Meets every 1st Thursday of each month

***No meetings in January, July, and December***

Leader: MaryJo Meer

San Diego County Foster Parent Association- offers foster, kinship, and adoptive caregivers a comfortable space to learn, connect, and feel supported. Through practical education, helpful resources, and meaningful conversation, participants can strengthen their caregiving skills, build community with others who understand the foster care journey, and earn training credits on topics such as trauma-informed care, behavior management, and positive discipline.

Topic: Caring for children and families who have experienced trauma can be deeply meaningful-but it can also take a toll. This class offers resource parents a supportive space to better understand compassion fatigue, secondary trauma, and vicarious trauma, and how these experiences can affect emotional well-being over time.

Participants will gain practical tools for recognizing the signs of compassion fatigue, protecting their mental health, and building realistic strategies for renewal and resilience. Whether you are new to caregiving or have been supporting children for years, this class will help you care for yourself with the same compassion and commitment you offer to others.

For our training & support meetings, all participants must have their cameras on, regardless of whether they are seeking credit or not. This requirement is designed to encourage full engagement and connection among participants, fostering a more supportive atmosphere within our community. Please note that individuals unable to participate with their cameras on will not be able to join the sessions.

***Please Note: This class will be facilitated on the Zoom platform.

Internet access and access to a computer/laptop/tablet/smartphone is required to attend.

We kindly request that participants avoid using distracting virtual backgrounds. For privacy, we recommend using the blur feature instead.

You cannot take this class in a vehicle.

The link to attend this class will be provided via email.

Please follow the link below for a brief tutorial on how to sign up for a free Zoom account.

Zoom User Guide

Help us create a positive learning environment!
We invite all participants to review our Participant Guidelines Video before attending class. The video outlines Zoom expectations, attendance procedures, certificate requirements, and best practices for making the most of your FAKCE training experience.

Watch Participant Guidelines Video