P.R.I.D.E. (Parent Resources for Information, Development and Education)
The P.R.I.D.E. Program's goals are to help:
- meet the protective, developmental, cultural, and permanency needs of children placed with foster families and adoptive families
- strengthen families, whether they are families of origin, blended families, extended or kinship families, foster families, adoptive families, or members of a tribe or clan
- strengthen the quality of family foster care and adoption services by providing a standardized, structured framework for preservice training and mutual assessment; for foster parent inservice training; and for ongoing professional development
- share resources among public and voluntary child welfare agencies, colleges and universities, foster parent and adoptive parent associations, and national child welfare organizations.
P.R.I.D.E. is based on specific competencies (knowledge and skills) needed to perform successfully the tasks of foster and adoptive care. The P.R.I.D.E. Program has established the following five essential competency categories:
- protecting and nurturing children
- meeting children's developmental needs and addressing developmental delays
- supporting relationships between children and their families
- connecting children to safe, nurturing relationships intended to last a lifetime, and
- working as a member of a professional team.
The P.R.I.D.E. Program is guided by beliefs and principles which serve as unifying themes throughout. The guiding principles are:
- promoting children's development
- the importance of parents and families
- the value of diversity and cultural competence
- managing loss
- the importance of teamwork
- role clarity
- combining training for prospective foster parents and adoptive parents
- integrating mutual family assessment and group preparation
- mutual assessment and informed decisions.
Foster P.R.I.D.E. Core is a competency-based inservice training program for foster parents. It consists of 10 modules, totalling 84 hours of training.
Topics Covered in the Core Modules:
Module 1 - The Foundation for Meeting the Developmental Needs of Children at Risk (12 hours)
Module 2 - Using Discipline to Protect, Nurture, and Meet Developmental Needs (9 hours)
Module 3 - Addressing Developmental Issues Related to Sexuality (3 hours)
Module 4 - Responding to the Signs and Symptoms of Sexual Abuse (6 hours)
Module 5 - Supporting Relationships Between Children and Their Families (9 hours)
Module 6 - Working as a Professional Team Member (9 hours)
Module 7 - Promoting Children's Personal and Cultural Identity (6 hours)
Module 8 - Promoting Permanency Outcomes (9 hours)
Module 9 - Managing the Fostering Experience (6 hours)
Module 10 - Understanding the Effects of Chemical Dependency on Children and Families (16 hours)
Please contact your Regional Education & Training Coordinator to register for any of the P.R.I.D.E modules.
Regional Foster Care Training Co-ordinators:
Eastern Region
Alan MacDonald
(902) 563-5736
Central Region
Pam Spears
(902) 435-8079
Northern Region
Kathleen Gough
(902) 755-7108
Western Region
Julie Jaillet
(902) 679-4351
Mi'kmaw Region
Theresa Martin
(902) 758-3553
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