foster youth. 

Featuring Robert Rhoton Psy D., LPC, D.A.A.E.T.S., CEO of Arizona Trauma Institute, LLC Trauma is an emotional response to an intense activation of the child’s nervous system, this can happen from an event, more commonly from environments of Toxic Stress and repeated adversity. The harm can be physical or emotional, real or perceived.  Unfortunately the largest contributor to trauma, toxic stress and adversity is...

 Trauma can affect a child's behavior in many ways. It can be confusing at times to know what’s causing behavior like acting out or throwing a tantrum. After attending this session, you’ll understand:what trauma is, how it affects the bodies and minds of children, how to identify the triggers that start unexpected behavior. You’ll also get helpful information on identifying the difference between behavioral acts a...

Children with a trauma history experience the world uniquely, because of the ways trauma wires their brain and body. So their caregivers need to look at, interpret and respond to children’s behavior through a trauma-informed lens. There are 4 core research-based practices all parents need to know and use that are essential when parenting children with a trauma history. Attend this session to: Understand how child...

Becoming a foster parent can be the most rewarding and challenging experience as we navigate new behaviors from each child in our care.  Developing a trauma-informed lens is vital on this journey to meet the needs of children from hard places.  Participants will take a look at relational trauma, how it affects the brain, and review resources that dive deeper into trauma-informed care.  

Cooperation with Child Protective Service Agencies is required of Foster Parents. Foster Parents rely upon the Child Protective Services Agencies to provide guidance. Often, Foster Parents disagree with policies or decisions made by Child Protective Services Agencies and do not know where to turn for help.  Understanding the Legal Framework of Child Protection Service Agencies will provide Foster Parents: help un...

Are you ready for one of THOSE conversations?  Suicidal thoughts, cutting, self-harm in other forms. No matter how long you have parented, these conversations can take the wind out of your sails. Plan in advance so you have the internal and external resources to be a support to your teen without being swamped yourself. 

EFT or Emotional Freedom Technique is a super-simple tapping technique you can use to reduce and eliminate stress, trauma trigger buttons, stress-related health conditions, phobias, and almost anything else that has an emotional cause behind it. Jody is trained in the original, classic EFT technique developed by Gary Craig. She teaches it in several of her courses and has courses showing other EFT variations deve...

As a Foster Parent, knowing your legal responsibilities and complying with the law is required. Just as important is understanding your legal rights. Knowing the difference between what you have to do, and what you are allowed to do is invaluable information as you navigate the child welfare system.  In this webinar, guest expert, Attorney Peggy Replogle, presents the practical, easy-to-understand basics of lega...

Jody Johnston Pawel, LSW, CFLE and special guest expert David Zidar, LISW-S will discuss the most common symptoms of ADD/ADHD, and offer practical skills parents can teach their children to help them improve problem areas such as: What can parents do to help improve their ADD child's difficulty in paying attention? How can parents help their ADHD child mange their hyperactivity? How can parents teach their ADD/AD...

Did you take the Parenting Styles Quiz on our blog?  Want to know what your results mean? Are you familiar with all FIVE parenting styles, or just 3 or 4? Want to know how parenting styles research has evolved, with the latest research (2015-2017) validating what The Parent's Toolshop® has been teaching for 25+ years, even coining the term that is now the standardized term used in the field? You can get those an...

Get a quick introduction to the Universal Blueprint® for Parenting Success System's effective parenting plan and trauma-informed parenting.

Feeling stressed? Relief is literally at your fingertips! Almost everyone is feeling super-stressed these days, with all the stressors that are impacting our health, economy, children and family relationships, communities, country, and world. Such prolonged stress takes its toll on your physical, emotional and mental health, while drama can drain you or even trigger old traumas, hurts, fears and phobias.

In this highly experiential virtual course you'll learn the evidence-based Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), also called Tapping. Mental Health professionals use EFT with their clients to address stress, anxiety and trauma relief. Now you can get in on this brain/based technique that is easy to learn, works automatically and quickly.  Expect to interact more in the second half of the course where we will practic...

