FosterCARE Training - ReCAST II (Resilience in Communities After Stress and Trauma)

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Description

This event is funded through ReCAST II Mecklenburg, a SAMHSA-funded grant initiative.*

A child enters foster care every two minutes in the United States. North Carolina investigates over 119,500 reports of child maltreatment annually, with over 27,000 resulting in substantiated claims.

FosterCARE is an adaptation of Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement (CARE), a trauma-informed way for any adult to interact with any child or teen. This adaptation speaks to the unique challenges of children and families involved in the foster care system and the adults that support them. It seeks to increase positive child-adult interaction, child compliance, and child engagement.

Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement (CARE) is a trauma-informed way for any adult to interact with any child or teen. It seeks to increase positive child-adult interaction, child compliance, and child engagement. CARE uses ideas and skills derived from evidence-based, positive parenting programs. CARE is not therapy, but can compliment ongoing therapeutic services. Participants will learn a skillset that will enhance child-adult relationships in any setting and with a multitude of child populations, ages 2-18.

Participants will learn and practice skills designed to strengthen healthy relationships. Trainers give live feedback to enhance learning of FosterCARE skills. FosterCARE training targets two key concepts:
• Positive Relationships: Skills and techniques that work together to strengthen relationships, improve communication, and reduce problematic behaviors.
• Increased Compliance: Tips and strategies to improve the likelihood of following adult directives.

Nationally, 99% of FosterCARE participants report learning at least one useful skill, and 98% would recommend the training to a colleague. CARE blends lecture, activities, and live practice with trainer feedback to create a fast-paced, fun-filled training experience.

CARE™ is a product of the developers from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Duke University Medical Center, and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Who Should Attend FosterCARE?
This training is for individuals or groups, especially those who engage in direct service provision for youth and families in Mecklenburg County. (Employees/Staff within education, Healthcare, Faith communities, Non-profit - especially youth-serving organizations, Government, Justice, and MOU partners of Mecklenburg County ReCAST II)

FosterCARE is for any adult working with children or teens in the foster care system to improve relationships and reduce mild-to-moderate behavior challenges:
• Parents (foster, kinship, adoptive, biological)
• School personnel
• Medical and allied health professionals
• Mental health professionals
• Court personnel
• Child welfare or advocates
• Early childhood program providers
• Home visitors
• Shelter, residential, substance abuse treatment staff

Location
South Piedmont AHEC
5039 Airport Center Parkway
Charlotte, NC 28208
Classroom 17/18

Date and Time
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
8:30am-12:30pm

Credits
CEUs
This Activity fulfills the requirement of 0.4 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).

Contact Hours
This Activity fulfills the requirements for 4.0 Contact Hours.

NC Psychologists Credit
4.0 Contact Hours (category A) CE for NC Psychologists.

National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC)

South Piedmont has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5096. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. South Piedmont is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.

*Resiliency in Communities After Stress and Trauma (ReCAST II) is a program within the Mecklenburg County Department of Public Health. ReCAST II is a 4-year SAMHSA funded program. Its goal is to create a more resilient Mecklenburg County by supporting trauma-informed care in the roots of the community, increasing access to quality mental health care, and supporting the work of community violence prevention. To learn more, visit: https://health.mecknc.gov/recast

Watch this video to learn more about ReCAST II.


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Objectives

• Identify at least 2 reasons why use of CARE skills with children and teens may benefit those with a trauma history.
• List 3 ways to improve relationships with children and teens, including how to improve behaviors in children and teens.
• Discuss how to help adults provide instructions that are more likely to improve compliance rather than defiance.
• Discuss how CARE skills can be easily implemented into multiple settings, including schools.

Sessions