Resource Family Training

Who We Are

The staff of the Resource Family Training Program at The University of Oklahoma National Resource Center for Youth Services is comprised of masters-degreed child welfare professionals and a support staff. The Program Supervisor is Sherri Finik, sfinik@ou.edu, (918) 660-3700.

What We Do

The Resource Family Training Program conducts a pre-service training program for all new Bridge Resource Parents – foster, kinship and adoptive families – who want to provide home-based care to children in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services.  This pre-service program, utilizing the OK PRIDE and BCMT curricula, is a 27-hour, 9-session workshop which is offered throughout the year and in many locations around the state.

In addition to pre-service training, the RFT Program provides Bridge Resource Parents with access to online in-service training, and assists the Children and Family Services Division of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services with conferences and other technical support.

Online Training for Bridge Resource Parents

Learn more about online training.

OKDHS Connections

OKDHS Connections is a quarterly statewide newsletter for OKDHS Resource Parents. The newsletter provides articles and information of interest to foster, kinship and adoptive families, and shares outstanding resource parent experiences and insight. Click to read current and past editions: Summer 2007, Winter/Spring 2007, Fall 2006, Summer 2006  

Contract Trainer for the RFT Program

The RFT Program contracts with trainers statewide to present the 27-hour pre-service workshops for Bridge Resource Parents. Click HERE if you are already a contract trainer, or HERE if you want to learn more about becoming a contract trainer.