Given the stress of everyday life these days, parents and children are more stressed than ever. It’s important for children to know how to handle stress and express their anger in constructive ways. So how do you teach these skills to children? Join Jody Johnston Pawel, LSW, CFLE for a segment of her top-rated, always-booked-with-a-waiting-list workshop on how to “Keep Your Cool and Help Kids Calm Down.” She’ll s...

Watch a stimulating workshop that provides several thought-provoking discussions that provide insights and reveals surprising facts about: What really qualifies as a lie? When do children understand they are lying? Why do children lie? How can parents prevent lying? How parents might accidentally model lying without even realizing it, andA 3-step formula for responding to lies in ways that encourage permanent tru...

Resilience used to be a word only associated with trauma, but prolonged adversity or toxic stress can get programmed into the body like a trauma. This edu-taining webinar takes the 6 biggest stressors almost everyone has experienced in 2020, looks at the effects such stressors are causing, then reveals the 7 C's of Resilience, and how to foster these in yourself and your children in these 6 key stress areas. (Fr...

Feeling stressed? Relief is literally at your fingertips! Almost everyone is feeling super-stressed these days, with all the stressors that are impacting our health, economy, children and family relationships, communities, country, and world. Such prolonged stress takes its toll on your physical, emotional and mental health, while drama can drain you or even trigger old traumas, hurts, fears and phobias. This webi...

Attachment is the first and most important developmental stage, because it’s the foundation for all other development. So when children have disorganized attachment, are unable to bond, or experience trauma at a young age (especially physical or emotional neglect), they can develop a condition called Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD). Children with RAD often seem to be withdrawn, lack empathy, and experience and...

Given the stress of everyday life these days, parents and children are more stressed than ever. It’s important for children to know how to handle stress and express their anger in constructive ways. So how do you teach these skills to children?  Although valued at over $97 + bonuses, these teachings are so important for all parents to know, we are practically giving it away for only...

Prevent stress from bubbling over and anger from erupting by using the practical tools in this workshop. Discover two simple steps any adult or child can take to create an individualized stress and anger management plan. Understand what’s happening under the surface during anger, how trauma triggers get wired in, and how toxic emotions can create dis-ease. Then learn how to de-program and re-wire these cellular m...

In this webinar, you will discover... What to do if your foster or adoptive child went online seeking their birth parents and family members --- or how to prevent this. Why children with a trauma history have an increased risk of future violations, such as cyber-bullying and child trafficking, and how to keep them safe.  Featuring an interview with Tina Fiegel, MS, Ed.

Featuring Jody Johnston Pawel, LSW, CFLE Family councils are important for ALL families, especially when bringing new foster children into your family.  In this webinar, you'll discover how to help each person feel like an important, contributing member of the family team, enrich family relationships, and help you make decisions and resolve conflicts in ways that meet everyone’s needs.

Trauma can cause children to shut down emotionally, or become emotionally numb, which can lead to long-term problems, like using drugs and alcohol to numb emotional pain, depression, self-harming, and even mental health issues. Once children learn how to work through their emotions, they can heal from trauma and become more resilient. Join Heather McCall, CFLE, to learn more about how trauma impacts emotional dev...

Complete this 18-hours series, with videos of LIVE foster-adoptive parent training workshops! Lay a balanced foundation upon which to build your family, then use research-based, trauma-informed, proven-effective, parenting skills to support the children you care for to heal from their trauma and regain developmental delays. This course is a pre-requisite for Foster-Adoptive Parents Toolshop® Trainer certification.

Want to reprogram an anger or stress trigger button? Use this worksheet that walks you through the basic process used in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Use this for yourself or submit a Reprint Request to copy/share in educational settings.

Listen to this one-hour audio to get cooperation the first time you ask — without nagging, power struggles, threats, or punishment! The one tool you can use to prevent power struggles, stop them, and reveal discipline. Foster self-motivation in children without bribes, incentives, stickers, or rewards. Understand why children do what you just told them not to do — and how to prevent this.

The Foster Parents Toolshop® Action Guide follows the same chapters as the universal books, offering special trauma-informed content, resources, and information to support you in the special challenges you and your children may face. It’s an ever-evolving resource, as we collect stories, examples, resources, suggestions, and additional information from trauma-informed experts and caregivers like you.