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Coming soon to an area near you!

TFC Workshops/Seminars To Expand Reach into Systems of Care Communities

Providers of TFC services, TFC foster parents, and the biological families of therapeutic foster youth know that the optimal response to the unique and intense needs of these youth requires collaboration and cooperation from an entire 'system', i.e. community, under the clinical leadership of the TFC agency charged with care of the foster youth. 

OTFCA is committed to expanding this collaboration across Oklahoma and particularly with other 'partners' in this system, specifically Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) and the ODMHSAS Systems of Care.

We will be offering a training for CASA volunteers from across the state on Friday Aug. 10.  We will also conduct two full day trainings for SOC workers, support personnel, and parent participants, one day in Tulsa (August) and one day in OKC (September).  Through outreach to these collaborative partners we will reach 300 professionals and paraprofessionals in the child advocacy and behavioral health communities.

OTFCA is excited to share information about the unique needs and challenges (and successes!) of TFC and to work closely with colleagues across our state and across agencies, both public and private.

    Laura

 

Oklahoma Therapeutic Foster Care Association

The primary focus and mission of the Oklahoma Therapeutic Foster Care Association is to promote the provision of quality therapeutic foster care services in the state of Oklahoma by providing a forum for information sharing, technical support and advocacy. Members agree to support the purpose of the Association and to provide services in a manner consistent with appropriate laws, rules and regulations.

What is Therapeutic Foster Care?

Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC) is specialized care for children and youth with special medical, psychological, social and emotional needs who can accept and respond to the close relationships within a family setting, but whose special needs require more intensive or therapeutic services than are found in traditional foster care. TFC provides youth with a family-based treatment alternative to more intensive levels of care.