Respond... even when your instinct is to react. When parenting gets stressful, it’s easy to react in the heat of the moment. But what if you could respond with calm and confidence instead? Responding Instead of Reacting helps parents and caregivers build greater emotional awareness and strengthen self-regulation skills—so you can be the steady, supportive role model your child needs.

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• How your own emotions impact your parenting
• Strategies to stay calm and in control, even during tough moments
• Why modeling self-regulation matters—and how to do it well

• Parents and caregivers of children of all ages
• Foster and adoptive parents
• Family support professionals and anyone who works with children and families

• Format: 100% online and self-paced
• Time Commitment: Approximately 1.5 hours
• Credit: Approved for 1.5 hours of foster parent training credit in Iowa
• Certificate of Completion: Provided as a PDF download at the end of the course
• Access: Immediate for a period of one year from purchase date