Foster Teens and Transitional Age Youth
Navigating life as a young person in the foster care system isn't easy. You’ve had to be stronger and more resilient than most. For a long time, other people may have been writing the chapters of your life. They’ve made the plans and set the rules, often without your input.
Transitioning into your own independence is a big step, but you don't have to do it without the right tools. We want to help you take the lead in your own life: from understanding how your brain works to learning how to advocate for your own desires and leveraging your experiences for success.
Explore the resources below to find new ways to communicate, learn, and grow. This is your journey, and we are honored to help you lead the way.
Join our founder, Thomas C. Rector, as he shares his experiences as a father of five, adoptive parent, a foster care mentor and trainer, CASA, and board member for child advocacy organizations.
Below are interviews geared specifically for Foster Youth and Young Adults aging out of foster care.
Making a Difference for Children in Foster Care: A Commitment
Join us for an insightful conversation as Tom shares insights on - and his commitment to - making a difference for children and youth in the foster care system.
We discuss why a commitment to children in foster care matters, including the unique challenges foster children and youth face as they navigate the foster care system and eventually age out into adulthood.
Individuality Worksheets
How You Process & Interact
Learning Styles & Preferences
Download a PDF of the Individuality Worksheets, used in Beyond the System: Empowering Your Success Through Learning and other advanced or specialty workshops.
Accrescent Institute is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to sharing BioSocial Cognition through workshops, seminars, and one-on-one training to organizations and individuals.
Below are the Training and Workshops that have been developed and customized specifically for Foster Youth and Transitional Age Youth aging out of the foster care system.
As a teen, every day adults are telling you what to do, but you want to make your own decisions, your own choices.
You are an individual, with your own dreams and experiences. You want the adults in your life to listen to you.
In this interactive training, you will learn how to understand and communicate your requests to the adults in your life in a way that they will listen and respect your ideas.
You’ll learn ‘why’ your brain makes the decisions it does, and learn a way of sharing your needs, expectations and desires with adults so they will hear you.
In this dynamic, interactive session, you will explore the intricate relationship between memories, learning, and achievement.
Guided by an experienced mentor, you will learn the profound influence memories make on where you are now, where you are going, and how you are able to influence your own success.
Through engaging discussions, you will gain key insights about learning, explore your definition of success, and learn how to leverage your memories for personal growth.
The workshop will help you identify your individual learning styles and preferences, empowering you to embrace your unique identity and overcome barriers.
The Agreement Process is a communication tool, a means to open communication.
The Agreement Process was developed to help adults and teens really listen and find solutions together.
The Agreement is not a contract, it is a collaborative process – to set expectations with each other, and to build a plan that works for everyone involved.
It’s about active listening, collaboration, and finding a way - together.
We'd love to work with you!
Please fill out our contact form to let us know more about yourself and training options you're interested in exploring.
Our Training & Workshops help individuals, youth, families, advocates, professionals and organizations reach their potential and understand the "why" behind behavior and decision-making.
Training and workshops are available in a variety of formats:
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1:1 via Zoom
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Small Group Training
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Custom Training for Organizations
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On-Demand or
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See if Accrescent Institute is presenting a workshop at an upcoming conference you'll be attending
All sessions are engaging, interactive, and customized specifically to the audience.
Durations range from 90 min to half and full day training. For in-depth training, organizations and individuals may choose multiple sessions delivered over a number of weeks.
