Online registration is available until: 11/12/2026
Phones are part of everyday life for young people. For youth in foster care, technology can create complicated questions. How do you protect a young person from unsafe contacts or content while still allowing them to connect with friends, participate in school, and build independence? And how much visibility should foster parents and caregivers have?
Bark and a panel of foster care and behavioral health practitioners will discuss why technology access doesn’t have to be all-or-nothing, or look the same for every young person. Through real-world experiences, we’ll explore how organizations are thinking about safety and normalcy, setting appropriate levels of access and oversight, supporting foster parents, and helping youth gradually build the skills to navigate technology more independently.
Learning Objectives:
Identify factors that can inform decisions about technology access and caregiver oversight for individual youth.
Compare approaches to managing technology that emphasize restriction with those that incorporate supported access, skill-building, and increasing independence.
Describe ways foster care organizations can better equip foster parents and caregivers to navigate technology-related decisions with the youth in their care.
Presenters:
Stephanie Lemmerman, Partnerships Manager, Behavioral Health, Bark
Oregon Community Partners
Greater Oregon Behavioral Health, Inc. (GOBHI)
Registration Fees:
FFTA Members: Free
Non-members: $75
Online registration is available until: 11/12/2026