Trauma Training
Helps foster, adoptive, and kinship families better understand how trauma, loss, grief, and separation can affect a child’s behavior, emotions, and development. This training provides practical tools to help caregivers respond with patience, build trust, create stability, and support healing in the home. Families will learn trauma-informed parenting strategies, including how to manage challenging behaviors, strengthen connections, and create safe, nurturing environments for children in their care.
Trauma I
Focuses on brain development, how early trauma impacts a child's nervous system, and why understanding this is crucial for effective caregiving.
Trauma II
Looks at the bodily systems affected by trauma and teaches caregivers how to observe patterns of behavior to discover the child's underlying needs.
Trauma III
Covers practical, trauma-focused strategies to help children build emotional regulation, cope with difficult behaviors, and heal from loss.
WVFACT Statewide Schedule | November 2026 In-Service Trauma Training
WVFACT Statewide Schedule | December 2026 In-Service Trauma Training
In-Service Training
Centers the child’s lived experience, diagnosis, trauma history, and developmental realities
Maintaining Children’s Connections (1 Hour)
ADHD to Autism (3 Hours)
Cyber Safety (3 Hours)
Resiliency (3 Hours)
Healthy Relationships (1 Hour)
Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation (3 Hours)
Teaching Positive Communication Skills to Youth (1 Hour)
What’s Wrong with Kids Today (1 Hour)
Separation and Loss (1 Hour)
The Adolescent Brain (1 Hour)
Digital Dopamine-Exploring the Impact of Technology on the Mental Health of Young People (1 Hour)
Foster Children and the Holidays (3 Hours)
Understanding Sexual Abuse (3 Hours)
Parent Connections-Building Self-Esteem (1 Hour)
Teens in Care (3 Hours)
FAS/NAS (3 Hours)
Managing Intrusive Questions (1 Hour)
Family Relationships (1 Hour)
Fostering Through the Eyes of a Child (1 Hour)
Parent Connections-Sexual Abuse (1 Hour)
Education and Preparing for Adulthood (3 Hours)
Responding to Children in Crisis (3 Hours)
Sexual Trauma and Building Children’s Resilience (3 Hours)
WVFACT Statewide Schedule | Upcoming In-Service Child Needs Training
Builds caregiver capacity, cultural humility, parenting skills, and sustainability
Using Discipline (3 Hours)
Family Dynamics and Building Parental Resilience (3 Hours)
Preparing for Your Taxes (1.5 Hours)
Building Your Toolkit (1 Hour)
Self-Care (3 Hours)
WVFACT | Statewide Schedule | Upcoming In-Service Caregiver Needs Training
Processes/Services
Helps families navigate systems, policies, and formal supports
Navigating the School system (1.5 Hours)
Preparing for and Managing Visitation and Placement Transitions (3 Hours)
Accessing Service/Supports and Sensory Integration (3 Hours)
Working with the School System (3 Hours)