Leader of the Herd 6-month Follow-up Survey

We are gathering information about your experience at the Leader of the Herd foster parent training workshop, and the impact, if any, it has had on you and your family over the past six months. The information you provide helps us make sure our program best meets the needs of foster parents. We also use your feedback in our requests for continued financial support for the workshops.

If someone else attended the workshop with you, please have that person complete and submit a separate questionnaire.

Date

YYYY

Name

(optional)

First Name

Last Name

Child Placement Agency you work with

County

How many foster children are in your home currently?

PLEASE RATE THIS TRAINING BY SELECTING THE OPTIONS BELOW THAT MOST ACCURATELY REFLECT YOUR FEELINGS.

Facilitators’ knowledge of topics presented

Facilitators’ ability to communicate in a clear and understandable fashion

Facilitators’ ability to involve workshop participants

Relevance of the concepts discussed

Helpfulness of the experiential activities

Opportunities for sharing and connecting with other foster parents

Overall rating of the workshop experience

Please indicate how this workshop compared to other foster parent trainings you have attended.

Please provide details about the reason for your selection:

What was the most useful experience, information, or lesson you gained from attending the workshop?

Have you changed the way you parent as a result of the workshop?

Yes

If yes, please share details:

Did the learning and/or experiences from this workshop make you more or less likely to continue providing foster care?

Are you interested in a Level 2 Leader of the Herd workshop with Groundwork Ranch?

Yes

What would you like to see covered at a Level 2 training?

Because equine-assisted learning is a new approach to foster-parent training, there are many people who do not understand why working with horses is beneficial to foster parents. If you found the workshop useful, please take a moment to share any information that might help someone understand and see the value in supporting the Leader of the Herd workshop. Examples might include a personal experience with one of the horses and how it has stayed with you, how you have applied any of the learning to your parenting since the workshop, or your thoughts about the experiential nature of this workshop versus classroom-based trainings. The more specific you can be, the more examples we’ll have to share with stakeholders as we seek continued funding to allow foster parents to attend the workshop at no cost.

Comments

Thank you so much for your feedback!