Online Training

This page is dedicated to providing you with access to valuable trainings in the field of kinship care*. You can access them with the click of a button.

Caring for Caregiving Families

These video clips are from the Generations United 2003 video "Caring for Caregiving Families, KinNET: A National Network of Support Groups for Grandparents and Other Relatives Raising Children in the Formal Foster Care System"

http://hec.osu.edu/eseminars/grg/video/GU(2003).htm

Policy Action

Generations United made video segments of public officials making statements in support of grandparents and other relatives raising children. Click on the links below to view the video statements.

To help promote support for grandparents and other relatives raising children by encouraging your own public officials to make a statement to the Public Record, here is a sample statement to use.

University of Florida Cooperative Extension Resources

Many resources for grandparents and other relatives are developed by Cooperative Extensions. The University of Florida Cooperative Extension has developed some interesting resources on Aging concerns, including grandparents and other relatives raising children.

Successful Parenting and Family Development

  • Successful Parenting/Family Development in Florida
    Addresses critical concerns of Florida families in the areas of child development, parenting, marital and family communication across the lifecycle, child care and elder care: http://fycs.ifas.ufl.edu/fam.htm

Elderly Publications

Guidelines for Caregivers

  • Guidelines for All Caregivers
    Focuses on how you as a caregiver can reduce and manage stress and cope with the burden. This publication provides giudelines for managing stress, maintaining health, and getting the help needed to better enjoy all parts of your life: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/HE018

Caregiving

  • What is Caregiving?
    A detailed publication regarding who is a caregiver, and if you are one, how to be a responsible one: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/HE017

For information about Cooperative Extensions for other states, please visit: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/nea/family/pdfs/aging_resources.pdf

Other Training Resources to Check Out

  • The AARP Grandparent Information Center Training Video
    GRG: Educational Package Video and Training Manual, Stock #17320
    To Order: email member@aarp.org or write to:
    AARP Fulfillment
    601 E Street, NW
    Washington, DC 20049
  • Dr. Crumbly, an expert in the field of kinship care, has his series of videotapes that can be ordered at: http://www.drcrumbley.com/kinship.htm.

The Florida Kinship Center would like to acknowledge Brent Elrod, Generations United, for his generosity in sharing his resources on trainings.