Right-Time
Preparing for Adulthood

This course provides an overview of the common skills that youth will need to effectively navigate as an adult and provide strategies on how families who are fostering or adopting can prepare youth to successfully transition into adulthood. The theme highlights the variance that can exist between chronological and developmental age for children who have experienced trauma, separation and loss and how this can impact the transition to adulthood. Some of the challenges that youth may face during this transition are highlighted.
Right-Time Training series

Acknowledgements

The National Training and Development Curriculum for Foster and Adoptive Parents (NTDC) was funded through a five-year cooperative agreement with Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Children’s Bureau. This cooperative agreement was led by Spaulding for Children in close partnership with the following: 
  • Center for Adoption Support and Education
  • The North American Council on Adoptable Children
  • National Council for Adoption
  • ChildTrauma Academy
  • The University of Washington