Learning Resources
Helping our families be informed and prepared
Learn. Care. Grow.
The best foster and adoptive parents are those who are knowledgeable and the best agencies are the ones who give their families tools, information, and direction to bolster and prepare them. Below are some resources you can access to help you on your foster care or adoption journey. If something you're interested in learning isn't listed here, please email us and let us know what questions you have.
Outside Training Opportunities
To receive training credit for a video, podcast, book read, etc. or to receive credit for an outside agency training that does not provide a training certificate, individuals must complete the Training Response Form. Please confirm with SACS staff that training meets topic and quality standards for credit before taking a training.
Online Training Sites
(fees are required for some trainings)
Videos
Books
| The Connected Child - Karyn Purvis, PhD., Wendy Lyons Sunshine, David R. Cross, PhD. | The Connected Parent - Karyn Purvis, PhD. and Lisa Qualls | Do Right by Me; Learning to Raise Black Children in White Spaces - Valerie I. Harrison & Kathryn Peach D'Angelo |
| The Whole-Brain Child - Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson | No-Drama Discipline - Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson | The Yes Brain - Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson |
| Parenting Children of Trauma - Marcy Pusey | The A-Z of Therapeutic Parenting - Sarah Naish |