TFC/ITFC Pre-Service Training Requirements

Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC) and Intensive Treatment Family Care (ITFC) applicants and adult household members must complete 36 hours of Pressley Ridge training before becoming approved. You and your foster care specialist will work together to identify the best pre-service training session that works best with your schedule. Once your enrollment is complete, you will receive information about how to access the training and get started.

The Training Covers

  • Introduction to Treatment Foster Care
  • Understanding Behavior
  • Professional Parenting I & II
  • Changing Behavior
  • Understanding Childhood Development I & II
  • Skill Teaching
  • Developing Healthy Relationship
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Therapeutic Communication
  • Understanding and Managing Crisis

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