Foster Care and Adoption Support

Whether you’re a foster parent, birth parent, adoptive parent, kinship caregiver, sibling or another family member— we all can benefit from a little support. Fraser Foster Care & Adoption Support helps families cope with grief, loss and trauma experienced from out-of-home placements to improve parent-child relationships.

If your family is concerned about your child’s attachment, development, mood, challenging behaviors, navigating open adoption relationships or other difficulties, we can help.

Adopted or foster children may also have mental health issues that include:

Anxiety disorders
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Attachment disorders
Disruptive behavior disorders
Mood disorders
Trauma-related disorders

Trust in Our Experience

Fraser has several decades of experience providing mental health services for children and families. Foster Care & Adoption Support provides specialized support, therapy and skill-building, so your child can thrive socially and emotionally in a stable, supportive home.

Fraser Foster Care & Adoption Support staff are certified by the University of Minnesota Permanency & Adoption Certificate Program (PACC) and have participated in the Training in Adoption Competency (TAC) program. Some staff are trained in Attachment Bio-Behavioral Catchup (ABC), Trauma-Informed Child Parent Psychotherapy (TI-CPP), Circle of Security and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TFCBT). Our staff helps families manage the unique challenges faced by foster and adoptive families.

Foster Care and Adoption Support includes:

Diagnostic assessments
Psychological evaluations
County-referred parenting assessments
Children’s Mental Health Targeted Case Management
Individual and Family Therapy
Parent guidance
Support groups
Preschool Day Treatment