Self-Directed Learning

Foster parents are required to attend training each year to enhance their skills and knowledge of parenting children and youth in state custody.

Regular offerings of pre-approval (TN KEY) and post-approval trainings are available throughout the year. View the training calendars to find upcoming deliveries.

Parents can also receive credit by completing computer-based trainings online or attending external training workshops and submitting the elective training form to the Office of Training & Professional Development. Additional elective credits may be earned by watching movies or reading books from the approved training media list.