Family for Keeps® Referral Line: 678-485-4810
Now Accepting Respite Care Referrals
Transition Care Home in Lilburn, Ga.
Dream House Family for Keeps® Basic Caregiver Course
Dream House Family for Keeps® Advanced Course
Dream House Family for Keeps® Professional eCourse
For more information on this program, please contact us.
Resource Family Orientation
This orientation program provides information to help prospective resource parents make an informed decision before applying. Attending and completing the orientation is required before submitting a resource parent application. Orientation may be completed by one of the following methods:
- Participation in a monthly group orientation (scheduled every 30 days)
- Individually with families whose circumstances may prevent one or more family members from participating in a group orientation session
- Via an orientation information packet with a follow-up telephone interview with Dream House Family for Keeps® staff.
2010 Resource Family Orientation Schedule
IMPACT Course February-March 2010 Schedule
What is IMPACT? This is a 20-hour training program to assist potential resource families by:
- Making an informed decision about fulfilling the desire to become a resource parent
- Develop and enhance skills for parenting and nurturing children
- Clarify the role of resource families in the social services continuum
IMPACT training is 18 one-hour modules and a two-hour panel discussion. Participants must have completed the Dream House Family for Keeps® Resource Family Program orientation before attending an IMPACT course. Topics covered include:
- The Fostering/Adoption Process
- Emotional/Cognitive and Behavorial Implication in Fostering
- Sexuality and Sexual Orientation
- Communication and Partnership
- Identity and Cultural Issues
The one-of-a-kind Dream House Family for Keeps® Transition Care Program Education and Skills Training addresses the needs of three different groups:
- Families and caregivers just beginning to learn the basic level of care for a medically fragile child;
- Families who are ready to learn the skills necessary to care for more advanced care needs; and
- Case workers and others who supervise the care of medically fragile children living in relative placement or foster homes.
Completion of the Dream House Family for Keeps® education courses will:
Prepare a Family by instilling confidence in the caregiver and decision maker.
Prepare a Home by assisting in providing a safe and nurturing environment.
Support a Child by ensuring the quality of life which medically fragile children so desperately need to survive.
Participants benefit from hands-on skills training. Each person will learn a foundation of necessary healthcare knowledge, skills, resources and coping mechanisms to help prepare them to effectively care for their medically fragile child, in their own home.
Comments from past Dream House Family For Keeps® Education and Skills Training course participants:
When I saw the nurses in the hospital, I always thought that what they did was magic. After completing these classes I realized that it's not magic. With the right training, anyone can learn these skills!
- Olive Hamilton, Foster Parent
I never thought that I could take care of a medically fragile child, but after taking these classes I really think I can do it! - Sharon Edwards, Respite Provider
