Behaviour support training for foster carers
The children in foster care have often experienced profound trauma. Our BILD Act certified training equips foster carers and the professionals who support them with the skills to understand behaviour, reduce placement breakdown, and create genuinely therapeutic homes.
In brief: +ProActive Approaches delivers BILD Act (RRN) certified behaviour support training designed specifically for foster carers and fostering agencies. Our trauma-informed programmes help carers understand the children in their care and build the confidence to support them effectively.
- 1-day introduction, 2-day full programme, and bespoke training for fostering professionals
- BILD Act certified against Restraint Reduction Network Training Standards
- Trauma, attachment, ACEs, and de-escalation strategies designed for the fostering context
- Foster carers, supervising social workers, IROs, and fostering agency training staff
- Flexible delivery at your agency, foster carer support groups, or our training venues
Foster carers face unique challenges
The children placed in foster care often have complex trauma histories. Behaviours that might seem aggressive or defiant are almost always trauma responses, survival strategies learned in environments where adults couldn't be trusted.
Without the right training, carers can feel overwhelmed, unsupported, and at risk of placement breakdown. The right training doesn't just give carers techniques. It changes how they understand the children they care for.
Placement breakdown risk
Without the right support and skills, carers may struggle to contain escalating behaviour, increasing the risk of placement disruption.
Carer burnout
Unsupported carers carrying complex children with limited training are at high risk of exhaustion, compassion fatigue, and de-registration.
Complex trauma presentations
Children in care often present with behaviours that are profoundly misunderstood. Without trauma training, carers can inadvertently escalate situations.
Regulatory requirements
Fostering agencies are under increasing Ofsted scrutiny to demonstrate they provide adequate, evidenced training and support to carers.
Our approach
Training that understands the fostering context
Our training is built around what actually happens in foster homes, not adapted from residential care programmes.
Trauma and attachment
Understanding the neurobiological impact of early adversity, neglect, and abuse on children's behaviour, and why it manifests the way it does in a home environment.
Therapeutic relationships
Building the safe, predictable, nurturing relationships that allow traumatised children to begin to trust, and what this requires from carers day to day.
Practical strategies
De-escalation, co-regulation, and behaviour support strategies that are realistic and effective in a family home environment, not just a residential setting.
Courses available
Our courses for foster carers and fostering agencies
Introduction for foster carers
Ideal for newly approved carers and those wanting a trauma-informed foundation. Covers the impact of trauma, understanding behaviour, and practical de-escalation in the home.
Full foster carer programme
Comprehensive BILD Act certified training covering trauma, attachment, behaviour analysis, and de-escalation. Suitable for carers supporting children with complex needs.
Training for professionals
For supervising social workers, reviewing officers, IROs, and fostering agency training staff. Includes train the trainer options so your agency can build in-house capacity.
Who we work with
Who this training is for
"As a fostering agency, we needed training that truly understood the unique challenges foster carers face, the complexity of the children, the pressure on families, the regulatory requirements. +ProActive Approaches delivered exactly that."
Lisa Chen
Head of Training, Family First Fostering
Get in touch about fostering training
We deliver in-house to fostering agencies across the UK, tailored to your carers' experience levels and the children you place.