PRIDE In-Service Training

Caregivers provide an invaluable service to children, youth, and families requiring specialized skills, education, and support.

As of January 2020, PRIDE In-Service is available to foster caregivers across BC.  This on-line training, designed to meet their unique needs and offer focused skills training, is free of charge and takes about 50-55 hours to complete.  All foster caregivers are required to complete the BC PRIDE In-Service Training within two years of becoming approved.

The Pride In-Service curriculum consists of 11 modules: Modules 1-9, Caring for Indigenous Children, and Supporting Open and Safe Dialogue about Substance Use.

Training content includes:

• Assessing Self-Esteem
• Caring for Indigenous Children
• Communicating with Youth & Children     
• Promoting Positive Behaviour & Self-Responsibility
• Sexuality & Sexual Abuse
• Child/Birth Family Ties
• Teamwork Skills
• Cultural Competence
• Lifebooks
• Permanency Planning & Goals
• Supporting Transitions
• Foster Parent Adoption
• Managing Change in Your Family
• Abuse/ Neglect Allegations
• Supporting Open and Safe Dialogue about Substance Use

To register, request the PRIDE In-Service training via your Resource Worker who will submit a registration form on your behalf. 

To learn more about other educational resources/support in your area:

• Hollyburn Family Services (Coast Fraser)
• Interior Community Services (Kamloops and Kootenays)
• Okanagan Foster Parents Association (Okanagan, Similkameen, and Shuswap)
• Axis Family Resources (North)
• Foster Parent Support Services Society (Vancouver Island)