Many of our Caregiver Trainings are appropriate for all caregivers, including parents in traditional home settings, foster/adoptive parents, daycare providers, and alternative care and respite providers. Classes are designed to help build competencies to meet the needs of children. Many of our trainings are intended to help caregivers learn about child development, child specific trauma needs, and to help caregivers access resources and supports to help families thrive and remain whole.

If you need more information or have questions about Caregiver Training, please contact us.

Upcoming Caregiver Training – Wednesdays

If you’d like to see more Wednesday trainings offered, contact us at training@focusonyouth.com!

TBRI® Caregiver Training 2025 - Hillsboro

Join us for this free for the community training opportunity! TBRI® is an attachment-based, trauma-informed intervention that is designed to meet the complex needs of vulnerable children. TBRI® uses Empowering Principles to address physical needs, Connecting Principles for attachment needs, and Correcting Principles to disarm fear-based behaviors. This four part series, hosted on Mondays in July, will be held at the Highland County Child Protective Services Office on 7/7, 7/9, 7/14, and 7/16. You do not have to attend all four days, however, if you plan on attending Correcting Principles, you need to have attended at least one of the other sessions.

Medication Management

09/24/2025    
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
This workshop will present information on medication management.

Communicable Disease - Protecting Your Family's Health Webinar

10/15/2025    
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
The primary purpose of this training course is to educate caregivers in identifying signs and symptoms of illness and contagious conditions, protect themselves from exposure, learn how to respond to an exposure risk, and how to transfer their knowledge to educate family and children in the home.

Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard

11/12/2025    
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
This workshop will provide participants with a greater understanding of the concept of normalcy, agency expectations, and the responsibilities of their role as a foster parent. Meets Required Topic: Elective

Medication Management

12/10/2025    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
This workshop will present information on medication management.