Going the Extra Mile
In Utah, each kinship family is required to participate in standardized training before becoming a licensed foster home. This is called “pre-service training” and comes in two parts: online video training and one in-person class. These two parts are required. Additionally, there is a longer, more in-depth series of in-person classes to which you will be invited, but not required, to attend.
During training, you’ll be introduced to skills that will help smooth the rough patches and speed the healing of a child in crisis—not to mention family ties and friendships.
Vital Information at Your Pace
Required.
There are several videos that are required for licensure and they’re divided into two courses. There is a quiz for each of the courses.
Course 1: Principles & Perspectives
Watch the videos below, then take quiz 1.
Pro-tip: print out the quiz and mark your answers while watching the videos—then enter and submit your responses via the web.
- Child Development & Parenting Perspectives | 17 Min
- Culture & the Foster Family | 13 Min
- Working with Primary Families | 17 Min
- Trauma: A Compassion-driven Approach | 14 Min
- Self-care: What I Wish I had Known | 17 Min
- Effective Discipline: A Trauma-informed Approach | 23 Min
- ReMoved (Movie Short): On Grief, Loss, & Attachment | 13 Min
Course 2: Policies & Procedures
Watch the videos below, then take quiz 2.
Pro-tip: print out the quiz and mark your answers while watching the videos—then enter and submit your responses via the web.
- Fostering Healthy Children | 33 Min
- Office of Licensing Rule | 35 Min
- Practice Guidelines of the Utah Division of Child & Family Services (DCFS) | 127 Min
- 1) Rights & Responsibilities | 16 Min
- 2) Respite, Babysitting, & Daycare | 9 Min
- 3) Out-of-state Travel, International Travel, & Normalcy Laws | 13 Min
- 4) Property Damage, Emergency Situations, & Safe-to-sleep | 20 Min
- 5) Reimbursements | 16 Min
- 6) Advocacy, Schools, & Court | 16 Min
- 7) Foster Family Supports | 13 Min
- 8) Assessment, Placement, & Conflict Resolution | 24 Min