NEW FOSTER PARENT?
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You did it! Congratulations and welcome to this life-changing mission. We’re here to make sure you have the right tools, expectations and community in place as you begin caring for these special kids. Explore our collection of top resources that will help you prepare for success from the start.

New Parent starter pack

The First Hour of a New Placement

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Find out what to expect and how to prepare for those first crucial moments of welcoming a new foster placement into your home.

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The First 24 Hours

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Learn how creating a routine can help replace stress with structure for the whole family during the first 24 hours of a new foster placement.

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What if I Get Too Attached?

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Uncover the truth that contradicts a common fear that prevents families from stepping into foster care — the fear of loving a child and letting go.

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YOUR GUIDE TO
TRAUMA-INFORMED PARENTING

Here at Child Bridge, we coach parents in Trust Based Relational Intervention^® (TBRI^®). This proven, practical model gives parents the strategies and tools needed to care for their children with trauma and help them heal.

How to Connect with Your Child

Children from hard places often don’t know how to express their needs. That’s why the TBRI Principle of Connection is so important. Connection gives caregivers the insight to see the “why” behind big behaviors.

How to Connect with Your Child

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How to Empower Your Child

We know behavior is the language of unmet needs. The TRBI Principle of Empowerment is how caregivers meet both physical and environmental needs. By empowering your child’s brain and body, you can begin to reshape their reactions to the world within and around them.

How to Empower Your Child

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How to Correct Defiant Behaviors

Fighting the same battles with your child day after day can be exhausting and frustrating. But there is a better way. Unlock the secret to parenting defiant behaviors without damaging the connection between you and your child.

How to Correct Defiant Behaviors

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Foundations In Foster Care

Gain a biblical view of foster care as we delve into what God says about this mission in His Word. Join us as we learn the key elements of success in foster care, including trauma-informed care, spiritual reslience and the support of a faith community.

Week 1

WEEK 1

How God Equips for Foster Care

Recognize God’s protection and plan in the midst of the unknown.

Redefine success for yourself as you relinquish control over outcomes to God.

Consider the part you’ll play in a child’s story, not just how they will fit into yours.

Understand the cost vs. reward of fostering, for you and the child who enters your care.

Week 2

WEEK 2

Tools for the Spiritual Battle

Explore the spiritual battle undertaken through foster care and the necessity of keeping Christ at the center.

Prepare for the seasons of struggle and learn how to practice personal care.

Find encouragement for days when your best doesn’t feel good enough.

Learn what it can look like practically to give God control over specific situations.

Week 3

WEEK 3

How to Prepare Yourself and Your Family

Discover how to identify the “right time” to foster.

Find encouragement and strength for your marriage in the midst of foster care.

Learn how foster care will not only impact your own kids, but benefit them.

Shift your mindset from a desire to parent or a fear of loss to the hope of giving a child a family.

Week 4

WEEK 4

How to Stay the Course

Learn what it looks like to foster in a way that displays the Gospel.

Find the humanity in foster care and develop compassion for all the people involved.

Find the humility of foster care and discover the dangers of developing a “hero complex.”

Learn to trade toxic self-comparison for genuine help and support from the Christian foster community.

WEEK 1
How God Equips for Foster Care
Recognize God’s protection and plan in the midst of the unknown.
Redefine success for yourself as you relinquish control over outcomes to God.
Consider the part you’ll play in a child’s story, not just how they will fit into yours.
Understand the cost vs. reward of fostering, for you and the child who enters your care.
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WEEK 2
Tools for the Spiritual Battle
Explore the spiritual battle undertaken through foster care and the necessity of keeping Christ at the center.
Prepare for the seasons of struggle and learn how to practice personal care.
Find encouragement for days when your best doesn’t feel good enough.
Learn what it can look like practically to give God control over specific situations.
WEEK 3
How to Prepare Yourself and Your Family
Discover how to identify the “right time” to foster.
Find encouragement and strength for your marriage in the midst of foster care.
Learn how foster care will not only impact your own kids, but benefit them.
Shift your mindset from a desire to parent or a fear of loss to the hope of giving a child a family.
WEEK 4
How to Stay the Course
Learn what it looks like to foster in a way that displays the Gospel.
Find the humanity in foster care and develop compassion for all the people involved.
Find the humility of foster care and discover the dangers of developing a “hero complex.”
Learn to trade toxic self-comparison for genuine help and support from the Christian foster community.

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Reunification

The ultimate goal of foster care is for a child to return to their birth parents whenever safe and possible. These resources can help you understand God’s purpose for families and prepare for the difficult seasons of loving and letting go.

How to Deal with the Grief of Reunification

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Learn how to process feelings of grief that can accompany the reunification of a child in foster care and get helpful resources for your whole family.

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How Do I Prepare for Reunification?

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Learn what practical steps you and your family should take to help prepare your children, your home and your heart for the reunification process.

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Birth Parents Are Not the Enemy

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Realign your view toward the biological families of children in your care to help you see, interact and love them as God does.

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