TFC Parent Curriculum
TFC Preservice Training Curriculum
All High Desert TFC Parents receive the required number of hours of training pursuant to the requirements set forth by the State of New Mexico. High Desert’s preservice training is broken up into 3 Modules.
MODULE 1: Pressley Ridge Treatment Parent Training
Unit 1: Introduction to Treatment Foster Care
Unit 2: Professional Parenting
Unit 3: Trauma and Child Development
Unit 4: Understanding Childhood Mental Health
Unit 5: Developing Healthy Relationships
Unit 6: Therapeutic Communication
Unit 7: Understanding and Changing Behavior
Unit 8: Skill Teaching
Unit 9: Conflict Resolution
Unit 10: Understanding and Managing Crisis
MODULE 2: AGENCY POLICIES & PROCEDURES
Unit 1: Agency Policies, Code of Conduct, Boundaries, Expectations, State Regulations
Unit 2: Mandated Reporting, Incident Reporting and Incident Management
Unit 3: Assisting with Medication Delivery
Unit 4: Documentation
MODULE 3: SAFETY TRAINING
Unit 1: First Aid and CPR
Unit 2: CPI (Behavior Management/Prevention & De-escalation of Aggressive Behavior)
Unit 3: Universal Precautions/Infection Control/Bloodborne Pathogens
Unit 4: HIPAA/Confidentiality
Unit 5: Ergonomics
Unit 6: Slips, Trips, Falls
Unit 7: Emergency Procedures, Safety Considerations
Unit 8: Transportation Safety Unit 9: Hand washing Unit 10: Fire Extinguisher Use Unit 11: Personal Protective Equipment Unit 12: Electrical Shock Unit 13: Cyber Security in Healthcare
Competency-based training
All training is competency-based and designed to ensure a high standard of excellence in services. Training is centered on the 6 Guiding Principles of Trauma Informed Care and shifts the focus from “What’s wrong with you?” to “How did your nervous system respond to what happened to you?”
Ongoing Training
TFC Parents receive ongoing training and support in order to meet annual training requirements. Training continues to be trauma informed and focuses on keeping our kids safe and connected so they can learn and grow.
We use the ARC Framework as our agency model. However, our clinicians specialize in different theoretical approaches based on their specific background and training. Depending on their specialty, they utilize modalities, tools, strategies and interventions from sources such as:
TBRI (Trust Based Relational Interventions). TBRI is an attachment-based, trauma-informed intervention that is designed to meet the complex needs of vulnerable children. TBRI uses Empowering Principles to address physical needs, Connecting Principles for attachment needs, and Correcting Principles to disarm fear-based behaviors. While the intervention is based on years of attachment, sensory processing, and neuroscience research, the heartbeat of TBRI is connection.
PACE (Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity and Empathy). PACE responds to the inner life of the child, conveys active and nonjudgmental openness to the child’s experiences, and helps the child organize and understand their own experiences. PACE is a way of thinking, feeling, communicating and behaving that deepens emotional connections in relationships.
Nurtured Heart Approach. The Nurtured Heart Approach which consists of strategies that assist children in further developing their self-regulation which have been found effective with children of all ages. It focuses on transforming the way children perceive themselves, their caregivers, and the world around them. Children learn to understand that they will receive endless amounts of praise, energy, recognition, and reward through the positive behavior they display and this supports children to build a positive portfolio of themselves, which the Nurtured Heart Approach calls “Inner Wealth”.
Sensory Integration
Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Expressive Modalities
- Sand tray
- Art
- Guided meditation
