The National Training and Development Curriculum (NTDC) is a curriculum based on research and input from experts; families who have experience with fostering or adopting children; and former foster and adoptive youth, including adult adoptees. It provides potential adoptive parents with the information and tools needed to parent a child who has experienced trauma, separation, and loss. It is a state-of-the-art classroom and online program that helps to prepare prospective adoptive parents to be successful parents. In addition, the NTDC gives parents access to information and resources needed to continue building skills once they have a child in their home. The federal government has regulations (22 CFR ยง 96.48) requiring prospective adoptive parents to have training on specific topics. The NTDC curriculum is designed to be compliant with these federal regulations, aside from the aspects required to be child-specific and country specific.
Stephanie is a NTDC trainer and has been teaching the curriculum via live video conference since 2021. Believing in the content of the curriculum, she has brought it online in an on-demand course format, creatively interweaving in the classroom based activities so that participants will receive the same level of impact and knowledge as those who participate live.
This package includes the following courses:
Intercountry Adoption; Child Development; Attachment; Separation, Loss & Grief; Trauma Behaviors; Trauma Informed Parenting; Cultural Humility; Parenting in a Culturally Diverse Family; Mental Health Considerations; Impact of Substance Abuse and Parenting a Child With Sexual Trauma giving families 13.5 hours of Hague aligned adoption training credits.
