FAQs

If you’re new to the site, follow these steps:

1. Click the register link to sign up for your free membership. 
2. Select the appropriate membership option.
3. Your membership request will be reviewed within 2 working days.
4. Once approved, you’ll receive an email with access to your membership page, including links to courses and resources. 

From your membership page, you can sign up for events and courses. 

If you have already signed up to be a member, click the login button at the top right of the screen. 

Check out our Registration Tutorial Video!

Foster Parent Support Services Society (FPSSS) is a Grass Roots organization committed to providing meaningful and accessible support, education and networking services which will continually enhance the skills and abilities of foster caregivers to deliver the best care possible to the children in their homes. 

Working cooperatively with the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development and the foster caregivers of Vancouver Island, the FPSS Society shares the responsibility for providing meaningful Education, Support and Networking opportunities to caregivers in our fostering community. We work to establish a nurturing environment for caregivers — “A Supportive Culture” — that empowers the foster caregivers of the region to become involved, enriches their understanding of Ministry expectations, and increases their caregiver competency, awareness, and accountability. 

Learn more at fpsss.com.

The Provincial Support Agencies Caregiver Learning Network (PSACLN) is comprised of representatives from all caregiver support agencies across the province. 

PSACLN develops accessible virtual learning opportunities to Foster Caregivers, Kinship Care Providers and Contracted Agency Caregivers. PSACLN enhances caregiver knowledge, skills and abilities, and helps to foster a healthy caregiving network. 

Learn more at psacln.ca.

The FPSSS Learning Management System is an online platform designed to support foster caregivers, kinship families, and social workers. It provides education and resources to enhance their skills and abilities in caring for children and youth in foster care. 

Each course unit includes resources related to that unit’s content, synchronous meeting, and additional activities. You can find the unit resources under each unit within the courses you are enrolled in on the My Courses page, in the top navigation menu.

Click the unit title link once you have found the unit you are looking for, and scroll down the page until you see the tab heading “Resources.” Here, you will find the relevant resources to meet the unit’s outcomes. You can refer back to these at any time.

The Provincial Support Agency Caregiver Learning Network Resources page also offers additional helpful resources for foster caregivers and other community members.

You can use this list of communities to see which region you are in, or look at this BC map that shows all of the Regions.

To obtain your certificate you must attend all sessions, complete any necessary unit takeaways, quizzes, evaluations and be in attendance for any live trainings.

Replays are an opportunity to complete a training that you may have missed on a day and time that work for you.

Work during the day? 
Have an unexpected appointment come up? 
Can’t get a babysitter? 

Replays are for you! They’re for all registrants to complete training at their own pace at a time that works for them. 

When are replays offered? 

Replays are offered for a few weeks in a row, typically a few months after the original training is offered to allow us time to edit the recording. Watch the “Collaborative Trainings and Events” or your local area pages in the newsletter and also watch your emails for dates of upcoming replays!

Will I receive a certificate for replays? 

Register on our Learning Management System: learn.fpsss.com, watch the recording and complete any quizzes and evaluations available for that session.

Need assistance with a replay?

Contact Krista at 1-888-922-8437 or reach out to your local coordinator.

Yes, the facilitator and the program assume participants are familiar with the core concepts of trauma’s impact and trauma-informed care.

Trauma-informed Transition Training 

Every child in care experiences a minimum of two transitions: entering care and moving out of care.

Caregivers trained in creating trauma-informed transitions can improve the outcomes for children and youth. In this training module, you will connect with your peers in a dedicated online community as you explore strategies for successful transitions.

While a key driver of this training is the “Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families” and reuniting Indigenous Children and Youth with their Community”, the content is relevant to all foster caregivers as it supports trauma-informed transitions for children and youth.

This training includes key topics organized over the following six units that focus on preparing children and their caregivers for trauma-informed transitions:

• Community Building
• Relationships
• The Act (Bill C-92)
• Trauma-informed Practice
• Policy
• Advocacy
• Grief and Loss