Shared Lives Training
Monday September 1, 2025
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Shared Lives is the training package for foster care agencies and practitioners to learn and deliver the package to train prospective foster carers. The program offers tools and a clear framework for training foster care applicants, assessing their suitability, and guiding informed decisions.
The course will cover:
- Information on the concept of brain development and developmental trauma, including its impact on children’s feelings of safety and ability to regulate emotions
- Repair parenting, including the PACE approach
- Much stronger focus on culture and identity, including Aboriginal identity
- The impact on carer’s children
- Engaging carers to work as part of a team
The training is spread over 3 days, with each date below being the first date in the set.
- 1, 3 & 5 September 2025 – Online
- 24, 25, & 26 November 2025 – Online
- 16, 17 & 19 February 2026 Face to Face at the Centre for Excellence
- 20, 21 & 22 April 2026 Online
- 15,16 & 17 June 2026 – Online
