Since 1981, Pressley Ridge has successfully trained thousands of foster parents and foster care agencies across more than 35 states in our competency-based curriculum. 200 agencies are currently training their staff and resource parents using the Pressley Ridge Treatment Foster Care Parent Pre-Service curriculum, which reflects many years of research, writing, and experience.
Our comprehensive, evidence- and competency-based program is designed to help trainers and program managers ensure a high standard of excellence in services for children and youth in foster care.
Watch the video to learn more about the PR-TFC Pre-Service Curriculum.
Additional scheduled trainings posted regularly.
This comprehensive manual contains everything a trainer needs to deliver more than 30 hours of training for treatment foster parents. The Trainer Resource Manual contains: Fully Scripted Curriculum – 10, 2½ to 3-hour training units, all consistently formatted for easy reference to what a trainer needs to say or do to facilitate instruction throughout the training.
Resources include several multimedia files to customize your training and enhance learning.
The Parent Training Manual is an invaluable resource that captures the core competencies of effective treatment parenting. Organized in 10 units, the participant manual contains the essence of the course content in the form of summary readings, case examples, job aids, and worksheets to reinforce the transfer of learning into everyday practice.
**Now available in Spanish!**
The following is a list of each of the units contained in the Pressley Ridge Treatment Parent Training. The sections are in the form of critical questions that you can expect your participant/parents to answer at the conclusion of each unit.
