Resource/Foster Engagement Adaptability Diversity Initiative 

Resource/Foster Engagement Adaptability Diversity Initiative New Mexico (READI NM) trainings are county-based and available statewide. This training provides foundational knowledge for resource foster parent applicants to learn their role and be “READi” to work with families in the foster care system.

Module 1: Who are our Children & Families
Module 2: Reunification as the Role of the Resource Foster Parent
Module 3: Foundational Beliefs & Values of Foster Care
Module 4: Child & Youth Identity and Family Connections
Module 5: Care from a Place of Wholeness
Module 6: Navigating Services for Children and Youth
Module 7: Resource Foster Parent Resilience and Self-care
Module 8: Supporting Transitions
Module 9: Providing Unconditional Care
Module 10: Trauma Informed Support
Module 11: Trauma Responsive Discipline
Module 12: Cultural Humility (Cornerstone e-learn)  
Module 13: ICWA/IFPA Best Practices (Cornerstone e-learn Part I and II)
Closing

Any adult in your home identified as a caretaker for a foster child must attend the trainings in order.

Once certified as a Resource Foster Parent, you are asked to attend individualized continuing educational training opportunities annually. Staff members will work with you to create an Individualized Retention Training Plan (IRTP) to meet specific learning and growth needs and/org requests you may have. In addition, other mandate topics of learning will be added to your IRTP to provide alignment with state and national foster care educational plans that ensure evidence-based knowledge is upheld throughout the profession.