CHS Winston-Salem

Fostering and Adopting the Child Who Has Been Sexually Abused

Fostering and Adopting the Child Who Has Been Sexually Abused is a curriculum designed to develop the skills of foster and adoptive families who work with sexually abused children. Participants will be able to make an informed decision about their willingness and readiness to apply specialized skills for meeting the needs of sexually abused children. Topics include: understanding child sexual abuse, handling the double trauma of sexual abuse and placement, responding to disclosures of prior sexual abuse, managing behaviors to meet the needs of children who have been sexually abused, handling false allegations of sexual abuse and teamwork with mental health, legal and social service providers for the child who has been sexually abused.

Thursdays
March 5th – March 26th