Looking for practical tools to help foster and adoptive families flourish?


Foster and adoptive families are increasingly navigating significant mental health and behavioral challenges in their homes. But as a ministry leader (or parent yourself), it’s challenging to find clear, practical tools that integrate research-informed care with a biblical vision of healing and restoration.


Sturdy Family Practices is an on-demand course that equips ministry leaders with a clear framework and tools they can confidently share to strengthen foster and adoptive families.


If you are a ministry or church leader walking alongside foster and adoptive families — or a foster and adoptive parent yourself — enroll in Sturdy Family Practices to help build a flourishing home, one step at a time.

What to Expect

This on-demand course helps translate big ideas about healing into everyday family practices that support growth over time. It will equip your ministry to support families with clarity, consistency and hope — both as a training resource for your team and as a tool you can put directly into parents’ hands. You'll find:

A Cohesive Framework

Teaching and reflection questions will equip you with a unified approach to helping families cultivate healthy relationships, growth and long-term flourishing.

Insights from Practitioners

Presentations and stories from trusted leaders will sharpen your ability to respond to the real mental health challenges facing youth and families today.

Clear Next Steps

A suite of simple application tools will help you share and implement family practices that are rooted in Scripture and science.

Course Details


Time Investment:

This course will take approximately five hours to complete (including the time you'll spend on application worksheets). It is a self-paced, on-demand experience that you can complete at any time once you enroll.


Price:

$69.00 (non-CAFO members)

$62.10 (CAFO Members)

CAFO Members: use code provided at membership for discount


Learning Hours:

Participants will automatically receive a certificate for five learning hours after completing all the modules and activities within the course. Please note that these learning hours are not accredited through the National Association of Social Workers.

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A Glimpse of the Course

  Introduction
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  Module 1 - The Barna Report
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  Module 2 - Engaging Life: Screen-Free Spaces
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  Module 3 - A Sturdy Presence: Strengthening Marriages
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  Module 4 - A Sturdy Presence: Parenting with Kind Authority
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  Module 5 - A Sturdy Home: Practices of the Christian Life
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  Module 6 - Change the Story: Inviting God’s Thoughts
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  Conclusion
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