Building Trust When Working with Youth in Foster Care

Trust is the first stage of development in the growing child. The trust process must be applied in every phase of growth,expansion, and change. Explore the foundations of trust in development, the role of the caregiver, and the experience of the youth in foster cafe with trusting relationships. Discuss strategies for creating trusting experiences in the group home environment that empower youth in foster care to develop appropriate trust in all phases of societal relationships and contribute to their future success.  

By the end of this training, students should be able to:
1. Identify the relationship between trust and development;
2. Create trusting experiences in the group home enviornment;
3. Improve interactions with youth in foster care.

Instructor BERNADINE LUCKEY, MSW, LCSW, is the Director of the Foster & Kinship Care Education Program for the CCSF Child Development Department. She holds accredited certificates as an Integrated Studies Specialist and Alcohol & Other Drugs Counseling. She has provided education, training, consultation, and counseling to individuals, agencies, schools, and communities throughout the San Francisco Bay Area for over 15 years. She has developed a complete set of well-balanced programs and workshops that provide valuable information essential for today’s complicated world. She has coordinated and implemented programs for the San Francisco Superior Court, SF Police Department, SF Unified School District, SF Public Heath Department, Oakland Public Schools, Community Substance Abuse Services, The National Council on Alcoholism, Youth Guidance Center, Family Service Agency, Department of Human Services, San Francisco Child Abuse Agency, California Childcare Resource and Referral Network, Children’s Council of San Francisco, Low Income Housing Fund, Professional Development Initiative, San Francisco City College, Contra Costa College, Merritt/Peralta College, local hospitals, and the faith community. Her teaching style is inclusive, nonjudgmental, and pragmatic.